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B1G Hint: Time Zones

By Hoody Wayes -12 February 2013
8 Comments
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Though expansion isn't mentioned, I expect the next two additions to the B1G...will come from the Central time zone:

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/71477/time-zones-might-shape-b1...

703Buckeye on 12 Feb 2013 - 11:02am #

The only connection to there being central time zone schools added is to make the time zones equal, which is ridiculous logic. I still think they'll come from the east, the schools the B1G (UVA, UNC, and GT) likes are in the east.

"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter

partisan on 12 Feb 2013 - 11:18am #

The next team in should be UVA. #16 is up for grabs at this point

NW Buckeye on 12 Feb 2013 - 11:29am #

I tend to agree with 703 and Partisan on this. Adding a central time zone school does very little for expanding the TV market footprint unless you move south. And, there are no schools in the southern central time zone that have been in the expansion discussions/prognostications.

iowacitybigkat on 12 Feb 2013 - 11:31am #

east: west:

osu nebraska

Mich wiscy

psu Msu

maryland Iowa

rutgers northwestern

indiana Illiniois

purdue minnesota

This is my vote for new alignment. Its apparently going to be geographically oriented. I realize that a great majority of the predicted champs will come out of the east division with osu mich and psu, but i also like the divisional races.

Riggins on 12 Feb 2013 - 11:51am #

I think that lineup fits well geographically and competitively.

However, assuming you protect the Michigan-Michigan State game with a protected crossover, that lineup really limits the access to playing Michigan for the western schools.

I think the other setup would be to keep the Michigan and Michigan State in the East and send Purdue to the West. Fewer schools would miss playing Indiana or Purdue if they had a protected crossover.

GoldenBearBuckeye on 12 Feb 2013 - 12:37pm #

I like your idea so that Indi-Pur could be a crossover.

Unfortunately, the competitive piece would slant even further east. I still think they will split NW & Ill so they sew up Chicago - would make sense to leave Ill with "Leaders".

Who would have to play Nebraska & Wisconsin in the protected crossover??

I'm sure UM will cry about the Little Brown Jug so they can keep Minnesota as their guaranteed crossover win

703Buckeye on 12 Feb 2013 - 1:53pm #

It was brought up on ESPiN's B1G Blog that not all teams would play protected crossovers. I believe MSU/scUM was directly referenced; they would play a protected crossover but no other teams would. That could probably be applied to Purdue/Indiana or Illinois/Northwestern as well.

"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter