As a college football and Big Ten fan, I am avidly following Big Ten expansion and division re-alignment. I came across a piece on the ESPN Big Ten Blog that talks about the divisions and 2014 football schedule being done by the end of spring. Big Ten Comissioner Jim Delany hinted that this time around the divisions would be based more on geography. So thankfully I think we can scrap Legends and Leaders after 2013.
Late last year on their site, the Big Ten polled fans on which one of three options they would like.
Option 1 keeps the existing divisions and adds Rutgers to one and Maryland to the other.
Option 2 divides the divisions based on East and West.
- East: O$U, Mich, MSU, PSU, Indiana, MD, Rutgers
- West: Neb, Wis, Iowa, Minn, Pur, NW, Ill
This is my prefered choice,
Option 3 is a bit complicated. It is the Inner/Outer model.
- Inner Division: OSU, Mich, MSU, Pur, Ind, Ill, NW
- Outer Division: Wis, Neb, Iowa, Minn, Rutgers, MD, PSU
This model makes the most sense of the Big Ten expands to 16 (which I think will happen), and then these divisions can be broken down into four, four team pods.
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