Big Ten-Pac 12 partnership

[Watson]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobalt

I like this, but I hate the idea of some teams playing in NFL stadiums. I rather watch the game at Folsom than Sports Authority Field(I think that's what it's called these days).

Agreed. If the teams don't want to do a home/home then they just should not play.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

I love seeing Big Ten-Pac 12 matchups. Great idea by these two conference.

[monkigrass]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaima1shu

At the same time it's also gonna depend on how they schedule the games. Hopefully they match the top teams against each other. Probably wouldn't be as fun to see Colorado vs. Ohio State.

We'll probably not see the top teams playing each other. Thats what the Rose Bowl is for.

[buckeye02]

ND is gonna be under a TON of pressure now.

With the 9 game schedule in 2017 starting....that means only 3 OOC games. Now one is going to be against a BCS opponent no matter what.

Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, USC, and Stanford play Notre Dame nearly every year. You have to think that all the Big 10 schools are going to get out of that matchup as soon as possible.

Michigan having an OOC of directional MI, Notre Dame, Oregon? or MSU having directional MI, Stanford, ND? I don't think so. Noone is going to be doing that, especially with the extra conference game.

I think ND is going to have to join up or find a whole bunch of new opponents.....

[Perfect Zero]

It's a band-aid for expansion in the future, but it also serves a purpose of being the basis of a split from the NCAA in the future. If any other "mid-major" schools want in on the action, now's the time to start playing up to the big boys.

[ochoco]

Love it. So nice to see so much progress.

[justblaze09]

Quote: Originally Posted by monkigrass

We'll probably not see the top teams playing each other. Thats what the Rose Bowl is for.

Actually, they plan on "matching teams of similar strengths." So Michigan for example will probably always end up with USC, Oregon, and other traditional Pac-12 teams.

Also, the 9 game conference schedule for the B1G is going to be scrapped because of this.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/...ip-with-pac-12

[Sportsbuck]

Also talk of The Game being moved to October is heating up again... **** you Jim Delaney. Never should've been put in different divisions to begin with.