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15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Divisional equity cruc... · 1 reply · +1 points

Has Delaney commented on the possibility of non-permanent divisions? Re-evaluating them every 6-8-12 years seems to obviously go hand in hand with "competive balance" criteria

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - If you're in Minneapol... · 0 replies · +1 points

what a waste of electricity

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Readjusting 2011 Big T... · 0 replies · +1 points

I hope we don't do it like the SEC. I want to play OSU and Michigan more than 40% of the time. I guess if we make CCG we'll play one of them every year :-)

But I still think I want the Buckeyes in IC more than two times every 10 years

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Weighing in on Big Ten... · 0 replies · +1 points

Also, I know you have to have 12 teams per NCAA rule to have a championship game, but are divisions also required? Or could you just play a random unbalanced schedule and then have the two teams with best records play in the CCG? Probably a bad idea since, but technically per NCAA rules would that be allowed?

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Weighing in on Big Ten... · 0 replies · +1 points

Or I wouldn't be surprised if the B10 didn't set permanent divisions but rather rotated them every 4-8 years. If it stays at 12 then rotating every 4 years works well on a 12-year cycle.

If teams want to keep some rivals on their schedule every year, the 12 teams could be broken into four 3-team groups of rivals.

Years 1-4 would be as follows:
Group A and Group B in 1 division and play 5 games against each other (like current B12 schedule)
Group C and Group D in 1 division and play 5 games against each other
Group A also plays Group C in years 1-2, while B plays D
Group A then plays Group D in years 3-4, while B plays C

Years 5-8 would be similar:
Group A and Group C are a division
Group B and Group D are a division

Years 9-12 would be:
Group A and Group D are a division
Group B and Group C are a division

So over 12 years a team in Group A would have played the following:
Fellow Group A teams - 12 times
All other teams - 8 times

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Weighing in on Big Ten... · 0 replies · +1 points

Achieve balance by realligning divisions every 4 or 8 years. The way the B12 does it now it takes four years to complete a schedule rotation and play every team from the other division twice. maybe every 8 years they are realligned based on conf record over the past 12 years. To set future schedules they'd have to do the realligning before the end of the current rotation. For example they could set initial 8-year divisions based on overall record the last 12 years, then in 4 years reassess based on the last 12 years at that point and set the new divisions to begin four years from then in year 8, etc.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Big Ten divisional pla... · 1 reply · +1 points

Or I wouldn't be surprised if the B10 didn't set permanent divisions but rather rotated them every 4-8 years. If it stays at 12 then rotating every 4 years works well on a 12-year cycle.

If teams want to keep some rivals on their schedule every year, the 12 teams could be broken into four 3-team groups of rivals.

Years 1-4 would be as follows:
Group A and Group B in 1 division and play 5 games against each other (like current B12 schedule)
Group C and Group D in 1 division and play 5 games against each other
Group A also plays Group C in years 1-2, while B plays D
Group A then plays Group D in years 3-4, while B plays C

Years 5-8 would be similar:
Group A and Group C are a division
Group B and Group D are a division

Years 9-12 would be:
Group A and Group D are a division
Group B and Group C are a division

So over 12 years a team in Group A would have played the following:
Fellow Group A teams - 12 times
All other teams - 8 times

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Big Ten divisional pla... · 0 replies · +1 points

Achieve balance by realligning divisions every 4 or 8 years. The way the B12 does it now it takes four years to complete a schedule rotation and play every team from the other division twice. maybe every 8 years they are realligned based on conf record over the past 12 years. To set future schedules they'd have to do the realligning before the end of the current rotation. For example they could set initial 8-year divisions based on overall record the last 12 years, then in 4 years reassess based on the last 12 years at that point and set the new divisions to begin four years from then in year 8, etc.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Dividing up the 12 in ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Or I wouldn't be surprised if the B10 didn't set permanent divisions but rather rotated them every 4-8 years. If it stays at 12 then rotating every 4 years works well on a 12-year cycle.

If teams want to keep some rivals on their schedule every year, the 12 teams could be broken into four 3-team groups of rivals.

Years 1-4 would be as follows:
Group A and Group B in 1 division and play 5 games against each other (like current B12 schedule)
Group C and Group D in 1 division and play 5 games against each other
Group A also plays Group C in years 1-2, while B plays D
Group A then plays Group D in years 3-4, while B plays C

Years 5-8 would be similar:
Group A and Group C are a division
Group B and Group D are a division

Years 9-12 would be:
Group A and Group D are a division
Group B and Group C are a division

So over 12 years a team in Group A would have played the following:
Fellow Group A teams - 12 times
All other teams - 8 times

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Dividing up the 12 in ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Achieve balance by realligning divisions every 4 or 8 years. The way the B12 does it now it takes four years to complete a schedule rotation and play every team from the other division twice. maybe every 8 years they are realligned based on conf record over the past 12 years. To set future schedules they'd have to do the realligning before the end of the current rotation. For example they could set initial 8-year divisions based on overall record the last 12 years, then in 4 years reassess based on the last 12 years at that point and set the new divisions to begin four years from then in year 8, etc.

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