Legends and Leaders

[Goober McTuber]

That's the names the Big 10 came up with for their two football divisions. Awesome.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Gay.

I would've gone with Velveeta and Rotel.

[Carson]

Brats and Beers

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Barbasol and Wolf Brand Chili

[Goober McTuber]

Contenders and Pretenders (Michigan teams in the latter).

[Shoalzie]

Gay.

That was the word that immediately came to mind...plus, they're still the Big Ten. I'll say it again, change the fucking name already! It's like it's been 10 teams forever...

Via Wiki...

On January 11, 1895, the presidents of University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Northwestern University, Purdue University and Lake Forest College met in Chicago to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the main topics of discussion.[8] The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.[9] Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting that established the conference and was replaced by the University of Michigan. At the time, the organization was more commonly known as the Western Conference, consisting of Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago, and Northwestern.

The first reference to the conference as the Big Nine was in 1899 after Iowa and Indiana had joined. In January 1908, Michigan and the conference parted ways. Ohio State was added to the conference in 1912. The first reference to the conference as the Big Ten was in November 1917 after Michigan rejoined following a nine-year absence.

The conference was again known as the Big Nine after the University of Chicago decided to de-emphasize varsity athletics just after World War II. Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the conference in 1946 after struggling to gain victories in many conference matchups. It was believed that one of several schools, notably Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Michigan State, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Iowa State would replace Chicago at the time.[10] On May 20, 1949,[9] Michigan State ended the speculation by joining and the conference was again known as the Big Ten. The Big Ten's membership would remain unchanged for the next 40 years.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives

Just change it back to that.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Contenders and Pretenders (Michigan teams in the latter).

Eat shit.

[MuchoBulls]

Bo and Woody would have been better

[Killian]

The Big Twen?

Honestly, they need to follow up this press release with one that says "Just kidding!" and fire someone.

[Shoalzie]

Bo and Woody would have been better

That would've been hot.

They didn't stick to any geographical format with their divisions. Maybe using their new math...they can have their six team divisions called the Big Five and Big Seven.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Bo and Woody would have been better

Yeah, I'm sure the 10 other fan bases would've loved it.

[Shoalzie]

My SEC suggestion:

West: 180K+ Division

East: Chump Change Division

I would've gone with Cash and Credit Divisions.


Here's the new Big Ten logo...

[MuchoBulls]

Bo and Woody would have been better

Yeah, I'm sure the 10 other fan bases would've loved it.

Was just a joke, but it is still better than what they came up with.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Was just a joke, but it is still better than what they came up with.

This is what happens when you stick marketers in a conference room for 2 months. Give them lots of time to over-think the matter, and they'll try to get cute, and the results will inevitably suck.

[L45B]

Nice to see that some people still use Notepad on their computers.

[Shoalzie]

Was just a joke, but it is still better than what they came up with.

This is what happens when you stick marketers in a conference room for 2 months. Give them lots of time to over-think the matter, and they'll try to get cute, and the results will inevitably suck.

What I don't is now with the logo...there's a 1 for the I in BIG. What for? The G looks like a zero...I guess...they have the logo of just BIG which is supposed to look like B10...but aren't there 12 teams? At least they put that 11 in the T on the old logo after Penn State came in...that made some sense.

Here's the entire suite of logos.
http://www.bigten.org/genrel/121310aaa.html

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

What I don't is now with the logo...there's a 1 for the I in BIG. What for? The G looks like a zero...I guess...they have the logo of just BIG which is supposed to look like B10...but aren't there 12 teams? At least they put that 11 in the T on the old logo after Penn State came in...that made some sense.

http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/12/new ... ence-1.php

The Big Ten Conference is the U.S.’ oldest and largest Division I college athletic association. Founded in 1896, the conference is comprised of schools located mainly in the Midwest and includes world-class academic institutions such as Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue, Northwestern, and University of Wisconsin–Madison. Big Ten schools compete at the highest level of NCAA competition in basketball and football, and over the past decade the Big Ten has led all conferences with national titles in different sports including volleyball, track and field, cross country, wrestling, hockey, soccer, tennis and golf. Despite its name, the conference has included 11 member schools since Penn State joined in 1990, and it will add University of Nebraska – Lincoln as its 12th member in July 2011.

Pentagram’s Michael Gericke and Michael Bierut have designed the new logo for the conference, announced today. The conference’s previous logo hid an “11” in the negative space around the “T” in “Ten.” The new logo evolved from this use of negative space and is built on the conference’s iconic name without reference to the number of member institutions. “Seeing two numbers at once is clever, but it means redesigning the logo every time the conference expands,” says Bierut. “It was time for something direct and simple.” The resulting logo features contemporary collegiate lettering with an embedded numeral “10” in the word “BIG,” which allows fans to see “BIG” and “10” in a single word.

“The new logo was developed to symbolize the conference’s future, as well as its heritage and tradition of competition,” says Gericke. “Going forward, fans will know The Big Ten will always be the Big Ten.”

“The new Big Ten logo provides a contemporary identifying mark unifying twelve outstanding institutions,” said Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany. “It conveys some elements from the past while simultaneously introducing new features. We think the new logo is fun and has something for everyone.”

There you go. They want to keep the door unofficially officially open on expansion. Seems they could turn that G into a 6 seamlessly.

[Mace]

Coke and Reefer Divisions would work nicely.

Sin,

Iowa

[L45B]

As conference play heats up next season, will certainly be interesting to follow the division standings, especially the leaders of the Legends division.

[King Crimson]

john deere and con-agra?

[L45B]

Anybody got an idea which division I left my car keys in?

Regards,

[WolverineSteve]

Each school will play the other five schools within its division and will also face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup guaranteed on an annual basis.

The guaranteed cross-division matchups are Illinois-Northwestern, Indiana-Michigan State, Ohio State-Michigan, Penn State-Nebraska, Purdue-Iowa and Wisconsin-Minnesota.

Thank goodness the msu/iu rivalry will be saved!!

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Yeah, not so much a protected rival as it is a protected win.

[Goober McTuber]

Contenders and Pretenders (Michigan teams in the latter).

Eat shit.

And where did that get you? Oh yeah, central Florida.

[Goober McTuber]

True - but at least Sparty is playing a real team.... :D

A "real" team with 3 losses. We drew an undefeated powerhouse.

[Goober McTuber]

True - but at least Sparty is playing a real team.... :D

A "real" team with 3 losses. We drew an undefeated powerhouse.

You mean "Texas Baptist"?

Come on. They're undefeated. Just like Allbarn.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Bo and Woody would have been better

Yeah, I'm sure the 10 other fan bases would've loved it.

Was just a joke, but it is still better than what they came up with.

Not to mention that it would have reminded the other schools exactly where they stand within the conference.

Here's the new Big Ten logo...

Gotta love how they embedded a completely irrelevant number -- 10 -- within the word "Big."

Oh, and nothing says "Big Ten" quite like Carolina blue.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

A "real" team with 3 losses. We drew an undefeated powerhouse.

Remind me, how many BCS bowls has that "powerhouse" won? What's that? Zero? Oh, ok. Real nice powerhouse they got goin' there. Bama would be favored over TCU, fyi.

Look, you guys got the Rose. You SHOULD yuck it up, especially since you're in the same division as OSU now, so you can kiss these days goodbye. All I can say is you wiskydicks better beat TCU, since the better team will be in Orlando.

Don't fuck it up!

[Goober McTuber]

A "real" team with 3 losses. We drew an undefeated powerhouse.

Remind me, how many BCS bowls has that "powerhouse" won? What's that? Zero? Oh, ok. Real nice powerhouse they got goin' there. Bama would be favored over TCU, fyi.

Look, you guys got the Rose. You SHOULD yuck it up, especially since you're in the same division as OSU now, so you can kiss these days goodbye. All I can say is you wiskydicks better beat TCU, since the better team will be in Orlando.

Don't fuck it up!

First of all, we've proven in recent years that we can compete with tOSU.

Secondly, the better team will be in Orlando? Oh, you're not talking about the Big 10 teams. Nevermind.