Comments on: Short Division: Kremlinology With Delany http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/ Football, music and culture with an industrial slant. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A Look At Your Post-Apocalyptic Big Ten | Slow States http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-343 A Look At Your Post-Apocalyptic Big Ten | Slow States Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:46:38 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-343 [...] And please remember: I do not endorse this as the best of all possible outcomes.  There is no ‘best’, and as far as compromises go, I sign on with Chris. [...] [...] And please remember: I do not endorse this as the best of all possible outcomes.  There is no ‘best’, and as far as compromises go, I sign on with Chris. [...]

]]> By: Be Done With It | Slow States http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-324 Be Done With It | Slow States Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:40:59 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-324 [...] tripe like this, just put Ohio State and Michigan in the same division for our collective sanity.  Let them play their game.  And then, let’s agree to stop pretending that time stands still throughout the rest [...] [...] tripe like this, just put Ohio State and Michigan in the same division for our collective sanity.  Let them play their game.  And then, let’s agree to stop pretending that time stands still throughout the rest [...]

]]> By: The Division Debate Gets A Reset | Slow States http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-305 The Division Debate Gets A Reset | Slow States Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:19 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-305 [...] was mostly a unofficial rule in the great divisional alignment speculation debate of 2010: Ohio State and Michigan were to play in the same division. Then this happened: [...] [...] was mostly a unofficial rule in the great divisional alignment speculation debate of 2010: Ohio State and Michigan were to play in the same division. Then this happened: [...]

]]> By: Bob http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-275 Bob Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:38:03 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-275 I think the top six split pretty evenly, but I would guess the bottom six would be a little more mixed than you have here. MSU, Purdue and Northwestern just seem like a much stranger group traditionally than Minny, Indy and Illinois. Switch Purdue and Indiana and it looks pretty like it could work. I think the top six split pretty evenly, but I would guess the bottom six would be a little more mixed than you have here. MSU, Purdue and Northwestern just seem like a much stranger group traditionally than Minny, Indy and Illinois. Switch Purdue and Indiana and it looks pretty like it could work.

]]> By: Chris http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-261 Chris Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:28:47 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-261 Ah, but in my scenario, Wisconsin and Nebraska play every year. As for the uneven nature of the protected rivalries, it's not like they're competitively balanced now. Michigan and PSU both get Ohio State and Sparty every year. Ohio State gets PSU and Michigan! Meanwhile, I'm guessing that Illinois gets NW and Indiana every year...and they still suck. (Just found the list.) Iowa vs. Minnesota Iowa vs. Wisconsin Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Illinois vs. Northwestern Illinois vs. Indiana Indiana vs. Purdue Purdue vs. Northwestern Ohio State vs. Michigan Ohio State vs. Penn State Michigan vs. Michigan State Michigan State vs. Penn State Ah, but in my scenario, Wisconsin and Nebraska play every year. As for the uneven nature of the protected rivalries, it’s not like they’re competitively balanced now. Michigan and PSU both get Ohio State and Sparty every year. Ohio State gets PSU and Michigan! Meanwhile, I’m guessing that Illinois gets NW and Indiana every year…and they still suck.

(Just found the list.)

Iowa vs. Minnesota
Iowa vs. Wisconsin
Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
Illinois vs. Northwestern
Illinois vs. Indiana
Indiana vs. Purdue
Purdue vs. Northwestern
Ohio State vs. Michigan
Ohio State vs. Penn State
Michigan vs. Michigan State
Michigan State vs. Penn State

]]> By: kevin http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-258 kevin Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:10:06 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-258 A wrench maybe: wiscy seemed very excited about scheduling neb, wonder if they fight to get in on that. Also, this really screws psu because that osu game count in division record, although I don't know why that is the case in other conferences. A wrench maybe: wiscy seemed very excited about scheduling neb, wonder if they fight to get in on that. Also, this really screws psu because that osu game count in division record, although I don’t know why that is the case in other conferences.

]]> By: Tailgate Shogun http://www.slowstates.com/blog/short-division-kremlinology-with-delany/#comment-256 Tailgate Shogun Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:51:06 +0000 http://www.slowstates.com/?p=261#comment-256 The Ukraine in this analogy is Indiana? Can't see a Risk board/comment/ad without yelling, "THE UKRAINE IS WEAK!" The Ukraine in this analogy is Indiana?

Can’t see a Risk board/comment/ad without yelling, “THE UKRAINE IS WEAK!”

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