I found a discussion on, well let's just say another board about rival games.
It is interesting the B12 really does not take advantage of it's maximum potential for rivalry games.
The NU - CU game is not really a rival game as seen in other conferences (yet any way).
I posted the following, and it seems to make sense to me. (no flaming just discussing):
"Yes, NU really has no real rival with the North-South division split as it is now.
I say, (I know it will not happen) if the decision to reformulate the make of the B12 divisions was made, I would make East-West divisions or for that matter call them what ever you want. A great split would be:
East: NU, Texas a&m, MU, Kansas St, TT and CU
West: OU, Texas, Kansas, ISU, OSU and Baylor
This keeps some of the basic rivals as set up when the B12 was formed:
Such as OU - Texas and CU - NU (if you call it a rival game).
Also each team would have an annual cross division game to be played every year. NU - OU, Texas a&m - Texas, MU - Kansas, Kansas St - ISU, OSU - TT and CU - Baylor. The rest of the teams would play each other with a rotating schedule much like it is now.
This set up seems to have more overall balance based upon historical team records and preformance thru the years."
Any comments?
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It is interesting the B12 really does not take advantage of it's maximum potential for rivalry games.
The NU - CU game is not really a rival game as seen in other conferences (yet any way).
I posted the following, and it seems to make sense to me. (no flaming just discussing):
"Yes, NU really has no real rival with the North-South division split as it is now.
I say, (I know it will not happen) if the decision to reformulate the make of the B12 divisions was made, I would make East-West divisions or for that matter call them what ever you want. A great split would be:
East: NU, Texas a&m, MU, Kansas St, TT and CU
West: OU, Texas, Kansas, ISU, OSU and Baylor
This keeps some of the basic rivals as set up when the B12 was formed:
Such as OU - Texas and CU - NU (if you call it a rival game).
Also each team would have an annual cross division game to be played every year. NU - OU, Texas a&m - Texas, MU - Kansas, Kansas St - ISU, OSU - TT and CU - Baylor. The rest of the teams would play each other with a rotating schedule much like it is now.
This set up seems to have more overall balance based upon historical team records and preformance thru the years."
Any comments?
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: