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<blockquote data-quote="BilldGopher" data-source="post: 881725" data-attributes="member: 4315"><p>Bigrabbit said: "Several B1G and SEC programs aren’t actually very good. Will the final stage of this process involve thinning the herd? <strong><em>Kick out the weaklings</em></strong>?"</p><p></p><p>There's already clickbait out there speculating just this point.</p><p></p><p>And yes, like all conferences record-wise in the B1G there's the Blue Bloods (Ohio State, Michigan), the sustained-stable programs (Iowa, Wisconsin, PSU(?), programs knocking at the door (Gophers in this bunch, Northwestern any given year, Purdue), and current struggling (Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland). Different folks might quibble with the middle but this is about the current break-down.</p><p></p><p>Hard to imagine even with the dynamics that appear in play that member programs since the inception of the B1G have to worry.</p><p></p><p>Based on recent performance ironically Nebraska is to a degree a market outlier and on paper would be a more likely a candidate than Rutgers or even Maryland. I have Huskers family on Mrs. Billd's side and I'm willing to bet as they watch this unfold they are feeling better about the move to the B1G than maybe before. Ironically, they expected to dominate the Big 10 West and they have been getting their butts kicked regularly. They do in the end fit in the B1G pretty well, just like PSU, and Minnesota and Iowa both have historic rivalries because of proximity.</p><p></p><p>Guessing the same for the SEC but I admit I'm not fully sure of their long game. The B1G apparently is not going to let geography trump some other factors. I think that was the biggest surprise to me with the addition of USC and UCLA...literally the conference now spans the continent.</p><p></p><p>Happy Independence Day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BilldGopher, post: 881725, member: 4315"] Bigrabbit said: "Several B1G and SEC programs aren’t actually very good. Will the final stage of this process involve thinning the herd? [B][I]Kick out the weaklings[/I][/B]?" There's already clickbait out there speculating just this point. And yes, like all conferences record-wise in the B1G there's the Blue Bloods (Ohio State, Michigan), the sustained-stable programs (Iowa, Wisconsin, PSU(?), programs knocking at the door (Gophers in this bunch, Northwestern any given year, Purdue), and current struggling (Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland). Different folks might quibble with the middle but this is about the current break-down. Hard to imagine even with the dynamics that appear in play that member programs since the inception of the B1G have to worry. Based on recent performance ironically Nebraska is to a degree a market outlier and on paper would be a more likely a candidate than Rutgers or even Maryland. I have Huskers family on Mrs. Billd's side and I'm willing to bet as they watch this unfold they are feeling better about the move to the B1G than maybe before. Ironically, they expected to dominate the Big 10 West and they have been getting their butts kicked regularly. They do in the end fit in the B1G pretty well, just like PSU, and Minnesota and Iowa both have historic rivalries because of proximity. Guessing the same for the SEC but I admit I'm not fully sure of their long game. The B1G apparently is not going to let geography trump some other factors. I think that was the biggest surprise to me with the addition of USC and UCLA...literally the conference now spans the continent. Happy Independence Day! [/QUOTE]
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