B1G

B1G football has been going down for decades. There was just a national article about it. No Southern recruiting connection but I do think culturally we fit in with the B1G western schools. Ideally a great western division would be ISU, MN, Wisc, Iowa, NW, Neb (built in rivaly unlike Rutgers or Maryland) and IL.

Even MN would be a good rivalry. Have to get them back for what they did to Jack Trice.
 
I would love to join the B1G.

The only better option would be if all the conferences fell apart and we somehow fell into a makeshift league with:

Iowa State
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Kansas State
..Illinois
..Northwestern

Teams we could compete with

Here's a Map!

That would be pretty amazing. You could drive to EVERY game!
 
I agree with this. I don't think a B1G schedule is as ragged as what happens in the B12, but it's not like ISU is even competitive enough to conclude that they'd all the sudden be good. No matter the conference, ISU is still marginal in football.


I know you have a love-hate relationship with ISU, but seriously, look at Iowa's schedule this year....Purdue, Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern, Minnesota, Illinois, Wiscy, Nebby. That's as soft as the old Big 12 North days (big 12 light, as I liked to call it). What did ISU do there? They were in the race for their division championship a couple years, with teams with huge problems. Based on current rankings, Iowa won't face a ranked foe until the last game of their schedule. I'm not singing the praises of the current ISU team, but sumbitch, you give us 11 games against unranked opponents, we can win a heck of a lot more than we're winning now.
 
I would love to join the B1G.

The only better option would be if all the conferences fell apart and we somehow fell into a makeshift league with:

Iowa State
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Kansas State
..Illinois
..Northwestern

Teams we could compete with

Here's a Map!
This would be a great league for proximity and regional rivalries! It will never happen but would be sweet if it somehow did.
 
Even MN would be a good rivalry. Have to get them back for what they did to Jack Trice.

If we didn't get back at them during the Insight Bowl a few years back, then face it - vengeance for Jack Trice isn't going to happen.
 
Worst thread ever. The LAST thing ISU wants is realignment talk. Does anyone even remember the last time we went through this??

Let's just say it was looking Mountain Westish as best case scenario for us. It's been proven the big10 doesn't pick teams according to geographic location and academics. They pick for TV market shares.

This is our only viable conference if we want to remain in a power 5 league. Period.
 
Even MN would be a good rivalry. Have to get them back for what they did to Jack Trice.

Hoiberg already makes it a rivalry. Gopherhole talked about him or smack about ISU for the last few years over 1) Hoiberg to TWolves, 2) Hoiberg to Gophers, and 3) Rashad Vaughn.
 
If they extend that branch, I say we take it. We could actually compete in that league in football and be a perennial powerhouse in bball.

We are already in the best conference in the land. Why would we want to join trailer trash?
 
In their first three years Nebraska has won/lost at basically the same clip in the B1G as they did in their last three years in the Big 12. And that's with the B1G overall at a pretty historic low as a conference in football. Do you really think ISU would come in and all of a sudden win at a much higher rate when the Huskers haven't been able to?


Replace K-State with Minnesota, Baylor with Northwestern, Okie State with Purdue, Tech with Illinois, TCU with Maryland? OU with Michigan, Iowa with Iowa?

He@@ yes ISU would win at a MUCH higher rate.
 
Surely you people jest. I can't believe anyone actually believes the B1G would take Iowa State. Even the most optimistic fan could not believe that.

Exactly. Plus, I love the little sister and sour grapes irony with this fanbase. Rip on the Big 10 constantly, like, non-stop. But covet what the conference has and the desire to get an invite from that conference.

Will it never happen? Don't know. Is it even remotely likely or a realistic possibility? Nope.
 
It's not realistic at all, but I'd take us in the B1G in a heartbeat. Would love Kansas and Kansas State as additions as well.

Can't even imagine what it'd take to make that happen. I feel like lawmakers would have to get involved for the first time to get that shot.
 
We eventually would get worse in the B1G in football. A good portion of our recruits come here so they can play in or near their home in Texas at least 2x a year. We move to the B1G and that dries up. I don't know the number of Texas recruits that Nebraska still pulls up, but I bet it's a harder sell today.
So then we are stuck recruiting the north and east. And whatever
We need 2 more teams in conference and split divisions like the old Big 12. Dilute the conference like the B1G.

Have to disagree based on the number of Florida recruits we get. Though I could see a slight drop off.
 
Have no clue. All I know is what Nebby did in its last few years in the Big 12 and its first three years in the B1G, which is about the same.

Wow, they've had the exact same team for all that time? I'm surprised the players still have eligibility.


Oh wait, everything changes from year to year so you have effing clue what Nebraska would have done in the Big12 the past few years.
 
Wow, they've had the exact same team for all that time? I'm surprised the players still have eligibility.


Oh wait, everything changes from year to year so you have effing clue what Nebraska would have done in the Big12 the past few years.

Yes we do. Bo Pelini loses 4 games every year. Death, Taxes, and Bo Pelini losing 4 games
 
Wow, they've had the exact same team for all that time? I'm surprised the players still have eligibility.


Oh wait, everything changes from year to year so you have effing clue what Nebraska would have done in the Big12 the past few years.

I think you meant to say "no" effing clue there.

You may want to stress that point to some of your fellow ISU fans. They seem to think they do have an effing clue about how ISU would do if they joined the B1G.
 
I think you meant to say "no" effing clue there.

You may want to stress that point to some of your fellow ISU fans. They seem to think they do have an effing clue about how ISU would do if they joined the B1G.

Well yeah, we'd win it all
 

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