How bad is Big ten east and west disparity?

[superiorcyclone]

How bad? About 39 points separate the East and West by my count.

 

[baller21]

Bigly

 

[madguy30]

It's honestly worse than the old B12 North/South disparity

That at least swapped places through the years. What is this, 7 years in to E/W now and there's not much of a challenge from the west.

 

[BoxsterCy]

It's also the scheduling. The best team from the west was not playing tonight. Because while Purdue and Wisconsin are playing tOSU and/or Michigan in the crossover's Iowa is playing Maryland and Indiana.

And Minnesota had to open their season playing Ohio State. Not just first game of conference but first game period.

 

[SwirlyBird]

 

[ripvdub]

Eliminate divisions...

 

[Entropy]

It's bad. After this game, the east has won nine straight B10 championship games. And not just won, Dominated.

The total points scored is 320-147, for an average in of 19.2 ppg.

That’s “Sharon bakes a pie for Thanksgiving” level of bad.

 

[Cy4Lifer]

This will happen again in 2024 because the Hawkeyes play NONE of the big teams from the east, and will get rolled in the big ten title games again!

 

[CloneinWDSM]

 

[Farnsworth]

It's honestly worse than the old B12 North/South disparity

That is really really REALLY hard to beat, and yet they've done it.

 

[baller21]

Michigan to cover was easy money.

 

[cyclone1209]

The teams in the East probably like it this way

Except when you finish second or third in the east

 

[heitclone]

With an expanded playoff, the last thing the b1g wants to do is change things. Keep the illusion of your east bluebloods by claiming they're always great because they only lose to Ohio State. The entire system would be rigged to ensure their best interest are attended to, they won't change anything.

 

[CyTwins]

The Big Ten West is basically the MAC

 

[clonehome]

It's also the scheduling. The best team from the west was not playing tonight. Because while Purdue and Wisconsin are playing tOSU and/or Michigan in the crossover's Iowa is playing Maryland and Indiana.

This is the immediate answer. The B1G scheduling makes no sense. How can Nebraska play Michigan, Ohio St and Michigan State in the same season while Iowa only has to play Ohio St once in 10 years? The league office knows who the best teams are historically so start by having 3 West teams play Ohio St and 3 play Michigan. With the expected worst West team skipping those 2. Then 3 play Penn St and 3 play Michigan St. And so on. The crossover games now seem to have no rhyme or reason. This would prevent the Fake ID seasons that you see in the West, usually from Iowa who always seems to play the weakest East teams.

 

[JM4CY]

East is to Jim as West is to Kevin

 

[nfrine]

Legends and Leaders!

Winners and Losers...

 

[jpete24]

I explained to my wife how the B1G east and west works and she said “why are they in the same conference then?”

 

[CyBobby]

Its BAD IN A GOOD WAY....When is the last time that the hoks had to play either Michigan or Ohio State.....in regular season play?

HELLSBELLS, POOR OL COUSIN ....KNEE BRASKA.....has to play them every year....

Without their cupcake schedule the hoks would never make it to the championship game!

 

[CyBobby]

This is the immediate answer. The B1G scheduling makes no sense. How can Nebraska play Michigan, Ohio St and Michigan State in the same season while Iowa only has to play Ohio St once in 10 years? The league office knows who the best teams are historically so start by having 3 West teams play Ohio St and 3 play Michigan. With the expected worst West team skipping those 2. Then 3 play Penn St and 3 play Michigan St. And so on. The crossover games now seem to have no rhyme or reason. This would prevent the Fake ID seasons that you see in the West, usually from Iowa who always seems to play the weakest East teams.
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Good Idea but the problem is that....COMMISH KEVIN WARREN AND CO AREN'T SMART ENOUGH TO FIX THE IMBALANCE SYSTEM....
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM GET A TEAM IN THE FOUR TEAM PLAYOFF EVERY YEAR!!