The point is with Northwestern is Chicago has alumni from every Big Ten member. Nobody has to travel to Evanston, MSU at Northwestern has an automatic 10 to 20 thousand State fans. I'm sure it's the same with the other schools.
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When Michigan goes to NW the place is sold out.
M fans scoop up all the extras.
Last time I was there, the stadium was full, (or it appeared to me that it was) and I'd say 75% of the crowd was Michigan fans."The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, .. I'd worn them for weeks, and they needed the air"
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Northwestern University is in Evanston. My birth place. It is a great college town full of good places to eat and drink and 30 minutes by EL to downtown Chicago if you are so inclined. I've been to multiple NWU/M games. They are a boat load of fun for a lot of reasons.
West Lafayette? When I was at M, 66-70, my HS sweetheart was attending Purdue. I went there to watch football for one reason and it wasn't to watch football. We lasted through my Sophomore year.
Subsequently I've been to a few Purdue/M games. One of those games was watching Rich Rod's M team get run out of the stadium by some converted running back, or something like that. It was freaking embarrassing. Moreover, there is NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING appealing about West Lafayette. It does have a downtown, but there was nothing there that I wanted to be a part of.
I can fully understand the football ticket sale problem. Purdue football will only survive on the coat tails of the Big Ten and it has been that way for as long as I can remember with the exception of Bob Griese's years there and a few exciting football teams that Tiller put on the field with his version of the spread. He was fun. Nothing else was or is now.Last edited by Jeff Buchanan; May 15, 2015, 09:40 PM.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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JMO, but I wonder when/if they next major upheaval in D1 will be the culling of schools like Purdue from the major conferences.
I think at some point, that discussion starts to happen when external growth hits the wall, which has to be close. Then conferences will be looking internally, and thinking about increasing profits by separating revenue generators from revenue consumers.
The BIG would last to hop on that, but, years from now, if it becomes an issue of competitiveness vis-a-vis other leagues, it could be discussed seriously.
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I wish it was about league competition. It's not. It's about the money.
Show me the money. Hoss is right. It's coming but the higher ups will resist on principle for as long as the press laps that up and makes them appear to have integrity.
But behind closed doors, the greedy bastards will take over in the decision making process and culling the revenue losers process will be implanted on the basis of some BS principles that will sound grand and nice.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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At the time, Houston or TCU were both probably better picks than Baylor - by a comfortable margin. But neither of those schools has Ann Richards as an alum, who was Governor at the time.Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.
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Originally posted by Wild Hoss View PostJMO, but I wonder when/if they next major upheaval in D1 will be the culling of schools like Purdue from the major conferences.
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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostThat almost happened to Baylor in 1994-1995. But they have powerful friends around Texas.
Now, we can say "Well that's Texas" (The same Texas that many BIG fans want to see added to their league) but who knows what the future holds. West Virginny is in the Big 12, Maryland is in the BIG, Utah in the PAC 12, and the five major conferences are halfway split from D1, and we have a playoff...and all that's happened in the last four years.
I don't think we can make too many assumptions, except that the dollar is driving the bus.
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