Reporter Doug Lesmerises writes how the idea of placing Ohio State and Michigan in separate divisions focuses on maximizing and monetizing this great rivalry. So how do you protect this rivalry since the Big Ten will break down into two divisions? The Big Ten should announce its division pairings sometime in September, and the idea of placing Michigan and...
Jim TresselReporter Doug Lesmerises writes how the idea of placing Ohio State and Michigan in separate divisions focuses on maximizing and monetizing this great rivalry.
So how do you protect this rivalry since the Big Ten will break down into two divisions?
The Big Ten should announce its division pairings sometime in September, and the idea of placing Michigan and Ohio State in opposite divisions has been gaining steam, with everyone from Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany to Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith to Michigan athletic director David Brandon laying groundwork for that possibility.
"One of the best things that could happen, in my opinion in a given season, would be the opportunity to play Ohio State twice," Brandon told Michigan radio station WTKA last week.