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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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I was just wondering if there are any fellow Buckeye fans out there!!!! I am really excited for my college football season to be starting..how about you?
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"Oh how I hate Ohio State!" Ok, just kidding, I am pretty indifferent when it comes to OSU, but I always think of that saying when I hear about them. My 11th grade AP American history teacher was a UM alum, and he used to say this ALL the time. To which my friend who was from Ohio would start singing "Oh, I don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan, the whole state of Michigan, the whole state of Michigan..." etc.
As for me --- S-O-U-T-H-F-L-O-R-I-D-A! South Florida South Florida! Gooooo Bulls!
And I trust that on Sept 11, I can count on all you Buckeyes to be rooting for my team with me? (we are playing UF....)
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I think we'll be cheering against UF on the 11th.
And in our house, we'll be UConn fans on Sat. (Though that's not much of stretch for us -- DD was born in New London, so we're Husky fans in basketball season anyway.)
What are the thoughts from the Ohio State side about the Big Ten going to two divisions with UM and OSU in different divisions?
I can't say that I'm a fan. I would have preferred that Michigan been swapped with either Penn State or Wisconsin. Michigan and Ohio State should never have to play twice in the same season. It only renders the first game meaningless if everyone knows that they are going to meet again the following week.
What are the thoughts from the Ohio State side about the Big Ten going to two divisions with UM and OSU in different divisions?
I can't say that I'm a fan. I would have preferred that Michigan been swapped with either Penn State or Wisconsin. Michigan and Ohio State should never have to play twice in the same season. It only renders the first game meaningless if everyone knows that they are going to meet again the following week.
Apparently the Big Ten AD's didn't see that as a problem. But I agree -- it sets up some odd seasons. And a lot of OSU-Michigan animosity I'm afraid.
What I thought was interesting was that the whole arrangement was premised on the "top tier" of the conference being OSU, Penn State, U of M and Nebraska -- when Nebraska hasn't played a conference game yet.
But the more I look at it -- the divisions aren't the problem. It's purely a numbers issue. As long as you have a 12 team conference and only 8 conference games, you have to leave out a third of the teams every year. In the big 10, it seems everyone has a rivalry trophy with everyone else and they can't be annual matchups anymore.
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Apparently the Big Ten AD's didn't see that as a problem. But I agree -- it sets up some odd seasons. And a lot of OSU-Michigan animosity I'm afraid.
What I thought was interesting was that the whole arrangement was premised on the "top tier" of the conference being OSU, Penn State, U of M and Nebraska -- when Nebraska hasn't played a conference game yet.
Again, swap Wisconsin for Nebraska in this situation as well. Wisconsin made out terrible in this deal. The only game that got protected from their standpoint was against Minnesota. I think all the other schools got, at least, two "rivalry" games guaranteed every season.
That being said, this is the least enuthastic I've been to start a season. Maybe winning eight games the last two seasons and not seeing a light at the end of the tunnel will do that.
I was able to watch the OSU game, last night, on the Big Ten Network and they did look really good but it's hard not to look good when you're playing Marshall who Tressel has owned for decades.
Apparently the Big Ten AD's didn't see that as a problem. But I agree -- it sets up some odd seasons. And a lot of OSU-Michigan animosity I'm afraid.
What I thought was interesting was that the whole arrangement was premised on the "top tier" of the conference being OSU, Penn State, U of M and Nebraska -- when Nebraska hasn't played a conference game yet.
I wonder if that might have been part of the deal that made Nebraska decide to come to the Big 10 in the first place. However...I don't think it's unfounded. Nebraska has (at times...and they are getting back to a really good team) been very good in the Big 12, which (please put the spears down ) is arguably a much more difficult conference than the Big 10.
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Gotta love Saturday's game. Miami didn't put up the fight I was expecting.
I don't expect next week to be a matchup at all. But having done my undergrad at OU (where the Bobcats won a whopping 2 games in 4 years as I recall) I still feel obligated to cheer for whichever team has the ball.
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