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Dec 17, 2010 12:21 PM
My buddy at work did this...

Michigan is changing it's logo to match the new Big 10 logo...

Dec 17, 2010 12:21pm
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Dec 17, 2010 12:56 PM
thedynasty1998;604030 wrote:Why wait a year? Change it now and all will be forgotten. And yes, it's hard to believe that 10% would approve.

LOVE the Midwest and Heartland idea! Not sure if you came up with that or read it somewhere, but it's brilliant!

i came up with it.
Dec 17, 2010 12:56pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:05 PM
thedynasty1998;604030 wrote:Why wait a year? Change it now and all will be forgotten. And yes, it's hard to believe that 10% would approve.

LOVE the Midwest and Heartland idea! Not sure if you came up with that or read it somewhere, but it's brilliant!

j_crazy may have come up with it as well, but I also thought of it ex nihilo (my guess is that a lot of people had the same idea all on their own). I thought of it about a day after the "X" and "O" divisions were announced back in the fall.

And they aren't waiting a year, he said they would revisit the names the first of the year. They have some time to play with too. If they are going to change them they really need to make sure they get it right this time. I would say that have until July 1 when Nebraska officially joins the conference to make a change.
Dec 17, 2010 1:05pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:07 PM
FatHobbit;604004 wrote:I'm impressed. I didn't think they would ever change their minds either.

There's no guarantee that they will change their minds, he just said they'll revisit the names in January. It's possible that they'll keep them. I think he hopes that people will warm up to the names, but with a nearly universal disapproval of them I don't see how many people will change their minds of them. And it's not like people are just ambivalent about it, most really hate the names.
Dec 17, 2010 1:07pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:07 PM
kramb- Did you get retweeted by Joe Schad on this topic today? I could have sworn I saw that. If so, congrats!
Dec 17, 2010 1:07pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:16 PM
midwest and heartland needs to happen...good call j crazy
Dec 17, 2010 1:16pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:22 PM
Here's a logo someone over on Bucknuts came up with, along with division names.


http://bucknuts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75835
Dec 17, 2010 1:22pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:26 PM
the logo could be refined but i like it a lot better than the one(s) they settled on. Those division names are really good
Dec 17, 2010 1:26pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:27 PM
j_crazy;604230 wrote:the logo could be refined but i like it a lot better than the one(s) they settled on. Those division names are really good

In the thread the poster said it only took him 20 minutes to do it.
Dec 17, 2010 1:27pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:31 PM
that makes it even worse that the B10 landed on theirs as the final.
Dec 17, 2010 1:31pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:35 PM
karen lotz;604200 wrote:kramb- Did you get retweeted by Joe Schad on this topic today? I could have sworn I saw that. If so, congrats!

I did. Thanks for noticing!
-Society-;604224 wrote:Here's a logo someone over on Bucknuts came up with, along with division names.


http://bucknuts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75835


I do like that logo, and I think it would be sweet to do something similar if they chose those division names, although they would still need something like that they came up with to just say "Big Ten" since these divisions only matter in football.
Dec 17, 2010 1:35pm
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Dec 17, 2010 1:39 PM
i just tweeted the logo society posted to joe schad, see if he picks it up.
Dec 17, 2010 1:39pm
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Dec 17, 2010 7:50 PM
What about naming the divisions "Black" and "Blue"?
Dec 17, 2010 7:50pm
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Dec 17, 2010 8:03 PM
I like X's and O's. They threw it out on the fan today as a joke, but I think it would be pretty cool.
Dec 17, 2010 8:03pm
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Dec 17, 2010 8:58 PM
jordo212000;604583 wrote:What about naming the divisions "Black" and "Blue"?

To me this makes it sound like the conference was beat up. When someone get's pummeled you say that they were left "black and blue." Also, Michigan, Penn State, Illinois, Purdue, and Iowa would love these names because they have those colors in their team colors, but every other team would hate it. As a Buckeye fan I hate Blue and would not want to compete to win the Blue Division.
wildcats20;604589 wrote:I like X's and O's. They threw it out on the fan today as a joke, but I think it would be pretty cool.

Those were the temporary names that the Big Ten gave to the divisions when they announced how they would be divided back in the fall.
Dec 17, 2010 8:58pm
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Jan 13, 2011 6:43 PM
Looks like Legends and Leaders are staying through at least this year:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6019679
Jan 13, 2011 6:43pm
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Jan 13, 2011 6:49 PM
gorocks99;637413 wrote:Looks like Legends and Leaders are staying through at least this year:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6019679

dumb
Jan 13, 2011 6:49pm
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Jan 14, 2011 10:40 AM
I hate Jim Delaney
Jan 14, 2011 10:40am
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Jan 14, 2011 12:55 PM
'Snow' and 'Ice' divisions is better
Jan 14, 2011 12:55pm
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Jan 14, 2011 1:42 PM
FatHobbit;637415 wrote:dumb

There are two division names, so this deserves a double dumb.
Jan 14, 2011 1:42pm
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Jan 14, 2011 1:48 PM
Had to let them breath a little bit, going to do some market research, can't know how they'll do until they're used....damn there are some stupid people in charge of this shit.

Just post what you think are some good choices a few months ahead of time, you'll get all the damn feedback you'll need to make an informed decision. These idiots won't admit defeat and we'll be stuck with this horseshit.
Jan 14, 2011 1:48pm
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Jan 14, 2011 5:15 PM
ytownfootball;638335 wrote:Had to let them breath a little bit, going to do some market research, can't know how they'll do until they're used....damn there are some stupid people in charge of this shit.

Just post what you think are some good choices a few months ahead of time, you'll get all the damn feedback you'll need to make an informed decision. These idiots won't admit defeat and we'll be stuck with this horseshit.

I can't imagine that they didn't do some sort of market research for this. I just imagine a group of Joe Paterno's high school class mates in a focus group picking these names out.
Jan 14, 2011 5:15pm
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Jan 14, 2011 5:23 PM
krambman;638572 wrote:I can't imagine that they didn't do some sort of market research for this. I just imagine a group of Joe Paterno's high school class mates in a focus group picking these names out.

Beside just being overall stupid names generally, they sound like pompous, arrogant assholes. I'm all for tradition and nostalgia, but it's just ridiculous. Gotta move a little further ahead on the time line.
Jan 14, 2011 5:23pm
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Jan 15, 2011 1:48 PM
ytownfootball;638576 wrote:Beside just being overall stupid names generally, they sound like pompous, arrogant assholes. I'm all for tradition and nostalgia, but it's just ridiculous. Gotta move a little further ahead on the time line.

Yeah, I can't remember who it was that said this (Pat Forde maybe), but he said that someone should have told Delaney that they are just division names, not political statements.
Jan 15, 2011 1:48pm