Anonymous #2 4w

and penn state

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Anonymous freddy_fazballs 4w

There’s a couple reasons I did that: 1. Big 10 is a far better fit than the SEC. Immediate rivalry potential with Iowa and Illinois 2. They would improve competitive balance between east and west Big 10 teams 3. Them or Iowa State are the most geographically removed from the rest of the Big 12, but Iowa State has better preserved rivalries in the Big 12 4. Their best rivalry game with Kansas can be preserved as a protected non-conference game like Georgia-Georgia Tech

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Anonymous #2 4w

Nebraska has far more history with the Big 12/Big 8, and a non-conference rivalry can be preserved between them and at least one Big 10 team. Northwestern I understand but their cultural fit in the Big 10 isn’t great and they also hamper competitive balance. Pennsylvania is not the Midwest and I think Penn State is a better fit with northeastern teams.

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Anonymous #3 4w

In all fairness those conferences were formerly the PAC-10 and Big 8 🤷‍♂️

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Anonymous OP 4w

but missouri has a historic rivalry with kansas, oklahoma, nebraska and iowa state. they are literally named after a pro slavery militia that fought in the civil war, they would not be a good fit in the big 10

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Anonymous OP 4w

Not much anyone can do with so few conferences I suppose. Also a conference that's half made up of schools from Texas seems hilarious, maybe throw in UNT and Rice just for fun.

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Anonymous #2 4w

penn state is more of a big east school than a big 10, nebraska is a big 12 school through and through they killed their program pretending they weren’t one

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Anonymous OP 4w

PA is considered a NE state but the culture of the state is really split into 2 depending on where you are. Like Philly is def a NE city but Pittsburgh feels way more like a Midwestern city than a NE one. Culturally State College, PA fits in more with Midwest than NE.

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Anonymous freddy_fazballs 4w

Columbia, Missouri is fundamentally culturally midwestern, and someone had to go from the Big 12 to make the conferences even. Like I said the rivalry with Kansas could still be preserved annually, but unfortunately all those other rivalry games haven’t been regularly played since Missouri joined the SEC. I know this isn’t an absolute slam dunk, but it’s a better fit that the SEC

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Anonymous #4 4w

Penn State fandom skews eastward and central and eastern Pennsylvania aren’t nearly as close to the Midwest culturally as Pittsburgh.

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Anonymous #3 4w

My Big 12 South is all Texas teams. It’s basically one division is the old SWC and the other is the Big 8.

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Anonymous OP 4w

if it was the big 8 then where is mizzou

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Anonymous freddy_fazballs 4w

Big 10 as explained above. Is Iowa State a better fit for the Big 10?

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Anonymous #5 4w

Maryland has rivalry games against Penn State, Rutgers, and West Virginia. Big East is a solid regional fit and Maryland/Virginia can be an annual non-conference

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Anonymous OP 4w

The Rutgers rivalry is pretty newly forced so the B1G can justify adding both of them, but Maryland has tons of history with UVA, Duke, NC State, UNC, and so on. They could play a couple games with history in Penn State and WVU, or have every game meaningful in the ACC. (Plus Penn State and WVU could be OOC.)

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Anonymous OP 4w

iowa state is a farm school the big 12 is perfect for them it should be original big 8 in one division and original southwest in the other

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Anonymous #5 4w

According to the data it seems Maryland fans chose Rutgers, Penn State, and West Virginia over UNC, Duke, or NC State

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Anonymous freddy_fazballs 4w

I agree and that’s why I kept them in over Missouri

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Anonymous OP 4w

I’d be interested to see the sample size

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Anonymous #5 4w

I would highly recommend you check out the website. It’s a really interesting data project

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Anonymous #5 4w

And of course, you should fill out the survey for your team as well

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Anonymous OP 4w

Excellent reasoning Everyone else in the sec forgets they exist Most people where i live barely/dont consider Missouri part of the south

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Anonymous OP 4w

I did, they don’t provide the raw data, or at least don’t make it easy to find.

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