Hi Gopher fans. Badger fan here. Now that the expansion talk has died down, the focus seems to be on whether the Big Ten will move to a divisional alignment and if so, how the divisions will look. I just read Adam Rittenberg's piece (which I see you already have a thread on) and he has some good ideas and makes some good points. But his article, much like every other article I have read on the topic, makes assumptions about what the fans of each team prefer. In an effort to find out if these assumptions are true I am undertaking a study of each fan base to find out which rivalries they want to protect and which games don't matter as much.
I hope to compile the results and develop an alignment which can satisfy each of the fan bases in the Big Ten.
If you would be so polite, please rank the teams from 1-11 (including Nebraska) with 1 being the team/game that is most important to you as a Gopher fan and 11 being the team/game that matters the least. I've even provided a handy template for you to use.
Thanks.