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B1G Hockey: The Countdown Begins

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Solar race is the collegic equivalent of NASCAR? :eek: Wow, if that's true there will be no more solar races because hell has frozen over and the sun must have gone out. :D
 
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Solar race is the collegic equivalent of NASCAR? Wow, if that's true there will be no more solar races because hell has frozen over and the sun must have gone out.
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LOL, like I said Tiggsy, there is no collegiate equivalent to NASCAR. Do NASCAR drivers even go to college?!
 
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Tiggsy said:
Solar race is the collegic equivalent of NASCAR? :eek: Wow, if that's true there will be no more solar races because hell has frozen over and the sun must have gone out. :D
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Yes, and don't tell that to the Formula teams that actually race, well kind of.

Also, in case anyone didn't know. Pinewood Derby is the Boyscout equivalent of NASCAR.

As someone who worked on the solar car, I'm offended.
 
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Ronnie Beck wonders what the college equivalent of the Soapbox Derby is?
 
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As someone who worked on the solar car, I'm offended.
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wolverineTrumpet --


As probably the only college hockey fan you'll run across, who actually keeps up with Solar Car Raycing, gotta say Way to Go!!! Michigan's Solar Rayce Car program is one of the Top 3 programs in the nation, if not the best? I think UMn's would be #1 if not for Michigan beating them more often than not. lol
 
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SteveP said:
The future BTHC trophy has been revealed.

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Looks pretty generic. I bet the trophy that the B1G will hand out to other sports like Tennis and Volleyball are all going to look just like that.
 
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Back2BackU-MnPride2002 said:
wolverineTrumpet --


As probably the only college hockey fan you'll run across, who actually keeps up with Solar Car Raycing, gotta say Way to Go!!! Michigan's Solar Rayce Car program is one of the Top 3 programs in the nation, if not the best? I think UMn's would be #1 if not for Michigan beating them more often than not. lol
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With the history of Michigan's solar car, I think she will run across more than just one.
 
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Back2BackU-MnPride2002 said:
4four4 --


Yes, it will probably greatly help the Big Ten.


But how does adding another team to the college hockey landscape, PSU, not help college hockey?!

How does dividing up the RICHES that were the WCHA and spreading that talent out into 3 different conferences, not help college hockey?!

The new version of the WCHA still has decent teams left in it, and they will probably thrive even more now without always being beaten down regularly by the likes of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Denver, CC, North Dakota and even SCSU and UMD. And it gets some teams from the CCHA that could thrive in that conf more than they could in the CCHA as well, not to forget Alabama-Huntsville.

The NCHC is chock full of great teams, and I'm interested, very interested to see how teams like Miami and W Mich, who are coming in from what I've always believed to be one of the weaker conferences, the CCHA, will do when they have to play basically vs former WCHA teams week in and week out.

The Big Ten will have the same dynamic, Michigan, MSU and OSU will be able to go up against 2 of the better teams in the WCHA and we'll get to see who ends up at the top on a regular basis. I believe that Minnesota and Wisconsin will regularly finish among the Top 3 teams in the conf. But I guess we'll just have to see over time what happens? But Penn St has already shown that they are going to hit the ice running come next season. They already have at least one surprising win over Wisconsin this season.

And now that there is a Big Ten Conf, with Big Ten Conf games naturally being on the Big Ten Network, other Big Ten teams like Illinois and Nebraska will be more motivated to get a team started up. The incentive wasn't there before.

If the creation of the Big Ten Hockey Conf helps to facilitate the addition of 2-4 more teams onto the college hockey scene, how is that not good for college hockey as a whole?!
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I should have been more clear. The expansion doesn't help the current Big Ten hockey schools because currently Maryland and Rutgers don't have varsity programs.
 
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With the history of Michigan's solar car, I think she will run across more than just one.
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bluevox -- I hope you are right. I just posted that basically because I get a ton of crap from cfb and cbb fans for even liking and following college hockey. I dare never mention that I follow something like Solar Rayce Car Raycing for its just not very highly regarded among the majority of Neanderthals who call themselves college sports fans out there. I should know that Universites exist for the sole purpose of providing me with an entertaining football game to watch.
 
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B1G Tournament info has been released:

SAINT PAUL, Minn.; March 19, 2013 – Xcel Energy Center and the Big Ten announced Tuesday that All-Session Ticket Package Reservations for the inaugural 2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, to be held Thursday – Saturday, March 20 – 22, 2014, will go on sale at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, March 25.

The tournament will feature all six teams – Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin – in a single-elimination format. The tournament will consist of five games (two games on Thursday, March 20; two games on Friday, March 21; championship game on Saturday, March 22). All-Session Ticket Packages include one ticket to each of the five games of the tournament.

Thursday’s quarterfinals will feature the No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed battling the No. 5 seed. The top two seeds will open tournament play in the Friday semifinals, with the No. 1 seed against either the No. 4 or 5 seed and the No. 2 seed facing the No. 3 or 6 seed. The championship game will be played on Saturday.

Prices for All-Session Ticket Packages are:

$130 per package - Lower Level

$80 per package - Upper Level

$160 per package - RBC Wealth Management Club Level
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bluevox said:
Are you talking about right now, as in football is not being played RIGHT NOW, so the NHL is behind NBA, college basketball and NASCAR? If you are going to say NHL, I would say that it is behind NFL, college footbal, NBA, college basketball, MLB and then we start talking NHL.

If you are going to say hockey, then I would rank them football, basketball, baseball and hockey is right there with soccer, car racing, golf etc.

Remember, this is coming from a hockey fan, for whom hockey is the number one sport, but if you are talking the entire USA, hockey is not even an automatic fourth place.
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Perhaps your right.

But in terms of the Big Ten's offering, you've got football and you've got basketball. What is the next product with the best opportunity for TV growth beyond those two...esp during the cold winter, higher viewer months? Its got to be hockey.
 
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When do you suppose they'll hold the competition committee meetings to determine the league rules that I'm sure will annoy the living **** out of me?
 
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Decided today I'm making the trek to Saint Paul.

Even though I will forever hate the building for what happened in 2011, I don't wanna miss the first B1G Tournament.

I hate the format it's going to be. Neutral sites blow. ESPECIALLY in college hockey. The regular season champion should be rewarded with being the host of the Final 4 of the playoff. Top 2 seeds get byes into the Final 4, and the other 4 teams in the league play best-of-3 series where higher seed hosts.

NCAA needs to wake up and smell the coffe. And in the NCAA Tournament, regionals should be hosted by the 1 seed in that region.

The only thing that sucks is Yost is banned from hosting regionals. That's why Michigan is "hosting" the West regional in Grand Rapids. At least the block M will be on the ice. :rolleyes:
 
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