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Big Ten Hockey Conference

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Tiggsy said:
It's their own fault then for not launching the conference a year sooner. I still am suprised you expect everyone to just say okay and move on happily with the biggest shake up in colelge hockey, which is still over a year away. Sure there is some potentially entertaining hockey but lets not forget all the entertaining hockey that will be no more. Many great, regional rivalries ended. Not sure why the fact people are upset about that is still shocking. People accept it because there is nothing that can be done at this point, but no one has to like it. It will fade in time, but it's still pretty fresh since it hasn't happened yet.
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I'm WAY over it. Can't wait, actually.

Thanks Uncle Barry!!! :p
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
Seriously, what the hell was Alvarez talking about? It couldn't have been more regionalized. With the exception of the Alaska schools it was an exact East/West split.
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I think what Alvarez was saying was that Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug. ;)
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I'm WAY over it. Can't wait, actually.

Thanks Uncle Barry!!! :p
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I guess someone has to push the first one over before the rest of the dominos fall. Way to be at the front of the line! :p

bronconick said:
I went from 4 road trips that I could make by leaving work an hour or two early on a Friday in conference play to none. Definitely a bonus for your actual college hockey fans.
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Barry must think we're all corpies with private jets that have no issues making these trips.
 
Tiggsy said:
I guess someone has to push the first one over before the rest of the dominos fall. Way to be at the front of the line! :p



Barry must think we're all corpies with private jets that have no issues making these trips.
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Or he's just a brain dead scum bag???
 
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5mn_Major said:
They also have diverse memberships, with schools whose other athletic programs are classified from NCAA Division I to I-AA to Division III, as well as carrying varied academic requirements.
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This just reminded me of every very casual or non-fan ever that many of us are undoubtedly familiar with.

I'll use Michigan State as my example since I am quite familiar.

"We lost to Ferris State? That's outrageous! Can you imagine Tom Izzo or our Football team losing to Ferris effing state?!"

It's that kind of naivete that Alvarez seems to possess.
 
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5mn_Major said:
You're making it sound like Barry was just kind of watching without any bias except for a concern for OSU. Definitely not the case...he was pushing for the BTHC all along:

Plan for Big Ten hockey league iced in summer of ’09

A series of high-level discussions took place this summer about the creation of a new men's hockey league featuring the five Big Ten Conference members that sponsor the sport.

UW senior associate athletic director Sean Frazier, who oversees the men's and women's hockey programs, said he and athletic director Barry Alvarez share "major concerns'' about the overall health and direction of men's hockey at the NCAA Division I level.

Alvarez believes the sport needs to be more regionalized, especially as it relates to programs in the CCHA and WCHA. Both leagues have schools that stretch from the Eastern time zone to Alaska. They also have diverse memberships, with schools whose other athletic programs are classified from NCAA Division I to I-AA to Division III, as well as carrying varied academic requirements.

Ohio State officials are openly supportive of the idea of a Big Ten affiliation. Calls to administrators at Michigan and Michigan State were not returned, but multiple sources around college hockey say they brought open minds to the summer talks.

Whatever momentum the initiative seemed to have gained, though, apparently slowed because Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi spoke out strongly against it.
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Come to think of it, now I do remember when that article came out. ****. Fair enough. I only remembered part of what Alvarez had said and was wrong. I don't know why I blacked out on the whole "needs to be more regionalized" bull****. I remember being quite annoyed when I heard that.

Although I stand by the notion that nothing anyone did or said mattered when it came to the BTHC until Pegula came along.
 
Pirateasaurus said:
This just reminded me of every very casual or non-fan ever that many of us are undoubtedly familiar with.

I'll use Michigan State as my example since I am quite familiar.

"We lost to Ferris State? That's outrageous! Can you imagine Tom Izzo or our Football team losing to Ferris effing state?!"

It's that kind of naivete that Alvarez seems to possess.
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Izzo has lost to Grand Valley State before. To the average Sparty, we might as well be Ferris State.
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Izzo has lost to Grand Valley State before. To the average Sparty, we might as well be Ferris State.
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I was actually at that game. MSU had a good chance to wrap up the game at the free throw line but Izzo called a time out with 30 seconds left to practice an inbounds play. Then Suton turned it over on the inbounds pass and they scored to send it to OT. Nevertheless, it was a loss and luckily just an exhibition game. But I digress...

I'll enjoy being able to see Minnesota and Wisconsin more than once every two years. I am going to miss the CCHA games though. I always liked hockey for that reason, that it was just a different look of teams. You could watch basketball play Iowa or Indiana, then go see hockey play NMU or LSSU. I'm hoping we keep those relationships for non-conference.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
I was actually at that game. MSU had a good chance to wrap up the game at the free throw line but Izzo called a time out with 30 seconds left to practice an inbounds play. Then Suton turned it over on the inbounds pass and they scored to send it to OT. Nevertheless, it was a loss and luckily just an exhibition game. But I digress...

I'll enjoy being able to see Minnesota and Wisconsin more than once every two years. I am going to miss the CCHA games though. I always liked hockey for that reason, that it was just a different look of teams. You could watch basketball play Iowa or Indiana, then go see hockey play NMU or LSSU. I'm hoping we keep those relationships for non-conference.
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I feel the very same way being a Buckeye fan. I am very much looking forward to seeing Minnesota and Wisconsin in Columbus every year but will miss seeing the small schools
 
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