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Notice they put up the last year's plaque as "Big Ten Champions - 2010", even though it was a co-championship.....glad they did it.

* Wonder if the 1990 team gets the same recognition? (or the '78....?)

Also, it's nice to see MSU must have changed the tradition of the plaques to include teams that won a Big Ten Championship (even a "co"), but did not go to the Rose Bowl.

If memory serves me correctly, the only BT Championship plaques on the stadium were from teams that won the BT and won the Rose Bowl.....

Anyone have any insight or can correct my memory?

A championship is a championship. I didn't see OSU putting "co" before their B1G championships in 2005 and 2008 even though they lost to the team they shared it with (PSU). All I ever heard was "5 straight B1G championships." And I never saw UofM put "Co" in front of their shared national title with Nebraska in 1997.

As for the Rose Bowl plaque, I don't know if there is one for 2010 that says "Rose Bowl." I would be surprised since that would be a bit misleading.

JM,

chill bro'......didn't mean the "co" to be harsh. Just trying to point out the difference and the fact that if the 2010 plaque goes up, then shouldn't a 1990 and 1978?

BTW, thank you for posting this.

Perhaps they did put those up. Hollis only posted 1 picture, but he referred to "Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl plaques" in his tweet. That tells me that there is more than just this one that was put up.

WRONG.

It gets worse starting this year. Lets say what happened last year happened this year, with all three teams in the same division. Only one team goes to the B10 Championship game. Were Texas Tech and Texas Big XII champs in 2008, even if they were both 11-1 at the end of the regular season?
If anything, the new setup gives the voters not just the power to determine who goes to the Rose Bowl, but also who is the conference champion.... Not good.

Funny when I first read the tweet, I thought he meant that the plaques were inside by the field then I realized that they were outside. It would have been kinda cool to relocate them by the tunnel so that the players would see them on their way in from Kellogg. Maybe put them in an area where the people can see them too.

If memory serves me correct weren't they originally where the press box entrance was located which is where the new addition is?

Pre-2004 construction and 2005 addition the plaques were next to the Press Box entrance....you are correct!

I believe there was one plaque on the NE corner (almost covered in ivy).

Word.
We good.

Truth.