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Don't know what she'll do...but I doubt it matters.

While LAKS is pretty intune with Athletics, most University Presidents are not and basically do whatever their AD's want, or in many cases, what the conference commissioner wants. They believe that making athletic decisions are why they hire these people in the first place and really do not like to be bothered with Athletics.

now that we have a conference championship game, i think a big ten team will undoubtedly end up in the top 4 barring a major upset in the conference title game.

UM and OSU in the playoffs as soon as possible, prob....cause thats all Delany gives a shit about

I disagree. While I agree with the tenor of your sentiment, this is a step in the right direction. By your logic, historically Big Ten teams don't finish in the top 2 either. So this gets us closer to a shot to play for a NC, instead of not having any shot at all.

wrong, the opposite will happen as it gives teams another chance to lose. To be top 4 in the ball licking polls you will need 1 loss or less. As it stands now you will have 2 SEC teams every year and the other 2 spots going to everything else.

Prepare to be disappointing as an undefeated or 1 loss MSU team that wins the BTC gets left out. We don't poll well. Not sure why we would ever sign on to this considering we get 2 of 8 BCS teams right now

President Simon will not have a vote.

The Big Tens representative on the NCAAs Presidential Oversight Committee is Harvey Perlman from Nebraska.

Committee Members that will vote on the plan are as follows:

•Scott Cowen - President, Tulane University
•Rev. John Jenkins - President, University of Notre Dame
•Bernie Machen - President, University of Florida
•Max Nikias - President, University of Southern California
•Duane Nellis - President, University of Idaho
•Harvey Perlman - Chancellor, University of Nebraska
•John G. Peters - President, Northern Illinois University
•Bill Powers - President, University of Texas
•James Ramsey - President, University of Louisville
•Gary Ransdell - President, Western Kentucky University
•Charles W. Steger (chair) - President, Virginia Tech
•John Welty - President, Fresno State

How is this not better than the current set up?

If, as you say, we don't poll well and, as an undefeated or 1 loss team, annoy make it into the top 4, why even play with the current set up, as we could never get into the top 2.

This is going to be the best bet, short of an automatic beatty every year for the big ten champion (which will never happen at 4 teams).

No idea, but I am sure GRR Spartan knows.

It really makes me wonder what's going on behind closed doors to make delaney fold on this. He's always done what's best for the conference. This is clearly not it.

Do we even know what they are presenting, or are we basing this on press speculation?

B1G fans should LOVE the new format. It literally couldn't be any better.

Consider this:

Current system: SEC champ vs. 3rd place SEC team play for the championship in a rematch

New system: A selection committee ranks 4 teams, taking biased media members and coaches out of the loop.

This is a huge, huge win for Delany and the B1G. The only reason the B1G/Pac12 went along with a playoff format is because the BCS went overboard in rewarding the SEC and giving them mulligans. Slive (SEC Commish) is being given credit for pushing for this, but he's a moron for wanting it at this point. His conference was just gifted BOTH slots in the MNC game, and now he wants it changed?

Keep in mind, Slive and SEC ADs said that they would NEVER cave in and allow a selection committee. They LOVE the way the BCS rewards pollster preseason bias, and mulligans for the SEC.

Wow, are you completely wrong.

What's to prevent two $EC teams being ranked in the top four in the new system? Or three?