The Big Hyphen 10 it would seem!! Division Names ... Legends and Leaders? Award Names....come on guys one or two hypenated awards but all of them? :roll: Championship Game Trophies Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago Joe Paterno, Penn State Grange-Griffin Championship Game MVP Harold Edward "Red" Grange, Illinois Archie Griffin, Ohio State Postgraduate Awards Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award Gerald R. Ford, Michigan Nile Kinnick, Iowa Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award Tony Dungy, Minnesota Anthony Thompson, Indiana Annual Awards/Trophies Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year Otto Graham, Northwestern Eddie George, Ohio State Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, Minnesota Charles Woodson, Michigan Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes, Ohio State Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Michigan Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year Darrell Thompson, Minnesota Antwaan Randle El, Indiana Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Dave Rimington, Nebraska Orlando Pace, Ohio State Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State Courtney Brown, Penn State Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year Bob Griese, Purdue Drew Brees, Purdue Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year Alan Ameche, Wisconsin Ron Dayne, Wisconsin Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year Jack Tatum, Ohio State Rod Woodson, Purdue Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year Dick Butkus, Illinois Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year Pat Richter, Wisconsin Desmond Howard, Michigan Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year Ted Kwalick, Penn State Dallas Clark, Iowa Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Jim Bakken, Wisconsin Morten Andersen, Michigan State Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Illinois Brandon Fields, Michigan State
Personally I'd have gone for something easy with the Divisional Set up....Great Lakes Division and Cornfield Divison!
Jim Rome was having a field day with this at 1 pm. Maybe it'll catch on.......? :shock: Hey....we could have a vote on the lamest names for a football group.....these two winners or.......the name of my UF intramural flag football team which I swear I had nothing to do with naming ( the idiots )...... ....."The Style Kings"..... :? :lol:
"The new Big Ten logo was developed by Michael Bierut and Michael Gericke of the international design firm Pentagram. “The new Big Ten logo was developed to symbolize the conference’s future, as well as its rich heritage, strong tradition of competition, academic leadership, and passionate alumni,” said Gericke. “Its contemporary collegiate lettering includes an embedded numeral ‘10’ in the word ‘BIG,’ which allows fans to see ‘BIG’ and ‘10’ in a single word. Memorable and distinctive, the new logo evolved from the previous logo’s use of negative space and is built on the conference’s iconic name, without reference to the number of member institutions.”
Quite a shock on the division names. Initial fan reaction not favorable. I was shocked with the name chosen for the Columbus ice hockey name as well, but have come to accept the Bluejackets! Maybe if I live long enough, I will accept the new division names as well. :lol:
Much ado about nothing. Cite one name on the awards that does not deserve to be there. IMO, it speaks volumes about the rich tradition of great players to have played in the Big 10. The division names, not so much, but once the season starts, who cares? Jim Rome? Who cares?
Well Sid is right to a degree, as fans we eventually get used to the most insane names with regards to our sports teams and venues. I liked the name Enron Field, then when that went south, I liked the name Astros Field, then it was Minute Maid Park...yuck how horrible. But after the years have gone by I still think it's a stupid name but I've gotten used to it.
By the way, I also am having a problem visualizing the "0" in the "G". Smart marketing. How many people just on this board have paid attention to the logo for that reason and now have it firmly embedded in their minds?
Buckeyefans.....your supposed to be Leaders.....following the Legends way.... I'm gonna have so much fun in the B TeN
New logo for in honor of AJ: For those into numbers: Should have divided the conference into: Critters: Michigan, Penn State, NW, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota Non Critters: OSU, Pur, Nebraska, MSU, Illinois, Indiana
No no no no no BUCK T.....there's a pecking order here.....you guys are just leaders....we're legends....GOD I LOVE THIS CONFERENCE....