# Big 10 Division Split

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514 "2010-08-26T10:37:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514/101 "2010-09-05T04:14:19Z")

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MF’ing Badgers. They should be up 35-0.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514/102 "2010-09-05T04:21:45Z")

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Wisconsin - 279 yards, 15 first downs.

UNLV - 12 yards, 2 first downs.

Halftime score - UW 17  
UNLV 14

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**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514/103 "2010-09-05T16:25:48Z")

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Well, at least the third quarter was dominant. Just shows what turnovers can do, even when you’re utterly dominating a team.

Hell, the bowl game against Miami was much the same way. I hate games like that, where you’re beating the other team senseless everywhere but the scoreboard.

We need a Big Ten Season Discussion thread.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514/104 "2010-09-06T22:36:28Z")

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Got A+ for Geography and Rivalry Preservation (my goal). My dividing line n/s was the Bay Area.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-10-division-split/551514/105 "2010-09-07T00:55:59Z")

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Apologies if this has been brought up, but: The split is nicely northwest/southeast with the exception of Wisconsin, which is separated from its natural rivals in Minnesota and Northwestern. But nobody has said the conference is done expanding, you know. If they add Rutgers and Maryland, or any two Eastern franchises, they’d go right into the Southeast division and Wisconsin could go where it belongs.

Aren’t conspiracy theories fun?

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