On May 4, 5:05pm, Nathaniel Cole Malen (Nat Malen) wrote: > Subject: Re: Big 10 Rivalries > >In so many ways, these really are the natural rivals for teams like > >Minnesota and Wisconsin. It's not even so much a size thing. Even someone > >like myself, for whom hockey is the number one sport, would really get > >juiced at an extension of these rivalries into hockey. The competition > >built up in other sports and over so many years make these match-ups > >something that games with most of the other WCHA teams can't equal. > >Besides, I want a chance to pay Ohio State back for all the football > >humiliation I've suffered. > > Amen to that!!! So many rivalries in other sports could be rejuvenated with > the new "expansion" we have been talking about. Teams like Ohio State vs. > Indiana, Indiana vs. Purdue, Michigan vs. Mich. St. (already exists), are > just a few of the rivalries that can build up. It would be nice to see, > especially since Minnesota isn't particularily strong at other sports > besides hockey. > > pondering thoughts................. >-- End of excerpt from Nathaniel Cole Malen (Nat Malen) You'll pardon me if I find this idea less than enticing. I've said it before and I'll say it again: as soon as we by into this Big 10, media-centric view of college hockey, we'll lose a lot of what I find attractive about it now. When I read between the lines of Nat's post above, I see him saying that we wouldn't be having this discussion if Minnesota were competitive in any sport other than hockey. Am I reading that wrong -- Matt Wickey LSSU 86 CIMLINC Inc. NCAA Champs 88 92 94 [log in to unmask] (w) Go LAKERS! [log in to unmask] (h) HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.