Woog also mentioned the forming of a Big Ten (five) conference, but in a much different light. He thinks that once the WCHA lightens up on the conference scheduling a little bit and allows for more non-conference games, that the Big Ten schools should use these games to play each other. A separate set of standings would be kept between the five Big ten schools, and the conference champion probably gets a nice shiny new banner to mount in their rafters. I realize that this is only a possibility that depends on conference scheduling, and there are quite a few logistics to be worked out but I think it is a neat idea. Although the odds of this becoming a reality are close to nil. On a side note, there were a lot of rumors floating around that Ohio State might join the College Hockey Showcase within the next few years . . . any body else heard anything on that? Go Gophers!! Bryan Kamrath U of MN '98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Screw Gopher Football, the hockey season has started!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My web address is http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g427/kamr0004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.