Maybe it’s just me. Maybe it’s the games. Maybe it’s the results. Whatever it is, I really don’t care about the Black Friday game against Nebraska. I mean, I care about playing Nebraska and definitely want to beat the Cornhuskers…I just don’t care if the game is played on Black Friday. It isn’t important to me. It isn’t important because college football isn’t meant to be played on a Friday. We aren’t the Big 12 or the MAC. We don’t play adorable night games on Tuesdays in front 20,000 moderately excited fans. This is the Big Ten. We play on Saturday. That’s the way it has always been.

So when I hear that Iowa and Nebraska are seeking to make the game permanent I have nothing but “meh” to say about it. I understand the positives of playing on Black Friday…err, scratch that, I can only think of one positive: you’re the only show in town. I also understand the negatives: some people are out and about shopping, some are actually spending time with their families (not sitting around a TV), the students are home and some are just too hungover to get out of bed. So while I appreciate that everyone in front of a TV is watching Iowa v. Nebraska I have to add that it’s a pain in the ass for fans to actually attend the games.

Did I mention both games have been absolute laughers? Not just for Iowa but for the game of football in general? That’s important. Cause it’s great that everyone is watching Iowa v. Nebraska. It isn’t great that the game they’re watching is setting the sport back 5 years. B1G! B1G! B1G!

Meh.

Links:

• Catching Up With the Football Staff Changes. A Lion Eye.
• Big Ten power rankings. The Hoosier Scoop.
• The Iowa men travel to Nebraska on Thursday. Weather permitting. Hawkeye Sports.
• Michigan isn’t giving up on the B1G title but they aren’t obsessed with it either. MLive.
• Cody Zeller gives some compliments to MSU players. MLive.
• The 500 miles radius and Nebraska football recruiting. Corn Nation.
• Bill Carmody, alternate histories and dumb luck. SOP.
• For Braxton Miller, it’s all about maximizing talent. 11W.
• Class of 2013: Welcome, Brendan Mahon. BSD.
• Have the Badgers hit their stride? MADtown Badgers.