[Tuck4Bama]

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Thanksgiving leftovers and the Ohio State-Michigan game could become a new tradition.

The Big Ten will move to a 13-week schedule beginning in 2009, pushing the rivalry game and the rest of the conference's schedule to the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Big Ten school presidents voted to support a 13-week schedule on Dec. 2, spokesman Scott Chipman said. That will allow teams one week off during the 12-game regular season.

Since the NCAA adopted a 12-game schedule in 2006, many Big Ten coaches have been calling for a bye week to give coaches and players a mental and physical break instead of three straight months of football.

Other coaches, including Ohio State's Jim Tressel and retiring Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, supported the Big Ten tradition of ending the season before Thanksgiving, though no other conference in college football finishes as early.

SI.com - NCAA Football - Big Ten expanding to 13-week schedule in 2009 - Tuesday December 11, 2007 12:23PM

[azrael492]

I like the idea of a bye week. I wish they would have voted on a conference championship game too.

[Lefty Noob]

Good for them. This is one case where the tradition needed to be changed.

Hey, wouldn't it be great if they made OSU vs. Michigan a Thanksgiving Day game? I'd love that!

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Good for them. This is one case where the tradition needed to be changed.

Hey, wouldn't it be great if they made OSU vs. Michigan a Thanksgiving Day game? I'd love that!

yes, Put it on at 8:00 after the other games. Football all day.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by azrael492

yes, Put it on at 8:00 after the other games. Football all day.

Oh, that would be awesome. Someone call the Big Ten. Make it happen.

[Bamabeachlivin]

Oh Boy, that is earth shaking news wonder when the will have a real conference championship that will happen like never, considering that the Big Ten is a major reason why there is not a playoff system in place now.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Bamabeachlivin

Oh Boy, that is earth shaking news wonder when the will have a real conference championship that will happen like never, considering that the Big Ten is a major reason why there is not a playoff system in place now.

Yep, they're right up there with the NCAA themselves, the bowls, the other BCS conferences... don't point fingers where there's equal guilt.

[Bamabeachlivin]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Yep, they're right up there with the NCAA themselves, the bowls, the other BCS conferences... don't point fingers where there's equal guilt.

As far as the NCAA goes they would love to have a playoff and be in controll. Cause if they were they could get a larger slice of the pie and give out the money like they do with Basketball and the other sports that have playoffs and the BCS doesn't want that. And as far as other conferences they play their role in this but not as big as the Big Ten and the PAC Ten cause they have the larger stadiums, they have more fans in seats and take in more money than any other of the BCS conferences and they can and do throw their weight around.

[Lefty Noob]

If the NCAA's supposedly so eager to have a playoff, why did they just go out of their way to rename Division I-A the Football BOWL Series?

[Bamabeachlivin]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

If the NCAA's supposedly so eager to have a playoff, why did they just go out of their way to rename Division I-A the Football BOWL Series?

The names say it all "Football Bowl Subdivision" for the former I-A classification and "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision"for the former I-AA group. To me it tells me who is running what and that is what I see If you have any thing different please inform us.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Bamabeachlivin

The names say it all "Football Bowl Subdivision" for the former I-A classification and "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision"for the former I-AA group. To me it tells me who is running what and that is what I see If you have any thing different please inform us.

Well, it tells me that this is the structure the NCAA wants to preserve, even to the point of changing the division names to emphasize that point.

[Bamabeachlivin]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, it tells me that this is the structure the NCAA wants to preserve, even to the point of changing the division names to emphasize that point.

Why would the NCAA want to preserve something like this joke of a system they are stuck with this so why not change the name to where it sounds nice it all comes down to money and the big boys aka SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 10, Big East don't want to share plain and simple they don't care what me you or anyone else wants as long as they keep getting all that money this is what we are stuck with. I think that they named div. 2 the NCAA Football Championship division to keep it from totally looking stupid and to validate this somehow.