Where would you like to go for a Big Ten Championship game?

Isn’t that the punishment for finishing at the bottom of the league and still qualifying for a bowl anyway?

I want to get drunk and wander around the stadium, yelling “PITT SUCKS! PITT SUCKS! PITT SUCKS! PITT SUCKS! PITT SUCKS! MARINO SUCKS! MARINO SUCKS! MARINO SUCKS! MARINO SUCKS! PITT SUCKS!”

Lambeau is out because it’s north of any Big 10 schools. Cleveland or Soldier Field are the two options left. I think Soldier Field would be the way to go due to the more central location.

Soldier is the only one I’ve been to. Also it is easily driveable for Iowans, so I favor it.

At one point I thought it would be cool to rotate between all of them, but then I’m sure the Metrodome would want in on the rotation, so who knows.

So, I suppose I’m voting for Soldier.

The championship game should be held outside. Our teams and fans aren’t pansies, we can handle it out in the cold. Soldier Field is the best choice. I will be highly unimpressed if Lucas Oil or Ford Field get it.

It’s centrally located. It’s the home of the conference. There are tons of alumni from pretty much every school in the area.

I don’t like the idea of rotating, btw. There’s something to the idea of a constant goal for all the teams in the league. The tradition and all that.

I know Big Ten fans aren’t slacks when it comes to cold weather, but my God, standing outside in Wisconsin in December for hours makes me want to cry just thinking about it.

with planning a Saturday college football game in a stadium that might be hosting an NFL game the next day? Would we want/be able to paint the field with something about the Big Ten Championship? That’s probably a stupid question, since I figure that wouldn’t fly.

They are centrally located, even though Chicago is a bigger airline hub. They aren’t that far from Chicago, even if it is a god awful boring drive. Don’t try to tell me that alumni in
Chicago won’t drive to Indy if their team is in the game, or just for a good football game.

I think any rotation will be a two site rotation and will only happen if their is a geographical divide. I could see Indy-Chicago if we get an East-West split and Indy-Detroit if a North-South split occurs.

The Humpty Dump may be in play now that it’s not a Big Ten stadium anymore, god help us.

In all seriousness, I really wish they hadn’t taken that alien looking heap of crap and dumped it on top of Soldier Field. I’ve heard Soldier Field was kind of a dump, but that new stadium is just so ridiculous. I just don’t know what they were looking for. That drops my enthusiasm for playing there by quite a lot.

And as a disclaimer, yes, the Packers are my NFL team. But every football fan, regardless of how they feel about GB, should visit Lambeau at least once in their lives.

1. There’s nothing to do in GB? They have tailgating space and sports bars everywhere. You could say the same thing about IC, and we are all in agreement about how great IC is. Yes, I suppose the demographic is a bit older without a major college campus, but there’s enough to do to keep you occupied for a weekend.

2. As for the turf questions, Lambeau now has heated turf, plus some space-age polymer woven into their frost-resistant grass, and you never see giant divots flying out from players’ feet anymore. It would stand up to 2 games in a weekend if necessary.

3. Yeah, it could be cold. But who doesn’t love gratuitous camera shots of steaming black-guy head?

Because the NFL stadiums in the Big Ten footprint aren’t very big. The biggest is Cleveland, followed by Lambeau. People always forget that Soldier Field is tiny at just over 61k.

Here’s the list
Cleveland Browns Stadium – 73,200
Lambeau – 72,928
Lincoln Financial Field – 69,144
Lucas Oil Stadium – 66,153
Paul Brown Stadium – 65,790
Heinz Field – 65,050
Ford Field – 64,500
Humpty Dump – 64,121
Soldier Field – 61,500

is the idea that, apparently, some think that Indy is a ‘destination’ city — stuff to do, etc., before you go eat sushi and drink wine indoors in Indianapolis in December. “Oooh, go fight win. I’ll try the Vouvray.” Seriously. We’re talking about Indianapolis. I like Des Moines very much, but I would never suggest that it’s a good place to hold a championship football game because it’s so cosmopolitan.

This game should be played in Chicago or Green Bay, and if either venue is too cold for you, stay home and microwave yourself some pseudo-food and sit on the couch with the rest of the early onset dementia set.

If they don’t want to play this game outside it’s absolute proof that our civilization is in decline, that Delany is a wus, and that we are content to assign football supremacy to a bunch of guys who think that, because they’re sweating, it’s hostile weather.

Sincere question: why in the world would people support playing this game in an instant-stadium in Indianapolis, IN. It’s the second-highest vote-taker. Why on earth? It’s the Metrodome with a sliding roof. In a second-rate Des Moines.

I am a lifelong Packer fan, but have never been to a game, though I have always wanted to. Also, while Green Bay is hands down my favorite NFL team, my love and fanaticism for them doesn’t even begin to approach my love for the Hawks. So when I heard this the first thought that popped into my head was, “What could be better than seeing a Packer game in Lambeau in December? Seeing a Hawkeye game in Lambeau in December.” So from purely a selfish standpoint I said Lambeau. I think the Big Ten will do something along the lines of a Indy/Chitown rotation like Bball.

Because fuck Green Bay and Indianapolis. That’s why.

The weather shouldn’t have an effect on the outcome of a Conference Championship game that could decide whether or not a team plays for the National Championship. Inside of Lucas Oil Stadium leaves the loser with no excuses (assuming there is consistent officiating which is typically pretty solid in the Big 10). That along with the fact that Indianapolis is home to the bball championship game just makes too much sense.

Let’s grow some balls here. The SEC is finally being unmasked for the pathetic, unprincipled, win-at-all-costs, soap opera disguised as a football conference…let’s stick to our cultural make-up for once quit whining about weather. Leave the indoor games to the softies in Dixie.

Does anyone believe that Alabama could play a bowl game in Soldier Field on any day after Christmas, and win? They had guys wearing long sleeve Underarmor in the fucking Rose Bowl in January. It was swealtering by midwest standards that evening. Big Ten teams are asked to play in every weather condition imaginable, and we do it without complaint. Iowa will play Arizona in the desert in September at midnight this year, as a top 10 team. This is not some desperate attempt to gain national favor. This is how we roll.

Florida would not take that Arizona game for an extra $2 million. And cold weather? You’ll sooner see Rich Rod coaching Michigan Ohio State than an SEC team north of Lexington after autumnal equinox.

Christ, look at how Da ‘U’ and GT were acting when it was 50 degrees out at 8pm the nights of those games.

Soldier or Lambeau is where it should be played.