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Message: [QUOTE="dayooper, post: 4481830, member: 3859"] Does OSU want to have 2 of their 3 protected rivals as Michigan and PSU? The biggest issue with the divisions when OSU and Michigan weren’t together is it put both of them at a disadvantage. They had to play each other while other schools didn’t have as hard of a road. You also have to include USC as well. It’s why I put the PSU/ USC game as a protected rivalry. They will still play each other twice in four years. Throw on PSU to OSU’s protected schedule and the years when they play USC just became that much harder. Imagine if Alabama played Georgia every year. What a payday it would be for the SEC/ESPN. Why don’t they do it? It puts those 2 at a competitive disadvantage. The contract is signed. If having PSU/OSU as a protected rivalry was negotiated, it will happen. If it’s not, why would OSU agree to it? [/QUOTE]