Seriously? A tab bit offensive.
Welp, sorry you feel that way and in another post I made it clear I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Lol, do you think I think less of my own dad because I like the BTT more than he does?? If they added that big of a change to the Big Ten season in 5-10 years, I imagine my kids will like it a lot more than I do. It is what it is, and nobody should be getting offended about something that small. No offense.
The main point of the post was to say that I only really appreciated the atmosphere/setup once I was able to attend.
With that said, my ideal setup would be to play every other team (possibly not feasible with 14 B1G teams, unfortunately) AND do the BTT, with expectations of what is a "successful season" (e.g., 25 wins or something) being drastically changed due to reducing the number of non-conference tune-up games. Maybe keep something like this year with a few warmup games, the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, a neutral site game (preferably at the UC) and Braggin' Rights.
Back on topic, I really hope this game is played. Not only do I agree with the claims that it is kind of BS for Michigan to use this reasoning after we all expected Penn State to just hit the ground running again, I really think we can take them. We are starting to play the kind of tough basketball that allowed us to grind out wins at Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn State last year, earning our Road Warriors™ identity.
Michigan might indeed be rusty, but it would still be the best win of our season. I'm hungry for that opportunity!!