re: New Big 10 Divisions: Legends and Leaders

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The league announced it will call the divisions Legends and Leaders.

The Legends division will feature: Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern and Nebraska, which becomes a full Big Ten member on July 1, 2011.


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The Leaders division will feature: Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois and Indiana.

"Our foundation is our history and we wanted to honor it," commissioner Jim Delany said during the announcement on the Big Ten Network.

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The Big Ten will award the Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy to the winner of the new Big Ten football title game, which begins in 2011. The trophy honors former University of Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg and current Penn State coach Joe Paterno.

The MVP of the championship game will receive the Grange-Griffin Trophy, which honors former Illinois great Red Grange and former Ohio State star Archie Griffin, the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy.

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