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Ask Nick: Michigan football recruiting trail; how to balance Big Ten divisions

The Michigan baseball team returned to Ann Arbor on Thursday, June, 27, 2019. Nick Baumgardner, Freep

Happy early summer holiday.

Michigan athletics went long this year. And, before you know it, it'll be time for Big Ten media days in Chicago.

The season, somehow, is not far off. Meantime, back to the mailbag.

You're named B1G commissioner for a day. Your only instructions are to boot two schools from the conference and come up with balanced divisions that are competitively balanced but still preserve as much rivalry integrity as possible. What do your two 6-team divisions look like?