Seeking your opinions: Rank the Big Ten cities in order of your preference

A little prologue: In two weeks I'll be taking a few days off. But a one-man blog operation can nary afford to shut down for a week. So I've been thinking about time-stamped posts that will stimulate discussion among you.

Rankings are always good. Yes, rankings.

So I've decided to rank my favorites among the Big Ten Conference's cities, its football stadiums, the trips from Iowa to get those cities, and oddball miscellany (in other words, I don't have a fourth category decided yet).

But just having one goof (me) spout off about this stuff ... boring. So I'm giving you good people the platform first. In this post, rank the cities - include Iowa City if you want, but if you're an Iowa fan I'd rather have your perspectives on the other league cities.

We'll get to favorite stadiums and favorite trips over the next several days and you can have your say on those, then I'll give you my rankings in all four departments starting May 3. A tease: Included are stories about encounters with

You don't have to go 1 through 11 (or 1 through 12) unless you desire. Do it any way you want. You can just give us your favorite, or your least-favorite, or both.  Or give us three favorites, or five,or nine.

Offer reasons. If West Lafayette is your favorite Big Ten city, by the way, you darn well better have reasons. "I like bricks" would be convincing.