Big Ten to Expand?
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According to some reports I've heard, the expansion could be as many as 3 teams, to a total of 14 Big Ten teams.
I heard UConn, Pitt, Missouri, and WVU are top candidates.
Screw Notre Dame, I grew up thinking that would be a great addition to the conference, but recent years have really soured that idea in mind.
I heard UConn, Pitt, Missouri, and WVU are top candidates.
Screw Notre Dame, I grew up thinking that would be a great addition to the conference, but recent years have really soured that idea in mind.
Yeah they are talking about that here.
Jami Dixon doesn't want to go to the Big Ten.
Pitt In Big 10? Jamie Dixon Says No Way - Sports News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh
our local (Mpls) paper says Missouri governor says they should join
Missouri governor sees benefits to Big Ten | StarTribune.com
Missouri governor sees benefits to Big Ten | StarTribune.com
WVU is an esentually open admissions state college. Sharply contrasted to the AAU research heavy institutions of the Big 10. In TV terms, it brings nothing to the table, the largest DMA in the state is only #63, and 1/3rd of its population is made up of Ohio and Kentucky counties. Further about 1/3rd of the state gets its TV from big city DMAs (Washington and Pittsburgh) where the WV counties make up less than 5% of the DMAs' population.
Further, as we know from sworn court records, during the great ACC Move-Up, WVU did not apply to move up, why would it change that marketing scheme?
Knowing the Big-10, they'll mull over this decision for a year or so. This is a big decision and they should take their time.
They posted on the website, it will be about 12 to 18 months.
Big Ten Statement on Expansion - BIG TEN OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
I think the Big Ten is going to make a push here to be a top conference in the years to come. Not sure if they can do it, but I think they are thinking in these terms, at least publicly.
Texas in the Big 10?
Making the Case: Why Texas should join the Big Ten. Very interesting column...
Making the Case: Why Texas should join the Big Ten
Making the Case: Why Texas should join the Big Ten. Very interesting column...
Making the Case: Why Texas should join the Big Ten
Why stop at 12? Grab Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas A&M, and Nebraska too. Super conferences are the future.
Doesn't the Big East have 16 in basketball? The BIG 10 adding 5 more would solve the problem of what to call the conference. They would become the the BIG 16, and the Big 12 would (what's left) could be absorbed by the Pac 10, and the WAC or the Mountain west, or whatever is out there.
Matter of convenience. They were going to split it into 2 8 teams conferences (1 for the football schools and 1 for the non-football schools) until the NCAA told them that whoever was the new conference wouldn't keep it's automatic bid to the B-Ball tourney.
The Big East has only 8 members for football, in fact the original set up was that the "Big East Football Conference" was a seperate legal entity that leased the Big East name and logos from the basketball league. They merged later.
The basketball conference remains unstable, and there is going to come a time when it will shrink to 12 or so members.
The basketball conference remains unstable, and there is going to come a time when it will shrink to 12 or so members.
With Texas in the Big10 that means OSU could only see roses every other year
Buckeye's rarely ever go to the Rose Bowl, usually a larger bowl depending on the year.
