Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[msj2487]

I'll stand by my original belief that Notre Dame is the best option for 1 additional team, but I also still really want Texas to join, so here I guess would by my dream scenarios:

1 Team: Notre Dame
3 Teams: Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M (I guess we'd have to)
5 Teams: Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Missouri

Again, I'm looking at this clearly from a traditionalist football perspective though, so I highly doubt my scenario plays out, but one can dream I guess.

 

[MaxBuck]

I couldn't care less about Ntre Ame. Texas is the big fish; don't waste bait on any schools in northern Indiana.

 

[jwinslow]

Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).

I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.

 

[jwinslow]

I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.

I'd rather watch them get beaten up in my team's conference (by some combination of UM, PSU, Wisc, OSU, Tex, A&M) than watch them pad their record against a lousy big east or ACC lineup.

 

[MaxBuck]

Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame?

I'm not really opposed to that school; I just don't particularly care. Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse are all pretty much the same to me (they'd all help to extend the Big Ten interest base into the northeast - including NYC).

I'm not a big supporter of Pitt, mostly because I don't see the benefit. If Texas, aTm and Mizzou were on board, I'd prefer to see Nebraska over Pitt because of the fan base they'd bring. Or even Georgia Tech or Maryland. I would probably rather see Pitt than Mizzou, though.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

I'd rather watch them get beaten up in my team's conference (by some combination of UM, PSU, Wisc, OSU, Tex, A&M) than watch them pad their record against a lousy big east or ACC lineup.

I'd rather watch them get shut out of expansion and slowly die as a program, or better put, continue to die a slow death.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).

Good point about PU and MSU Jwins.

I believe if the Big 10 adds Texas and 2 (or more?) other Big 12 teams, it is the current members of the Big 10 west of Indiana that will benefit most. I'm no recruiting buff, but some believe that when a conference adds a new state, the new state's high school recruits become more accessible to the existing conference members. I believe that phenomenon helps Iowa most if the Big 10 adds Texas. I work with an Iowa fan that is giddy about the possibility.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Aftershocks of Big Ten expansion could alter entire landscape

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany broke his silence concerning conference expansion Wednesday and said almost nothing during a 30-minute chat/filibuster with reporters. A few hours later, SEC commissioner Mike Slive needed about 30 seconds to speak volumes. ​

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Delany isn't going to propose this week, but he could propose soon. Big Ten athletic directors and presidents will do their homework. They will crunch the numbers. They may even go on a few dates. Then they'll authorize Delany to drop to one knee and invite one, three or five lucky schools to live in the mansion of a conference that boasts its own television network that could soon appear on the expanded basic cable systems in more than a third of American homes. That may not sound sexy to you, but to an athletic director and a university president, it's the equivalent of a flawless three-carat, round-cut diamond.

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Read More: Big Ten expansion could set off ripple effect - Andy Staples - SI.com ​

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Jim Delany did an interview with the BTN last night.

Video is currently on their Front Page

 

[Dryden]

Read More: Big Ten expansion could set off ripple effect - Andy Staples - SI.com ​

I wish Delany and Slive would schedule a celebrity death match or go to the mens room and brag about who has the biggest dick or whatever and just get this shit over with.

 

[osubartender23]

I wish Delany and Slive would schedule a celebrity death match or go to the mens room and brag about who has the biggest dick or whatever and just get this shit over with.

My moneys on Delaney...oh wait wrong thread.

 

[zincfinger]

Neither BB nor Jax make this statement.

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to reiterate what they said. I was agreeing with their general observations, and then adding my own thoughts which resulted.

 

[zincfinger]

I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.

I don't see what liking or disliking Notre Dame has to do with it. Pretty much everyone here dislikes Michigan, but I'd bet that most-to-all are glad Michigan's in the BigTen.

I'm not really opposed to that school; I just don't particularly care. Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse are all pretty much the same to me (they'd all help to extend the Big Ten interest base into the northeast - including NYC).

If your primary concern is extending the conference's interest base (to the Northeast, NYC, or just about anywhere else), that criterion should put Notre Dame far higher on your preference list than Rutgers, Syracuse, or just about anyone else. Notre Dame might not be an option, and if not, so be it. But if they were an option, they'd be the best or "co-best" one by just about any criterion.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

I don't see what liking or disliking Notre Dame has to do with it. Pretty much everyone here dislikes Michigan, but I'd bet that most-to-all are glad Michigan's in the BigTen.

I can root for scUM. I respect them. I root for them in OOC and in bowl games. There is no such respect for ND. I cannot root for them...ever.