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Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

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Which Teams Should the Big Ten Add? (please limit to four selections)

  • Boston College

    Votes: 32 10.2%

  • Cincinnati

    Votes: 19 6.1%

  • Connecticut

    Votes: 6 1.9%

  • Duke

    Votes: 21 6.7%

  • Georgia Tech

    Votes: 55 17.6%

  • Kansas

    Votes: 46 14.7%

  • Maryland

    Votes: 67 21.4%

  • Missouri

    Votes: 90 28.8%

  • North Carolina

    Votes: 39 12.5%

  • Notre Dame

    Votes: 209 66.8%

  • Oklahoma

    Votes: 78 24.9%

  • Pittsburgh

    Votes: 45 14.4%

  • Rutgers

    Votes: 40 12.8%

  • Syracuse

    Votes: 18 5.8%

  • Texas

    Votes: 121 38.7%

  • Vanderbilt

    Votes: 15 4.8%

  • Virginia

    Votes: 47 15.0%

  • Virginia Tech

    Votes: 62 19.8%

  • Stay at 12 teams and don't expand

    Votes: 27 8.6%

  • Add some other school(s) not listed

    Votes: 25 8.0%
  • Total voters
    313
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bigdog3300;1712779; said:
I could be horribly late to posting this, so if someone posted this already, my apologies.

Joe Schad (sp?) reported that Baylor & the WAC have called a press conference. Interesting to say the least, let's see what comes of this. It'd be great news for those courting UT.
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I will laugh my ass off if the collapse of the Big XII winds up being precipitated by Baylor leaving for the WAC.
 
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bigdog3300;1712779; said:
I could be horribly late to posting this, so if someone posted this already, my apologies.

Joe Schad (sp?) reported that Baylor & the WAC have called a press conference. Interesting to say the least, let's see what comes of this. It'd be great news for those courting UT.
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It might be much better news if Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and the WAC called a press conference. :biggrin:

Meanwhile, it appears an invite for Boise State to join the Mountain West is on hold thanks to what is happening elsewhere. If the Big 12 implodes, that would leave teams like Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas and Kansas State looking for homes ? and the MWC certainly would be interested in possibly taking them. Boise State has until July 1 to tell the WAC it is leaving.
Entire article: Conference expansion: Big Ten likely to accelerate timetable, Boise State to MWC on hold ? College Gridiron 365 Blog ? Orlando Sentinel
 
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Buckeyefrankmp;1712802; said:
Apparently Baylor is the glue that holds the big 12 together. Who knew?

If Baylor does leave, Texas stills has a "Tech" problem for the Big X.
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If Baylor can leave the protection of the Texas pack, then Tech should be able to go to the pac-10 or SEC.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1712804; said:
I think the SEC--or even the Pac 10--might be interested in Aggy by itself, but Tech is probably SOL if the UT umbilical cord is severed.
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There's also the matter of the playoff format if we shift to power conferences.

With so many deep conferences, a playoff between conference champions seems more viable, and would allow Texas to play OU & Aggy in OOC play without hurting their NC chances.

Sure the games would not be as meaningful, but let's be honest, 90% of the OOC games for NC contenders are a joke as it is. It might be better to swap some of those out for tougher opponents if there is less to lose before conference play.
 
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woofermazing;1712814; said:
Baylor is going to announce they are accepting an invite to the pac-10. They were the first to join the B12 from the SWC too!
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Stewart Mandel (slmandel) on Twitter

Baylor President Ken Starr holding a press conference at 5 pm EST. Presumably not to discuss Lewinsky.

http://www.baylorfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191976

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Texas & their herum in the pac-10 are not a threat to the BTN. I'd rather have texas here, but helping to protect the BTN's place is a good thing in my book.
 
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Baylor Regent Pushing For Bears In Pac-10 Package Deal

The Dallas Morning News has obtained e-mails sent by Baylor regent and prominent lobbyist Buddy Jones to Baylor alumni and supporters within the Texas legislature. E-mails and phone numbers of the members have been redacted.
Jones urges his supporters to push for Baylor to be included in any deal that moves Texas colleges to the Pac-10.
Wrote Jones: "We cannot let the other schools in Texas (A&M, U.T., Tech) leave the Big XII WITHOUT BAYLOR BEING INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. Long and short ? if U.T., A&M and Tech demand that any move to any other conference include ALL TEXAS BASED TEAMS from the Big XII, we are golden. We need to be in a PACKAGE DEAL!"
Baylor continues to make a major push to be part of any Pac-10 expansion plan with its fellow Big 12 South members (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State). In a Twitter post, Pete Thamel of the New York Times reported that Baylor "appears to have bumped" Colorado in the expansion sweepstakes.
Jones argues that Baylor is better than Colorado as a potential Pac-10 team because, "Baylor is superior to Colorado academically. Baylor has athletic facilities superior to Colorado. Colorado doesn?t participate in the number of sports that Baylor does. Baylor?s overall record in all collegiate sports dwarfs that of Colorado."

Entire article: Baylor Regent Pushing For Bears In Pac-10 Package Deal
 
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jwinslow;1712817; said:
I'd rather have texas here, but helping to protect the BTN's place is a good thing in my book.
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As would I, but it's a little easier losing the best looking girl after one realizes that she's a manipulative, arrogant bitch who's also demanding that her three sisters--a crazy religious zealot, a neo-nazi and a retard--all move in with her.
 
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