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Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

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
As opposed to the ESPN coverage, which is partraying Texas as heroic in keeping the conference together.

Since USC should be down for the next couple of years they'll need a non-SEC team to slobber on, and it looks like Texas will now fill that role for ESPN.

Time for Mark May to start working on a drawl.
 
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[adjusts foil hat]

You know, ESPN stands to gain alot this summer by feigning interest in saving the B12 to keep talks going, only to let talks die weeks/a month from now so expansion hype boils over again and viewers keep watching, say, just after the World Cup? No.... they'd never do that... not during the slow baseball season...

[/removes foil hat]
 
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I can believe they'd agree to the better TV deal for the big guys, but giving up the penalty money from Colo/Neb is astounding.

Somebody needs to make an MS Paint with the little guys of the remaining Big 12 asking Bevo to back up some more, since their noses aren't quite far enough up his ass.
 
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You don't need the rest of the premium article to get the gist...

Raiders have not signed off on Big 12 Lite=

June 15, 2010
Raiders have not signed off on Big 12 Lite


Robert Giovannetti
RedRaiderSports.com


Texas Tech has not yet signed off or committed to Big 12 Lite due to several concerns regarding the framework of the new setup. We spoke with a high-ranking official about the situation earlier today and got the latest on how things stand.
 
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The Oklahoma thing cannot be stated enough- Can you think of any other team that would say to Ohio State or another Big T1e2n program "Hey, we'll do what you do. We don't care that you make a lot of money, as long as you give us just a little bit."


I can?t imagine how a Sooner fan could stomach this- They know that, even if they win the "Dr. Pepper Red River Shootout Brought To You By The Bevo TV Network" 77-0, they will still be a) losing money and b) to their number one rival.​

 
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[quote='BusNative;171761;9]No idea... but that might not be a terrible move for them, when you think about it :lol:[/quote]

Watch out for the Mountain West. Adding Boise State, potentially looking at getting a BCS invite, having a network already set up... if they can keep Utah from the Pac-10 and add teams like Tech, they'll start looking a little more legit. Plus, a team like Tech could go there and bully people around instead of being UT's crony.
 
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kn1f3party;1717624; said:
Watch out for the Mountain West. Adding Boise State, potentially looking at getting a BCS invite, having a network already set up... if they can keep Utah from the Pac-10 and add teams like Tech, they'll start looking a little more legit. Plus, a team like Tech could go there and bully people around instead of being UT's crony.
We need a poor man's Big East?
 
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