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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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Dear University of Texas,

It's not too late to come to your senses, man up, and join the Big Ten. There's plenty of room (and money) on the bandwagon for you. Leave your baggage at the door and join the party. Bring a friend or two if you feel so obliged.

Sincerely,

The Big Ten
 
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I see they decided to go with the 'names that no one will understand or remember' plan after all.

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The SEC and Big 12 are full of redneck, hilljack, hard-drinking, cousin-kissing, Kodiak dipping scoundrels. But I'll be damned if those two leagues didn't do the best job of naming the seperate divisions in their conference.

What the fuck is wrong with East/West?
 
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BigWoof31;1833239; said:
The SEC and Big 12 are full of redneck, hilljack, hard-drinking, cousin-kissing, Kodiak dipping scoundrels. But I'll be damned if those two leagues didn't do the best job of naming the seperate divisions in their conference.

What the fuck is wrong with East/West?
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They aren't east/west or north/south.

In a very poor decision, they put OSU & UM in opposite divisions for a money grab in the CCG, when in reality it will be rather anti-climactic if it happens. I'd much rather see Nebraska/ND vs OSU/UM most years than OSU-UM twice in a row.

They could have easily gone east west and protected every rivalry game. Once ND inevitably joins in the west, it would have been very balanced.

OSU, PSU, UM, MSU, IU, Pur
Neb, Wis, Iowa, Ill, NW, Min

Instead Wis is in the Ind-Oh-PA division, Mich/Mich St is out west with the central time zone teams.

:shake:
 
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I know that there could be more to come, but now that we've seen everything but the product on the field I'm going to ask the question. How does everyone really feel we've done in expansion? We've added a school that by every metric I can find is the lowest ranked academically in the new Big Ten. A school that locks up no new major metro areas for the BTN, a good athletic tradition in football and women's volleyball but little else. Our logo is more contrived than when it had the hidden 11 in it, it truly looks like a child did it. Our division alignment and names are worse than the ACCs, something I didn't think was possible. The rivalry with Michigan is actually at risk of losing importance to say Penn State, a team that the Buckeyes will be in direct competition with every year. No matter how much people may argue the point the Michigan game is a game that could help put us over Penn State and Wisconsin, the only way we would be in direct competition with them for a title or trophy is if we both make the championship game.

All in all I am feeling underwhelmed, I think the only thing they could do to make it worse from my perspective is bringing in Notre Dame.
 
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Emperor Brutus said:
I know that there could be more to come, but now that we've seen everything but the product on the field I'm going to ask the question. How does everyone really feel we've done in expansion? We've added a school that by every metric I can find is the lowest ranked academically in the new Big Ten. A school that locks up no new major metro areas for the BTN, a good athletic tradition in football and women's volleyball but little else. Our logo is more contrived than when it had the hidden 11 in it, it truly looks like a child did it. Our division alignment and names are worse than the ACCs, something I didn't think was possible. The rivalry with Michigan is actually at risk of losing importance to say Penn State, a team that the Buckeyes will be in direct competition with every year. No matter how much people may argue the point the Michigan game is a game that could help put us over Penn State and Wisconsin, the only way we would be in direct competition with them for a title or trophy is if we both make the championship game.

All in all I am feeling underwhelmed, I think the only thing they could do to make it worse from my perspective is bringing in Notre Dame.
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I absolutely am in love with the expanded Big Ten. Can't wait for 2011. The conference is stronger for the addition and I look forward to the increased strength. Academically, Nebraska will only trend upwards with the benefit of the CIC and I could see in a decade that they'd have increased those rankings by quite a bit.
 
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Emperor Brutus;1833608; said:
I know that there could be more to come, but now that we've seen everything but the product on the field I'm going to ask the question. How does everyone really feel we've done in expansion? We've added a school that by every metric I can find is the lowest ranked academically in the new Big Ten. A school that locks up no new major metro areas for the BTN, a good athletic tradition in football and women's volleyball but little else. Our logo is more contrived than when it had the hidden 11 in it, it truly looks like a child did it. Our division alignment and names are worse than the ACCs, something I didn't think was possible. The rivalry with Michigan is actually at risk of losing importance to say Penn State, a team that the Buckeyes will be in direct competition with every year. No matter how much people may argue the point the Michigan game is a game that could help put us over Penn State and Wisconsin, the only way we would be in direct competition with them for a title or trophy is if we both make the championship game.

All in all I am feeling underwhelmed, I think the only thing they could do to make it worse from my perspective is bringing in Notre Dame.
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I'm pretty much with you, except I would still like to bring in ND and one other program, and realign the divisions so we're paired with scUM. The alignment issue is my biggest gripe. I absolutely hate it.
 
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