Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[TheIronColonel]

The reality: Florida has 1 win over teams currently in the top-25 of the AP, Harris, or Coaches poll. That was at a neutral site; their only other opponent that's now ranked resulted in a home loss.

I know I've posted this in about 3 threads now, but nobody else in the country seems to want to mention it.

And the chance for Penn State to get a significant postseason win will have to occur in USC's backyard.

That's a far more pithy (and less laden with four letter word) version of my rationale to my CFB buddies. Florida certainly isn't a bad team by any means, but they're getting huge props for beating the everloving hell out of awful teams. They might be able to beat Oklahoma or Texas or USC, but based purely on what they've done so far they're pretty much indistinguishable from Penn State and USC (and marginally distinguishable from Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Texas).

 

[BB73]

Note to Joe - The Big Ten played in two of the last 3 BCS Title games, and would have played in 3 straight if you hadn't blown a game at Iowa.

SI.com

Joe Pa eyes Big East schools for Big Ten expansion

Penn State coach Joe Paterno wants the Big Ten to expand to 12 teams so it can have a league title game, and he's got his eye on three Big East schools -- Rutgers, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. When asked if he believes it's becoming more difficult for an Eastern team to win a national title because of the increasing power of teams in the SEC and Big 12, Paterno said the lack of a league title game takes the Big Ten out of the public eye for too long. "We go into hiding for six weeks everybody else is playing playoffs," Paterno said yesterday at the Plaza Hotel before a Penn State fundraiser. "They're on television and the TV networks have a job to do, pushing this team, that team -- you never see a Big Ten team even mentioned. I think that's been a handicap. "I've tried to talk to the Big Ten people, 'Let's get a 12th team, let's get another team from the East -- Syracuse, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, then we can have a little bit of a playoff.' "

 

[Buckeneye]

If its going to be a team from the Big East, I'd either like to see WVU (just too see them beat scUM along with us, makes me all giddy inside) or Rutgers.

Schiano (sc?) is a helluva coach. If they played well early in the season, they'd be a great addition to our conference.

 

[GoBuckeyes27]

Joe blow

Couldn't have said it better myself... I think the lack of a title game has been very beneficial for the B10 and Ohio State in particular... I bet Alabama wishes they didn't have a title game.

Note to Joe - The Big Ten played in two of the last 3 BCS Title games, and would have played in 3 straight if you hadn't blown a game at Iowa.

SI.com

 

[buchtelgrad04]

IF this was to take place, I'd like to see Cincinnati joinn the B10. If the Big East wanted to fill that void, have Notre Dame join them. Their basketball team is in the Big East, so why not just have the football team.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

IF this was to take place, I'd like to see Cincinnati joinn the B10. If the Big East wanted to fill that void, have Notre Dame join them. Their basketball team is in the Big East, so why not just have the football team.

you need an atheltic and academic match. uc is not an edu match at all (at this point)

 

[buchtelgrad04]

you need an atheltic and academic match. uc is not an edu match at all (at this point)

[sarcasm] Link? [/sarcasm]

You're right, I totally forgot about that. I just don't think Rutgers would do well in the Big Ten. Hell, they struggle in the Big East.

 

[BUCKYLE]

We've already got one "Big East" team (TSUN), whe the fuck would anyone think adding another would be any good? Fuck Joe Paterno, and fuck Bob Hunter for acting like he knows what's best for everyone. I don't ever want to see tOSU play another B10 team after TSUN. Fucking blasphemy.

 

[Mike80]

God forbid expansion ever happens, but if it does, the school will have to come out of a pool of schools like Missouri, Ntre Ame, Nebraska, Kentucky, Texas and perhaps Virginia.

And most of those are marginal in some way or another.

But it's not going to happen.

 

[Jake]

Couldn't have said it better myself... I think the lack of a title game has been very beneficial for the B10 and Ohio State in particular.

I agree, although ending our season before Thanksgiving is becoming a burden as the bowl season extends further into January. Seven weeks between games is just too long.

I'd like to see our season run like the PAC 10, and end two weeks later. Yeah, I know it gets colder, but so what? It's only the first week of December.

 

[muffler dragon]

God forbid expansion ever happens, but if it does, the school will have to come out of a pool of schools like Missouri, Ntre Ame, Nebraska, Kentucky, Texas and perhaps Virginia.

And most of those are marginal in some way or another.

But it's not going to happen.

In what way is Texas marginal?

 

[bukIpower]

I'd rather have the big ten expand to be honest... If OSU can get into the BCS championship without a title game imagine what it would do WITH a title game.

I know we'd have more to lose really but I don't see it that way.

 

[buckeyemania11]

In what way is Texas marginal?

I dont see how Texas could be in the big 10, that doesnt make much sense geographically

but I guess Louisiana Tech is in the WAC so anything is possible

 

[leroyjenkins]

I'd rather have the big ten expand to be honest... If OSU can get into the BCS championship without a title game imagine what it would do WITH a title game.

buckI, I see what youre saying, but what else is there to do besides get into the title game?

 

[WyoBuck]

As many problems as this scenario would present, I would be ok with an expansion as long as 1. It wasn't Notre Dame. 2. The Big Ten did NOT go to a playoff format. 3. we played as many games as was feasible IN conference. Geograpically, Cincinatti, Louisville, Pitt, WV, would make the most sense.