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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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kinch;1995361; said:
Pretty sure Muck was messing with him.
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Not messing at all.

It's important to nip this shit in the bud otherwise in 20 years we'll have another group of whinging PSU fans talking about conspiracies engineered by the conference to keep them down & demanding eastern 'rivals' (ie teams they can beat) that they never really gave a shit about before.

Besides a spelling primer will help them with their academic goals.

Northwestern University = NU =/= University of Nebraska at Lincoln
 
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Muck;1995364; said:
Not messing at all.

It's important to nip this shit in the bud otherwise in 20 years we'll have another group of whinging PSU fans talking about conspiracies engineered by the conference to keep them down & demanding eastern 'rivals' (ie teams they can beat) that they never really gave a shit about before.

Besides a spelling primer will help them with their academic goals.

Northwestern University = NU =/= University of Nebraska at Lincoln
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But you knew what he meant and just took it as intentionally correct on his part. Hence the "messing."
 
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kinch;1995365; said:
But you knew what he meant and just took it as intentionally correct on his part. Hence the "messing."
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BB73;1995370; said:
When kinch said "fans I meat", he was only talking about the ones he has sex with.
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Well then the sample would only be Ohio State and Maryland. I go for the foreigners otherwise, remember? You can totally ignore them when they talk. Great for football watching.
 
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kinch;1995356; said:
Just to add to the "fans in NYC" concept, the fans here are almost all transplants. Most people here went to Ivy, city (like CUNY) or NY State schools: none of whom care about football at the college level. Rutgers people just don't care, but must exist, though I've only met one graduate-- and he didn't care about football. Almost all the fans I meat are B1G graduates, generally Ohio State, Michigan, and some Wisconsin. I've met a few Maryland, BC, and Florida ones too. That is about it.

Oh, and a couple Big 12 people, Texas and Oklahoma. By "met" for the Big 12 folks I am including seeing their T-Shirts on the street, so they could be tourists given where I work.
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Hell, I even lived in Jersey City at one point, and didn't meet any Rutgers fans. I have known far more Syracuse fans.

Interestingly, one of the local cable sports channels airs a weekly show on Penn State football.
 
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Woody1968;1995376; said:
Hell, I even lived in Jersey City at one point, and didn't meet any Rutgers fans. I have known far more Syracuse fans.

Interestingly, one of the local cable sports channels airs a weekly show on Penn State football.
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I saw that too, and more interestingly, I have yet to meet a Penn State fan either. Just anecdotal of course. But 10 years of going out to watch football? Also, I think Penn State was the only University with one of those shows.

To add to my earlier post: NYU and Boston University are the "Ohio State" like schools here. Maybe Binghamton (sp?) too. And Cornell. None of these, again, care about college football. It just isn't in the local blood, period.

Edit: Last thing on the culture of college football here: it makes things hilarious. There are Ohio State bars that we would go to. We would of course all have Buckeye necklesses on, etc. We'd congregate outside on breaks, and people would cross the street to avoid us thinking we were some kind of pagan cult or something.

Also, I still wouldn't mind seeing Rutgers in the mix. I think if they joined the B1G, they might be able to attain big program status. It would just take time. It would improve their other sports as well.
 
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kinch;1995380; said:
I saw that too, and more interestingly, I have yet to meet a Penn State fan either. Just anecdotal of course. But 10 years of going out to watch football? Also, I think Penn State was the only University with one of those shows.

To add to my earlier post: NYU and Boston University are the "Ohio State" like schools here. Maybe Binghamton (sp?) too. And Cornell. None of these, again, care about college football. It just isn't in the local blood, period.

Edit: Last thing on the culture of college football here: it makes things hilarious. There are Ohio State bars that we would go to. We would of course all have Buckeye necklesses on, etc. We'd congregate outside on breaks, and people would cross the street to avoid us thinking we were some kind of pagan cult or something.
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Oh, the Penn State fans crawl out at the beginning of the season and then disappear after the first loss. I have had the misfortune of working with some of them.
 
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This thread is a great indicator of why Muck and I are mortal enemies. The positive rep I give him is simply to throw him off the trail. That way when retribution comes it will be swift and unlooked-for.


PS - I love the word "whinging." I'm too stupid to know what it means with my NU education, but it's still awesome. :biggrin:
 
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I would assume teams like Oklahoma and Texas would much rather join a conference that plays in the Eastern/Central time zone, than one that plays out west. The Big Ten should want these teams, and these teams should want to join. A reunion with Nebraska would also be nice.

I have a feeling that the Big Ten needs to be a lot more proactive than they are being.
 
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JXC;1995391; said:
I would assume teams like Oklahoma and Texas would much rather join a conference that plays in the Eastern/Central time zone, than one that plays out west. The Big Ten should want these teams, and these teams should want to join. A reunion with Nebraska would also be nice.

I have a feeling that the Big Ten needs to be a lot more proactive than they are being.
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I have a feeling the Big Ten is being much more proactive than we know.
 
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