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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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kn1f3party;1999799; said:
This, and the fact that the Big XII hasn't actually had any sort of agreement yet. Also, what happens to the Big East? Is TCU wavering? A lot of questions remain.
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Right. With TA&M going in next season, the eSpnEC needs to fill that spot fast.
 
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Never fear. Speculation aplenty over on the Northwestern Board, where this Nebraska fan nails the reason why the main argument in favor of PBC's veracity, that he called the membership of Nebraska before it happened:

You were floored by the revelation that the Big Ten was interested in a national program that just so happened to be trying to jump off a sinking ship while also fitting perfectly into the Big Ten footprint? Really? You don't need inside info to come up with that one. PBC is ten pounds of $h!t in a five pound bag. For those of you who arent math majors, that means he has five pounds left over to throw at the wall and hope it sticks. I would love someone who has met PBC in the flesh come forward and say they believe him...


-Rooters
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http://northwestern.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?SID=901&fid=57&mid=163407626&tid=163329863
 
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kn1f3party;1999775; said:
It has been disturbingly quiet on the realignment front after A&M and the SEC made it official...
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what else would there be at this point?

The Big East got raided and unless they pick up teams like ECU and UCF, they don't really have anywhere to go. Nova is still a year away from being D-1 in Football.

The Big Ten has said they are standing pat.

The SEC has made their obvious moves so far.

The Big XII has to be seriously looking at BYU and TCU at this point and maybe a third team (Houston?)

The Pac-12 told OU to shove off. Texas is acting like an independent. Pretty much everything else is so minor as to not merit a huge story (yes that includes Ntre Ame's potential movement)

There's not much to be had at this point until either Big Ten does something or the Pac-12 reneges on their statement.
 
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BuckeyeMike80;1999824; said:
what else would there be at this point?

The Big East got raided and unless they pick up teams like ECU and UCF, they don't really have anywhere to go. Nova is still a year away from being D-1 in Football.

The Big Ten has said they are standing pat.

The SEC has made their obvious moves so far.

The Big XII has to be seriously looking at BYU and TCU at this point and maybe a third team (Houston?)

The Pac-12 told OU to shove off. Texas is acting like an independent. Pretty much everything else is so minor as to not merit a huge story (yes that includes Ntre Ame's potential movement)

There's not much to be had at this point until either Big Ten does something or the Pac-12 reneges on their statement.
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I think most people presume that the SEC wants to be at an even number, and therefore another domino is going to be tipped over. I don't think there is a compelling reason why that has to be the case though. The Big Ten showed for years that you can make things work with an odd number of teams in the league, and the Big Ten runs a tighter league schedule than the SEC does.
 
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Didn't the MAC have 13 teams at one point?

I'm sitting here trying to wrap my head around the schedule. There would be teams in the 7 team division that wouldn't meet. The 6 team division would need 18 inter-division games (6 teams, 3 games left after intra-division games). That means that 4 teams would have to play three inter-division games, making it impossible to play all division opponents (I assume you can't transition to a 9 game conference schedule with 10 months notice)

Oh well, doesn't make any less sense than 11 teams playing an 8 game schedule I guess.
 
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Ryan36_1;1999884; said:
Didn't the MAC have 13 teams at one point?

I'm sitting here trying to wrap my head around the schedule. There would be teams in the 7 team division that wouldn't meet. The 6 team division would need 18 inter-division games (6 teams, 3 games left after intra-division games). That means that 4 teams would have to play three inter-division games, making it impossible to play all division opponents (I assume you can't transition to a 9 game conference schedule with 10 months notice)

Oh well, doesn't make any less sense than 11 teams playing an 8 game schedule I guess.
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The MAC still has 13 teams. Will be 14 when UMASS joins the conference :smash:
 
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i'm fairly confident the SEC will add a 14th team.

the questions are who? and when?

heard rumors of just about every "available" team from the eastern seaboard to Missouri.

Missouri I have my doubts, and do not want.

I'm open to a few teams currently in the ACC (less likely now than a week or so ago), and the Big East.

The Big East having a 27 month waiting period may have something to do with the SEC staying at 12 "for now" as is being said by league offices.

If it's a Big East team, it's got to be WVU. No one else in that league is worth adding in my IMO.
 
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Nutriaitch;2000084; said:
i'm fairly confident the SEC will add a 14th team.

the questions are who? and when?

heard rumors of just about every "available" team from the eastern seaboard to Missouri.

Missouri I have my doubts, and do not want.

I'm open to a few teams currently in the ACC (less likely now than a week or so ago), and the Big East.

The Big East having a 27 month waiting period may have something to do with the SEC staying at 12 "for now" as is being said by league offices.

If it's a Big East team, it's got to be WVU. No one else in that league is worth adding in my IMO.
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I can't believe that any conference would want to take WVU over Missouri.

:slappy:
 
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