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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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Interesting comments from ND from a few days ago.

I don't think we'll ever see ND in the B1G, especially given the recent announcement of their joining Hockey East...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ? Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the school is closely monitoring the changing landscape of college athletics and hopes the Big East remains a vibrant partner with the school.

The Irish are football independents, but many of their athletic teams compete in the Big East, including the men?s and women?s basketball programs. The Big East is looking for new members after Pittsburgh and Syracuse said they were bolting for the ACC.

?Certainly the factors that have contributed to the larger conference realignment continue to exist,? Swarbrick said Wednesday. ?And we?re doing the same thing we?ve done throughout, monitoring them closely, and hoping that the Big East stays a vibrant and successful partner for us.?
What schools might be added and when are all part of the upheaval in the Big East and throughout college sports.

?They?re (the Big East) working on additions. You got to wait until the whole picture is shaped to really have a feel for it, for what that option is like,? Swarbrick said. ?Just continue to support them and be involved in their planning and hope they wind up in a great place.?

Asked what the Big East?s direction might be, Swarbrick said:
?It?s great to make plans,? he said. ?It?s whether the people you might be interested in or the circumstances will allow you to achieve those plans. But certainly the way the conference is thinking and what it?s trying to achieve are consistent with what I think it needs to do.?
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Notre Dame also announced Wednesday its hockey program was joining Hockey East in two years and that its games would be televised on NBC. That network has televised Notre Dame football games for two decades.

Swarbrick said he didn?t envision Notre Dame having a separate network for its sports similar to the Longhorn Network at Texas. That doesn?t mean Notre Dame?s exposure won?t reach from coast to coast through various means.

?Texas has a geographic footprint that allows it to launch a cable station, a cable network. We don?t,? Swarbrick said. ?There is no cable footprint that fits Notre Dame, but when emerging technologies allow us to put a program out that someone in San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York can all gain access to because of those technologies, that?s where we want to be.?

Swarbrick, who is involved in NCAA task forces, predicted significant changes ahead for college sports ? outside realignment ? soon.
?I do think college sports is going to look different in meaningful ways in 18 months,? he said without elaborating. He then suggested he supports some kind of stipend for athletes to defray living expenses.
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FCollinsBuckeye;2007244; said:
Interesting comments from ND from a few days ago.

I don't think we'll ever see ND in the B1G, especially given the recent announcement of their joining Hockey East...
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Hockey is great, but it isn't driving the bus. Latest rumors from Texas, have the Domers considering parking their non-revenue sports in the big 12.
 
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FCollinsBuckeye said:
Interesting comments from ND from a few days ago.

I don't think we'll ever see ND in the B1G, especially given the recent announcement of their joining Hockey East...
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Nonsense. I understand what you are saying but ND would rather be in the B1G hockey conference. Just give it time. The article also says that they won't be moving until the 2013 season which happens to align with the inaugural season of the B1G Hockey Conference.

Just give it time.
 
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korchiki;2007257; said:
Nonsense. I understand what you are saying but ND would rather be in the B1G hockey conference. Just give it time. The article also says that they won't be moving until the 2013 season which happens to align with the inaugural season of the B1G Hockey Conference.

Just give it time.
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CCHA dissolves ater 2012 season, fwiw...

But yeah, I hear ya.
 
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Woody1968;2007324; said:
Let's just say it's unlikely, but that I do believe Texas is pushing for it, in particular, because we all know how much Texas loves to slob some domer knob.
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Sure..but they were also pushing for Arkansas and pretending like there was a legitimate chance of it happening.
 
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Yes Virginia, it's all Nebraska's fault!

Dan Beebe: I pushed equal Big 12 deal


One of the first items on the Big 12's agenda after ousting Dan Beebe as commissioner was agreeing to equally share revenue from the conference's major TV rights, a Pac-12 and Big Ten-like deal supplanting one that had rewarded schools based on appearances.

It was a "bittersweet" development for Beebe, who said in a wide-ranging interview with ESPN.com that it was something he attempted two years ago.

But the Nebraska Cornhuskers stood in the way, he said.

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Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, Kansas and any other schools who opposed the plan are completely blameless of course.
 
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The Big East will consider adding six more football-playing schools to get to 12 members in the wake of three departures in the last month, the league said in a statement Monday.
Following a teleconference Monday morning, Big East presidents and chancellors authorized commissioner John Marinatto to engage in formal discussions with institutions it has targeted in expansion, and are considering expanding to 12.
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Navy, Air Force and Army are among the schools that have been mentioned for potential football-only membership. Memphis, Central Florida, East Carolina and Temple have been brought up as candidates as well, and Villanova could move up to the FBS level.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7084162/big-east-consider-adding-6-football-schools
 
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