Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Saw31]

Two after Rutgers, correct? That would make 16.

Then the B1G emblem would actually make sense.

So the 'G' was a '6' all along, not a '0'. I see what they did there...

 

[Bucky32]

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

and she only wants to visit you during certain months and will leave in a heartbeat if a richer guy approaches her.

By the time Delaney, Slive and the Longhorns are done picking over the carcass of the ACC, those five ACC games that the domers agreed to might very well be a full conference slate.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I knew it was coming...



Know what I say? See ya! We'll take UNC, UVa and GT and call it a day.

I'm convinced that NitFan1974 is a long game troll. He appeared around Tug Speedwell's blaze of eternal interweb glory, kept his head down and has been doing some really solid work over there.

 

[knapplc]

The key word being "if we can develop them" and I'm not really sure there is a TON of evidence that will be the case. I mean it's not like these 2 are honestly going to be competing for conference titles, without any sort of significant success I don't see how they are going to make more people interested in their programs.

It's the untapped oil field mentality. Create a product (BTN) that they're interested in and they'll watch. Maybe that product isn't Terp football - maybe it's Buckeye football or Husker football, since so many Ohio and Nebraska expats live on the East Coast. Maybe it is Terp football, and they're a sleeping giant. Doesn't matter what that hook is, the fact is, there are fish there waiting for that hook.

Or, think about it this way - if 16-team conferences are inevitable, where is expansion going to happen that has a better, untapped, competition-free market than the Upper East with its tens of millions of TVs? Is the Big Ten realistically going to expand into SEC country? Of course not. Same with the West Coast, the lower East Coast and Texas. If we're competing for those eyeballs, that's the place to compete. And being the first there with a promising product like the BTN is a good thing in that competition.

Finally, the Big Ten is showing, clearly, that they are the ones doing the choosing here. They're not taking SEC leftovers after they've taken their pick from the litter. They're being proactive, and that's very encouraging.

 

[Abenaki]

I'm convinced that NitFan1974 is a long game troll. He appeared around Tug Speedwell's blaze of eternal interweb glory, kept his head down and has been doing some really solid work over there.

In that case, I'll ask him to carry on. Can't blame a guy for assuming the worst on that board. :tongue2:

 

[DaveyBoy]

This....I've contacted my MD and UNC friends and they are unified in their hatred for Duke. They call him Hitler. They say Duke BB runs the conference.....including UNC

Any conference where a basketball coach has a seat at the table for those discussions is a Mickey Mouse operation.

 

[Bucky32]

This....I've contacted my MD and UNC friends and they are unified in their hatred for Duke. They call him Hitler. They say Duke BB runs the conference.....including UNC

So basically...they're the Texas of the ACC.

 

[scooter1369]

Disagree. Geographically, Wisky should be moved to Mogadishu.

Fuck Bucky.

A-Fucking-Men

 

[VBSJ]

It's funny listening to two Maryland alums that work for ESPN have opposite views on the move.

Len Elmore hates it and Scott Van Pelt accepts it (and the money).

I still remember seeing Van Pelt in Maui when he followed the Terps to the Maui Invitational (on his vacation). He's a real die-hard Terp.

 

[Dryden]

Mike Tranghese is a moron.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=3650#more-3650

"The Big East has never done really anything wrong other than it never had powerful football schools and it has paid a heavy price," said Tranghese. "What makes me even sadder is that there are some schools out there who have done very little to contribute anything and they are getting rewarded. And there are some schools who have done nothing wrong and they are getting punished simply for being in the wrong place. That concept is hard for me to grasp."

Pretty sure Miami, BC, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse have all experienced success in my short lifetime. We're not talking about 60+ years of dormancy here like Minnesota or Illinois. And the Big East could've had Penn St if they hadn't blackballed them over concerns Paterno would rule the conference.

 

[DaveyBoy]

Yes.....it imagine being Texas and you find out that the Pac12 invited Oklahoma and Baylor to join but they didn't invite you........

Lol

So basically...they're the Texas of the ACC.

 

[DaveyBoy]

The ACC will be so decimated that they may finally get their annual home and home series .......in football

By the time Delaney, Slive and the Longhorns are done picking over the carcass of the ACC, those five ACC games that the domers agreed to might very well be a full conference slate.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Man, I gotta say, I can't get enough of this. Football is great and my first love, but the scope of this super-conference-building game is just HUGE. B1G doesn't even come close to describing it.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

The ACC will be so decimated that they may finally get their annual home and home series .......in football

By the time Delaney is done raining terror down on the ACC, the only conference that will answer a phone call from Notre Dame will be a Mexican semi-pro soccer league.