Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[OhioSt88]

GA Tech and who else?

Atlanta and the southern market has been Delaney's wish all along. I think Ga Tech is a slam dunk in the next 3 months, and it would be a good move for the conference.

The Association of American Universities has about a dozen potential candidates for the completion of the current expansion plans, and Ga Tech is one of them along with Texas.

Do not count out an all out blitz to convince Texas to come to the fold. Texas is probably still the first target (after Notre Lame, which I think is crazy to still be considering).

Without Texas and Notre Lame, then I think we steal 2 from the ACC to screw Notre Lame and end up with Virginia. UNC has said no for at least 60 years, and I do not see the Big Ten waiting that long and Duke is probably going to stay with UNC. But for Virginia to come aboard I think Va Tech needs an SEC invitation.

Pitt only makes sense as a replacement for State Penn. Rice, Vanderbilt and Tulane add good geographic foot print and academics but not much else. I do not see Missouri, Texas A&M or Florida leaving the SEC.

That leaves you with a bunch of Western schools that do not fit geographically, unless you want to consider Colorado. Finally, you are down to Kansas and Iowa St.

If the Big Ten is going to stick with an academic concern, the actual options are pretty limited.

Although Texas and Ga Tech would be awesome, I am thinking Virginia and Ga Tech, which would be a nice round out to the conference!

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Do not count out an all out blitz to convince Texas to come to the fold. Texas is probably still the first target (after Notre Lame, which I think is crazy to still be considering).

Well if the B1G does make it down the coast to GA... it will need one more school... Tejas come on down!

 

[redguard117]

OK, so out of the various scenarios floating around the interweb tubes, this is my order of preference:

1. UVA and UNC
2. UVA and BC (Boston>Atlanta any day and BC brings hockey)
3. UVA and GT
4. GT and BC
5. UVA and Kansas
6. BC and Kansas
7. GT and Kansas

Perfect world scenario is UVA/UNC to the Big Ten. VaTech/NCState to the SEC and Clemson/FSU to the Big 12. [censored] the ACC. You don't do business with domers.

Boston is great but fuck Boston College. No one likes them.

 

[WolverineMike]

what are the benefits for all this expansion?

 

[TooTall]

what are the benefits for all this expansion?

Insuring the skunk weasels have a least one slip up a year.

 

[WolverineMike]

Insuring the skunk weasels have a least one slip up a year.

so you don't know either. got it.

 

[ohiomarc]

GT and who else?

I dont' know about anyone else, but I'd be pretty happy with GT and FSU. I really think if we're adding two more teams, we need to get one more football school. UVA and UNC, while great schools, don't help us at all in that department.

:osu:

 

[exhawg]

what are the benefits for all this expansion?

Adding cable and satellite boxes to the BTN.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

what are the benefits for all this expansion?

Srsly?

Step 1: Add New Conference members
Step 2: Increase Conference footprint
Step 3: Get BTN in more households
Step 4: ??
Step 5: Profit!

I think the BTN agreement with cable prviders is something like $0.10 per houshold out of footprint states and $0.80 per household within footprint states.

But really, one could argue it's both securing our conference's athletic vitality for the future and strengthening our already great academic standing.

 

[Jaxbuck]

what are the benefits for all this expansion?

more message boards for you to troll

 

[MaxBuck]

I dont' know about anyone else, but I'd be pretty happy with GT and FSU.

FSU will not be a candidate. They do not in any way meet the academic criteria.

 

[Muck]

Adding cable and satellite boxes to the BTN.

Short term yeah but long term it's about demographics (and breeding out southerners for the good of humanity).

FSU will not be a candidate. They do not in any way meet the academic criteria.

I keep telling people that as well but part of me wonders if Delaney can wrangle academic powerhouses like UVA, UNC & GT might that be enough to get the COP/C to relent on another academic outlier?

We're going to 20 right?

Oh and a bit of talk about the Georgia Tech rumor over at Land Grant Holy Land. Stalking horse time?

 

[PlanetFrnd]

That WV guy has what looks like a post-in-progress called "ACC Goes Boom." The link doens't work yet, but... well, I guess we'll see.

http://www.eersauthority.com/football-news/
http://www.eersauthority.com/acc-goes-boom/

 

[Woody1968]

Short term yeah but long term it's about demographics (and breeding out southerners for the good of humanity).



I keep telling people that as well but part of me wonders if Delaney can wrangle academic powerhouses like UVA, UNC & GT if that might be enough to get the COP/C to relent on another academic outlier.

We're going to 20 right?

I think the goal is UVA and UNC. I honestly think the GT and FSU talk could be to rattle the ACC cage and see who comes running. I don't think UVA wanted Louisville.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I keep telling people that as well but part of me wonders if Delaney can wrangle academic powerhouses like UVA, UNC & GT might that be enough to get the COP/C to relent on another academic outlier?

We're going to 20 right?

My gut says, yes. I see 64 standing but not divided up into even 16 team conferences. The PAC can't expand based on geography (can't really be poached either). It only takes one of the academic schools to blackball a candidate, and that rules out any Cal State schools, Magic Underwear Aggy, Potato Aggy or the two Slot Machine Aggys.

I see a PAC/BIG/FOX half with 32 teams and a XII/SEC/ESPN half with 32 teams. Conference championships feed into semifinals, which is an 8 team playoff.