Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Dryden]

There's nowhere else for them to go

Damn straight!

 

[Dryden]

I just didn't know if there was any other reasons other than money.

They're not doing it for money.

They're doing it for a shit-ton of money.

 

[GoBucks1014]

If it were UVA and UNC, imagine for a moment the severity of the pounding PSU and Rutgers are looking at in hoops every winter. Like it wasn't bad enough already.

Wait, Rutgers has a hoops team?

 

[Muck]

Wait, Rutgers has a hoops team?

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Good points. Where does that leave teams like Miami, BC, UNC, Duke? To the Big East to re-vamp their already stellar basketball conference?

If GT is the next acquisition, I still think we're headed to twenty and UVA, UNC and either BC, Syracuse or Pitt come on board to get to 20. PAC stays at 12, and that's the FOX half of the 64.

If Shalala doesn't just shut down Miami's program, I think they might go to the XII alongside FSU or simply stay in the basketball centered ACC remnants.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Damn straight!

The ACC...burn, baby, burn...

 

[Woody1968]

https://twitter.com/Mr_KevinJones

Sports Blogger and Producer for @WUSA9. Ordained Minister. Watchdog. Big Believer in Luck ... & RG3
Washington D.C. ?

Well, he is an ordained minister, so...

Kevin Jones ‏@Mr_KevinJones
Source: Georiga Tech and UVA will announce decision to leave ACC by Monday. Will join Big 10

A little disappointed that we are getting Georiga Tech and not Georgia Tech, though.

 

[TooTall]

https://twitter.com/Mr_KevinJones



Well, he is an ordained minister, so...



A little disappointed that we are getting Georiga Tech and not Georgia Tech, though.

I don't know whether I should be disappointed or..... Disappointed.

 

[Dryden]

Does this mean the Big Ten wins the Big Ten/ACC challenge?

 

[TooTall]

Does this mean the Big Ten wins the Big Ten/ACC challenge?

Stealing teams away from them has to count for something!

 

[harrydangler]

I don't know who's going where but I know 10 conference game seasons are coming soon.

No reason to pay UAB, Miami (OH), and UCF $500-$1M each to come to The Shoe when you can play a lap dog ($1M), a solid non-con BCS game (Free), and then feed the BTN (or other conference nets) with content.

It's a net profit of $1-2M if not more depending on BTN payouts from the extra content.

 

[Oh8ch]

Georgia Tech and UVA in the B1G?

This is no other hand!

 

[ulukinatme]

Not sure if they're just trying to keep the move under wraps like UVA did in coming out with a statement

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/66779/georgia-tech-denies-big-ten-rumors

 

[Nicknam4]

Read in the Dispatch today about Cincinnati trying to join the ACC. Why do they want to even bother with another unstable conference? They should join the BIG XII, they're probably itching to add more teams.

 

[sflbuck]

Read in the Dispatch today about Cincinnati trying to join the ACC. Why do they want to even bother with another unstable conference? They should join the BIG XII, they're probably itching to add more teams.

They would jump at the Big XII in a heartbeat. The Big XII so far has not asked them. Teams like FSU, Miami and Clemson are of more interest now.