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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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ScriptOhio said:
Boise State will remain a member of the Mountain West Conference and will not join the Big East in 2013.

Although Boise State never spent a day in the Big East, the Broncos still must pay a $5 million exit fee to the Big East; Boise State officials said there are contract provisions that could lower that amount. The Mountain West is expected to help pay that fee, sources said.

The Big East also could lose another member, as San Diego State may return to the Mountain West.

With Boise State remaining in the Mountain West, the Aztecs' Big East contract allows them to withdraw from the Big East without paying an exit fee if there is no other Big East member located west of the Rocky Mountains.

A Mountain West conference source with knowledge of the situation said San Diego State wants back in the Mountain West, but the league is holding up the process as it decides whether there is a better fit than the Aztecs and if there is a school that can deliver more value.
The source said if SDSU returns to the Mountain West, the Aztecs would have to come back on the conference's terms.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-all
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Yes, MWC, there are potential-members out there more valuable than SDSU. :roll1: Seeing as the Aztecs are about the 2nd most valuable MWC brand, with the largest media market in the conference I'm sure you'll find someone "better". Just a Craig Thompson power play.

That being said, I'm very glad that the MWC is likely to hold together. I like it how it is and I'd much rather have SDSU play Fresno State, Colorado State, et al. than USF and UConn.
 
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ScriptOhio;2283833; said:
Boise State will remain a member of the Mountain West Conference and will not join the Big East in 2013.

Although Boise State never spent a day in the Big East, the Broncos still must pay a $5 million exit fee to the Big East; Boise State officials said there are contract provisions that could lower that amount. The Mountain West is expected to help pay that fee, sources said.

The Big East also could lose another member, as San Diego State may return to the Mountain West.

With Boise State remaining in the Mountain West, the Aztecs' Big East contract allows them to withdraw from the Big East without paying an exit fee if there is no other Big East member located west of the Rocky Mountains.

A Mountain West conference source with knowledge of the situation said San Diego State wants back in the Mountain West, but the league is holding up the process as it decides whether there is a better fit than the Aztecs and if there is a school that can deliver more value.
The source said if SDSU returns to the Mountain West, the Aztecs would have to come back on the conference's terms.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-all
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San Diego State should say "OK, you can make us wait to get back in, but either way, we're not going to pay a dime of what Boise State is getting for the Big East exit fee which we were smart enough to avoid by having a clause in our contract".

If Boise State had anybody with brains, they would have had something that said the Big East still needed to have over 80% (or some such number) of their football members still committed to the conference, or Boise St could bolt without an exit fee.
 
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BB73;2283930; said:
San Diego State should say "OK, you can make us wait to get back in, but either way, we're not going to pay a dime of what Boise State is getting for the Big East exit fee which we were smart enough to avoid by having a clause in our contract".

If Boise State had anybody with brains, they would have had something that said the Big East still needed to have over 80% (or some such number) of their football members still committed to the conference, or Boise St could bolt without an exit fee.
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You don't need to know that kind of stuff to drive a truck.
 
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Diego-Bucks;2283924; said:
Certainly they are the most attractive brand. Though I would argue that the San Diego market is still the top market for the MWC (not that SDSU delivers that market with regularity).
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Would be interesting to see whether BYU could deliver Phoenix.

BTW it looks like BSU did you guys a solid (returning the Big West plug?) in their negotiations with the MWC.
 
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Big 12 in talks with NCAA about 12-team conference rule

The Big 12 plans to ask the NCAA to revisit a rule preventing a 10-team league from playing a conference championship game, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby tells CBSSports.com.

The league has had preliminary talks with the NCAA and "I expect that we will make that request" formally, Bowlsby said.

The 10-team Big 12 plays a round-robin schedule, and though the league doesn't currently have plans to add a title game, it's making this request based on principle and future flexibility.

"We don't have any immediate desire to have a postseason playoff, but we are of the mind that it's probably best for a conference to have those perogatives on their own rather than have it stipulated," Bowlsby said.

"(Without the rule) you can have whatever sort of competitive format you want, and however many teams you want."

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Hopefully the NCAA tells them to go screw themselves. The Big 12 aren't special snow-flakes & there is zero reason to give them exemptions.
 
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BCS meeting reveals Big Four strengths, Big East withering away

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Multiple sources said Tuesday that the Big East's initial proposal to ESPN in negotiations for media rights fees was for an astounding $300 million a year - 10 times what the league likely will get, and more than any current BCS league receives from its annual media rights deal.

More than one BCS source said the Big East was, "laughed out of the room."

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Go Bearcats!
 
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Big Bang Theories - The Countdown to Super Conferences (part 4)

Since the Big Ten uncorked the bottle holding the conference realignment genie back in November, rumors of more massive changes to come have been spreading across the country. Fans enjoy the 'fantasy league' nature of the discussion. People in industries connected to college sports (television, athletic equipment suppliers, agencies holding media rights) simply accept that their world is in for more change. While several of the folks we've spoken to in various SEC athletic departments seem to dread the next round of shuffling.

Count us among those who'd like to see the biggest conferences pause, reflect, and observe how the last batch of changes turn out before changing things once more. Unfortunately it looks as though further changes are unavoidable.

Schools want to make more money and conference swaps can help them do that. Conferences want to either stabilize themselves, guarantee themselves more money, or both. And television networks want more and more content - that means games - with which to fill their program schedules. Add it all up and it certainly appears that the era of the super-conferences is almost here.

Last month, we began a series of breakdowns on realignment and expansion. In Part One we looked at which schools might be looking to switch conferences in order to bolster their bank accounts. In Part Two we examined those 25 'up for grabs' schools to see which ones would probably be on power conferences' wish lists. In Part Three we looked at the five remaining power conferences and their various options moving forward.

In this, the final part of our series, we try to tie everything together for you. It's not been easy because many different people are saying many different things these days. That's the nature of these things, of course. Everyone from an old buddy who works for a major television network to a contact/source who works inside an SEC athletic department wants us to believe he's got his finger on the pulse of this stuff. We've tried to cut through the clutter and deliver what we believe to be some pretty accurate recon of the shifting conference landscape, but it's far from definitive. This a chess game amongst world class players with billions of dollars at stake. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that sources - especially those at schools - might be willing to float misinformation to cause panic elsewhere.

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VBSJ;2292427; said:
I think it's becoming rather clear that either Duke (or the ACC) is holding on for its life and/or Duke isn't going to be involved in any conference expansion.

Coach K keeps beating the drum on Maryland.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/15/coach-k-duke-maryland-big-ten/1836403/

UNC and NC State could both take off and leave Duke alone.
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Coach K saying that there will never be another Maryland-Duke game is a bit foolish. I mean, the B1G-ACC challenge will eventually rotate around and Maryland will have their shot. :biggrin:
 
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San Diego State rejoins MWC

San Diego State will remain a member of the Mountain West Conference and will not join the Big East this fall.
The Mountain West's Board of Directors voted Wednesday afternoon to reinstate San Diego State this fall. The Aztecs were scheduled to leave the MWC and join the Big East on July 1 as a football-only member and the Big West in all other sports. However, the Aztecs will remain a member of the Mountain West in all sports.
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The Aztecs are the 16th school to announce they were leaving the Big East in the past two years.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/college-football...te-reinstated-mountain-west-conference-member
 
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