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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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The dude has also said before that the Pac 12 wanted to help the B1G pick up Texas and Oklahoma so they could pick up UNLV.

He's nothing more than a bard telling fairy tales... and he's not even very good at that.
 
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BuckTwenty;2364376; said:
The dude has also said before that the Pac 12 wanted to help the B1G pick up Texas and Oklahoma so they could pick up UNLV.

He's nothing more than a bard telling fairy tales... and he's not even very good at that.
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The academic block of Stanford, Cal, UCLA and Washington (and probably USC) would veto either of the Nevada schools even getting a look.
 
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BuckTwenty;2364376; said:
The dude has also said before that the Pac 12 wanted to help the B1G pick up Texas and Oklahoma so they could pick up UNLV.
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That's actually funny.

The only way that would ever happen is if "Ace Rothstein" and company started giving the Pac-12 a cut of casino winnings on a quarterly basis.

You're forgetting that the same guy said Virginia and Georgia Tech were going to announce they're joining the Big Ten last Fall (right after Maryland).
 
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my first guess is that the dude is full of shit

my second guess is that UConn and/or Syracuse may be joining the B1G....which I feared was probably destiny anyway

The sum of all fears is that somehow Cincinnati gets an invitation....yuck
 
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You guys are all wrong. It will be MAC schools that reside in Ohio. Duh! It is so easy to see why that would be a great idea.

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I've seen this posted on 3 separate sites, not sure of the original source.. assuming WVU guy or dude or whatever he calls himself:

Texas is playing the Big12 for fools. Oliver Luck learned yesterday that UT had entered a non-disclosure agreement with the Big10 a few months back and have been hammering out details for UT to join the Big10 with another school(GT-according to what Luck was told) to make 16. The LHN, which was once considered the biggest hurdle to overcome, would remain UT's and Espn's but BTN would also get UT content-just not as much as the other 15. UT would take a smaller share of BTN revenues(which will grow astronomically after adding GA and TX) than the other members but still stands to make over $50 million per year for all tv money(non-postseason ) according to projections from the B10. That's all the info I have been able to obtain in regards to this matter and what I have now was obtained from eavesdropping on my sources part. Luck seemed shocked and surprised at this news but it doesn't seem to have deterred him from taking the job even though during his interview he pitched a 12 team B12 with 8 games and a CCG. I won't pretend to understand how the big10 plans on skirting the GOR but everything I've been hearing is hinting that the answer is in the details of what the networks are actually paying for-yes, they are TV rights to a university's athletic games-but those games have a specific name and description. Failing that, the B10 has stores of cash to pay for a broken GOR or 2 if need be. Will UT move to the Big10 and what does that mean for WVU and the rest of B12? Before anyone jumps off a bridge keep this in mind: last year the Big10 had as many as 8 of those non-disclosure agreements in place with various schools and only 2 came to fruition. But if UT were to bolt the B12...well, that changes everything.
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TLDR; Texas & GT to the B1G
 
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