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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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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Did someone say they need to pay a lawyer a lot of money for a lot of years?

Here's my card... :P
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Bleed S & G said:
Another rumor.. Cinci & UCF to Big 12

http://sportige.com/college-football-realignment-big-12-thinking-about-ucf-and-cincinnati-10-2013/
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Well this guy (who probably doesn't know anymore than anyone else, maybe even less) says: if the Big 12 were to expand today, it’s clear that Cincinnati and BYU have a huge gap over the rest of the field.

Entire article: http://frankthetank.me/

I do believe that the Big 12 would really like two more teams to be able to have a Conference Championship Game (and the $$$s that come with it).
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Well this guy (who probably doesn't know anymore than anyone else, maybe even less) says: if the Big 12 were to expand today, it’s clear that Cincinnati and BYU have a huge gap over the rest of the field.

Entire article: http://frankthetank.me/

I do believe that the Big 12 would really like two more teams to be able to have a Conference Championship Game (and the $$$s that come with it).
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BYU makes more sense, IMO, national alumni + Heisman + MNC. Cinci brings Ohio recruiting inroads.
 
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Sunday's NY Times had an interesting article of Delaney and BTN. I don't think the Big goes any further unless ND comes around with hat in hand. The lump sum from TV revenue isn't going to jump each time a new team is brought on board, and since everyone shares, the pot is only going to get smaller each time a new school is added.

If Delaney is smart enough to get Maryland and Rutgers to open two big markets, he should be smart enough to get two playoff sites in the new NCG program, NYC and Chicago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/business/the-big-tens-bigger-footprint.html?_r=0
 
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@alex_prewitt
Maryland files a $157 million counterclaim vs. ACC. Alleges Wake Forest/Pittsburgh officials tried to recruit unnamed B1G schools to leave.

@38Godfrey
So Maryland alleges ESPN counseled the ACC on how to poach B1G schools, and now ESPN has to report this.
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The idea that ESPN has an agenda against the B1G is a tinfoil hat conspiracy? I guess we can put that to bed once and for all.
 
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