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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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Love the big ideas here.....my only concern is Kevin Warren is no Jim Delaney. Jimmy D would swing for the fences and counter punch something serious with a bigger and bolder move than the SEC. Do we really think Kevin Warren is going to do anything like that? He's shown a history to play it safe to say the least.....as much as I'd like something proactive, I expect nothing less than a reactive Kansas + maybe Iowa State move.

If Jimbo was still here I would have expected him to have moved into Texas.....although it won't happen, I'd have a giggle fest over adding A&M. Texas has some serious TV markets and it makes more logical since than moving West....if B1G Noon is a still a thing (and I'd expect that to be) than the west coast with 9AM kickoffs doesn't make the most sense.
 
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bigdog3300 said:
Love the big ideas here.....my only concern is Kevin Warren is no Jim Delaney. Jimmy D would swing for the fences and counter punch something serious with a bigger and bolder move than the SEC. Do we really think Kevin Warren is going to do anything like that? He's shown a history to play it safe to say the least.....as much as I'd like something proactive, I expect nothing less than a reactive Kansas + maybe Iowa State move.

If Jimbo was still here I would have expected him to have moved into Texas.....although it won't happen, I'd have a giggle fest over adding A&M. Texas has some serious TV markets and it makes more logical since than moving West....if B1G Noon is a still a thing (and I'd expect that to be) than the west coast with 9AM kickoffs doesn't make the most sense.
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So North Dakota State and Eastern Washington it is
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Am I the only one who doesn't get some of the panic I've seen on Twitter and fan sites?

I never expected Texas or OU to join the B1G, and you can only have so many good teams in a conference before everyone but Bama goes 8-4.

Maybe you can steal ND and TAMU, but do people really want that?
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The old paradigm of media markets, tv contracts, and regional alliances is dead.

We are barreling towards a streaming and click-based content consumption society where the only thing that matters is brand names that move the needle for fantasy rosters and sports bettors. Media markets no longer matter; names and prestige do. College football is not a regional, tribal thing anymore. It’s a multi-million dollar enterprise that is the defacto feeder league to the NFL, which Americans bet billions on every year.

Kevin Warren is 100% the wrong person for this moment. Where have you gone Jim Delaney?
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
For the record I support the idea offered by @BB73 , keeping the playoff to 4 teams and making it so that the 16 team SEC only gets one team in, just like the 3 other remaining power conferences.

But what you guys are discussing is truly The Conference of Northern Aggression(TM)

Include GT and have the Championship game in Atlanta.
Winner of the game gets the William Tecumseh Sherman Trophy
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This, please.
 
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I was going to post yesterday that this Okla-Texas to the SEC had ESPN’s fingerprints all over it, and didn’t get around to it. An article in the SEC thread says that ESPN has been involved in that potential move all along (it was probably their idea).

They didn’t like Fox having the ability to show those games, plus B1G and PAC-12 games. They are force-feeding the expanded 12-game playoff scenario, because a 4-team playoff would make it difficult for Oklahoma and Texas to get in frequently if they were in an expanded SEC.

It’s a continuation of their 15-year effort to marginalize the B1G and the Rose Bowl, which stated when Delany announced the Big Ten Network in partnership with FoxSports.
 
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Agree, 73, ESPN is protecting its partner, SEC, and hurting its competitor, B1G. Good move for them.

I am of the belief that sitting still may help in the short term but hurt eventually. O and T in the SEC makes the idea of signing with an SEC team by Texas kids more likely. If they sign with O or T they can play close to home and yet face elite competition most weeks. This will hurt Ohio State recruiting there eventually.

An alliance with either the ACC or the P12 (more likely)will be highly beneficial as it could cut California and Western recruiting off from SEC schools a bit. SEC will eventually get Clemson, FSU, and UNC. I do not think ND would go for that. It would take B1G over SEc .

buckle up……
 
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