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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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SMU sounds like a pretty desperate move. Why wouldn't they consider UNLV. There's some basketball history there, and football might actually show some promise in the PAC. Plus, it fits in regionally and Vegas has grown into a substantial market. Academics aren't anything, but the PAC already has OSU, WSU and ASU and is considering taking a Cal State campus, so I think that ship has sailed.
 
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Dryden said:
SDSU and SMU seems like a desperate move. You're the Pac 10/12... go take Texas Tech and Baylor.
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I wouldn't touch Baylor with a 50,000 foot pole, based on all the crap they've done. If you're the PAC, I think SDSU might actually make some sense. I think Texas Tech would be fine, except there's no other presence anywhere close to that, so it would be a road trip to the middle of nowhere. I think ORD has a point, I might look at UNLV and Nevada for geographic and market reasons....bring them both in and make it a real rivalry. If they can't get them, I'm not sure who else is left that would make any kind of impact besides a perennial doormat. Colorado State?
 
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UNLV makes a TON of sense. Quick list of Pros and Cons.

1). PAC12 immediately confirms that Vegas and the Raiders Stadium hosts their CCG for the next 5-10 years. Bright Lights, Big City vibe and their commish has ALOT of former connections there.

2). UNLV is at least competitive in Basketball


Cons:

1). Apparently UNLV is not a great academic school. This kinda goes against the PAC12 Vibe (but IDK how good the Oregon schools are so who knows?).

2). This really doesn't help their Media rights negotiations. Which is where the real money comes from.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
UNLV makes a TON of sense. Quick list of Pros and Cons.

1). PAC12 immediately confirms that Vegas and the Raiders Stadium hosts their CCG for the next 5-10 years. Bright Lights, Big City vibe and their commish has ALOT of former connections there.

2). UNLV is at least competitive in Basketball


Cons:

1). Apparently UNLV is not a great academic school. This kinda goes against the PAC12 Vibe (but IDK how good the Oregon schools are so who knows?).

2). This really doesn't help their Media rights negotiations. Which is where the real money comes from.
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At this point, there is nobody out there that actually drives media viewership. All they're trying to do is add inventory so they can sell more games. In that sense, there's really no difference between UNLV, SMU and SDSU. They all provide the same function. UNLV makes way more sense for regional reasons than does SMU (which in no way even remotely delivers the Dallas metro). With UNLV, you really don't need UNR since Vegas is most of the Nevada market these days, and Reno isn't much of a market in the first place.
 
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CincyInterloper said:
Cincinnati, Youngstown, Cleveland, Canton, Dayton, and Springfield Ohio all on the list. The only other state I see with more than one is Florida with two. Is OSU that good because of of the local talent, or is all the local talent that good because of OSU?
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Two words:

Special Powers
 
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CincyInterloper said:
Cincinnati, Youngstown, Cleveland, Canton, Dayton, and Springfield Ohio all on the list. The only other state I see with more than one is Florida with two. Is OSU that good because of of the local talent, or is all the local talent that good because of OSU?
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It's ironic that Cincy is so prolific in producing MLB talent when they're stuck with the goddamn Reds.
 
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CMic said:
It's ironic that Cincy is so prolific in producing MLB talent when they're stuck with the goddamn Reds.
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I don't know.. young Cincinnati kids grow up playing little league and probably think, I'm already better than a lot of these cocksuckers. Makes the goal of being a major league player seem more attainable
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
I don't know.. young Cincinnati kids grow up playing little league and probably think, I'm already better than a lot of these cocksuckers. Makes the goal of being a major league player seem more attainable
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Like everything about Cincy, things are about 60 years behind the times, so it makes sense that baseball culture is still thriving there.
 
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