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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
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I'll stand by my original belief that Notre Dame is the best option for 1 additional team, but I also still really want Texas to join, so here I guess would by my dream scenarios:

1 Team: Notre Dame
3 Teams: Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M (I guess we'd have to)
5 Teams: Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Missouri

Again, I'm looking at this clearly from a traditionalist football perspective though, so I highly doubt my scenario plays out, but one can dream I guess.
 
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Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).
 
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jwinslow;1694121; said:
Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).
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I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.
 
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Buckeye Maniac;1694124; said:
I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.
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I'd rather watch them get beaten up in my team's conference (by some combination of UM, PSU, Wisc, OSU, Tex, A&M) than watch them pad their record against a lousy big east or ACC lineup.
 
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jwinslow;1694121; said:
Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame?
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I'm not really opposed to that school; I just don't particularly care. Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse are all pretty much the same to me (they'd all help to extend the Big Ten interest base into the northeast - including NYC).

I'm not a big supporter of Pitt, mostly because I don't see the benefit. If Texas, aTm and Mizzou were on board, I'd prefer to see Nebraska over Pitt because of the fan base they'd bring. Or even Georgia Tech or Maryland. I would probably rather see Pitt than Mizzou, though.
 
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jwinslow;1694125; said:
I'd rather watch them get beaten up in my team's conference (by some combination of UM, PSU, Wisc, OSU, Tex, A&M) than watch them pad their record against a lousy big east or ACC lineup.
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I'd rather watch them get shut out of expansion and slowly die as a program, or better put, continue to die a slow death.
 
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jwinslow;1694121; said:
Max, if you snag Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Pittsburgh and need a 5th, are you still opposed to Notre Dame? I think they'd be a solid addition and it would be fun watching them struggle to compete in that juggernaut, especially if the enhanced conference raised the reputation of Purdue or Michigan State (who they have enough trouble with when they stink).
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Good point about PU and MSU Jwins.

I believe if the Big 10 adds Texas and 2 (or more?) other Big 12 teams, it is the current members of the Big 10 west of Indiana that will benefit most. I'm no recruiting buff, but some believe that when a conference adds a new state, the new state's high school recruits become more accessible to the existing conference members. I believe that phenomenon helps Iowa most if the Big 10 adds Texas. I work with an Iowa fan that is giddy about the possibility.
 
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Aftershocks of Big Ten expansion could alter entire landscape

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany broke his silence concerning conference expansion Wednesday and said almost nothing during a 30-minute chat/filibuster with reporters. A few hours later, SEC commissioner Mike Slive needed about 30 seconds to speak volumes. ​
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Delany isn't going to propose this week, but he could propose soon. Big Ten athletic directors and presidents will do their homework. They will crunch the numbers. They may even go on a few dates. Then they'll authorize Delany to drop to one knee and invite one, three or five lucky schools to live in the mansion of a conference that boasts its own television network that could soon appear on the expanded basic cable systems in more than a third of American homes. That may not sound sexy to you, but to an athletic director and a university president, it's the equivalent of a flawless three-carat, round-cut diamond.

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Buckeye Maniac;1694124; said:
I can't speak for Max, but I still would be. I hate ND with a passion, like many others here. I always root for other Big 10 teams in OOC play. I could not and would not root for ND ever.
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I don't see what liking or disliking Notre Dame has to do with it. Pretty much everyone here dislikes Michigan, but I'd bet that most-to-all are glad Michigan's in the BigTen.

MaxBuck;1694128; said:
I'm not really opposed to that school; I just don't particularly care. Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse are all pretty much the same to me (they'd all help to extend the Big Ten interest base into the northeast - including NYC).
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If your primary concern is extending the conference's interest base (to the Northeast, NYC, or just about anywhere else), that criterion should put Notre Dame far higher on your preference list than Rutgers, Syracuse, or just about anyone else. Notre Dame might not be an option, and if not, so be it. But if they were an option, they'd be the best or "co-best" one by just about any criterion.
 
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