The Big Ten Presidents had some company at their meeting this afternoon
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-bigten-expansion
I'm sure Jack Swarbrick wasn't just there from the free food. 4 1/2 hours seems like a long time for a meet and greet.
Added to that Orangebloods.com is reporting that the Irish board of directors is split 50/50 on whether or not to join the Big Ten FWIW.
http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1091537
It is getting very interesting out there.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1909426
The deal got cancelled, but it's been real close to happening before.
... is looking like one of the major beneficiaries of this whole process. Can you imagine if they could pick up Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas St., Colorado, Missouri, Iowa St. and Boise St.? Add TCU, Utah, BYU and you have a pretty solid conference! Even without Nebraska and Missouri, it still would be a major step up.
Wonder what the Domers' reaction was in finding out Swarbrick was at this meeting. Gotta be some surprised Irish right now.
Curious as to his reaction.
You should probably start your 5th expansion thread of the day to ask about it.
You seem upset.
I like the 16 team config, but I have to agree with the sentiment that Rutgers sucks. Schiano has done a good job there recently but they have been a non-entity in football for like forever. I haven't lived on the East Coast for a while, but I can't imagine that even in the Big Ten that they would get any headlines in NYC. It is a Pro sports town plain and simple, as is Boston.
I like Maryland, ND, Neb, Mizzou and maybe Kansas or Pitt. Viva Chaos!
Maryland? I know they do football, but what else do they do?
...after basketball games.
If you want to make sure the Big Ten has a near-monopoly on shitty fans, invite Maryland and Rutgers.
You incorrectly assume Rutgers has fans.
Yeah, I'm wondering what the typical Domer thinks of all this. Do they think they have to hold their nose to join us? Are they inundating Swarbrick with threats of violence if he decides to join? And is it the Notre Dame AD's decision alone, or does the ND administration make the decision? Irish?
Looks like ND is going to lose the USC game, if they don't join the BIG TEN(14/16) they lose UM/MSU/PUR. At least they'll always have the service academies.
The God Father scenario is looking more and more realistic.
Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Missouri seem like they could be able to push the BTN into being carried nationally. Even if it isn't, Nebraska and Notre Dame are two huge name schools and Missouri brings in STL and KC. Let's do this.
Yeah, I'd like to be able to save that $5 a month I pay just to get the BTN. And what sucks is even though the only channel in the sports and game tier I watch is the Big Ten Network - they probably get 10 cents or something, unlike in Big Ten territory where they get a dollar per household.
I wonder what will happen with the schedule when expansion is done. How many non-conf games will be scheduled. I don't like 4 non conf games as it is now.
My guess would be if 12 teams in B10 then 10 conf games and 2 non-conf. If 16, i would hope all 12 or 10 and 2 again, to provide competition against the other super conferences.
I feel like ND, Missouri, Nebraska, and Pitt, are natural choices, and I like Kansas more than Syracuse even though they both bring about the same thing to the table
Amazing. Humans have been making shit up forever. The internet just makes it ridiculously easy to spread the poo.
I really have no idea what they would do for revenue in the long term. I would imagine that eventually ND would lose a lot of their "respect" amongst college football. Remaining one of the few independents with three super conferences.
Does anyone know what ND is planning to do if they don't join?
If they don't join I would be all for getting them the hell off the schedule for good. Let them play a round robin with Army and Navy.
The SEC and Pac-10 don't seem interested in ND. If the Big Ten goes to 16 teams and ND isn't one of them, the only 'BCS' conferences left are the Big East and ACC. If the Big Ten sets the trend to go to 16 teams, the Big East will be a 'mid-major' football wise after all the dominoes fall.
It would not surprise me at all if ND joined a ravaged Big East. It gives them what they always want...an easy path to a BCS game.
ND can stay independent as long as there's an all-Catholic non-football Big East composed of:
Notre Dame, Georgetown, Villanova, Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's, Providence, DePaul
I still think they go to the Big Ten and join a pod of Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Purdue.
If ND is going to join a football conference, it's going to be the B10. That's the geographical fit and that's three of its rivalry games. It's only in the Big East in basketball because the Big East was weak enough to not require it for football.
ND ADs have been there before
Please dear God let this happen.
Syracuse the key to prying Notre Dame to the Big TenWhat are BK's views on this? Is it possible that he is pushing for ND to join the Big 10?