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I think we have to take more factors into comparison.

1) Part of the draw of going to a school in your conference are that there are away games to your home state. With Texas being such a large state, it probably matters less to a Texas recruit that ATM is in the SEC. In fact, with all the Texas schools in the B12, they are still very attractive.

Contrast that with New Jersey and Maryland, which are small. A game over there is probably within driving distance for most parents in those states, New York, and Northern Virginia, which is pretty nice.

2) Most of the SEC is already in prime recruiting territory. Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana already pump out a huge number of blue chips, and neighbor other talent rich states like North Carolina and Virginia. Of course they'll target more Texas and Missouri recruits, but probably only the top tier guys, which doesn't put much of a dent in your numbers.

The B1G, however, has a lot less in-state talent. Basically, we need New Jersey and Maryland recruits more than the SEC needs Texas and Missouri recruits.

3) Why not include Texas A&M in your equation? Obviously they are part of the SEC. If more talent in Jersey and Maryland go to Rutgers and Maryland instead of another conference, that means a stronger B1G. 

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I agree that the expansions recruiting impact to the SEC hasn't been huge, but think it'll be a lot bigger for B1G teams.

They have a crap ton of in-state talent, with no major powers within short driving distances.

Yeah but everyone in every country agrees that they have the worst politicians. Saying 'your state has the most moronic dumb politicians' is different from northerners saying 'like how people from Texas cheat' or some chinese dude joking 'like how Americans are fat and dumb'

You manage to insult Texans and women, which I think your mom was, in one sentence. Guess you aren't interested in being a Michigan Man.

FSU probably explored other options, but decided that staying in the ACC was a better situation, even if very slightly. Once that decision was made, having a full strength ACC was in their best interest, IMO.

When you are a 5 star athlete living in Alabama, in fact, when you live in a town called Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and has committed to Alabama, most coaches don't want to waste their time.

That being said, come on up north!

He's already a junior age wise, so I wouldn't blame him for changing his mind after the dust settles. Athletic, rebounding, runs the floor type of big men are at a premium. You gotta do what you gotta do though selfishly I want him back.

That kind of 'so happy its hard to breathe' joy is hard to come by, congrats!!!

Now that the Big East a Catholic basketball conference, the 3 football schools that have been there the longest(UConn, Cincinatti, South Florida) probably just want to get the most exit money possible. I mean, UConn basketball has to recruit kids to the American 12 conference now.

Guess I went there because I was accepted and didn't know the full extent of just how many loans I would have to take out eventually. Those 4 years went by in a haze of highs, lows, great friends, numbing loneliness, studying, much procrastination, craziness, insanity, and dead boring all rolled into one.

7 years later, when I walk pass certain streets in California, I can close my eyes and feel myself walking past the Chem building.

My poor attempt to follow the masterpiece:

4:10 pm: For the 97th time Lane checks to make sure the fax machine is working. It is. He opens the USC rivals page... only to discover another 5 star has decommited and is going to Idaho. He slowly stands up, hands shaking. Filled with a rage he cannot control, Lane marches down the hall  to scream at his recruiting coordinator. He opens the door, ready to scream.... and his dads empty office stares back at him.

Cheating on a pregnant wife is none of our business, but shouldn't be labeled 'bossing' either.

Apparently a male stripper was among the folks who gave the players this deer antler spray.

No wonder 'Bama won, Their players were taking illegal animal spray from male strippers while the other team was mourning fake dead girlfrends.

All I know is that this probably brightens up Brian, and every Michigan fans day after the bad weekend.

They would have if those states were close by. Who wouldn't want the financial benefits of two rich and populous states, not to mention talent rich?

Vincent Smith handled it a lot better than I would have. Respect.

Taken from the NW live game thread about Trey

"The problem isn't that he's better than any NU player tonight, it's that he's better than any NU player ever."

Anyone know who the DE that beat Dawson at the end of the 2012 Sound Mind Sound Body Dawson 1on1 video is? Just curious, looked pretty fast.

He knows how hard it is to win at Wisconsin. Not to mention he'll forever be compared with Alvarez and even Bielema. He wouldn't be able to get guys like Dorian Johnson in his backyard there either. 

Chryst has MUCH better local talent to work with at Pitt, and doesn't have to fly everywhere to recruit. The ACC is easier to win, and Penn State should be down just enough for him to grab a few recruits(Dorian Johnson), win, and move on to a better program. Even better if BOB leaves or Hackenburg decommits.

That said, if Wisky offers him 3 million a year, who knows?

There was a NYT article about college fans in New York, and Rutgers had more fans than the next 3 combined. Maryland is right next to DC, and you're completely mistaken if you think it's not Maryland dominated. New Jersey and Maryland also has more high school talent by far than Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, and Wisconsin so they will probably not be bottom feeders.

I'll also make this short: I'd rather trust Delaney and his judgement than someone who has his facts wrong.

Football takes a bit longer, but basketball can recover a lot faster. Look at Minnesota paying Tubby Smith almost 2 million.

At the least the ass whippings going to come pretty quick for our less than talented brothers in the B1G

It hasn't been that long since the B1G started making the real serious money. It takes time. 

Also, there's only so much you can do with zero in state talent. Unless you find a super awesome coach, it's going to be hard to maintain excellence. And even then the super awesome coach usually moves on

I love Pryor!! Why would anyone hate Pryor after all he's done to them? 

Agreed. Honestly hope they will remain elite

At least we have the ultimate experiment team in Nebraska right? GREAT history, but I honestly wonder how they'll do without their Texas connections. Even historically good teams that don't have great in-state talent seem to spiral downwards very very quickly with one bad hire.

Anything wrong in my logic? If one team can do it, another team with very similar or better circumstances can do it as well. And with the big time money, it is actually probably.

The bad comparison to Purdue and assuming they will be aweful forever, ingoring their buildt in advantages is pretty bad logic.

Illinois does have great talent, but powerhouse vultues recruit them away. But when they did lock up talent, they were surprisingly decent. Rutgers and Maryland have.... Penn State, and a bunch of soon to be broke, conference-less ACC teams around them

There are plenty of fans who, while initially dismayed, are looking over this issue and have cautiously become optimistic about this in the long run. This brings the B1G fertile recruiting grounds, good research institutes, more money in the ever escalating arms race with the SEC (5 million for Nick Saban 4 years ago??), and the two new schools have potential to be pretty good ala South Carolina.

We were able to build the new basketball center with B1G funds. The academic center. The stadium upgrade. The suites, the Crisler renovations. Yost arena renovations. Everything Delaney has done to bring this conference money has helped us become more competitive. What's wrong with that?

Sure we play less games against each other, but outside of Ohio and MSU is there any team we absolutely have to play evey year? Tons of alumni in NY and DC can now attend a game or two, and now we'll get more recruits from talent rich Maryland and Jersey.

And yes Rutgers has attendence issues, but who in their right minds would want to see the crapola lining up against Rutgers week after week regardless of rankings???

You're literally looking for opinions that agree with you, and if there aren't any, digging through the comments. Come on, at least try to show the other side of view!

I disagree about the Delaney working for Mich and OSU though. Penn State also has as many fans as Michigan, and the state of Michigan and Ohio are still small compared to Texas. A Michigan network would not be as profitable as the Longhorn network.

I do like the part about recruiting, and have no doubt it was a BIG part of the expansion. However, would he really put Ohio, Michigan, PSU, UMD and Rutgers in the same division? Thats the 5 most talented states in just one division. Long term thats not going to work.

Also, if he really wanted to recruit well, he would have put Penn State in the same division as Michigan because we recruit Pennsylvania a LOT.

In the end, I think Michigan will get one east coast team in its division.

End game? I think Delaney wants to make the Big Ten the richest, most profitable conference in the nation. That will naturally lead to winning

Actually, even as recently as 2009, South Carolina had attendence issues, averaging 8000 fans less than capacity.

Also, South Carolina fans at least got to see Florida, Alabama, Clemson, Georgia on a regular basis. Unlike the crapola that has been visiting Maryland or Rutgers lately.

Yeah but the rest of the SEC aren't ignoring them, right? They did join the SEC in 1992, not that far in the past.

South Carolina was nothing a decade ago. But recently, with the SEC money really kicking in around the late 90's, they made a good coaching hire, and boom look at where they are.

But it takes more than money. You need recruits, preferrably in-state recruits. Where is Marcus Lattimore from? Where is Jadaveon Clowney from? South Carolina.

Maryland and New Jersey suck right now, but I don't see why they can't become the next South Carolina.

When Alabama hired Nick Saban for 5 million a year, I realized it was going to take money to win.

And not just money, but the MOST money. 

College sports is going the way of baseball. The Yankees usually win.

Just sayin.

Does a school really need more than 2~3 rivals? We have MSU and Ohio. Minnesota has Wisky and Iowa. Illinois has NW. Ohio has us and maybe Penn State.

IF we go to a pod based system, where each school plays 2~3 border rivals every year, and the rest every two years, would that be ok? We'd play MSU and Ohio every year, and play Minny and Iowa every other year. 

And if Rutgers or Maryland retain a fraction of their in state talent, being consistant top 18~30 teams doesn't seem out of reach and might be fun games with tons of alumni at away games.

Lots of faulty logic here

1) Cable might become obsolete: Yes, but it doesn't change the fact that the two schools are the dominant in state institutions of populous states. Whatever medium media morphs into in the future, that is a built in advantage that cannot be replicated by, say, Pitt, Syracuse, or NC State

2) B1G will fail like the B12 failed: WTF? The B12 failed because Texas acted like a spoiled ahole and the B12 payouts were pitiful. In case you haven't noticed, the B1G is equal, and the payouts are peerless.

3) B1G will fail like the ACC: The ACC is a hugely flawed conference to begin with. 4 schools in North Carolina? Are you kidding me? A basketball league in a land driven by football? And Rutgers/Maryland >>>> Pitt/Syracuse long term.

4) At some point you don't need more money: Tell that to the SEC. Long term the B1G's rival is them, and they ain't slowing down, especially with the SEC network coming soon. Facilities need constant updating, coaches pays get higher, and Michigan will build a new hockey arena sooner or later.

He is right though, in that the tradition loss is sad. 

He's comparing failure with the B12 and ACC, which failed for entirely different reasons. His logic is completely off.

They've never had the resources of the B1G, and the old Big East poisoned any momentum they might have had, and the new Big East is a joke of a conference none of the blue chips would play for.

Put them in the B1G, and suddently the Jersey recruits have a home option. New York and New Jersey, are very, very decent recruiting grounds.

A few years down the line, when the entire B1G is winning the college football arms race, and winning games because of this, I won't make fun of you too much.

In the long run, Rutgers and Maryland has much more potential for great football than Pitt. And we're not even going into the little to no revenue Pitt would generate.

New Jersey alone is worth the move. Anything else is gravy.

If Rutgers and Maryland can retain a decent amount of in state talent along with not horrible coaches, they will be at worst middling in the Big Ten.

New Jersey and Maryland have a combined 15 million population and fertile recruiting grounds. That alone is worth it for the B1G. New York is just gravy.

Nobody really watches them. But at least they have potential to become better, especially with the B1G's resources. Which is more than can be said of a lot of schools.

And even if they don't become that much better, at least they'll help the bottom line and the B1G will most likely have better talent coming in :)

Not a home run, but long term wise... not a bad bet.

I actually think Rutgers brings at least as much to the table as Maryland. New Jersey has 3 million more people in their state than Maryland, and have by far the most fans in New York city than any other team thanks to their 56 thousand student population. They've always have had great high school talent, and in fact is equal or slightly better than the state of Michigan in terms for 4 star talent according to rivals. 

It's the same with Maryland. They have a populous and rich state, along with great high school football. If anything, the two states will up the level of talent in the Big 10, even if it's not by much. Not to mention some of the richest basketball recruiting grounds in the nation.

We'll also be going to 9 games soon. Sure it'll suck not playing our midwest brethren, but think of the recruiting advantages! At least one away game in New Jersey or Maryland each year, or every 2 years has to help us alot. And if the money loving Delaney approves of this move, you KNOW he's looking to make a profit.

How come all my friends in New York need to get the digital sports tier.

You're fine to doubt me. Doesn't change facts, and if the money loving Delaney is going ahead with the move, and that means he's looked at it seriously from a financial perspective. I at least try to use logic and facts. You refuse to look at the numbers.

The Big Ten Network is NOT on basic cable in New York. Even if there is, it's a very small percentage. And there is a huge difference between having B1G alums demanding the BTN on basic cable in Maryland, and the alums of the dominant instate school demanding the BTN.

The only sensible reaction is "DO SOME THINKING"

VA Tech has bad academics and don't even bring their entire state. Not to mention the Virginia legislature won't let them leave.

Thanks, too late to fix

From a financial standpoint, they bring ALOT to the table.

New Jersey and Maryland has a combined population of 15 million, and are two of the richest states in the nation. They have fertile recruiting grounds, and have very good academic credentials. Maryland alone has valuable ties to D.C., and research expenditures.

Since they're the dominant in state school with no other competition, the minute they join, they would most likely bring more to the table in terms of money than Northwestern, Indiana, Iowa, Purdue, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. They would also bring two states rich in football talent only behind Ohio. Pennslyvania, Illinois, and Michigan, not to mention GREAT basketball talent.

Football wise, yeah lackluster, but long term they have all the prerequisites to be a good program. They just didn't have something like the Big Ten Network that could properly monetize that potential.

The ACC does play a round robin in their most important sport. Don't tell that to the Irish though.

Our entire team looks like dudes from the 70's smoking stuff and singing "I'm the walrus" all day long haha. But love the looks and everyone looks pretty happy.

Did anyone ever believe Basketball Recruiting rankings, Michigan, and #2 would ever be in the same sentence even a year or two ago? Sure its way early but very, very nice.

With baseball starting in winter, unless we get an indoor stadium, no coach in his right mind will want to come here.

At least in baseball, break away from the NCAA, go to wooden bats, full scholarships, and a 90 game schedule if they won't change the start dates.

B1G has parts of the NY market, mostly us and PSU,  but not all.

Notre Dame has parts of the NY market, but not all.

Rutgers has 3 times as much fans in NY than the B1G or Notre Dame combined, but not all.

However, if Delany could rope the above 3 together, he COULD make a decent case for NY, imo. When you're talking about the largest media market in the world, where even a small chunk of a pro sports town is a huge amount of money, adding Rutgers may be worth it. 

You may want to read about Arnett and his very sick father before judging him. Multiple heart attacks and surgeries the past year certainly qualify as hardship, especially if Arnett needs to pay bills by making it to the NFL as fast as he can. I'm sure you would be crying bloody murder if some entity potentially blocked you from providing for your family.

Thats a nice choice of words for a heckle. He didn't put down baseball the sport, or Larkins future. He said words that pretty much everyone, including the baseball players could laugh at.

He does have a point. " It's not the one big hit. It is the cumulative effect of thousands of little hits [that affect the brain]"

It's probably a forgone conclusion that football players have a good chance to damage their brains. Shoulders problems? OK. Knee issues? That sucks. But brains? Hate to say it but yeah its disturbing. Very disturbing.

Any doubt I had about Lewan disappeared when he didn't break Gholstons face after his arm bar and punch. Any NFL team asking about Taylors maturity just has to look at that film. 

The next person to wear 77 is gonna have titan sized shoes to fill.

8. If you DO have a car, might be useful spend a day driving around the Richmond area, between Masonic and the pacific ocean, with the area on Geary street between Arguello~30th Avenue being the best. But pretty much the entire inner/outer richmond is a great place to live. Lots of elderly folk live in this area and don't use the Internet. They just have a old fashioned For Rent sign. Just jot down the numbers and give'em a call. Some of them may not speak english, but I found the prices were a bit lower than online. Sunset area is the same.

Regardless of the results, RR gave his best and showed character and class. He gave more effort to the University than you will ever in your life, so take your elitist attitude elsewhere. Michigan doesn't need fans like you.

I want to beat Meyer and his team into the turf every year, but the word 'circle of trust' is pretty common. Don't know if Meyer meant it that way, as in do whatever you want.

When Dawson first committed, I thought he was underrated considering the offers he had. Looks like Dawsons moving into high 4 star/top 100 territory!

'05 speaker from Xerox read from his notes the entire speech and never seemed to look up. I think everyone in the stadium was cold and bored. Thankfully the next year Chrisitane Amanpour delivered a kickass speech to a standing ovation.

Looks like with a 10K award, the line between the former and latter could have been very, very thin.

We don't want to completely piss off the NCAA, so I think making sure these athletes are still unambiguously amatuers will be key.

22 Schollies: If we do this, the rest of the NCAA will probably follow, so it will be a short advantage.

Wood bats: Absolutely

Television: Televise every game, home or away. If it's away, try to get a deal to share revenue to show it on the BTN.

Number of games: By breaking away, we won't be restricted to only playing 56 games during the year. Play 100!

Number of coaches: By breaking away, we won't be restricted to the number of coaches either, right? Hire away!

Thought the article was actually very pro-Michigan. His fathers quotes are pretty badass.

"But once you got over that and started looking at academics and the coaching staffs, the environment and really the needs in the program for a tight end, it just seemed like the perfect alignment for everything. In nearly every category, Michigan was at the top, so it made for a pretty easy decision."

Make a joke about a 'white' country boys ought to go back to stacking the hay or a black guy and people go 'daaaaaaaaaamn'.

With guys like Jeremy Lin, a lot of people are like chill out bro.

You know, that first photo would make an awesome Mgoblog caption this contest.

Go Blue

"Wow thats great coach! Anyone else?"

"Who said that"

a) Probably the major best suited to study online, and if there's any kind of professor that's willing to experiment with online courses, it should be comp sci profs.

b) Fits in well with your math/science interests. Especially if you go into financial computation or cloud computing. Something tells me you could utilize programming skills towards astronomy if you want.

c) High demand for jobs.

I visited Stanford once in April. Ladies in bikini tops were biking by.

Just sayin.

Pay Manning the 28 million, draft Luck, play them for a year, and then cut Manning if you must. That way even if you cut Manning, noones going to blame a team that basically payed a 28 million dollar severance fee. A small price to pay for decades of elite QB play if Luck pans out.

Buying/registering a Domain name is the easy part, because after you buy the .com, all they will do is send users coming to your address to your host/servers. Unless you also buy hosting from them. It's choosing your hosting service that is the hard part.

So buying a domain with Godaddy should be fine. It's their hosting service that people complain about.

HostGator and Host Monster, are all fine options. I'd probably go with ease of use and quick customer service, as in contact us or call us or chat with us anytime anywhere if you have a problem, as my number 1 priority. I use Bluehost, and while I'm not too thrilled with their hosting(a few downtimes the past few months), the customer service is one of the best I've seen.

I'm speechless as to how spoiled I am being a Michigan fan and having this kind of awesome, detailed, in-depth, free, better-than-professional analysis to read, that trumps any payed information.

He basically referenced the failure of the Polish army during, I assume World War2, when the entire country was invaded by two powers, torn apart, victimized by, much of the country destroyed or used as a battleground, widespread famine, marched off to Siberia or Nazi work camps, etc etc.

There are better things to reference than an extremely tragic and painful memory to Polish people everywhere.

the other guys look like they're torn between laughing and wondering if they'll get in trouble.

I think Brady would laugh and then tell him to make sure he goes to class.

If Fitz has a good year in 2012, he's gone to the NFL. He's already been here 3 years, and with the short shelf life of runningbacks, it's hard to see him stay 5 years in the Big 10. 

"No, I payed for this tattoo you dumass. Thats Jared you're looking for."

I'm not the first one to say this, but give the athletes a lifelong free education. You want another balchelors? Come right up. Oh a masters? Thats even better, we'll foot everything. A doctorate? Sure! Just make sure you're accepted.

Now, the person who applies will obviously have to be accepted into the program, and there has to be some upper limit, like 10 years of free education. But if he is, I don't see any reason why the university should not pay the full tuition amount. Plus a low rate loan for room and board.

We already have St. Louis through Illinois, and Kansas City through Nebraska. Mizzou doesn't bring any new markets.

But I like Rutgers. They have by far the most fans in New York, and can deliver the 9 million people in New Jersey(sort of). Then, combined with Michigan, OSU, PSU, and perhaps ND should be just enough to get the BTN on basic tier in NY. Christ, if that happens, we should rename ourselves the "STFU and pay me" conference.

I know the season is young, but Hoke displays manball toughness with that ruthfulness needed when things get tight. Couple that with his calm demeanor on the sidelines after Denards interception, and controversy-less voice(that Harbaugh lacked a bit) behind the microphone, and we just may have made the best hire ever(including Harbaugh). The only thing left to see is if our offense can be tough but explosive like Stanford or Auburn.

After the last td:

"I hope the fire department was able to put Gary Gray out in time before the fire spread"

Try Irishenvy.com. Almost feel bad for them

Mr. Thomas, welcome to the best 3-5 years of your life!

Good point. I wonder if its worth it for their olympics team to travel north though. 

I agree that good programs should be produced, but by the BTN, not the Longhorns, IMHO. Who's to say the SEC or P12 won't whisper in UT"s ear to change conferences? If UT is producing all the content anyway, they would have very little difficulty jumping.

If Texas is able to retain the Longhorn Network, even if there is equal revenue sharing with the Big Ten, there will always be rumors that Texas may leave the Big 10, etc etc