I suppose there is no explanation for Rutgers and Maryland being in the former Big Ten except for the New York City and D.C. television markets ... although we'll have to wait and see how that pans out. I'm not optimistic ... and I'd love to be privy to Delaney's market research before adding those universities. I think the "Big" Ten is looking more and more like the mediocre ACC (in football).
If Delaney had a real sense of what's what, he would have pushed for this line-up ...
East
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
West
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Wisconsin
and assuming Notre Dame wasn't too wussy to affiliate with a real conference. That's a football conference that would be on a par with the SEC, and it would consist of some excellent universities (for the most part).
It is a real shame that Notre Dame won't be part of the eventual Big Ten ice hockey conference.
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I suppose there is no explanation for Rutgers and Maryland being in the former Big Ten except for the New York City and D.C. television markets ... although we'll have to wait and see how that pans out. I'm not optimistic ... and I'd love to be privy to Delaney's market research before adding those universities. I think the "Big" Ten is looking more and more like the mediocre ACC (in football).
If Delaney had a real sense of what's what, he would have pushed for this line-up ...
East
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
West
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Wisconsin
and assuming Notre Dame wasn't too wussy to affiliate with a real conference. That's a football conference that would be on a par with the SEC, and it would consist of some excellent universities (for the most part).
It is a real shame that Notre Dame won't be part of the eventual Big Ten ice hockey conference.