Big Ten Expansion, re-visited...
The Big Ten adds:
ND: national program with national TV draw
Missouri: rounds out the geography and gives St. Louis and Kansas City markets
and...
Navy and Army: currently independent...lots of TV's on the coasts and Hawaii..and the Armed Forces network...the Big Ten network not only goes national, but global..how cool would it be to welcome the Cadets and Midshipmen to the Big House?
September 14th, 2010 at 11:05 PM ^
Not going to happen.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:05 PM ^
maybe we should look at nebraska to.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:06 PM ^
To hell with them!
September 14th, 2010 at 11:13 PM ^
seconded.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
Agreed, they're out.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
Does anyone know where I can hide a few?
September 14th, 2010 at 11:50 PM ^
Add ND and Pitt.
Fuck Army and Navy.
September 15th, 2010 at 9:23 AM ^
Dude!
p.s. That was a neg-less dude, btw...
September 15th, 2010 at 10:06 AM ^
Pitt's never going to happen. They were the deciding vote to keep Penn State out of the Big East, they share recruiting territory with PSU and OSU abvove that. Penn State already delivers the Pittsburgh market.
It will never happen. Just like Missouri will never happen.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:51 PM ^
I don't know if you've noticed, but the decision-making process of the service academies isn't driven by BTN $$$. They're independent for a reason.
And U-M is already on AFN plenty.
September 15th, 2010 at 7:50 AM ^
Not to mention, while they are good teaching insititutions, they are not in the AAU (with research and graduate programs).
I do know a few Navy grads who would like for Navy to be in the Big Ten (versus Big East or ACC). I look at that as respect for what the Big Ten stands for.
September 15th, 2010 at 1:01 AM ^
this is a creative thought.
No way, no how this happens. btw I think it will be Missouri and Kansas next
September 15th, 2010 at 1:49 AM ^
I don't see the point in adding anyone else. We added Nebraska to give us the championship game. What are two more teams going to do? There is no additional NCAA privilege that comes with having more than 12 teams. We'd just be splitting the pie 14 ways instead of 12.
September 15th, 2010 at 9:10 AM ^
increasing the size of the Big Ten Network market and the extra $$$$ that comes from that.
September 16th, 2010 at 8:14 PM ^
I'm not sure any of the mentioned candidates (assuming ND is out) would really do that enough to offset the fact that we'd be splitting revenue 14 ways instead of 12.
Even if the money does work out, I'm not in favor of further expansion. A 14-team conference would mean playing six games against your division rivals and missing most of the teams in the other division. It'd practically be two separate conferences.
September 16th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
SU Athletics Receives Unprecedented Media Exposure in NYC and Beyond.
Ok, I'm done. Back to Michigan football.
September 15th, 2010 at 6:21 AM ^
We all make fun of Notre Dame for playing the service academies...now this guy wants them to be in the Big Ten?
/thinking toomuch
September 15th, 2010 at 7:52 AM ^
Lets table this discussion until off-season.
September 15th, 2010 at 8:08 AM ^
... is this a slow news day?
Nebraska was great.
12 is better.
Notre Dame can sink into irrelevance, the rest aren't even on the radar. Missou was never in the hunt. Service Academies? God bless 'em but give me a break...
I think UM may drop ND from the schedule for a few years so Brian Kelly can schedule some FCS schools.
September 15th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^
If we expand again (which may happen when the Big 12 dissolves and the Pac-12 and SEC go to 16), I think ND will finally cave. I'd like ND, Rutgers, Mizzou, and Pitt.
September 15th, 2010 at 9:18 AM ^
September 15th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Delany will go after the New York City TV market.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:11 AM ^
No one cares about Rutgers even in Piscataway.
Any time anyone brings up the myth that Rutgers has fans, this goes here:
September 15th, 2010 at 9:58 AM ^
lets add the Lions too.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:26 AM ^
We should just annex the entire Big 12, add Syracuse and Rutgers, and create a super-mega 24 team conference. We'd separate it into two 12 team divisions with four 6 team sub-divisions. We'd have a conference tournament with semi-finals to determine division champs and an ultimate championship game. We'd then go on to dominate the BCS with 3-4 teams annually involved, and almost certainly one team in the championship game annually.
September 16th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
This is hilarious that the expansion is being brought up again because i was about the start a topic on it because Im about to write a paper on the subject.