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Originally Posted by cincibuck
Interesting post. Brings in some issues I wasn't thinking about.
Hmmmm, Texas in the Big 10? And leave behind Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas A & M... I think that's a "no-brainer."
Far more logical would be for the Big 10 to reach out to Syracuse... East Coast, adds a lot of geography to the scope of things. Iowa for sure does not want Iowa State in the mix. I don't think Penn State wants Pitt in. Bringing in Syracuse would revive a great rivalry game for the Nittany Lions, one I'm sure they miss.
Academically Syracuse would make for a better fit too.
I hate the idea of the Big 10 becoming one of those Thursday night leagues. That has to be hell on teams who play on Saturday and then face another team on les than a week's preperations and I'm sure it would [censored] off the MAC that looks at those games as their only chance for prime time exposure. With the loss of that income those schools could be facing the end of their football programs period. Miami only averages about 15 to 16K at their games as is and that has to be one of the better figures in a league of schools in out of the way places.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt the talk of another school joining the Big 10, purely speculation? I find it difficult to believe that the Big 10 would be able reach out to another school to get them to join the conference so the Big 10 could have enough teams for a league title game. It would seem to me that a team would come to the Big 10 about joining the conference before the Big 10 would approach another team to join the Big 10. (Although I guess the reason why I'm writing this is to ask, is that how conference switches work?)