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View Poll Results: Best fit for 12th Big 10 team?
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Notre Dame
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58.80% |
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Missouri
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6.00% |
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Pittsburgh
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Iowa State
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Bowling Green
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Marshall
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0.80% |
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Miami (OH)
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West Virginia
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9.60% |
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Northern Illinois
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0.40% |
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Syracuse
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12-07-2004, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Dryden
I don't think so. It would be available for the game to be hosted in the east, where New York and NE residents could attend. The problem for the Big-10 is that the only indoor facilities (presuming you want the CCG in an indoor facility) are already in the heart of Big-10 country. The three places I can think of right now would be the HHH Baggy Dome in Minneapolis, the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, and Ford Field in Detroit. These are all pro-football facilities, so availability in early December becomes and issue. Also, these are all 500+ miles away from the fans and Big-10 alum in New York and Pennsylvania, who would also want to attend a game. The addition of the Carrier Dome provides a place to have the CCG alternate from east to west every year for market exposure and accessibility.
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No offense, but no way are there more Big 10 fans in NY and NE than the Midwest. The Big 10 is a Midwest Conference and the championship game should be played in the Midwest. BTW isn't the Big 10 HQ in Indy? The MAC championship game is in Detroit and there are no scheduling problems. If the game is on a Saturday it wouldn't affect the Colts at all. Indy is basically in the middle of Big 10 country and would be the easiest trip for everyone. You talk like you wouldn't want the game in the heart of Big 10 country, WTF?
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I don't think any team should be added to the Big 10, but if they were to add another team I would want Pitt. They have been in the conference before and I think they would make the best addition.
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12-07-2004, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Maniac
I don't think any team should be added to the Big 10, but if they were to add another team I would want Pitt. They have been in the conference before and I think they would make the best addition.
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Pitt is going to a BCS bowl this year. Somehow. 
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Miami (Oh) would have the best chance b/c of academics and thier ability to beat existing BigTen doormats.
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12-07-2004, 10:36 AM
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I vote for Syracuse. They would be another team in the eastern half of our conference and would give Penn State another natural rivalry game along with us. They would help strengthen our conference in Baketball and would not take anything away from a football standpoint. The division of the conference could look like this:
East
Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Syracuse
Indiana
Michigan State
West
Wisconsin
Iowa
Purdue
Northwestern
Minnesota
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12-07-2004, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ScarletArrow
Miami (Oh) would have the best chance b/c of academics and thier ability to beat existing BigTen doormats.
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I wonder how another Big Ten school in Ohio would affect our recruiting...I would assume not much but I'm sure Miami's stock would shoot through the roof with a lot of local 3-4 star talent that don't go to tOSU. |
12-07-2004, 10:46 AM
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Well- and I think the 12th is less likely than some people think.. but the Big Ten AD's would tell you that the most likely candidates are WVU and Pitt in no particular order.... especially now with the Big East Melting down....
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They would help strengthen our conference in Baketball and would not take anything away from a football standpoint.
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god dammit leave my basketball in the big east 
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Pitt or Notre Dame (maybe WV) are the only ones that make sense geographically, though Syracuse does have the Great Lakes-state connection; but I agree with an earlier poster that the ideal would be to drop one team and go back to Ten.
I've always felt the team to go should be Iowa: they're the one team in a non-Great Lakes state, they don't have an outstanding recent athletic history outside of wrestling and a couple of football seasons, and their biggest rival is in the Big12. Send Iowa to the B12, send Baylor to some mid-major, then the numbers (10/12) work again.
Of course, never gonna happen, but that's what I'd do...
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