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Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

Which Teams Should the Big Ten Add? (please limit to four selections)

  • Boston College

    Votes: 32 10.2%
  • Cincinnati

    Votes: 19 6.1%
  • Connecticut

    Votes: 6 1.9%
  • Duke

    Votes: 21 6.7%
  • Georgia Tech

    Votes: 55 17.6%
  • Kansas

    Votes: 46 14.7%
  • Maryland

    Votes: 67 21.4%
  • Missouri

    Votes: 90 28.8%
  • North Carolina

    Votes: 39 12.5%
  • Notre Dame

    Votes: 209 66.8%
  • Oklahoma

    Votes: 78 24.9%
  • Pittsburgh

    Votes: 45 14.4%
  • Rutgers

    Votes: 40 12.8%
  • Syracuse

    Votes: 18 5.8%
  • Texas

    Votes: 121 38.7%
  • Vanderbilt

    Votes: 15 4.8%
  • Virginia

    Votes: 47 15.0%
  • Virginia Tech

    Votes: 62 19.8%
  • Stay at 12 teams and don't expand

    Votes: 27 8.6%
  • Add some other school(s) not listed

    Votes: 25 8.0%

  • Total voters
    313
Useless ESPN article just for discussion purposes.....

Flipping the Field: How college football's Power 5 should expand

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Big Ten
East Division
Cincinnati
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers

West Division
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Purdue
Wisconsin

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/college-football...ge-football-expansion-realignment-looked-like

No way on the juggalos to the B1G, if the B1G has to take another school take West Virginia or Missouri.
 
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Oklahoma leaders have mixed opinions on Big 12 expansion

When it comes to the push for the Big 12 to expand, few have been as vocally in favor of such a move as Oklahoma president David Boren. It appears his biggest opponent may be his own university board of regents.

Oklahoma board of regents chairman Max Weitzenhoffer said in an interview with ESPN.com he opposes Boren’s expansion idea and instead favors a 10-member Big 12.

The Big 12 presidents and chancellors will meet at the end of the month in Texas to discuss a number of topics, with conference expansion expected to be the big ticket item on the agenda. The Big 12 recently paid for an analytics firm to provide some information on the topic, which returned a suggestion the Big 12 would see a marginal odds-increase to make the College Football Playoff if it were to expand. Schools are lining up waiting for their invite to the Big 12 as well, including some of the usual suspects — BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, Memphis, Houston, UCF.

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ders-have-mixed-opinions-on-big-12-expansion/
 
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We're the B1G, let's plunder the SEC. Florida and Georgia. They got the recruits and at least feel a little guilty about swimming in the inbred alligator infested swamps of the SEC. Fuck 'em. Power still emanates from the Union states...

Hell, there's more Buckeyes in Florida than Gators at this point. If we keep sending our parents south to die (retire), we will conquer those swamp infested states eventually...

I love my parents, but 1500 miles of separation gives me a serious Seinfeld epiphany...
 
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Whoever wrote that is a retard. Cincinnati has a better chance of going to the SEC than the B1G. Hell, we have a better chance of going to the PAC than the B1G. Maybe if North Korea nuked Columbus, and the board of regents renamed Cincinnati "Ohio State", then we might get an invite.
They have a better chance of winning the Premier League than getting into the Big Ten.
 
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What will college football realignment look like in 10 years? Think consolidation, not expansion - Fox Sports

In the article, Mandel gives a list of the 24 most appealing programs from both a TV and competitive perspective. The Big Ten schools are:

Michigan
Michigan State
Nebraska
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin

He then splits the 24 schools into four "divisions." Here's what those look like:

East Division
Penn State
Miami
Florida State
Florida
Georgia
Clemson

Midwest Division
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Nebraska
Wisconsin

South Division
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Arkansas
LSU
Texas A&M

West Division
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
Oklahoma

"Each team plays five games against its divisional foes, six games against other divisions (two teams from each, predetermined like in the NFL) and one game against whoever it wants from any level, be it an old rival that didn’t make the cut for this list or an FCS bodybag foe.

The top two teams in each division make the playoff. No committee or BCS formula needed. You could also easily expand the playoff to 12, with the champion of each division getting a first-round bye."
 
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