Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[bigdog3300]

Pittsburgh won't happen.

The Big Ten's reasoning for inviting another university is for market share gained, which leads to more money. Pittsburgh does not do that. It's as pure and simple as that.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

That's what they thought almost two decades ago when they accepted Penn State...

I would say that Penn State has more than carried their weight with regards to BCS bowl money and most importantly making the BTN an automatic buy in the Pittsburgh and Philly metro markets. Let's also not forget that, other than Notre Dame, Pee State turns on more television sets for collage football in NYC than any other program.

 

[OSUBucks22]

Sources: Pittsburgh Will Join Big 10 This Week

Sources: Pittsburgh Will Join Big 10 This Week

Steve Kaczynski
Published: February 1, 2010
Posted in: Buckeyes, Feature 2
Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers


Ben Maller from Fox Sports is reporting that Pittsburgh will join the Big 10.
According to his report:

Some athletes were informed of the move over the weekend, a little birdie tells me. This move sets up the natural rivalry with Penn State who joined the conference in 1990. It also gives the Big 10 another east coast presence. Pitt will become the 12th school in the Big 10, with an official announcement expected by Thursday.

I love it. This means we get a Big 10 Championship Game for football, and another solid team in both football and basketball. Also ? with the natural rivalry that will develop with Penn State, the Nittany Lions can stop obsessing over Ohio State (because we don?t really care about them). This move is a no-brainier for Pitt athletics. The Big Ten sends two teams to BCS bowls almost every year, while the Big East sends just one. Since BCS riches are shared throughout the conference, Pitt will have a solid opportunity at two BCS checks instead of one. It also gives their football strength of schedule a real boost, and will get them mroe national recognition. In basketball, where they actually have a tournament, it won?t hurt them being in the Big Ten vs the Big East.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Hmmm...

I'm beginning to feel like Pitt is George Constanza in the episode where he just 'shows up' to a job he wasn't actually hired for while the boss is out of town.

 

[Zurp]

Hmmm...

I'm beginning to feel like Pitt is George Constanza in the episode where he just 'shows up' to a job he wasn't actually hired for while the boss is out of town.

Ha!
Except when the boss got to town, wasn't he under the impression that George had the job all along?

 

[IronBuckI]

If Pitt joins the Big Ten. It will very difficult for them to uphold the promise to never play us again.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Just let this be bullshit. Please. I don't want them to play in an NFL stadium any more often than they do already. Fuck Heinz, and ketchup, but not catsup.

 

[osuteke]

How is that clear?

Because Pitt alone doesn't add enough benefit.

 

[Muck]

Some athletes were informed of the move over the weekend, a little birdie tells me.

Little bird = Twitter

Tweet Tweet!

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I would say that Penn State has more than carried their weight with regards to BCS bowl money and most importantly making the BTN an automatic buy in the Pittsburgh and Philly metro markets. Let's also not forget that, other than Notre Dame, Pee State turns on more television sets for collage football in NYC than any other program.

 

[jlb1705]

Seriously, Pitt. Go away. What part of 72-0 didn't make that clear?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Are you're saying it hasn't?

I don't think there's a way to prove it one way or another, but I don't think there's a BTN, not as good a deal from ESPN/ABC and fewer BCS berths as a conference without them. Without any one of Penn State, Ohio State or M*ch*g*n the Big Ten would be at best in the situation the Pac-10 is in. Their TV deal stinks, there's been no competition at the top in football and they struggle to get a second team in the BCS where the Big Ten is routinely getting a second team in.

That's exactly what I'm saying. I don't think State Penn being in the Big Ten has made all that much of an improvement, at least not since their first few years in the conference when they held their own. Hell, from 2000-2004 they degraded the conference overall with their play (5-7, 5-6, 9-4, 3-9, 4-7) whilst Ohio State and Michigan held up their end. Granted, in the last five years they've been pretty good with a couple excellent seasons, but there's no doubt there's a BTN right now even without State Penn. As for the Big Ten routinely getting a second BCS team in, State Penn hasn't been a key contributor in that, getting to a BCS bowl only twice since the inception of the BCS system in 1998. Conversely, Ohio State has been in four times as many BCS bowls and Michigan twice as many. Hell, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin have all been in as many BCS bowls as State Penn.

Can I get a "Fuck State Penn?"

 

[3074326]

I want Pitt to join the Big 10 for one reason.

Mark May.

 

[msj2487]

Looks like this is not true.

Sources: Pittsburgh Denies Story That It Will Leave The Big East For The Big Ten

Feb 01, 2010
Pittsburgh denies story that it will leave the Big East for the Big Ten
01:59 PM

Multiple officials at the University of Pittsburgh are denying speculation that the school is set to leave the Big East and become the 12th school in the Big Ten.

"There is no announcement to make because there is nothing happening," said Pitt spokesman Mike Gladysz told ZagsBlog.com.

Associate athletic director for media relations E.J. Borghetti also made a comment on his Twitter feed: "Now hear this: rumors on Internet message boards should be read for amusement purposes only, and not consumed as responsible journalism."

 

[Jagdaddy]

Looks like this is not true.

Sources: Pittsburgh Denies Story That It Will Leave The Big East For The Big Ten

Thank God. If the Big ten takes any team other than Texas before Texas is invited and rejects the invitation, it's a huge mistake.