Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Delaware Buck]

I don't see UNC leaving. They already run things in the ACC on so many levels. UVA seems like a wildcard. UMD looks to be in if the rumors are true. Rutgers is Meh but I get the cable aspect. Syracuse would deliver NYC and the whole state of NY for cable rev which is greater than NJ+MD. Still like Ga Tech for the marketing opportunity. Lots of B1G alum in that Atlanta area.

 

[Muck]

how did their disagreement work out for them last time?

Ask the Longhorn Network.

 

[MU-Buck]

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...rs-louisville_tv_rating_i.html?mobRedir=false

Rutgers has also been part of four of the five highest-rated football games in the New York City area on ESPN.

That list is headed by Rutgers-Louisville in 2006, which drew an 8.1 rating, and includes Rutgers-West Virginia in 2006 (6.04); USC-Ohio State in 2009 (3.74); Rutgers-Cincinnati in 2006 (3.62) and South Florida Rutgers in 2007 (3.35).

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Not if the cable companies disagree. State X could have 100 million cable subscribers and it wouldn't mean jack if they don't demand to have the BTN on the basic tier to see a few State X University games a year.

NYC is much more of a college basketball town than college football. Perhaps the way to force the BTN down their throats is to put together the mother of all basketball conferences, which would be the case if MD, UVA and UNC all move to the Big Ten.

 

[Bucky32]

At least if this happens Delaney would get a mulligan on the stupid-ass names of the divisions.

 

[alexhortdog95]

You know this shouldn't happen when even the fans of Maryland and Rutgers don't want it to go through.

And how many Rutgers/Maryland fans can you name? Does anyone know any? Does anyone know anyone who knows one?

I really hope this doesn't happen.

Pretty bad, yup.

 

[MU-Buck]

If we go to 16, do we pick up a 4 team Pod System? I hope so:

Leaders:
North - Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Illinois
Central - Penn State, tOSU, Indiana, Purdue

Legends:
East - Rutgers, Maryland, UVA, UNC
West - Neraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Pods would rotate which other pod they play that year (you play the teams in your own pod every year) and have on protected game (i.e. tOSU vs Michigan). On years where your protected game is in the pod your pod is set to play, your 8th conference game would be from a different pod.

 

[jlb1705]

From the link above...

Sorry Rutgers that clinches it, you're out.

Apparently you didn't see what Iowa was doing a couple weeks ago. It looked like something Ricky Stanzi wore to ride the short bus.

 

[Bucky32]

Apparently you didn't see what Iowa was doing a couple weeks ago. It looked like something Ricky Stanzi wore to ride the short bus.

Hey man, if you don't love it, leave it. USA, No. 1.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

If we go to 16, do we pick up a 4 team Pod System? I hope so:

Leaders:
North - Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Illinois
Central - Penn State, tOSU, Indiana, Purdue

Legends:
East - Rutgers, Maryland, UVA, UNC
West - Neraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Pods would rotate which other pod they play that year (you play the teams in your own pod every year) and have on protected game (i.e. tOSU vs Michigan). On years where your protected game is in the pod your pod is set to play, your 8th conference game would be from a different pod.

If we go to a pod system I doubt there would be any protected rivalry games. That means we'd have to be in the same pod as scUM, and most likely Sparty as well.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

If we go to 16, do we pick up a 4 team Pod System? I hope so:

Leaders:
North - Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Illinois
Central - Penn State, tOSU, Indiana, Purdue

Legends:
East - Rutgers, Maryland, UVA, UNC
West - Neraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota

That would be worth the implosion on BWI when they don't get put in with the other ACC schools.

 

[Muck]

If we go to 16, do we pick up a 4 team Pod System? I hope so:

Leaders:
North - Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Illinois
Central - Penn State, tOSU, Indiana, Purdue

Legends:
East - Rutgers, Maryland, UVA, UNC
West - Neraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Pods would rotate which other pod they play that year (you play the teams in your own pod every year) and have on protected game (i.e. tOSU vs Michigan). On years where your protected game is in the pod your pod is set to play, your 8th conference game would be from a different pod.

Putting two 'kings' in a one pod (Ohio State & PSU) while having another pod with no kings wouldn't fly.

Apparently you didn't see what Iowa was doing a couple weeks ago. It looked like something Ricky Stanzi wore to ride the short bus.

Why in the world would I pay attention to what Iowa was doing?!

 

[MU-Buck]

That would be worth the implosion on BWI when they don't get put in with the other ACC schools.

Yeah... But a protected crossover game with Maryland would keep them East, in an area that they heavily recruit, and if Maryland can step up, would be a GREAT regional game!

 

[MU-Buck]

Putting two 'kings' in a one pod (Ohio State & PSU) while having another pod with no kings wouldn't fly.

Disagree!!! All Pods seem to be relatively balanced, minus the new entries to the league. Nebraska and Wisconsin (and Iowa at times)... Mich, Mich St, and Northwestern (Illinois at times)... tOSU and Penn State (Purdue at times).

Odds are, any new members will not immediately get the full revenue split as current members (they would be phased in). Since none of the new entries are CFB powerhouses (ND, Texas, etc), their records would be marginally overinflated by being in a mildly "weaker" pod and would help to energize their fanbases about the B1G because they would appear to be more competitive (compared to Rutgers/UVA/Maryland playing PSU, tOSU, Mich, Mich St, Nebraska and Wisconsin year 1... Add in Norhwestern and they could easily be 0-7).

 

[MU-Buck]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.c...take-in-yes-would-value-channel-at-3-billion/

A good wagon to hitch our trailer too... NYC or Bust!!!

When I heard "minority stake" I thought this would be a non-story... But if acquiring ANYTHING close to 49 percent of the YES network (heck, even over 20%), I could see Fox ABSOLUTELY packaging the BTN with YES giving us access to ALL of the 5 Burroughs!!!