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Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

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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
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FrancisSoyer;2261851; said:
Maryland is a few notches above Rutgers at least. Wish we could have gotten Pitt if we had to have a Big East team.
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BUCKYLE;2261857; said:
That's why Delaney took MD. He was calling the ACC out on the exit fee. MD gets out for a fraction of that, the SEC and BigWhatever will poach other teams, but schools like UVA &UNC won't be listening to the other conferences.
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What I was getting at with UNC was more that they and NC State share the same Board of Governors, and thus splitting them apart becomes difficult unless each has a safe landing spot. The Dukies and Wake could cause trouble too if they have any pull with the gov or legislature.

Georgia Tech doesn't have any of these issues to contend with, and with VPI seemingly at or near the top of the SEC''s wish list, UVA shouldn't have any issues of the sort either.
 
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The move to pick up MD and Rutgers should be enough to prompt an FSU and/or Clemson move, which would likely be all it would take to make any existing ties between the other universities weak enough to not matter. My only question is what will happen to Duh U. Florida will likely try to keep them out of the SEC, as well as FSU, but if the Big XII doesn't take them, who would?
 
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FrancisSoyer;2261851; said:
Maryland is a few notches above Rutgers at least. Wish we could have gotten Pitt if we had to have a Big East team.
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It's not about how good these teams are in football. Maryland brings the Northern half (with hopefully UVA bringing the southern half) of the DC metro market to the BTN)

Maryland begins the disintegration of the ACC in direct retaliation for their giving safe harbour to the domers. After Delaney gets done with the ACC, the only conference that will answer a phone call from the domers is the WAC.

Maryland serves many, many purposes.
 
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scarletmike;2261882; said:
The move to pick up MD and Rutgers should be enough to prompt an FSU and/or Clemson move, which would likely be all it would take to make any existing ties between the other universities weak enough to not matter. My only question is what will happen to Duh U. Florida will likely try to keep them out of the SEC, as well as FSU, but if the Big XII doesn't take them, who would?
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I'll call my money shot right now.

UVA and UNC to the Big Ten. Eat shit Krezoowski.
FSU and Dah U to the Big Texan
Clemson and VaTech to the SECSECSEC
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2261887; said:
I'll call my money shot right now.

UVA and UNC to the Big Ten. Eat [Mark May] Krezoowski.
FSU and Dah U to the Big Texan
Clemson and VaTech to the SECSECSEC
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UVA brings nothing new relative to media markets, and is therefore a non-starter.

UNC is a possibility, as is Georgia Tech. And don't write off the University of Florida. They have the academic chops, and they could make more money as a B1G member than continuing in the SEC.
 
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MaxBuck;2261892; said:
UVA brings nothing new relative to media markets, and is therefore a non-starter.

UNC is a possibility, as is Georgia Tech. And don't write off the University of Florida. They have the academic chops, and they could make more money as a B1G member than continuing in the SEC.
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i see you're a member of the PCP...
 
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The only way I can rest easy with Md and Rutgers is if they are part of some larger end game - something that brings in some solid programs or at least gets us into the South or Southwest.

And the next two teams are the end game. I don't see anybody going above 16.

If the targets are UNC and Virginia I can't picture a future schedule that doesn't make me feel that I have lived too long.

Perhaps I made the wrong decision when I was standing on that bridge so many years ago - the day they announced the designated hitter rule.
 
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MaxBuck;2261892; said:
UVA brings nothing new relative to media markets, and is therefore a non-starter.

UNC is a possibility, as is Georgia Tech. And don't write off the University of Florida. They have the academic chops, and they could make more money as a B1G member than continuing in the SEC.
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:slappy:
 
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Notre Dame having ACC regrets?

Since Notre Dame agreed to join the ACC, the conference has lost only its second school ever (Maryland to the Big Ten) and looks to be in danger of losing others, perhaps to the SEC or Big 12. Are the Irish having second thoughts about their new conference home? Their president: "We're really happy in the ACC. But I am concerned about continual instability of this conference situation."
https://twitter.com/bradwolverton/s...1300263913082881&tw_e=details&tw_p=tweetembed
 
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ScriptOhio;2261896; said:
Since Notre Dame agreed to join the ACC, the conference has lost only its second school ever (Maryland to the Big Ten) and looks to be in danger of losing others, perhaps to the SEC or Big 12. Are the Irish having second thoughts about their new conference home? Their president: "We're really happy in the ACC. But I am concerned about continual instability of this conference situation."
https://twitter.com/bradwolverton/s...1300263913082881&tw_e=details&tw_p=tweetembed
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This is the end game I am looking for. I despise ND - but want them in the B1G. Isn't that what college football is all about?
 
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