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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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darbypitcher22;2261920; said:
been a ton of backlash from the talking heads at ESPN radio. Lots of people saying this was a dumb move to bring these schools in
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That's like saying Coke disagrees with Pepsi for coming out with a low cal soft drink that hurts their sales. I did see that outside the lines had that regard from Ohio U and other dissidents saying this was all a money move and bad for CFB. Pot did not meet kettle (on air).
 
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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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MaxBuck;2261939; said:
OK, I'll bite - what new media markets does UVA bring in that we haven't already tapped into with Maryland?
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That's why North Carolina and Georgia Tech seem more logical (and connects the conference to the South, in a way).

Regardless, you don't float out East Coast offices for just two East Coast schools.

Gerry DiNardo said it would be 16 by the Spring, however he wouldn't know inside information.
 
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cincibuck;2261954; said:
That's because ESPN owns the SEC and the Big 10 owns BTN. ESPN is spinning this to suit their marketing needs.
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Yep. Remember when BTN first started and the ESPN Big Ten bloggers weren't allowed to reference BTN or anything?

This is when I still read ESPN.com (five years ago), but they weren't even allowed to put BTN on their master schedule (where it showed games on CBS or FOX Sports or NBC).
 
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CincyInterloper;2261955; said:
None. UVA is an excellent school with a crappy football program. I cannot imagine them pulling in significant viewership. Home team or no, nobody likes watching a consistent loser.
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Their "Crappy" football program has the same winning percentage as Maryland, their stadium seats more, and they have quite a bit of wealthy alumni.
 
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