re: Who will the Big Ten go after?

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care to elaborate?

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just as sprint said, adding another member means less revenue for everyone else UNLESS you can insure the new additions can maintain the current average revenue of the conference.

nebraska: great addition
notre dame: would be great addition
texas: would be great addition

missouri?
syracuse?
iowa state? (come the frick on)
uconn?
kansas?
kansas state?

those five or six are borderline; each could potentially generate more revenue, of course, but would it be enough to equal the current average the conference currently holds; highly debatable.

besides, didnt the big ten just announce they are satisfied with their current status? they dont plan on expansion in the near future.

I agree.

Also, I know the B1G wants ND, but I don't think ND wants them. Too many non-conference rivalries to make it work IMO.

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They will NOT get ND because I don't see Delaney making any monetary concessions to the Irish and their NBC deal, and other than that, I just don't see that many AAU schools that would fit.

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Notre Dame will have to join a conference if the superconference model comes to fruition. Otherwise, there non-football sports would die. They couldn't get their special Big East deal if BE expands to 16 teams. I think the Big 10 is watching things carefully, but will wait to act. In addition to ND, I think they'll grab UNC from the ACC. Once UNC realizes that superconferences are inevitable, they'll leave the ACC before they stay around to see their country club ruined. No way to they stay in a conference w/ Syracuse and UConn. Another school like UVa could join them in the Big 10. And Texas may end up in the Big 10 once they realize that they can't do it alone w/o schools like A&M and OU to support them.

And BTW, Nebraska lost their AAU membership and the Big 10 schools knew it was coming when they let them in. Kansas would never make the Big 10 because basketball doesn't fuel the fire. Rutgers and Pitt are very possible expansion teams to the Big 10. However, if they could get UNC, ND & Texas, they'd be very happy. And Jim Delaney played basketball for Dean Smith at UNC and has his law degree from UNC too.

if this continues to unravel, id be satisfied if the big ten JUST added texas and notre dame and left it at that.

14 teams > 16 teams for a variety of reasons.

If the B1G expands to 16 teams and gets Notre Dame, they dont need to bring any other "markets". Notre Dame would bring $$$ and the entire country into play. ND has a huge national following that would get them into California, Texas and the NE. IMO the B1G will add Notre Dame, Missouri, Pitt and Kansas.

EAST:

Ohio State
Penn State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue
Illinois
Pittsburgh*

WEST:

Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Notre Dame*
Nebraska*
Missouri*
Kansas*

They're going to get Pitt.

Who the frick cares what Paterno thinks.