re: Interesting take on Big Ten expansion..prob. the best explanation.

The big ten won't expand unless it's going to increase the pie. Pitt does not make the pie big enough. In fact you can argue that each big ten team would take in less money having to split with Pitt since they don't sell out their stadium and they don't add any new markets and ABC/ESPN and CBS won't give the big ten that much more money in their football and basketball contracts because they added Pittsburg.

Nebraska doesn't make the pie big enough. Yes they do have national name recognition, but they do not have a national following like Notre Dame. Penn State has more fans than Nebraska and has bigger markets. Mizzou won't make the pie big enough. The presidents of the big ten have to be convinced that adding schools means more money for everyone via tv deals and a championship game.

The standard is Penn State. Penn State meant more money for everyone without question and new markets without question.

I think the big ten makes an offer for both Texas and Texas A&M and maybe then an Eastern school like Pitt. This wont' be a one more teach it'll be a package of teams. And then look for the NCAA to push baseball back a month.