Well, whom does the Big Ten then add once the dominos start to fall?

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I think it will be:

Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
West Virginia, Pitt, Syracuse, or Rutgers

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Muahahaha

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Maybe a Big Ten person can explain this to me. Did the Big 10 turn Mizzou down the last time around?? I thought they rejected them, and if so what was the reason?

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Yes, only because they wanted Nebraska first. I don't think the Big ten felt the Big 12 would dissolve this quickly. If it does, their hand will be forces to go to 16 teams.

interesting.

I wonder if Mizzou is sitting back having to wait and see what happens (if anything) with Oklahoma.

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Are ya'll still going to be the Big Ten if ya'll go to 14 or 16 teams?

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They've been the Big 10 with 11 teams, now 12.

Big 12 will still be called that with 9 teams

Numbered conferences suck.

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Numbered conferences suck.

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But the Pac-10 is going to the Pac-12. If they go to 14 or 16, there should be no ambiguity with being called the Big 14 or Big 16. Names for the divisions is another issue.

If you could get Texas and Oklahoma, I think you take those two. But apparently there is some issue with Oklahoma and the academic requirements in the Big 10. But why wouldn't the Big 10 openly pursue Notre Dame? They are a perfect fit for the conference.

Pitt and Mizzou are the only schools that i think fit in acadmically from the op's list. not sure about rutgers, but i could see big 10 taking them and syracuse to get new york.

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I think the only non AAU school that they would take is ND

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I agree with this. B1G is not going to expand just to expand. They are happy where they are at, but if an opportunity comes up to grab ND or a schools like Maryland or Virginia, then they will probably pull the trigger.

I think the B1G will stay at 12 for a long time.

If there are changes in the BCS whereas ND doesn't get the automatic consideration like it does now I think they would join the big ten with the understanding that the Big Ten add an eastern team for 14.

I think that Rutgers would be a good team if they added ND since they are part of the New York Market which is important for ND and let's be honest they wouldn't be an immediate title contender. Rutgers has the academics, but the administration doesn't want to go nuts on athletics so it might be like adding a Northwestern.