Who will the Big Ten go after?

When this goes down... please change your name to Big 14 or Big 16. Thank you.

Depends upon if the Big Ten still insists (or at least strongly prefers) that any new members (other than Notre Dame) be members of the AAU. If they insist upon that, then the list of potential schools is pretty short:

Public:
University of Arizona (1985)
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1989)
University of California, Berkeley (1900)
University of California, Los Angeles (1974)
University of Colorado at Boulder (1966)
University of Florida (1985)
Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (1958)
University of Kansas (1909)
University of Maryland, College Park (1969)
University of Missouri (1908)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)
University of Oregon (1969)
University of Pittsburgh (1974)
University of Texas at Austin (1929)
Texas A&M University (2001)
University of Virginia (1904)
University of Washington (1950)

Private
Duke University (1938)
Rice University (1985)
University of Southern California (1969)
Stanford University (1900)
Tulane University (1958)
Vanderbilt University (1950)

Note: I'm not saying that any of these schools are more likely than others or that all of them would be considered by the Big Ten, or would seriously entertain an offer from the Big Ten. However, membership in the Big Ten comes with membership in the CIC, which is highly desirable from each university's academic point of view. This is just a list of universities in the AAU that are not currently in the Big Ten and that have FBS programs.

hoginthesw,

I would not make fun of you at all. I hope not Iowa State. they bring nothing to the table.

I thought I knew who they would go after, but after all this speculation and teams going one direction after another, I am not so sure anymore. I don't think the Big Ten (12) expected this to happen.


Notre Dame has always been their number 1 target, but they wont give up their TV deal. Missouri is the most logical one as is Oklahoma and Texas, but those two will probably go to the Pac-12.

But that still leaves the Big Ten at 13 teams and will need to go to 16 Teams. Who are the other 3?

I think they would accept Kansas & K State if they can land Notre Dame.

Notre Dame
Mizzou
Kansas
K State

Why does the B1G have to expand? I don't think they will expand just because everybody else is. Maybe the SEC and Pac 12 go to 16, but the B1G stands pat at 12. What is wrong with that?

Pitt

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Why does the B1G have to expand? I don't think they will expand just because everybody else is. Maybe the SEC and Pac 12 go to 16, but the B1G stands pat at 12. What is wrong with that?

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RedHawk,

I agree, but the way dominoes are falling, they might be forced too. Personally, I like it at 12 teams myself; however, this might change if the Big East or ACC crumbles.

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forced

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I don't think anybody forces Delaney to do anything. He will expand if he and the other members think it is the right thing to do, but he won't do it because everybody else is doing it.

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economics 101 says that would be absolutely fn retarded

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care to elaborate?

They would be adding NY and MO, all 4 schools are AAU members, and it makes geographical sense.

It seems like it would make more economic sense than the SEC adding WVU.

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You are adding 4 new mouths to feed that don't bring in revenue.

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Like I said, about like the SEC bringing in WVU.

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.

And no, I don't see Texas as fitting.

I don't see the BE existing as a football conference much longer - especially if they lose another football school such as WVU. I could see the B10 picking up the northern scraps of the BE.