The quiet time is coming for football, but the Big Ten expansion is going to loom over college sports well into the summer.
I haven't heard anything new, and it looks like everything we have heard is just being tossed against a wall. Now, I don't think others are guessing, rather, scenarios are being talked about and that gets leaked.
Here's a good summary from the Post-Dispatch on the candidates. UConn can make a strong case athletically and market wise in my opinion. Big Ten looks like it is looking for strong athletic departments. I am sure the Big Ten schools can get UConn into the AAU, which I think the school is certainly capable of belonging too academically. Geography however is a problem.
It's a good idea to set up a Google alert with Big Ten expansion. The stories come fast and furious, and it's good to read what others around the country write. By reading it all, you can get a picture where expansion is at (big, rather than little).I take a little from every nook and cranny. Not sure I believe anything yet. The Nebraska, Missouri and three Big East teams just seems a little rich to me.
Edsall's comments reportedly at a Chamber of Commerce function on expansion are cause for worry. I don't think the ACC wants to make a move, and who's to say that UConn would pass the vote amongst presidents to get into the league after the lawsuit several years ago?
Dark times for the Big East. I don't think the conference can be saved.
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The more I read, the more I think the Big Ten is going to attack the Big 12. Missouri is practically begging to get in and it looks like Nebraska is sick of dealing with Texas in the Big XII.
None of the Big East schools bring enough to the table for the Big Ten unless they bring in all of them (Pitt, Syracuse, Rutgers & UConn). Remember, Big Ten schools get $22 million a piece already. Does say Syracuse & Rutgers give the Big Ten an additional $44 million at least? I don't see it.
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