If we are indeed headed to four super 16 team conferences and a resulting playoff type system from those 4 conferences, then who cares who the big 10 adds to fill out the other 4 spots.
The following is assuming that each conference champ would go to a final 4 scenario or each division champ from the 4 conferences would make an 8 team brackout or 8 spots of the bcs.
It would actually be in the favor of Iowa and the other big 10 teams to add the likes of syracuse rutgers maryland and missouri, rather than teams like notre dame, texas, a&m, virginia etc etc from a competitive standpoint.
If that is where we are headed I hope we add the biggest markets and best academic institutions and not the best historical/current football teams. We have enough history now and in this system sec and other conference fans could run their mouths all they wanted about big legged prehistoric big 10 style football, we would get a chance every year to see our best vs theirs.
The following is assuming that each conference champ would go to a final 4 scenario or each division champ from the 4 conferences would make an 8 team brackout or 8 spots of the bcs.
It would actually be in the favor of Iowa and the other big 10 teams to add the likes of syracuse rutgers maryland and missouri, rather than teams like notre dame, texas, a&m, virginia etc etc from a competitive standpoint.
If that is where we are headed I hope we add the biggest markets and best academic institutions and not the best historical/current football teams. We have enough history now and in this system sec and other conference fans could run their mouths all they wanted about big legged prehistoric big 10 style football, we would get a chance every year to see our best vs theirs.
