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I didn't hear it all, but I found it very interesting that a journalist out of Lincoln NE said "his sources" are saying Colorado will leave the Big 12 for the Pac 10 by June. He assumes BYU will be the other school, but that was just his assumption.

I think this would relieve some pressure on the Big 10 as the Pac 10 may be making the first move.

He also believe that Missouri and Nebraska will join the Big 10. Basically, he is sure Colorado and Missouri will leave the Big 12 and that Nebraska will have little other choice.

He also talked about how positive of a reaction he is seeing with fans about moving to the Big 10.
 
BYU will not be allowed in the Pac10, that is for sure. Pac10 requires 100% member approval to add a team. I wish the Big Ten did too, then maybe we'd only add 1 team instead of this nonsense of 5 teams.
 
Bring on the fuskers. A rivalry with them would be a million times bigger than ours currently with Minny and Wiscy. Think OSU and Michigan big...
 
bud2380 said:
BYU will not be allowed in the Pac10, that is for sure. Pac10 requires 100% member approval to add a team. I wish the Big Ten did too, then maybe we'd only add 1 team instead of this nonsense of 5 teams.
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You are correct, there is absolutely no way Cal or Stanford would accept BYU into the conference.

Utah, not likely either. Just not that big of a draw.

The Pac 10 will not take just 1 team, because they are one of the few conferences that play every other team within the conference in footbal.
(What a great concept.)
 
fsanford said:
You are correct, there is absolutely no way Cal or Stanford would accept BYU into the conference.

Utah, not likely either. Just not that big of a draw.

The Pac 10 will not take just 1 team, because they are one of the few conferences that play every other team within the conference in footbal.
(What a great concept.)
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What are you talking about? When the Pac-8 expanded in the 70's, there were four schools considered - BYU, Utah, Arizona, and Arizona St.
 
I am hearing Utah and Colorado to the Pac Ten. However, I am alos hearing Texas and T A&M. But, if that were to happen, it would happen later as the Texas schools can basically pick any deal they would want.
 
Making moves by the end of June gets these decisions into this fiscal year, which is important. It's why I think the Big Ten will make it's announcements before then, too.

I think Missouri and Rutgers will be a part of the expansion..the third team? I don't know. I guess it could still be Notre Dame and Notre Dame alone, but I think the shift in leagues that could happen outside of the Big Ten could be significant enough that the league looks at this as the last great opportunity to build and grab as much of the pot as they can...so I don't think it will be just one team.
 
Jon, how many teams do you think the Big Ten will expand by? What are your feelings as a fan of the end of the traditional Big Ten if they do go to 16 teams?
 
I don't get the Rutgers move at all. They bring nothing athletically to the table. Those that think it will allow the BTN to penetrate a new market are kidding themselves. The only way Rutgers is included in expansion is if the Big Ten also brings in UConn or Syracuse to try and force the New York market. I would like the Big Ten to add Nebraska and Nebraska only.
 
ShadasRevenge said:
What are you talking about? When the Pac-8 expanded in the 70's, there were four schools considered - BYU, Utah, Arizona, and Arizona St.
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BYU doesn't meet Cal or Stanford's academic standards and they would vote no. Plus the state of Utah is very conservative and that is also opposite of the feelings in the Bay Area.
 
TecmoSuperHawk said:
I don't get the Rutgers move at all. They bring nothing athletically to the table. Those that think it will allow the BTN to penetrate a new market are kidding themselves. The only way Rutgers is included in expansion is if the Big Ten also brings in UConn or Syracuse to try and force the New York market. I would like the Big Ten to add Nebraska and Nebraska only.
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The television market that Rutgers brings is big on the sports side...and do not forget about the real dollars in Big Ten expansion, which is the billions in grant money. The TV ratings with Rutgers a few years back when they were on their run in the NYM Metro were really impressive.

Rutgers is going to be in the new Big Ten, I think you can bet on that. I think the same can be said of Missouri
 
bud2380 said:
Jon, how many teams do you think the Big Ten will expand by? What are your feelings as a fan of the end of the traditional Big Ten if they do go to 16 teams?
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I hope its just three...I would prefer Notre Dame and just go to 12, to preserve the history.

If it goes 14, you start to erode that history. If you go to 16, you obliterate that history for Iowa, IMO.
 
JonDMiller said:
The TV ratings with Rutgers a few years back when they were on their run in the NYM Metro were really impressive.
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This is why I say everyone is kidding themselves. Everyone points to that one game against Louisville. That was a one year run by Rutgers. And by moving to the Big Ten, they will never have a run like this, at least not anytime soon. It's fools gold.
 
JonDMiller said:
The television market that Rutgers brings is big on the sports side...and do not forget about the real dollars in Big Ten expansion, which is the billions in grant money. The TV ratings with Rutgers a few years back when they were on their run in the NYM Metro were really impressive.

Rutgers is going to be in the new Big Ten, I think you can bet on that. I think the same can be said of Missouri
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I think it is funny how everyone assumes Missouri is a shoe in....tell me what they bring to the Big 10.

They may have the most apathetic fan base in the Big 12, rank 102 (over 30 spots behind the lowest ranking Big Ten schools) in the US News and World Report rankings (so they certainly aren't an elite academic institution), and don't add all that many viewers to the BTN (The BTN is already in St. Louis on basic cable in many areas, AND even if it isn't, does Missouri really have the fan support/following to FORCE cable companies to put the BTN on basic cable? The answer to that is an emphatic NO in my opinion). I just don't get all the Mizzou love.

They fit geographically and are a member of the AAU....outside of that, they are actually a pretty poor choice IMO. Do we really want a team in the Big Ten who just got passed over for a bowl game by ISU (even though they had TWO more wins)? I don't like the idea of adding Mizzou at all. Nebraska I get....Mizzou, not so much.
 
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I believe the tradition is important. My preference is to add Notre Dame only. Otherwise leave it alone. I guess I can get pretty excited about Nebraska. Everything else is ho-hum to me. I like to travel to away games. Adding a bunch of east teams makes that difficult and expensive.
 
JonDMiller said:
I hope its just three...I would prefer Notre Dame and just go to 12, to preserve the history.

If it goes 14, you start to erode that history. If you go to 16, you obliterate that history for Iowa, IMO.
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That is exactly how I feel as well Jon. If they do expand to 14 it takes away from the traditional Big Ten considerably, if they go to 16 it destroys it and that thought makes me sick. So if 14 is the lesser of 2 evils I'd settle for it over 16, but prefer 12.
 
BYU (nor Utah) will ever get into the Pac 10 because it takes 100 percent acceptance of all schools in the Pac 10. There are too many very liberal schools in the Pac 10 that will NEVER let the conservative (to put it mildly) Utah schools into the Pac 10, plus the Utah schools just do not meet the academic standards of Stanford and Cal.

The Utah schools won't even be considered admittance into the Pac 10.
 
MoreCowbell said:
I believe the tradition is important. My preference is to add Notre Dame only. Otherwise leave it alone. I guess I can get pretty excited about Nebraska. Everything else is ho-hum to me. I like to travel to away games. Adding a bunch of east teams makes that difficult and expensive.
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Exactly what I was thinking
 
JonDMiller said:
The television market that Rutgers brings is big on the sports side...and do not forget about the real dollars in Big Ten expansion, which is the billions in grant money. The TV ratings with Rutgers a few years back when they were on their run in the NYM Metro were really impressive.

Rutgers is going to be in the new Big Ten, I think you can bet on that. I think the same can be said of Missouri
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Rutgers in and of itself is not that big of a TV draw; there simply is not huge interest in New Jersey/New York for Scarlet Knights athletics.

But Rutgers opens the door to bigger East Coast audiences for Big 10 matchups. Rutgers-Penn State, Rutgers-Ohio State, Rutgers-Michigan, even Rutgers-Pitt if somehow Pitt gets factored into this, will do nice numbers with NJ/NY audiences.
 
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