I think Barry is just overexcited about the expansion process because he and JoePa are the two biggest supporters for the longest time. He just wants to share something, anything, with people because he is excited and doesnt understand that it is a long, drawn out and carefully orchestrated process which is kept private for a reason, to not start rumors (like Pitt and Texas ones a few weeks ago where 'sources' said they were joining right away). He'll tone it down after a while. But I think that if there really ARE 15 teams on that list, SOME (if not a large chunk of them) have to be smaller out of the way schools. There just arent that many who would transfer from an equally large conference (with the exception of the Big XII north) to the big ten for kicks. I agree that the Boston Colleges, Rutgers, maybe even Memphis and Virginia Tech (examples, not my opinions of listees) might be types of schools that would consider it because no school from the SEC, Pac 10, or other mid or major conferences just to get a little more $ from tv deals. they have to take into account non-revenue teams' travel expenses, willingnes of fans to travel to certain locations, academic standards, and all sorts of things.
