B10 to meet tomorrow to discuss expansion

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Don't put too much in the teams being mentioned. I firmly believe that the Big 10 is throwing out names to force others into the mix. The Big 10 will not expand with teams that do not bring a lot of money in. Rutgers can do this with added TV sets with the Big 10 network. Pitt, Syracuse don't do this. Cincinnati doesn't have the academic standing and is not in the "clubs" that the Big Ten demands.

Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Rutgers are the big fish in my opinion. WVU thinks that they are locks to go to the Big 10, but I don't see them taking a team where the stadium in Morgantown is the biggest city in the state during a home game.
 
Don't put too much in the teams being mentioned. I firmly believe that the Big 10 is throwing out names to force others into the mix. The Big 10 will not expand with teams that do not bring a lot of money in. Rutgers can do this with added TV sets with the Big 10 network. Pitt, Syracuse don't do this. Cincinnati doesn't have the academic standing and is not in the "clubs" that the Big Ten demands.

Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Rutgers are the big fish in my opinion. WVU thinks that they are locks to go to the Big 10, but I don't see them taking a team where the stadium in Morgantown is the biggest city in the state during a home game.

I tend to agree with your opinion on this. I think Rutgers could be gone but really, who cares. I doubt WVU or Pitt go for the reasons you mentioned above and if they take Rutgers, there wouldn't be a need for Syracuse. I think the Big 12 could get raided (especially Texas or Missouri). I still think the Big 11 adds 1 to get to 12.
 
Don't put too much in the teams being mentioned. I firmly believe that the Big 10 is throwing out names to force others into the mix. The Big 10 will not expand with teams that do not bring a lot of money in. Rutgers can do this with added TV sets with the Big 10 network. Pitt, Syracuse don't do this. Cincinnati doesn't have the academic standing and is not in the "clubs" that the Big Ten demands.

Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Rutgers are the big fish in my opinion. WVU thinks that they are locks to go to the Big 10, but I don't see them taking a team where the stadium in Morgantown is the biggest city in the state during a home game.

They will not get Texas. Texas is not interested in leaving the Big 12 at all. They have a shot at the NC every year provided the beat OU in the Red River "Rivalry".

That said Mizzou might actually leave.
 
They will not get Texas. Texas is not interested in leaving the Big 12 at all. They have a shot at the NC every year provided the beat OU in the Red River "Rivalry".

That said Mizzou might actually leave.

You would know better about Texas than any of us here in Ohio would. I think the Big 10 will make a run at Texas but I ultimately think you are right. If I am Missouri, I leave the Big 12 in a heartbeat.
 
I will have to find it but texas has made comments about being interested.

The money the big ten has is so much bigger than the big 12.
Brent - correct me if I am wrong but if texas did leave then a/m would have to come with them due to rivalries. OU and UT could keep the red river. They weren't in the same conference until the big 12.

Not saying it will happen but I think the big 10 gets more from nebraska, ut, a/m, missouri, nd than rutgers since I think nd gets them on in NY.

Of course it is all guessing but the big 12 isn't a sacred conference at all.
 
I'm pretty sure Texas has already stated they are not interested. Sure Texas being in the same conference as OSU, Michigan and PSU sound good but I am sure Texas realizes coming up to Minnesota or Wisconsin to play women's volleyball is something they are interested in or want to spend money on travel.
There are a lot of other political reasons why Texas will not join in the B10 (if Texas comes, so does A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech).

I hope you right that ND comes to their senses and joins the B10. That will leave the Big East as it stands right now unless they decide to expand.
 
I don't think Rutgers is a fit for the Big 10, personally.

Of all the times in the Big East, I'd imagine they'd want Syracuse the most. After that, I think they're still most interested in Notre Dame and Missouri.
 
I don't see ND joining. Pitt would gain football prestige, and also help the B10 on the hoops side of things.
Rutgers? Don't see it, unless it's solely for area recruiting.
 
I agree that Rutgers has not done anything on the field/court to warrant a B10 invite. However, the thought is that the B10 is looking at it from an economic standpoint, that is trying to expand the B10 network into NY and NJ.
 
Still doesn't make sense for Rutgers. If they aren't going to take a big time sports program, the school better be a research heavy institution with a large endowment and big alumni following. That is why Syracuse makes infinitely more sense.
 
Agree. The football program would be better inside the B10, and the hoops team would add much needed prestige to that conference.
 
The decision will be strictly monetary and will have little to do with ability on the field. The Big Ten already thinks of itself as the best, they want money. 14-16 teams doesn't make sense, too many teams to spread the money to (less cuts for the existing members). Get the 12th to get the title game. That team will be whoever is most attractive in the long term financially. Obviously Notre Dame if they'd accept, but I don't see them changing.

FWIW I think the NCAA is ridiculous for letting Notre Dame not be in a conference and for letting conferences raid each other every few years. I realize it's technically free enterprise, but I still think they should make decisions that help everyone as a whole and not just the few.
 
With ND it's all about money. Their fans travel to bowl games, so they want them in the BCS bowl mix as much as possible. Since when did the NCAA/conferences have much in terms of backbone?
 
All this talk of the Big 10 adding Syracuse, Missouri, Pittsburgh, and/or Rutgers is just to try to pressure ND into joing the Big 10 IMO.
 
Honestly don't think they will do so until they are actually forced into it, and this ain't it. Honestly, if UC had their own contract, played USC, and other schools around the country, had BCS opportunity, would we be 'bullied' into joining a conference that is 2nd or 3rd tier? I doubt it.
 
Honestly don't think they will do so until they are actually forced into it, and this ain't it. Honestly, if UC had their own contract, played USC, and other schools around the country, had BCS opportunity, would we be 'bullied' into joining a conference that is 2nd or 3rd tier? I doubt it.

When it is all said and done, conference re-alignment first and foremost about money. The Irish signed a huge TV deal with NBC on there own but with the launch of the Big 10 Network and all the money the SEC is raking in they are beginning to fall behind from a revenue standpoint. I don't think the Irish are worried about being bullied into joining a conference but the fact remains they will make much more money right off the bat and in the long term in the Big 10 than they do/will as an independent. Either way, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out...though I doubt UC gets "left behind" as some people are speculating. It would take a massive raid from both the Big 10 and ACC to kill the BE conference.

By joining the Big Ten, the Irish could increase their annual TV revenue from roughly $12 million to $22 million per year, get a national TV platform (the Big Ten Network) for its top-notch Olympic sports and decrease travel costs for its teams.

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@Ivan_Maisel Big Ten wants AAU (www.aau.edu) member schools. Kan., Md., Mizzou, Neb, Pitt, Rutgers, Syr. are in AAU. UConn isn't. Neither is Notre Dame
 
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