Comments on: Logistics of a Big Ten Superconference – Part 1

By: MaliBuckeye

MaliBuckeye — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:33:31 +0000

That’s a solid point, but it should again be emphasized that schools are added via multiple factors. TV Access/Revenue Possibilities (NYC and DC Markets) as well as Research Dollars (CIC Money dwarfs the TV dollars for these schools).

Heck, if we were looking only at being uber-competitive, we’d just kick out Minnesota, Indiana, and Illinois.

By: Big Dad

Big Dad — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:36:09 +0000

The Big 10 can’t afford to add anymore weak teams like Maryland and Rutgers if they want to compete with the SEC, PAC 12, BIG 12, they need to ad stronger teams because let’s face it the Big 10 is really weak these opast years and especially this year. If the Big 10 ads teams like Florida State, Notre Dame etc… that would ad a ton of strength to the conference in many ways.

By: bob sykes

bob sykes — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:27:14 +0000

I think the endpoint for the B1G is 20 or 24 schools. This could come from a merger of the B1G and ACC. In fact, the absurd exit fee (thinking of Curt Flood) and the unified President’s statement looks a lot like a bid for a merger.

By: ErictBBC

ErictBBC — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:14:10 +0000

I would too. What a great addition they would be!

By: ErictBBC

ErictBBC — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:45:26 +0000

I should emphasize my point a little bit better. This is a guy who you might think is so far out of being in a position to care about the academic quality of schools being added to the Big Ten. However, he cared a great deal about it, and was worried about the impact the non-AAU Nebraska would have on the CIC.

This is all a huge deal for the Big Ten schools. If your school isn’t up to snuff, you’re not even going to get a sniff at an addition. And the Big Ten is more than happy to sit at some bizarre state (like, say, 15 teams) than add a school that the Presidents and academicians hate.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:53:11 +0000

Lets put it this way. The graduate advisor for physics at Michigan State expressed his extremely negative feelings to me regarding Nebraska joining the B1G from an academic standpoint, and not surprisingly, he wasnt anywhere near the decision making for that one. And that was before Nebraska lost their AAU status.

There ain’t no way in hell the university presidents allow BC into the Big Ten as a non AAU.

By: NorCal Buckeye

NorCal Buckeye — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:44:07 +0000

Regarding BC, see the notes about the AAU membership. Looks like a shop-stopper (and the word was the B1G presidents were a tad less than excited about Nebraska losing theirs). It’s the moral highground BS that allows those presidents to justify to themselves and their school leadership that this is all OK. Academics & research, of course.

By: Go Terps

Go Terps — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:37:36 +0000

Boston College is also in the Big Ten mix, albeit probably less likely unless Virginia, ND, and UNC all decline.