Big 10 Done With Expansion

[Street Novelist]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5888109

 

The Big Ten announced Sunday that it will no longer actively pursue expansion after a 12-month study period.

 

The league's Council of Presidents/Chancellors agreed at its winter meeting to end the expansion study, which was announced last December and scheduled for 12-to-18 months. The Big Ten added Nebraska as its 12th member on June 11, marking the league's first expansion in two decades.

[irafreak]

All of this means that Nebraska is money and good enough.

[Hunter94]

yes, Missouri will now be Texass' bitch! LOL

[HuskersGJ]

Translation:

"Missouri, please stop calling us. Its getting creepy."

[huskernumerouno]

Some win some lose, others are just destined to be wannabe's.

[BornRedCornFed]

im pretty sure they'll start rethinking this when the SEC tries to expand again this summer. im just hoping that aTm grew a pair this season and leaves the conference killers, aka texas longhorns, behind

[I am I]

f#*k mizzery and the lil 10

[Nexus]

The Big Ten still covets Notre Dame. Until then...

[Parl Celini]

Good, 12 teams is enough. I like having conference championship games. Except when you don't play well...

[Malth]

They say this now, but if (when lol) the Big 12 has its final meltdown, there's gonna be some teams for the taking and I'm sure they would at least consider expanding again.

[JTrain]

I wanna see the logo and division names. Apparently Feb. 1 is the new date.

[husker_99]

Makes sense. They would have to almost get rid of every rivalry if they kept expanding and since tradition is important to the Big Ten i expect they won't expand further.

[krill]

im pretty sure they'll start rethinking this when the SEC tries to expand again this summer. im just hoping that aTm grew a pair this season and leaves the conference killers, aka texas longhorns, behind

 

The BCS has a very strong financial incentive to dissuade the Pac-10 and SEC from expanding into super conferences and keep the existing regime intact. They won't change the rule on 2 teams per conference in BCS bowls or change the computer formula to guarantee a 1 loss team with a hard schedule (e.g. SEC) will trump an unbeaten team in a non-AQ conference (e.g. Boise) for the NCG. Whole thing is setup as a cash machine to hit as many TV markets as possible rather than increasing competitive value.

[Creed]

Who would they add without watering down the league?

[husker_hurdler]

Last night on BCS Breakdown, James was going on about how the Boise State and Arkansas should join the BIG 12.