<p>If I am Jim Delany, I will take NYU (New York/City), BC (Boston/Northeast), Notre Dame & Texas or U Chicago and we’ve got both the TV revenue and Academics covered!! Both NYU & BC are money in terms endowment, and we can certainly assist NYU to re-establish a legit Div-1A football program in the next few years in order to bring B1G external prosperity in the East Coast Region. BC and ND is a good pair of addition as there long existed the ‘Holy War’ rivalry between the two. NYU with nearly 45,000 student body, the largest private college in the country, located in the heart of Manhattan, NYC has a lot to offer imho!!</p>
<p>P.S. The latest: Rutgers AD Pernetti press conference scheduled at 5pm EST.</p>
<p>Sparkeyes, BC is part of the ACC. I do not see them leaving it.</p>
<p>NYU is a very interesting option, but ultimately, too different culturally from the Big 10. Again. I do not think they are a realitic option either.</p>
<p>On the East Coast, I think Rutgers is our best bet, although I am not a big fan of the school.</p>
<p>Personally, I think UT-Austin, Notre Dame and Chicago would be great. </p>
<p>GoBlue81, Oklahoma would not let Oklahoma State stand in the way of it joining the Big 10. At the end of the day, it is all about $$$. Oklahoma can always maintain Oklahoma State as an annual non-conference game.</p>
<p>Lot of interesting stuff in here!! I’ve always thought that the most popular college football team in the nation is that of Notre Dame if not Texas in terms of # of fans. Well… now I know… ;D</p>
<p>The article is very informative to a point. I’m not sure the correlation of being a college football fan and actually watching the games on a Saturday (or Thursday/Friday night) is made or is even viable. For example, Penn State can be found routinely in the NYC marketplace on the networks or on the Big 10 network channel. Rutgers? Supposedly the number one followed team in the market? Good luck finding their games on TV routinely. So … point being … don’t make too much of it. Additionally, guys like to watch games with other guys. If one guy is into college games and his buddies strictly following pro football, his viewing is going to be impacted particularly in a Pro market like the Tri-State Area. </p>
<p>ESPN reported that Notre Dame is looking at the ACC. This option versus going into the Big Ten is really weird but perhaps understandable in the win or perish mentality of our time. </p>
<p>My guess is this is Notre Dame’s last gasp at being ‘special.’ They would rather flee to the ACC then lose conference title after conference title against the likes of Ohio State and Nebraska. </p>
<p>So, bottom line they would rather put women’s and men’s soccer teams (and their other sport programs) on a plane to Tallahassee and Miami and Virginia Tech every other year than play against the teams in their geographic region. They would rather have their ‘student athletes’ and their families be inconvenienced for the dream of football glory. </p>
<p>But the joke will be on them. Wherever they go, schools with lower academic standards will be kicking their ass in football and nobody is going to their basketball program who has better options to be on Tobacco Road and families will counsel their kids going to non-revenue generating sports to go to other mid-west options when they hear the nightmare travel schedules kids have to endure. Truly, the only real win would be for their Lacrosse program. </p>
<p>Hopefully, they will come to their senses and go Big 10. If not, I’m sure that Notre Dame will still be teaching courses in Business Ethics and Christian Virtue and Morality and doing it with a straight face.</p>
<p>yeah, it is a fun article, but it starts off with a stupid (as usual, journalistic) input (=GIGO): using google to search for ‘college football’…</p>
<p>full disclosure: I’m a big college football fan, and I have never, ever used any net browser to search for ‘college football’. No need.</p>
<p>It is isn’t going to happen and won’t even be considered imho. It works for Pitt and Syracuse due to the following reasons: </p>
<h1>1 The writing was on the wall that BIG EAST days were numbered.</h1>
<h1>2 They are going to a conference that is Basketball first.</h1>
<h1>3 They weren’t getting into the B1G. Nothing against either school but their football programs are a shell of themselves in their heyday both on the field and in the stands. The ACC is a good fit because they are on more of an even keel… AT PSU, football drives the school and pays the bills. Going to the ACC would be a step down, and possibly even more.</h1>
<p>The B1G had just added Nebraska - a traditional national power, and PSU being its new protected rival will once again ensure both mega size stadiums with no empty seat = more revenue in addition to the debut of the conference championship game. Plus, if conferences do go to 16 teams, more then likely SEC will raid teams from ACC, this translate into the possibility of FSU, Miami, GTech, or Clemson could be gone. And those scholols along with VTech were the only decent power football-wise in ACC.</p>
<p>“It looks like everyone is trying to be proactive except B1G”</p>
<p>Yup! The truth is out! Now everyone should know which conferences were the poaching ones (or evil ones as Xiggi stated)!! The B1G was not the 1st to add new member nor the one initiated the Super Conference! ;-)</p>
<p>^^ I agree to a certain extend. But not if SEC offers to help them out in paying for the exit fee!! Throughout this whole expansion process, I’ve learned that exit fee never was a major concern for any schools. Most schools nowadays look for long-term stability in a conference despite the cost of high exit fee (i.e. Texas A&M).</p>
Please…the B1G was far from an innocent party here. It poached a strong member from a weaker conference so it could get more money and have a championship game. B1G pushed the domino.</p>
<p>What does the SEC offer that the ACC won’t? SEC adding Clemson or Florida State does not add new TV market revenue. And that is all this is about.</p>
<p>“Please…the B1G was far from an innocent party here. It poached a strong member from a weaker conference so it could get more money and have a championship game. B1G pushed the domino.”</p>
<p>First, I must acknowledge that no one is innocent. However, in the case of B1G being the evil one, Nebraska approached us in terms of membership along with a dozen others instead of us reaching/poaching out to them. And if my memory serves me correctly, Colorado was the 1st one to defect to the PAC-10 not Nebraska to BIG TEN. It’s like back in the days when Germany accused USA of poaching their top scientists around the time of the WWII. My take is more the fact the USA offered them better opportunity and environment in terms of job/life outlook. So, it was natural for them to apply for the US citizenship(B1G membership). It was a free choice in a free country for their own interest.</p>
<p>“What does the SEC offer that the ACC won’t? SEC adding Clemson or Florida State does not add new TV market revenue. And that is all this is about.”</p>
<p>SEC is currently the best football conference and one of the most stable in the country with a handful of traditional football powers and its TV contract$ is due in 2014 I believe.</p>
<p>“In the midst of what has become a hectic time, Pernetti did affirm one fact. He is confident that Rutgers will be in a better place when all the conference realignment dust settles.”</p>
<p>tigerdad, the Big 10 may not seem proactive, but I am sure it is taking necessary, behind-the-scenes moves to ensure its own position remains strong. With Michigan, OSU, PSU and Nebraska, the Big 10 is already well positioned for the future. Adding Notre Dame will only enhance the profile of the conference. The only school I would have liked to see braught into the mix is UT-Austin, but that is a long shot.</p>
<p>^^“Adding Notre Dame will only enhance the profile of the conference.”</p>
<p>I agree!! Adding Notre Dame (Independent) was B1G’s original intention when announcing the possibility of expansion last year and still is. However, time has changed as other major conferences are expanding to 14 if not 16 teams. Hence, I would like B1G to go to 14 teams “at most” by adding ND and Rutgers since Texas seems to be heading over to PAC-12 along with Oklahoma. Above all, honestly, I am perfectly fine with B1G staying at 12 when all others go for 16. :)</p>