Big 10 (11) to expand, Missouri willing to listen

KSig RC · #1 12-18-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Charlotte just announced a unanimous decision by their Trustees to start football in 2013. Hmmm maybe the Big Eleven should just wait for this to happen and add them at this time. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if there is a connection.

Pretttttttttttty sure the Big Ten isn't holding its breath for a Tier 4 school that doesn't really have any major-sports cachet.

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Seriously - How about West Virginia?

Other than Mizzou/Nebraska, there's almost zero chance the Big Ten trustees allow the conference to pull in any school lower than say top 75 academically (Pitt, Cuse and Rutgers all fit this definition, while Mizzou is ~100). WVU would be hard-pressed to be top 200. Significant difference.

Ghostwriter · #2 12-20-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

Other than Mizzou/Nebraska, there's almost zero chance the Big Ten trustees allow the conference to pull in any school lower than say top 75 academically (Pitt, Cuse and Rutgers all fit this definition, while Mizzou is ~100). WVU would be hard-pressed to be top 200. Significant difference.

I have no real ox to gore in this but I really see virtually no difference between WVU's academics and MO or Nebraska's. I just cannot image either Pitt, Syracuse or Rutgers even being remotely considered for entrance. They simply do not draw and do not travel well. Maybe Iowa State but only because Iowa's is already there and ready made as a rival. Of course, Notre Dame is the only real fit. In the end it will be about athletics and $$$ and not about academics.

Benzgirl · #3 12-20-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Of course, Notre Dame is the only real fit. In the end it will be about athletics and $$$ and not about academics.

Do you really understand the Big 10? West Virginia will never get in.

kddani · #4 12-20-2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Do you really understand the Big 10? West Virginia will never get in.

Honestly, when he (or she - I realize we have no idea who this person is) said this:

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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Charlotte just announced a unanimous decision by their Trustees to start football in 2013. Hmmm maybe the Big Eleven should just wait for this to happen and add them at this time. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if there is a connection.

s/he lost any amount of credibility in this discussion.

Benzgirl · #5 12-20-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kddani

Honestly, when he (or she - I realize we have no idea who this person is) said this:

s/he lost any amount of credibility in this discussion.

Ghostwriter must have stuck their head in a snowdrift in Charlotte and had the neurons in his/her brain frozen shut.

Ghostwriter · #6 12-21-2009, 09:43 AM

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Honestly, when he (or she - I realize we have no idea who this person is) said this:

s/he lost any amount of credibility in this discussion.

The Charlotte reference was a joke.

Also, I never said WVU should get in because I don't care if they do or do not. I simply pointed out that there is very little difference between the academics at MO and NE vs. WVU.

RedRover · #7 12-20-2009, 08:46 PM

Last week, the Tribune-Review had a major story about the possibility that Pitt might join the Big Ten.

I have a master's degree from Pitt, but I have very little love for the Oakland school.

Academically, Pitt is considered to be a strong research institution. (Why, I don't know, if you can't go to college, go to Pitt)

It would be nice to see Pitt and Penn State play each other again.

By all measures, Notre Dame should be the 12th member of the conference. If you heard Frank Deford on NPR recently, Mississippi State makes more money from television than Notre Dame. MSU gets its money from revenue sharing in the SEC

kddani · #8 12-20-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RedRover

I have a master's degree from Pitt, but I have very little love for the Oakland school.

Academically, Pitt is considered to be a strong research institution. (Why, I don't know, if you can't go to college, go to Pitt)

Not sure how long ago you got your masters, but things have really changed academically in the last 10-15 years.

33girl · #9 12-20-2009, 09:48 PM

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It would be nice to see Pitt and Penn State play each other again.

As kddani said, Pitt doesn't have to be in the conference to get the game started up again - JoePa needs to quit being unreasonable.

And as for the rest of your post...ummm Jonas Salk just for starters...

inger · #10 12-21-2009, 11:57 AM

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By all measures, Notre Dame should be the 12th member of the conference. If you heard Frank Deford on NPR recently, Mississippi State makes more money from television than Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is not joining the B10, not now and not in the foreseeable future. There are a lot of reasons not to join the B10 (and money is not one of them).