Big Ten Expansion

[Faceman]

Interesting. No new link though?

While I think both teams fit, neither seem to be the reason to expand. There has to be a big catch.

The Big 10 and SEC hold all the cards I guess.

Luke - you went to Illinois, root Mizzou? Root both?

[lukethedrifter]

Interesting. No new link though?

While I think both teams fit, neither seem to be the reason to expand. There has to be a big catch.

The Big 10 and SEC hold all the cards I guess.

Luke - you went to Illinois, root Mizzou? Root both?

Grew up on Mizzou. Attended but did not graduate from Univ Of Illinois in the mid 80s. Craig Swoope lived on my dorm floor.
Root for both but never shook my Mizzou roots (Al Onofrio, James Wilder, Phil Bradley, beating Ohio St and Notre Dame in the 70s) so they are still my college favorites. I follow and root for Illinois but for some reason I never lost my love for Mizzou.

[Leroy]

Someone said on ESPN that Nebraska, Missouri, Notre Dame and Rutgers were invited.

[Lesson]

Someone said on ESPN that Nebraska, Missouri, Notre Dame and Rutgers were invited.

I doubt Notre Dame will move to the Big 10 because they want to be an Independent. I could see Rutgers and Nebraska joining the Big 10 with Mizzou. But when would these moves go into effect? The 2010 NCAA Football season?

[thrill]

I doubt Notre Dame will move to the Big 10 because they want to be an Independent.

They'd rather be rich like nazis than independent. They'll join.

[Lesson]

I doubt Notre Dame will move to the Big 10 because they want to be an Independent.

They'd rather be rich like nazis than independent. They'll join.

You've got a point there. How much TV revenue would they get with Big 10 deal along with CBS deal?

[Faceman]

Put it this way. Indiana and Purdue make more money from the Big Ten than ND makes from the NBC contract.

Big 10 schools get like $22M per year.

It would be funny to see ND get left out. They aren't bringing much to the table these days anyway.

[thrill]

I doubt Notre Dame will move to the Big 10 because they want to be an Independent.

They'd rather be rich like nazis than independent. They'll join.

You've got a point there. How much TV revenue would they get with Big 10 deal along with CBS deal?

Iirc, the Big 10 teams pull about $24,000,000 each as of now. Add in the NY market, the Husker Nation of mouth breathers, ND's national following and Mizzou who have a very solid fan base and it'd be much more and would probably only be the start of expansion.

[Lesson]

I doubt Notre Dame will move to the Big 10 because they want to be an Independent.

They'd rather be rich like nazis than independent. They'll join.

You've got a point there. How much TV revenue would they get with Big 10 deal along with CBS deal?

Iirc, the Big 10 teams pull about $24,000,000 each as of now. Add in the NY market, the Husker Nation of mouth breathers, ND's national following and Mizzou who have a very solid fan base and it'd be much more and would probably only be the start of expansion.

Whoa. At the earliest, if the expansion does happen, when would it go in effect? 2010 or 2011?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fall of 2011.