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I also put UVA and GT. Obviously Notre Dame is the top prize because of their global reach but I think 16 teams for the Big10 will get done before ND pulls the trigger on a conference. UNC and Duke are joined at the hip which is unfortunate for them because conferences are looking for TV's and only one does that.
I believe you hit the nail on the head with ND. Still hard to not see them in the BIG with location and all. But alas, the ship, she is a sailin
I agree with NC and Duke, but disagree on Mizzery. Delaney has two sore spots to squeeze, MU and ND. One was too arrogant, and the other was unapproachable, and wouldn't even agree to a dinner date to discuss it. Kansas makes a better B1G in B-Ball alone. Can you imagine Ku-NC every year ....... twice ......before the NCAA's ??
I think you guys are crazy if you think a fat check and more stability wouldn't have NC running for the door. They can always play non-con games against Duke, no way do they pass up the invite to stay with Duke.
How funny would it be to hear Mizzou fans try to spin it if KU got invited to the B1G and they didn't. :lol:
How funny would it be to hear Mizzou fans try to spin it if KU got invited to the B1G and they didn't. :lol:
If Notre Dame is even a remote option, the Big Ten would be foolish to pass on them. They've always been "relevant" -- even if was in-name only. But 2012 showed that the Irish still have some fight left in them and aren't perennial hoaxes.
Notre Dame preserves the geography of the league and (like Nebraska) brings a large national following, regardless of the fact that Indiana is already "saturated" from the Hoosiers and Boilers. Like others have said, there are two types of schools; new television markets and traditional powers. There's even a third hybrid category, in which a school commands large national audiences AND brings a completely virgin TV market to the BTN. Since Delaney is damning geography and placing all his chips on revenue, he'd be smart to pursue the "hybrid" category -- hard.
For example, like Nebraska, both Oklahoma and Texas command huge national audiences. But the Sooners have a disadvantage because (again, like Nebraska), they come from a relatively small-population state. They have a national following, but Texas controls the massive mega-region of Eastern and Southern Texas. If the Big Ten came calling, Texas would generate move revenue simply because they'd increase both the national viewership and bring a new, massive television market. Oklahoma would only pad the national stats and bring a (relatively) smaller market of OKC-Norman-Stillwater.
Delaney needs to go after hybrids like Texas. Of course, I'm not suggesting Texas per se, but there are other schools like Florida State or Virginia Tech that would bring similar results.
Notre Dame preserves the geography of the league and (like Nebraska) brings a large national following, regardless of the fact that Indiana is already "saturated" from the Hoosiers and Boilers. Like others have said, there are two types of schools; new television markets and traditional powers. There's even a third hybrid category, in which a school commands large national audiences AND brings a completely virgin TV market to the BTN. Since Delaney is damning geography and placing all his chips on revenue, he'd be smart to pursue the "hybrid" category -- hard.
For example, like Nebraska, both Oklahoma and Texas command huge national audiences. But the Sooners have a disadvantage because (again, like Nebraska), they come from a relatively small-population state. They have a national following, but Texas controls the massive mega-region of Eastern and Southern Texas. If the Big Ten came calling, Texas would generate move revenue simply because they'd increase both the national viewership and bring a new, massive television market. Oklahoma would only pad the national stats and bring a (relatively) smaller market of OKC-Norman-Stillwater.
Delaney needs to go after hybrids like Texas. Of course, I'm not suggesting Texas per se, but there are other schools like Florida State or Virginia Tech that would bring similar results.
I went with Uofl because they sit right on the border of Indiana and Ohio and Illinois and because they have GOT to get out of the dying Big East.
Notre Dame would be attractive if they were 0-11 in football right now.
so if you throw out the high and low it is ISU and ND. Not bad. As long as ISU is in our division
that would really hurt them come March if they played themselves during the regular season twice and lost.....although it would help their RPI
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