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| Who should be added to the Big 10? (Pick 3) | |
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| Topic Started: May 13 2010, 02:23 PM (292 Views) | |
| New Harumf | May 13 2010, 02:23 PM Post #1 |
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Pick 3, please, as the expansion will most likely take us to 14.
Edited by New Harumf, May 13 2010, 02:24 PM.
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| NRE | May 13 2010, 04:14 PM Post #2 |
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Map Tsar and Southern Gentleman
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You can have Maryland :lol: |
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| New Harumf | May 13 2010, 04:36 PM Post #3 |
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Bloodthirsty Unicorn
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Well, the idea is to destroy the ACC!!!! Also, get the Big10 cable channel in the NYC, Wash., and Balt. markets! :-) A move against Maryland is purely preditory. |
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| Paradise | May 13 2010, 05:53 PM Post #4 |
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What's the Big 10 exactly? |
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| flumes | May 13 2010, 10:11 PM Post #5 |
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CLEVELAND ROCKS!
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Notre Dame, Missouri, Syracuse. I'd prefer just Notre Dame. Paradise, it's a college athletics conference... Generally regarded as the strongest in the nation ( B) ). Centered in the Midwest... Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Northwestern, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan State, Indiana, and Illinois. |
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| Aelius | May 13 2010, 10:20 PM Post #6 |
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Norman Warlord
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Fixed. :evil: SEC and Big 12 rule in football... well, mostly SEC. :wasclose: ACC rules basketball. Big 11 should take Notre Dame, though. 12 team conference and conference title game. Everyone wins, nobody's conference loses a team. |
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| Tristan da Cunha | May 14 2010, 04:00 AM Post #7 |
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Science and Industry
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It won't happen but I want to see: Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, Minnestoa, Northwestern, and Wisconsin comprising the Big10 Western Division. and Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan Stae, Indiana, Purdue, and Penn State, comprising the Eastern Division. That would render the Big10 the strongest conference in the country. (And keep the Big10 name even after expanding to 14) Edited by Tristan da Cunha, May 14 2010, 04:25 AM.
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| Sedulius | May 14 2010, 06:14 AM Post #8 |
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I hate sports. We should bring back melees and jousting. And duels. EDIT: On the flipside, it'd be cool to have something like Unreal Tournament. Edited by Sedulius, May 14 2010, 06:23 AM.
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| flumes | May 14 2010, 11:39 AM Post #9 |
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CLEVELAND ROCKS!
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That would be awesome. I want Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State to stay in the same division... This is a conference breakdown where this happens and it is still balanced divisions... |
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| Abnar | May 14 2010, 02:51 PM Post #10 |
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the lurkiest of them all?
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I misclicked "vote for none," but this was my choice, except with Pitt in for Syracuse. Edited by Abnar, May 14 2010, 02:51 PM.
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| Al Araam | May 14 2010, 07:47 PM Post #11 |
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I don't really follow any conference but the SEC. Everyone else it just football-related window dressing, really. Generally regarded as the strongest in the nation? The Big 10? Pshaw.
Edited by Al Araam, May 14 2010, 07:48 PM.
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| NRE | May 15 2010, 01:00 AM Post #12 |
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Map Tsar and Southern Gentleman
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Fixed :evil: :whistling: |
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| Aelius | May 15 2010, 01:25 AM Post #13 |
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Norman Warlord
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Fixed better. :P |
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| Menhad | May 15 2010, 08:04 AM Post #14 |
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The SEC has been moving into basketball, and doing well considering a very poor history. |
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| Aelius | Jun 10 2010, 10:10 PM Post #15 |
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Norman Warlord
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Bump. With Nebraska apparently going to the Big 10 and Colorado already heading for the Pac-10, the Big 12 is about to implode. Looks like OU, Texas and the rest of the south is heading for the Pac-whatever as well. The Big 12 North could be left out in the cold. Where do you think all the dominoes should fall? I think if we're going to go to a 16-team mega conference structure across the board, the Big 10 should add Notre Dame, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State to their own ranks. What do we think, though? |
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| NRE | Jun 10 2010, 10:19 PM Post #16 |
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Map Tsar and Southern Gentleman
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I think regardless of what happens, the conference field of college sports is about to change dramatically and I'm worried my beloved ACC may not withstand the hallowing winds of change. I hear the wolves are hunting for FSU and Miami, with them gone I'm not sure the ACC will survive. My only question then is, where will the Tarheels and dookies go? They must stay together, I mean they're the greatest..or at the very least, one of the greatest sports rivals of all time. Few sporting events carry as many views and is so heavily anticipated as Duke-UNC basketball matches. WE MUST SAVE TOBACCO ROAD!!!!!! |
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| Aelius | Jun 10 2010, 10:26 PM Post #17 |
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Norman Warlord
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Duke and UNC fall in the same boat as Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, etc.: big basketball powers with mediocre football teams. The biggest programs (KU, UNC, Kentucky, Duke) will get picked up by one of the super-conferences on basketball power alone, but football revenue is driving just about all of this lunacy. Having to see OU go 1,000 miles for a "Pac-16 East" division game in Phoenix against Arizona State is absurd, as is a 2,000 mile trip for a conference game against Washington. |
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| flumes | Jun 10 2010, 11:44 PM Post #18 |
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Kansas and Kansas State won't be added, doesn't look like the Big 10 likes Missouri much all of a sudden either. Don't know what happened there... I still think they get added in the end.. The Big 10 is looking east for the rest of it's teams (Syracuse, Rutgers).. Add Nebraska, and Norte Dame and those are the 4 I'd bank on for sure... Maybe UConn in place of the two BE schools I mentioned, or Missouri does end up as the 16th team. I think there is a very good chance the SEC poaches the southern teams of the ACC... The basketball powers of the ACC (more northern schools) like Duke, Kansas, Wake Forest, and NC State will then join the remnants of the Big East... UConn, Boston College, those 4, maybe Va Tech, Virginia, Temple (rejoining from the MAC) form an East division. The Big East schools in the west (Cincy, WVU, Pitt, Louisville) pair up with Kansas, Kansas State, and maybe Iowa State. How is that for a hoops conference!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!????! :o Look for C-USA schools to fill in as needed (namely Tulsa and Memphis to the Western division)... Edited by flumes, Jun 10 2010, 11:47 PM.
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| New Harumf | Jun 11 2010, 08:13 AM Post #19 |
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Bloodthirsty Unicorn
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So, why not change the rules so a team can be in one conference for basketball and a different conference for football? That seems perfectly loical to me and will better balance the rivalries! |
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| flumes | Jun 11 2010, 08:54 AM Post #20 |
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They already allow that. |
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| Draxis | Jun 11 2010, 09:36 AM Post #21 |
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I say we just put everything in the Pac-Add number Here, because we all know everything is better with Pac in front of it. See Pacman. |
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