Big Ten expansion

I actually would not mind it being Iowa State. Then the Big 12 can dump Baylor as well and add BYU and Utah.

 

Now that Paterno's in God's waiting room, he's in no
position to veto.

 

If the Big 10 goes to 12, hopefully the Pac-10 follows suit.

 

It would be a really tough break. I'd say that Minnesota and Wisconsin have to be in same division, but then you'd have to split up IU and Purdue or NU and Illinois.

Berwanger Division
NU
Indiana
Pitt
Penn State
Purdue
Ohio State

Nagurski
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Michigan State

 

I've thought about that, but who the @#$@#$ would it add? I could see Boise as No. 11. Who'd be No. 12, though?

 

Pre-Penn State the travel partners were:

UM/MSU
OU/IU
Purdue/Illinois
Wisky/NW
Iowa/Minnesota

 

And if you've learned anything from the ACC debacle, don't divide the divisions to try and get the football title game you want/expect.

 

Paterno apparently didn't have a problem with Pitt possibly joining the Big Ten back in May:

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/bobsmizik/archive/2009/05/01/paterno-wants-pitt-in-big-ten.aspx

 

You're right, UM/UW aren't terribly close, but that drive is all interstate. You can do it in four hours. OSU/IU is probably a worse drive.

 

What about Syracuse? Great basketball and shit football, but has a hell of a football tradition.

 

Not in a million years.

Again, some of y'all are only looking at this from a football perspective. There are many more factors to consider here.

 

If it's Pitt/Ruters/Cuse, the league will probably look like this:

Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Big East School
Northwestern

Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Purdue
Wisconsin
Minnesota

If it's Mizzou:

Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Indiana
Purdue

Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwestern
Missouri