I never intended this blog to be exclusively devoted to Big Ten expansion issues (and one of these days, I’ll get back to my regularly-scheduled moaning about the respective states of the Illini, Bears and White Sox as well as analyzing the inevitable Bulls trade deadline rumors that make “Texas to the Big Ten” seem [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Big Ten Expansion Follow-Up Post #3 – More on the Financial Gap Between the Big Ten and Big 12, Notre Dame’s Independence in Question, East Coast Family, and Fallout in Other Conferences
Posted: January 20, 2010 in Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Missouri Tigers, Mountain West, Pac-10, Pac-10 Expansion, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, UConn Huskies
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Big Ten Expansion Index Follow-Up #2 – Nationwide and Longhorns Fan Responses on Texas to the Big Ten
Posted: January 8, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns
Leading up the National Championship Game (which Texas sadly lost despite about as good of an effort that you could’ve expected from redshirt freshman quarterback Garrett Gilbert having to replace injured starter Colt McCoy in the first quarter), the original Big Ten Expansion Index post and its first follow-up somehow exploded over message boards and [...]
Big Ten Expansion Index Follow-Up #1: Superconferences, Conference TV Revenue and More Reasons Why Texas to the Big Ten Makes Sense
Posted: January 4, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Big Ten Network, Boston College Eagles, Miami Hurricanes, Notre Dame, Oklahoma Sooners, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns
I received an incredible amount of great feedback on my Big Ten Expansion Index with comments on the post itself and circulation on various message boards. This Texas alum perspective was particularly illuminating and indicative that my recommendation for the Longhorns isn’t nearly as far-fetched as a lot of people believe (albeit there are some [...]
