I attended Illinois for undergrad, so my heart will always be with the Fighting Illini first and foremost, but as a DePaul Law graduate, I also keep close tabs on the state of the Big East. The fan base of the Big East is by far the most skittish of any conference regarding expansion issues [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Choose Your Own Adventure For Big East Expansion: It’s Not Easy Being Green (or Purple)
Posted: February 28, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, DePaul Blue Demons, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big East Expansion, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Mountain West, TCU Horned Frogs
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Template for Shooting Down Any Argument Against Texas Going to the Big Ten
Posted: February 17, 2010 in Big Ten, SportsTags: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Big Ten Network, Colorado Buffaloes, Greg Oden, Kansas State Wildcats, Mack Brown, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Pac-10, Pac-10 Expansion, SEC, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten
It appears that the Earth is now 70% covered by water, 25% covered by schlocky Black Eyed Peas TV appearances and 5% covered by Big Ten expansion Internet ramblings. I really didn’t think that I could cover too many more angles regarding the positives and negatives of Texas moving to the Big Ten, but the [...]
Big Ten is Talking with Texas
Posted: February 11, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Colorado Buffaloes, Pac-10, Pac-10 Expansion, Texas Longhorns, Utah Utes
The Lawrence Journal-World and News is reporting that the Big Ten has entered into preliminary discussions with the University of Texas. (H/T to Josh for sending in the link.) Please note that this is an actual newspaper article as opposed to a regurgitation of some Twitter feeds on Bleacher Report. Maybe the Big Ten Expansion [...]
Why the “Pitt Joining the Big Ten” Rumors are False
Posted: February 1, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Pitt joining the Big Ten rumors, Pittsburgh Panthers
I was planning on some non-Big Ten expansion material this week, yet a flurry of rumors about the University of Pittsburgh joining the Big Ten are flooding my inbox. Let’s put aside my personal assessment of Pitt as described in the Big Ten Expansion Index post (where I said that the school fit the Big Ten academically and [...]
