If you were a reader of this blog prior to it becoming a hub of conference realignment viewpoints, I would regularly run “Land-o-Links” posts that had some random links to usually unrelated news stories or blog posts that I simply found interesting. In the wake of having my faith in the journalistic instincts of Barbara [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Ain’t No Party Like a West Coast Party: How the Pac-10 Can Affect Big Ten Expansion
Posted: March 23, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Pac-10, Pac-10 Expansion, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten
As I continue to follow the Illini (NIT) championship run with bated breath and brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, I wanted to address this interesting story from Dennis Dodd. The Pac-10 has explored the possibility of staging a conference championship game with its current league of 10 teams. Of course, this would [...]
Welcome to the BC
Posted: March 18, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: ACC, Big Ten Expansion, Boston College Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange
As we enjoy a glorious first round of the NCAA Tournament, which included Notre Dame losing to my long-time bracket busting favorite Ol’ Dirty University, there have been rumblings that that the real plan for the Big Ten is a permutation of JoePa’s Dream Conference, with an expansion threesome of Notre Dame, Rutgers… and Boston College. Hawkeye State of [...]
When I was cursing the dehydrated gerbils that run the WordPress commenting platform in an insomnia-induced haze on Friday evening, I thought to myself, “We need a message board! That’s the answer!” So, I quickly created one and hastily posted it up. In less than 48 hours, I’ve realized a few things: (1) Between work, family [...]
Note on the Forum: Complement to the Comments (Not a Replacement)
Posted: March 13, 2010 in Big Ten, SportsI’ve had a few questions about the forum, so I just wanted to make it clear that I definitely still want to see and encourage your comments posted here on the blog. The discussions have been fantastic and I don’t want to see that go away. The main hope for the forum is to provide [...]
Housekeeping: New Forum, Email Address and Twitter
Posted: March 13, 2010 in Big Ten, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion
Up until a couple of months ago, I never imagined that (1) I’d be spending this much time on college conference expansion analysis and (2) this blog would be receiving several hundred comments per post. Not only that, your comments have been so incredibly thoughtful, well-written and insightful that it keeps readers coming back. (Well, except [...]
Notre Dame to the Big Ten: Thy Will Be Done?
Posted: March 9, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Bruce Weber, Demetri McCamey, Jack Swarbrick, Missouri Tigers, NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns
Big Ten expansion news continues to fire out at a rapid pace, which means that there isn’t any rest for me other than watching the latest episode of LOST and wondering if Bruce Weber was giving Demetri McCamey a lesson on the Bolshevik Revolution this past Sunday. (OT rant – Joe Lunardi, why are you [...]
How Rutgers Could Work in the Big Ten
Posted: March 6, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns
When I created the Big Ten Expansion Index, I was 99.9% sure that the Big Ten was simply looking for the perfect school #12, which led me to write that the “Only Real Choices” for that spot are Texas and Notre Dame. Since that time, lots of rumors have been circulated, including ones about Missouri, [...]
Big Ten Study Leaked: What’s the Purpose?
Posted: March 2, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Jim Delany, Missouri Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns
The Chicago Tribune reports today that the Big Ten has received a study from William Blair & Co., a Chicago investment banking firm, that analyzed five expansion candidates: Rutgers, Syracuse, Pitt, Missouri and Notre Dame. According to the Tribune’s source, the report indicated that the Big Ten members would be able to increase their current [...]
