Ah, I love the smell of napalm and crushed Big Ten expansion dreams in the morning. Judging by the over 1000 comments to last week’s post (a record number for the blog), we’re all exasperated that Jim Delany and the Big Ten have at least publicly stated that they will stick to original timetable of [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Getting Krunk on Expansion News (or Lack Thereof)
Posted: April 25, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Jim Delany, Maryland Terrapins, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Nebraska to the Big Ten, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Paul Tagliabue, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten
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The Value of Expansion Candidates to the Big Ten Network
Posted: April 19, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Big Ten Expansion Index, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten
The Big Ten appears to be stepping up the timetable for expansion dramatically, where what once looked like a 12-18 month process might now result in announcements prior to the end of June. So, this is a perfect time for a guest post from Slant reader Patrick, who is a long-time veteran of the television [...]
Big Sweet Sixteen?
Posted: April 6, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Boston College Eagles, Kansas Jayhawks, Maryland Terrapins, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame to the Big Ten, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten
Tony Barnhart, a fairly well-connected college football writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dropped some titillating tidbits about the Big Ten’s expansion plans today. He often writes from the SEC perspective (as to be expected being based in Hot-lanta), yet he has a solid reputation of not reporting much bunk. Here’s the money quote: The other [...]
The Real Economic Reason for NCAA Tournament Expansion: Avoiding a Pay Cut
Posted: April 1, 2010 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini, SportsTags: 96 Team NCAA Tournament, Jim Delany, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, NCAA Tournament Expansion, NIT
Let me preface this blog post by saying that I personally loathe the idea of the NCAA Tournament expanding to 96 teams. I believe that it will ruin the pace of the event and render an already devalued 4 months of the regular season into a pure seeding exercise like the NBA or NHL. When [...]
