jordo212000;903079 wrote:I agree with this. If you read any articles, most of them say that the schools inside of the potential 16 team conferences (ACC and Pac-12) are a little leery of going that far with expansion.
14 teams is probably about the point where you start seeing diminishing returns.
Delany has been extremely poised and smart through this whole process, I have a hard time believing he isn't acting in the best interest of the conference.
I agree with this. I think the Delany is both more progressive and more intelligent than most give him credit for. He was the first to institute instant replay in his conference (and the system that all of college football now uses is the replay system he developed). He decided to start his own network for his conference even though many doubted the viability and now the B1G leads all conferences in terms of TV revenue. He was also the first to approach the subject of conference expansion and begin talking about super conferences a few years ago (even though the Pac-10 was the first to officially make a move adding Colorado and Utah shortly before the B1G added Nebraska).
Now he's done some dumb things too (Legends and Leaders), but he's done more good than bad, and has been far more progressive than one might expect from such a traditional conference.
If he's done his research and honestly thinks that staying at 12 teams right now is the best thing for the conference, then that's what he'll advise the conference to do. Then again, he might be working out something colossal and we'll find out next week that Notre Dame, Texas, Alabama, and USC are all joining the B1G.
