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Dec 17, 2009 5:51 PM
They say it's on the table...
Don't discount this: the Big 14. Seriously. Multiple Big Ten sources told the Tribune Wednesday that 14 teams, even 16, could be in play as it relates to the Big Ten's potential expansion. "Anything is possible," one source said, beyond the conventional wisdom of simply adding a 12th school.

Chicago Tribune
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/135470-sources-big-ten-may-become-big-14?eref=sihp
Dec 17, 2009 5:51pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:07 PM
yikes.....
Dec 17, 2009 6:07pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:07 PM
Missouri, Pitt annnd ... who? Rutgers? Iowa State? Nebraska, even?
Dec 17, 2009 6:07pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:08 PM
I think if you go beyond 12 you're gonna have huge issues...
Dec 17, 2009 6:08pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:11 PM
^^^ I agree
Dec 17, 2009 6:11pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:12 PM
I have a feeling Mega Conferences are going to be part of the CF landscape in the near future. I could easily see the ACC, Big Twelve and possibly the PAC-10 doing the same.

In a way it might just be the first step of a playoff system. Winner of each conference gets the automatic bid into the tournament.
Dec 17, 2009 6:12pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:20 PM
That would be interesting.
Dec 17, 2009 6:20pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:34 PM
I would love it for basketball. I think it would be difficult for football. Would just make an unbalanced schedule even more unbalanced.
Dec 17, 2009 6:34pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:40 PM
I still think you should play everyone in the conference. I'd rather see conferences get smaller instead of bigger.
Dec 17, 2009 6:40pm
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Dec 17, 2009 6:54 PM
I would be happy as a fan with 12 and NO NOTRE DAME.
Dec 17, 2009 6:54pm
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pkebker

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Dec 17, 2009 7:28 PM
I'd like that. Add Notre Dame, Pitt, Missouri, and Rutgers.
Dec 17, 2009 7:28pm
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Dec 17, 2009 7:35 PM
pkebker wrote: I'd like that. Add Notre Dame, Pitt, Missouri, and Rutgers.
the Big Fifteen?
Dec 17, 2009 7:35pm
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Dec 17, 2009 7:36 PM
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Dec 17, 2009 7:36pm
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bigkahuna

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Dec 17, 2009 8:59 PM
Way too much. Look at the Big East in Basketball; 16 teams and they just recently started allowing all 16 teams to participate in the conference tourny. Find a 12th team and run with it
Dec 17, 2009 8:59pm
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Dec 17, 2009 9:09 PM
Makes it difficult to play round-robin in football - that's six division games and three or four cross-conference games unless you start playing the "other division" team every three or four years.
Dec 17, 2009 9:09pm
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DefianceBlu

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Dec 17, 2009 9:27 PM
No no no...just another team will be ok..


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Dec 17, 2009 9:27pm
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bamagirl

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Dec 18, 2009 11:14 AM
I wonder if you guys went to 14 teams if they would rename the conference.
Dec 18, 2009 11:14am
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Nate

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Dec 18, 2009 11:45 AM
Big 14

Division 1
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan St.
Indiana
Purdue
Cincy
Louisville

Division 2
Penn St.
Pitt
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Iowa
Dec 18, 2009 11:45am
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Dec 18, 2009 11:59 AM
I wouldn't be suprised to see this as well as other conferences begin to form "super coferences".

While the logistics of competition within become problematic, championships, retaining rivalries etc., the resulting power from those conferences may result in retention of the system currently in place. There's little question the BCS has come under fire and the natives are restless. Strengthening the confereces either by actual strength or by numbers serves the purpose of retaining the BCS which keeps the money where they want it. I see this as the underlying motive for even considering such a huge conference, there's really no reason to do so otherwise.
Dec 18, 2009 11:59am
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Dec 18, 2009 12:13 PM
The B14 won't happen, but it looks like the Big10 will turn into another B12.
Dec 18, 2009 12:13pm
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Dec 18, 2009 1:09 PM
If you guys go 14, then I think Clemson and FSU would get tempted and leave for the SEC, leaving the ACC and Big East to create a 14 team conference of their own.
Dec 18, 2009 1:09pm
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Dec 18, 2009 2:11 PM
ohiotiger33 wrote: If you guys go 14, then I think Clemson and FSU would get tempted and leave for the SEC, leaving the ACC and Big East to create a 14 team conference of their own.
Ok, so the Big East would add 6 more teams to their already 16 team basketball conference? 22 teams? Aiye aiye aiye. There is more than football in all of these decisions. A team has to fit in all sports, facilities, and academics as well.
Dec 18, 2009 2:11pm
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Dec 18, 2009 2:33 PM
TBone14 wrote:
ohiotiger33 wrote: If you guys go 14, then I think Clemson and FSU would get tempted and leave for the SEC, leaving the ACC and Big East to create a 14 team conference of their own.
Ok, so the Big East would add 6 more teams to their already 16 team basketball conference? 22 teams? Aiye aiye aiye. There is more than football in all of these decisions. A team has to fit in all sports, facilities, and academics as well.
The 8 football teams in the Big East will likely split from the basketball schools in the near future, regardless of whether this idea goes into fruition. There has been a power struggle between the schools since the conference began. This ACC idea does make a lot of sense since there are natural rivalry's with WVU v. MD/VT/VA, BC v. UCONN, USF v. the Florida Schools, etc.
Dec 18, 2009 2:33pm
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Dec 18, 2009 11:02 PM
FSU has a natural rivalry with Florida. Clemson has natural rivalries with Scar and Georgia.
Dec 18, 2009 11:02pm
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Dec 18, 2009 11:59 PM
NOL fan wrote:
pkebker wrote: I'd like that. Add Notre Dame, Pitt, Missouri, and Rutgers.
the Big Fifteen?
Rutgers?? VERY expensive to get soccer teams half way across the country from New Jersey to Minnesota.
Dec 18, 2009 11:59pm