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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Big Ten plans to have an announcement today on future membership: our thoughts on expansion ...


We read the following today on Gazette Online that the Big Ten Conference plans to have an announcement today, regarding expansion. Well, here's to keeping eleven members and lobbying the NCAA for a 13Th game for the Big Ten. Let's be like the Pac 10 Conference and play everyone once in football. Say no, to expansion and say yes to let's get a 13Th game petitioned.

Big Ten confirms statement ‘will come out this afternoon’ - The Gazette
The Big Ten Conference will issue a statement this afternoon on whether it will consider expanding from 11 to 12 schools, conference spokesman ...

Report: Big Ten expected to talk expansion to 12 teams - SportingNews.com
Big Ten conference officials were expected to release a statement sometime today addressing a possible expansion to 12 teams. Commissioner Jim Delany has ...

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz suggested during the 2009 season that a round-robin schedule for the Big Ten would be a good way to determine the champion in football. He suggested that the NCAA would have to give the Big Ten a 13Th game, so like the Pac 10, conference members could have three out of conference games.

The Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences both send the winner of their conferences to the Rose Bowl, unless they are among the Top 2 for the BCS title game. We think it would be great to see each conference to play a round-robin slate and separate themselves from the ACC, Big 12, C-USA, MAC and SEC mega conferences. Look what happened to the Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry in the old Big 8 Conference, after the expansion and creation of the Big 12 Conference.

Robin Tucker

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