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Jul 25th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: American Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
Things have been slow on the conference realignment front of late, a much needed break after all the Big Ten/Pac-10/Big 12/MWC moves from last month. But Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney has recently been speaking about the New York market and the importance of the D.C. to Boston corridor. He isn’t saying that anything is [...]
Tags: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East expansion, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, Featured News |
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Jun 14th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
When the news first hit that Texas, along with Texas A&M;, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma St were considering a move to the Pac-10, the conference landscape shifts seemed plentiful. A sixteen school Pac-10 might be enough to trigger the Big Ten to follow suit, after their expansion to twelve with Nebraska. The SEC got [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big Ten expansion, Featured News, Mountain West expansion, Pac-12 expansion, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment |
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Jun 11th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
Goodbye conference battles with Texas, Oklahoma and nearby state rival Kansas. Hello Penn St., Ohio St., Michigan and nextdoor state Iowa.As expected all week, Nebraska has accepted an invitation to join the Big Ten as it’s 12th member.Thanks to Omaha.com, You can watch the live stream of the Regents meeting at Huskers.com and the NET website.
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, Featured News |
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Jun 10th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
Note that this rumor from Kansas City was probably in response to Texas A&M;’s interest in the SEC. KCTV5 in Kansas City is reporting multiple sources that as a result of the Texas and Texas A&M; meetings today, that both schools have opted to pursue the Big Ten. Such a move would not require Texas [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 expansion |
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Jun 9th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
It’s been a busy week for the Big 12 administrators. There is talk out of Omaha from some reliable sources, that Nebraska is set to leave the Big 12 for the Big Ten, and has reportedly received an invitation from the Big Ten. Even more interesting are rumors that because of the alleged planned Nebraska [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 expansion, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment |
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Jun 6th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
There has been something new introduced to the conference realignment vocabulary: the “Tech Problem”. So what is it, you ask? It’s a polite way of describing blackmail and extortion in Texas politics. But that’s just a generalization. When the Big Ten announced it’s plans to study expansion, there were two schools that they had in [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 expansion |
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Jun 5th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News
When the first talks of another round of massive conference expansion started, we knew that one thing was for certain: Texas was the crown jewel. With all the recent rumors circulating, it appears they are still the object of desire. Pac-16?:In some past articles, I mentioned how Texas was the prettiest girl, and everyone wanted [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 expansion, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment, SEC expansion |
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May 18th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
The Big Ten meetings had plenty of hype going into them as many thought the world would get their first glimpse into the Big Ten expansion plans. And a glimpse is what we got. What we got from Jim Delany today was a reaffirmation that the Big Ten will continue with their study and won’t [...]
Tags: Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, Featured News |
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May 10th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
Interesting developments, that’s for sure. But how reliable? WHB-AM in Kansas city is reporting that the Big Ten has extended invitations to Notre Dame, Nebraska, Missouri and Rutgers. ESPN ran with the story as well, but has since removed it from their website. So is it true? Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman responded by saying there [...]
Tags: Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, Featured News |
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May 3rd, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
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4 days later and still no updates on a report in the Detroit Free Press that the Big Ten will be adding Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt, Nebraska and Missouri. As we’ve come to known when there are such “unconfirmed reports”, there has been no follow-up. All five schools have been mentioned in the past as candidates, [...]
Tags: Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, Featured News |
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