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    Credit to Michigan, but Penix

    UM's D is different from any of those and, in fact, probably any other D in college football. Harbaugh got a huge assist from his brother in that his past 2 DCs were promising, young assistants from the Ravens (the DC that beat CJ Stroud is now the DC of the best D in the NFL). So, UM's scheme...
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    College Football (Other Games) 9/17

    Many of us had long had issues w/ Fitz's turtling ways on O (when the Cats were among the 1st programs to adopt the spread O) and knew that longtime DC, Hankwitz, was carrying the program. Many of us also had serious issues w/ the hiring of Hankwitz's replacement - who had failed in several...
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    B1G rumored to be looking at 6 more schools

    Only Wisconsin has won more B1G West titles than NU, and NU has more wins agaimst Wisky than any other school since the Alvarez era. There's a reason why the Iowa AD hoped to preserve 4 rivalries after USC/UCLA join - Wisky, Minny, Nebby and Northwestern. Really tough to expand beyond 24...
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    Argentine tapes of Adolph Eichmann

    You sound like the ultranationalist, right-wing Japanese (and pretty much all the other imperial powers) who think that they were saving Asia from European imperialism/colonialism and bringing better living conditions/progress to the region. They also think that they are the victims of US...
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    B1G Expansion

    Neither the B1G nor FS1 are interested in BC (and there are other schools that ND would much rather see join the B1G with them, if it came to that). The addition of BC has been a major disappointment for the ACC, so why would the B1G be interested? CU and GT are 3rd tier candidates as well.
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    B1G Expansion

    Make VA and NC green by virtue of the B1G grabbing UNC and UVA and the SEC NC St. and VT. Think NU is putting in more than a minimal effort. Over the past decade, spent north of $350 million on athletic facilities upgrades. Since 1995, 3 B1G titles and 2 B1G West titles; only dOSU, UW and...
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    The end game for the B1G (and the SEC)?

    30 schools would be too many. Whole point is to maximize value by cutting the fat (so to speak), and there is no school left in the B12 that offers any real value aside from KU, if ESPN wants to shore up their BB schedule (if the B1G ends up w/ UNC and maybe Duke). Agree that ND is the...
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    The end game for the B1G (and the SEC)?

    If a conference is only comprised of traditional football powers (that haven't fallen way off), over time, some of them would end up like a Mississippi St. or Purdue (somebody has got to lose in such a conference). Take for instance, OU, which has pretty much dominated the B12 over the past...
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    The end game for the B1G (and the SEC)?

    (I've edited it to add more stuff.) That would mean increasing the # of regular season games to 13, which means that the national champs could end up playing 17 games. Think having a geographic divide will make things that much more heated/garnering interest with VA and maybe NC being the...
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    The end game for the B1G (and the SEC)?

    Now adding 8 more schools, esp. the likes of Stanford, Cal, Duke, etc.) may seem counterintuitive, as none of those schools aside from ND would bring in the revenue needed to grow the pie sufficiently to keep the size of the slices from shrinking, but that's on an individual basis. In the...
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    The end game for the B1G (and the SEC)?

    And for that matter, FS1/Fox and ESPN/Disney. Posted this last week on the NU board, but repost a more concise version here. If ND decides that it's in their best interest to join a conference (the scuttlebutt is that they are leaning towards staying independent for as long as they can make it...
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    Bob Costas just called the Pirates a Farm team.

    Really? LA, San Diego and SF have all refused to fund Billionaire tax write offs. Sure, cities of all stripes have done so, but one side is more apt to say no. Btw, when Ghouliani was Mayor of NYC, he was willing to have the taxpayers fund new ballparks/stadiums for the Yankees, Mets and...
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    Football OFFICIAL: UCLA, USC to join the Big Ten starting in 2024

    Both the B1G and SEC will continue to expand... eventually (waiting for the ACC's GoR to get closer to expiration), but they are going to be picky, only taking the "big fruit." - so doubt that either will double in size. See 24 schools being the max, but probably fewer than that. Only...
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    Football OFFICIAL: UCLA, USC to join the Big Ten starting in 2024

    Dook wouldn't bring in $100 million. In fact, UNC may not be able to do that, but whatever the case, can't see the B1G adding more than 1 NC school. Stanford has actually won some recent conference championships in FB and the B1G's interest would be tepid at best, even with the Bay area being...
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    Bob Costas just called the Pirates a Farm team.

    Cruz actually started in the Dodgers farm system, the Pirates got him in a trade (think it was for their closer). The Dodgers had also traded away a prospect to Houston who is now an MVP candidate. Lots of people have move up to the North Hills or beyond. Wasn't that long ago when Cranberry...
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    Football OFFICIAL: UCLA, USC to join the Big Ten starting in 2024

    Um, no. The only schools remaining that the B1G would seriously consider are... Washington Oregon ND Clemson FSU Miami UNC UVA Maybe Stanford Think academics still matter a bit to the B1G, so the SEC can have Clemson and FSU. The B1G and the SEC will leave the remnants of the other...
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    FC: Rumor about UVA o Big Ten?

    And $$-wise, which is why OU is following UT and not the other way around despite having won the B12 most years.
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    Suggestion to make the Big Ten a 20 team super conference

    The B1G is in no hurry and will bide its time. None of the remnants of the B12 would be of much interest, esp. Iowa St. (small market and already have that covered with Iowa; same reason why the B1G wasn't much interested in adding Pitt). PAC schools are too far away - travel times/costs plus...
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    If OSU and UM join the SEC I believe the Big10 and PAC10 should merge.

    Can't see dOSU and UM leaving for the SEC. UT and OU makes sense as they fit geographically and culture-wise. dOSU and UM would be outliers geographic-wise with no natural rivalries but each other. UT playing TAMU, Bama, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, etc. is a natural fit. What can see is the B1G...
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    FC: Rumor about UVA o Big Ten?

    ^^The B1G leaders still care about academics, albeit the threshold is probably lower than it's ever been. Schools like FSU and Clemson, which previously wouldn't have passed muster, likely will do so - as long as their additions are balanced out by the likes of UNC, UVA, Duke. Something like a...
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