Sect309Fan
05-12-2010, 02:44 PM
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13378817/big-ten-commissioner-quashes-latest-expansion-rumors?tag=headlines;other
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that Delany had quashed a report the Big Ten had offered expansion spots to Missouri (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/MO/missouritigers), Nebraska (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/NE/nebraskacornhuskers), Notre Dame (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/ND/notre-damefighting-irish) and Rutgers (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/RUT/rutgersscarlet-knights).
Asked if there was anything to that speculation, Smith said, "Nothing. There's no truth to it whatsoever. Actually, Jim sent us all an e-mail telling us there's no truth to that -- which we knew. There's no extensions of offers that have been made, so that's not true."
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Didn't the rumors start from a Kansas City Sports Radio show? It seems that should have been a major red flag to begin with.
I am 100% against demise of the Big 12, which is what has been speculated. On these sports radio shows (like Plaster's), the guys have been predicting that the Big 12 will just be broken up among the Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-10. I really don't see how that benefits college sports or the fans. It would likely bring in more money to those conferences, but not more money to the NCAA. The money would just come from what the Big 12 would have received.
If Notre Dame would just join the Big Ten, it would solve so many problems.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that Delany had quashed a report the Big Ten had offered expansion spots to Missouri (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/MO/missouritigers), Nebraska (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/NE/nebraskacornhuskers), Notre Dame (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/ND/notre-damefighting-irish) and Rutgers (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams/page/RUT/rutgersscarlet-knights).
Asked if there was anything to that speculation, Smith said, "Nothing. There's no truth to it whatsoever. Actually, Jim sent us all an e-mail telling us there's no truth to that -- which we knew. There's no extensions of offers that have been made, so that's not true."
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Didn't the rumors start from a Kansas City Sports Radio show? It seems that should have been a major red flag to begin with.
I am 100% against demise of the Big 12, which is what has been speculated. On these sports radio shows (like Plaster's), the guys have been predicting that the Big 12 will just be broken up among the Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-10. I really don't see how that benefits college sports or the fans. It would likely bring in more money to those conferences, but not more money to the NCAA. The money would just come from what the Big 12 would have received.
If Notre Dame would just join the Big Ten, it would solve so many problems.