Big 10 Expanding again?????

[Bison bison]

I agree 110% on markets.

Texas is the only one who actually dominates the market. Of course, Maryland and Rutgers don't either.

Whatever New England and Southeastern team can join the big ten should jump on it.

[NDSUstudent]

I agree 110% on markets.

Texas is the only one who actually dominates the market. Of course, Maryland and Rutgers don't either.

Whatever New England and Southeastern team can join the big ten should jump on it.

I don't think it matters with Rutgers, Fox(who runs the BTN) bought a big stake in the YES network so if people in NY want to watch Yankee baseball they'll be paying for Rutgers and the BTN.

Maryland was the easiest ACC school to swipe, I'm guessing the Big 10 hopes other leagues start poaching the ACC as well.

[Bison bison]

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[NDSUstudent]

They don't need UVA. They got the DC and Baltimore television markets with Maryland.
And there are better options than UNC when it comes to cable subscribers.

From: http://www.stationindex.com/tv/tv-markets

Largest US Television Markets
1. NYC -- and now you know why Rutgers
2. LA -- PAC-12 territory
3. Chicago -- Illinois and Northwestern
4. Philly -- Penn State
5. Dallas --
6. San Fran -- PAC-12 territory
7. Boston
8. Atlanta
9. Wash DC -- and now you know why Maryland
10. Houston
11. Detroit -- Mich, Mich State, etc ...

If you get U of Texas you get 5 and 11 (Dallas and Houston).
If you peel off Boston College and G'Tech you get 7 and 8 (Boston and Atlanta).

Based on "television sets" (aka money) those are my guesses for the next targets of the B1G*.


*That B1G logo is looking more and more like B16 every day.

Texas would be the big add but due to the whole Big 12 grant of rights they are basically untouchable unless 8 members decide to dissolve it. I think they'll try to poach ACC teams now.

If the Big 10 adds UNC they bring in Charlotte(one of the country's fastest growing markets) and Raleigh-Durham(another fast growing city), that equals Atlanta. Plus UNC hoops would be a nice feather for BTN's cap. I think UVA is a package deal with UNC but really both schools gives the B10 the mid-Atlantic and it adds two schools that are perfect academic fits. Plus they keep the Big 10 in contiguous states and expands their presence in the south which is Delany's goal.

The Big 10 will try to add something beyond markets with the next round of expansion. ND would be the best option but UNC hoops and a bigger southern presence is a nice consolation prize.

[tony]

Rutgers is nothing to NYC - nothing.

What the Big 10 will get is New Jersey - I see a lot of people with the Rutger R on their cars.

[Greenie]

They need to be on this list too... https://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476

AAU + Big TV market in eastern or central time zones = B1G targeted school


All the B1G schools are AAU members (except Nebraska - they got 'kicked out' in 2011 when AAU stopped considering the health science campus as a separate entity from University of Nebraska). Their current chancellor doesn't believe they would have got into the B1G if they weren't an AAU at the time of invitation.

BCS/AAU schools in the eastern or central time zone that are not currently in the B1G:
Duke
Georgia Tech
Virginia
Iowa State
Texas A&M
Florida
Kansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Texas
Vanderbilt

[Bison bison]

Even with Maryland they have to build the market.

I don't think it will be that tough. NYC attracts nut jobs from everywhere (is that too subtle?). Big Ten grads and football fans will make their way to NJ to watch Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska play.

In other words, the Big Ten is putting these schools on the map.

[TheBisonator]

They don't need UVA. They got the DC and Baltimore television markets with Maryland.
And there are better options than UNC when it comes to cable subscribers.

From: http://www.stationindex.com/tv/tv-markets

Largest US Television Markets
1. NYC -- and now you know why Rutgers
2. LA -- PAC-12 territory
3. Chicago -- Illinois and Northwestern
4. Philly -- Penn State
5. Dallas --
6. San Fran -- PAC-12 territory
7. Boston
8. Atlanta
9. Wash DC -- and now you know why Maryland
10. Houston
11. Detroit -- Mich, Mich State, etc ...

If you get U of Texas you get 5 and 11 (Dallas and Houston).
If you peel off Boston College and G'Tech you get 7 and 8 (Boston and Atlanta).

Based on "television sets" (aka money) those are my guesses for the next targets of the B1G*.


*That B1G logo is looking more and more like B16 every day.

That may be the plan. Their rebranding also includes a name change, and they want to be the first 16-team superconference. They will be called the Big Sixteen (B16)

[td577]

They would have all of nd if they bring in the Bison.


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[DePereBisonFan]

That may be the plan. Their rebranding also includes a name change, and they want to be the first 16-team superconference. They will be called the Big Sixteen (B16)

B1G looks more like a B with a '16' after it anyway, so they probably won't need a new logo...