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Chicago Tribune calls CU a darkhorse for Big Ten
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Give it to Valdez, brother. It was his joke!
But they will add a program that will bring a whole lot of TV sets their way, and unfortunately money will probably trump a program's winning tradition, or lack thereof, when it comes to conference expansion.
Kind of like how Colorado and Missouri are better targets than Oklahoma and Nebraska. They're top 5 programs with much bigger overall ADs, but we're more attractive options for conferences looking to expand. The landscape has changed.
Jimmy's right about Rutgers, though. I'm not convinced that a cable company would provide the Big 10 network in the NYC area just because of Rutgers. Seriously, nobody in NYC cares about Rutgers. I don't think most of them even know where Rutgers is. We all think Denver is a Pro sports town, and it is, but it pales in comparison to NYC. That is a pro sports town from top to bottom. College basketball (St. Johns) is as close as they get to caring about college athletics.
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There are more OOS CU alum in states other than California than there are in California. CU's 'natural' fit in the Pac-10 arguement is overblown IMO.
I'm okay with either the 12-Pac or the Big 10. Either location adds more variety than an other decade of B12 locations. I only wish CU were a darkhorse in an SEC discussion. That would be awesome.
Quick note on Rutgers- didn't the scarlet knights play the first collegiate football game in the history of CFB? That school has tradition.
I somewhat disagree with those who say the NYC market doesn't care about Rutgers or CFB. I know some hard core Rutgers fans. But then again I'm on the phone alot with people from New Jersey.
I bet Rutgers could find a few opponents in the Big 10 who would fill the Meadowlands if given the chance (versus Penn State, Michigan, Ohio St)
I'm okay with either the 12-Pac or the Big 10. Either location adds more variety than an other decade of B12 locations. I only wish CU were a darkhorse in an SEC discussion. That would be awesome.
Quick note on Rutgers- didn't the scarlet knights play the first collegiate football game in the history of CFB? That school has tradition.
I somewhat disagree with those who say the NYC market doesn't care about Rutgers or CFB. I know some hard core Rutgers fans. But then again I'm on the phone alot with people from New Jersey.
I bet Rutgers could find a few opponents in the Big 10 who would fill the Meadowlands if given the chance (versus Penn State, Michigan, Ohio St)
I had one of those cards too! I found it in a billfold that I thought I had lost 20 years ago. When I took it in the Horse a few months later and asked if they would honer it, they said No Way! Then the manager came over and asked me if he could make a copy, I said sure, for a free beer of my choice. He gave me the beer.
ScottyBuff
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The question for the Big Ten Conference/Network folks though is:
Would Rutgers playing Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, etc get people excited about Rutgers football/basketball.
Just like any business it isn't necessarily about what you have done in the past, but about what capacity/potential is there. Rutgers has a pretty high potential payoff for the Big Ten.
South Florida had NO tradition but the Big East gambled on them because of their capacity for success. Of course, we are talking bigger stakes here, but the potential for success is also much higher.