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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The University of Washington in Seattle is a research powerhouse--usually ranking at #4 or #5 in the nation for annual R&D expenditures--with a solid football program in the 12th largest media market and, therefore, would be a good catch for the Big Ten Conference along with Phil Knight's (Nike) University of Oregon Ducks. Plus, the Big Ten needs to lessen the travel burdens of USC & UCLA.

While the Big Ten Conference press releases have suggested that the conference is not currently interested in expanding further, these statements may be to protect the conference from being sued by the remnants of the Pac-12 Conference for destroying that conference. Not really much risk now as Colorado has announced its departure for the Big 12 Conference and the Pac-12 has been unable to secure any significant TV deal to replace its expiring contract.[/quote]

I wonder if Ohio State/Michigan/Penn State eventually put the brakes on adding schools that can compete for conference championships. Adding Washington is fine, but Oregon makes the road for existing schools that much harder. A patsy like MD or Rutgers that expands the footprint may be more attractive.  [/quote]

A main concern of schools is to protect their respective primary recruiting territory. Accordingly, Penn State might object to adding the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State /U Cincinnati, just as SEC member University of Florida is likely to object to the addition of FSU or U Miami to the SEC.

While Conference Championships are important, the CFP (college football playoff) system offers major money to teams which is split among that team's conference; therefore, the more teams that make it to the 12 team CFP, the more money for members of the conference.[/quote]

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