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[quote=Anonymous]As pointed out earlier in this thread, the ideal mates for the Big Ten Conference are Notre Dame, the University of Texas, and the University of Florida.

Additionally, the University of Washington is a great match for Big Ten academics, research, and athletics.

To expand from the current 16 member schools (including USC & UCLA), the 8 additional teams to make the Big Ten a 24 team conference might be from this group of universities:

Notre Dame
U Florida (assuming FSU to SEC upsets U Florida enough to leave the SEC)
U Texas (unlikely to happen w/o U Oklahoma--which Big Ten won't accept)
U Washington (incredible match for the Big Ten)
U Oregon (Nike power)

Stanford (maybe)
UCal-Berkeley (maybe)
Univ. of Utah (less than maybe)
UNC 
Virginia
U Miami (maybe)

My belief is that U Washington & U Oregon are highly likely to be offered by the Big Ten Conference.

Notre Dame, U Texas, & U Florida would almost certainly be accepted if those schools expressed interest AND IF the Big Ten could avoid a war with the SEC. The SEC might be happy with Clemson & FSU as a replacement for a disgruntled U Florida. If Texas moved to the Big Ten, the SEC would almost certainly grab U Miami.[/quote]

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