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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

No way the Big Ten goes over 20 the money begins to get lower per member. Texas, ND and Florida would pull their weight bringing in 100 million per year each which is what the current deal per school is at. Washington can’t bring in that amount by might be added to help UCLA / USC.

West

UCLA 
USC
Washington
Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota 
Northwestern 
Illinois 
Purdue

East

Wisconsin
Indiana
Notre Dame
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
Penn State 
Maryland
Florida

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there is also no way that Texas and Florida leave the SEC or that any school is bringing in 100 million per year on its own, but if we're playing pretend... [/quote]

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