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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any chance that under-performing Big Ten teams are at risk of getting thrown out? I'm an Indiana fan, but I'm not under any illusions where we fit in the football pecking order. We're terrible and, with a few brief and mild exceptions, have basically always been terrible at football.

I go to the games to watch my kid in the marching band. Last year, against a couple of the better teams, I felt like the QB was just running for his life. There are tons of empty seats. Anyway, if we're just talking about football revenue, IU has to be taking a lot more than it's generating.  (Obviously, basketball is a different story. IU has good crowds and draws a lot of viewers.)

But if there is a school that's more or less dead weight, can the Big Ten force them out and make way for a better revenue generator? [/quote]

I would say no chance. College football is evolving into even more of the "haves" and "have nots" - the big 10 will likely go to 24 teams with pods of 6.

Cal/UCLA/Wash/Ore/USC/Colorado
Nebraska/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Iowa/Ill/Northwestern
MSU/Michigan/Purdue/Indiana/Ohio State
Penn State/Maryland/Rutgers/UVA/UNC/UMiami

and one other.

The pods play within each other every year and rotate to the other pods, home and away. The non-rev sports save on travel and for football, basketball. volleyball etc the end of season tournaments play against the 24 team SEC and those are your general national championships.[/quote]

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