11 teams in the big 10? WTF?

[Parshooter]

Originally Posted by theycallmedan'lboone

And y'all say us folk down here can't count!
While comparing conferences yesterday evening with a co-worker... sure enough 11 teams in the big 10? WTF? It's from when PennState joined in 1990, and they just said screw it we're leaving it be.


can you see the hidden 11? I can, it's all I see now, on either side of the T.... Damn Yankee's...

And it only took you 18 years to figure it out

Originally Posted by Parshooter

And it only took you 18 years to figure it out

Better late than never.

[gvarsity]

It's all about preserving the brand. It doesn't actually matter ** sarcasm** how many teams there are in the conference THE BIG TEN is a well established trademark. It's all about dollars not logic. The other thing is if they decide to try to get a school to jump over from another conference or bring in Notre Dame so they can have a conference championship game THE BIG TWELVE is already taken.

Originally Posted by gvarsity

It's all about preserving the brand. It doesn't actually matter ** sarcasm** how many teams there are in the conference THE BIG TEN is a well established trademark. It's all about dollars not logic. The other thing is if they decide to try to get a school to jump over from another conference or bring in Notre Dame so they can have a conference championship game THE BIG TWELVE is already taken.

I am sure the Big 10 would love to have the Irish (it makes complete sense for the conference). However the Irish love the current setup ($$$) with NBC and their special deal with the BCS.

[taltos]

Originally Posted by gvarsity

It's all about preserving the brand. It doesn't actually matter ** sarcasm** how many teams there are in the conference THE BIG TEN is a well established trademark. It's all about dollars not logic. The other thing is if they decide to try to get a school to jump over from another conference or bring in Notre Dame so they can have a conference championship game THE BIG TWELVE is already taken.

They could call themselves the Over Rated Twelve.

[floydp]

Originally Posted by taltos

They could call themselves the Over Rated Twelve.