http://theludwigs.com/2009/12/big-10-expansion-why-stop-at-12/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theludwigs.com/2009/12/big-10-expansion-why-stop-at-12/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Vincent Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:06:23 +0000 http://theludwigs.com/?p=3838#comment-809 The most logical expansion to 14 teams would be adding Syracuse, Rutgers...and Maryland. Those three and Penn State are the dominant athletic programs in the New York-to-Washington corridor, the most populous part of the country. Plenty of new eyeballs for the Big Ten Network. All three are Tier I academic institutions and Association of American Universities members, so they'd mesh with the rest of the conference. And athletically, you could put SU, Rutgers, Maryland and PSU in a power-packed Big Ten East with Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan. The most logical expansion to 14 teams would be adding Syracuse, Rutgers…and Maryland. Those three and Penn State are the dominant athletic programs in the New York-to-Washington corridor, the most populous part of the country. Plenty of new eyeballs for the Big Ten Network. All three are Tier I academic institutions and Association of American Universities members, so they’d mesh with the rest of the conference. And athletically, you could put SU, Rutgers, Maryland and PSU in a power-packed Big Ten East with Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan.

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