Comments on: Dienhart: Latest moves will shake things up

By: Jim Dunn

Jim Dunn — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:41:59 +0000

I’m a SEC fan living in Big Ten country (Thank goodness for CBS, ESPN/Game Plan}. I love football and have watched Big Ten games. The league has inferior athletes compared to the SEC and other major conferences. How does adding sub-level teams like Maryland and Rutgers help the Big Ten compete nationally? If the BIg Ten doesn’t start recruiting premier athletes it will soon be a glorified MAC conference.

By: sbuel2

sbuel2 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:26:46 +0000

ND is aligning with ACC in all other sports, dropping B1G games in the future to schedule ACC opponents. If ND jumps into a conference, I think it looks like ACC and B1G is out of their line of vision. They will have less competition in ACC if that is where they go. Florida State picked ACC where the majority of the ACC had losing records when the independents, especially the Florida schools joined conferences, ND stuck to indepent status with their private TV contracts. Florida State sat atop ACC for a lot of years and seems to be resurging again.

By: aroznowski

aroznowski — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:25:38 +0000

If I were Jim Delany right now, there are two more moves that I would make at this point. I would offer lacrosse-only membership and CIC membership to Johns Hopkins so that both men’s and women’s lacrosse can be sponsored by the conference without having to wait for another Big Ten school to start lacrosse programs from scratch. After that, I would impose a moratorium on conference expansion similar to the one that the WCHA used to have.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:24:12 +0000

This is the best article I have read since hearing the news of Rutgers/Maryland; I am a Minnesota Alum, and a giant Big Ten fan, now living in Los Angeles. I was rather excited when I heard the news, but that excitement was dampened when I got online, where I was surprised by all the ignoramus’ blather and whining about the whole thing.. “it’s bad for INSERT STUPIDNESS HERE.” All of the sports writer’s crying about this or that… barf. We live in the future. We have airplanes and the internet. Choose to participate in the future or get out of the way for those of us who do. Also; if you’re not a Big Ten Alum- shut up.

By: Tom Fuller

Tom Fuller — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:51:50 +0000

Each team could have a home and away against a division foe in basketball and a game with each team from the other division to have 22 league games. Move Ilinois and Kansas to the Legends, Maryland and Rutgers to the leaders. Football will move to 9 league games, with 7 against division foes and only 2 from the other division, not as ideal as what the basketball schedule would look like, but basketball will drive the east coast market for TV dollars.

By: Tom Fuller

Tom Fuller — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:42:50 +0000

Add Kansas and Syracuse to make it 16 and have the best basketball conference possible!

By: FSchmertz

FSchmertz — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:02:50 +0000

Oops, left a comment in the question box, sorry.

You could even look at this as a way to put pressure on ND to make their minds up on FB.

Can’t see how they wouldn’t consider B1G a better fit, and they way things are going they might be on the outside looking in.

Assuming the eventual goal is 16, they want ND + who???

P.S. Rutgers grad here, glad they’ve finally gotten in such a prestigious conference. It’s where they belong, and now the job begins to get the Northeastern eyeballs watching (I know I will)!

By: sbuel2

sbuel2 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:46:28 +0000

Monney and TV contracts are what make colleges seek the best deal they can. B1G shares profits evenly which the Big 12 did not do. lots of money involved in TV rights and BTN broadcasts more than football so women’s sports gain exposure and there are some excellent women’s programs in the B1G

By: Jim Amber

Jim Amber — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:24:27 +0000

the only thing that really bugs me on re-alignment is the university presidents forever pontificatring that its not all about the money- college athletics has become ALL about the money- guys like Gordon Gee at Ohio State insult peoples intelligence trying to play down the greed and fear of not keeping up with big revenue streams

By: BTN.com staff

BTN.com staff — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:52:12 +0000

We think you meant “Big Ten” but we’re glad you like it.