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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteRhino" data-source="post: 1487665" data-attributes="member: 633721"><p>The B1G did not want Syracuse, a (relatively) small private school in Upsta. When Maryland became available, Delaney couldn't pass up the chance to get into the Mid-Atlantic region. Rutgers actually has many more fans in New York City than Syracuse and also brings the state of New Jersey.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No doubt. That's basically what it would be, except you would be adding genuine flagship universities with (mostly) respectable football programs (Illinois currently excluded), in some more populous states to what was best about the Big 8 (Oklahoma & Nebraska) and the old SWC (Texas). You would also be connecting the media markets of Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Des Moines.</p><p></p><p>No doubt, it's probably a pipe dream, but that division would make a great football and basketball conference (as well as wrestling, volleyball, golf, tennis, etc.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhiteRhino, post: 1487665, member: 633721"] The B1G did not want Syracuse, a (relatively) small private school in Upsta. When Maryland became available, Delaney couldn't pass up the chance to get into the Mid-Atlantic region. Rutgers actually has many more fans in New York City than Syracuse and also brings the state of New Jersey. No doubt. That's basically what it would be, except you would be adding genuine flagship universities with (mostly) respectable football programs (Illinois currently excluded), in some more populous states to what was best about the Big 8 (Oklahoma & Nebraska) and the old SWC (Texas). You would also be connecting the media markets of Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Des Moines. No doubt, it's probably a pipe dream, but that division would make a great football and basketball conference (as well as wrestling, volleyball, golf, tennis, etc.) [/QUOTE]
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