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<blockquote data-quote="anflessner" data-source="post: 1908045" data-attributes="member: 749674"><p>Warren stunk. I have hated listening to the Score telling listeners how great his Big 10 tenure was. He was available to the Bears because the conference wanted him out.</p><p>1. Covid.... Warren was 1st out of the gate to announce he was cancelling the season. He assumed other leagues would fall in line. Jim Delaney lead on issues. Other conferences followed his lead in instant replay, conference TV networks, league expansion, the BCS and then College Football Playoff. On August 11th Warren comes out and says we are cancelling games for the season. He expected everyone to follow as they did with Delaney. The Pac-12 does follow. Nebraska says they will play a non conference schedule. Warren says no you won't. But the SEC, Big 12, and the ACC say we are playing. The Big 10 finally reverses course and plays 8 games, 3 or 4 less than the other 3 conferences.</p><p>2. Expansion. USC lead their and UCLA's entrance into the Big 10. Warren was along for the ride. Then after he wanted to continue expanding while presidents and athletic directors were good where the membership stood. Also some blame Warren for being unaware Texas and Oklahoma were possibly available.</p><p>3. His one triumph, the TV deal, is showing itself to not be as great as reported.</p><p>4. Communication with university athletic directors and coaches was terrible, as we are finding out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anflessner, post: 1908045, member: 749674"] Warren stunk. I have hated listening to the Score telling listeners how great his Big 10 tenure was. He was available to the Bears because the conference wanted him out. 1. Covid.... Warren was 1st out of the gate to announce he was cancelling the season. He assumed other leagues would fall in line. Jim Delaney lead on issues. Other conferences followed his lead in instant replay, conference TV networks, league expansion, the BCS and then College Football Playoff. On August 11th Warren comes out and says we are cancelling games for the season. He expected everyone to follow as they did with Delaney. The Pac-12 does follow. Nebraska says they will play a non conference schedule. Warren says no you won't. But the SEC, Big 12, and the ACC say we are playing. The Big 10 finally reverses course and plays 8 games, 3 or 4 less than the other 3 conferences. 2. Expansion. USC lead their and UCLA's entrance into the Big 10. Warren was along for the ride. Then after he wanted to continue expanding while presidents and athletic directors were good where the membership stood. Also some blame Warren for being unaware Texas and Oklahoma were possibly available. 3. His one triumph, the TV deal, is showing itself to not be as great as reported. 4. Communication with university athletic directors and coaches was terrible, as we are finding out. [/QUOTE]
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