In what I'm sure will become a more regular feature, I wanted to devote one post a week to links specifically about the story in the Big Ten and all college sports right now, and that's expansion.
I'll still sprinkle in some expansion-related stories in the daily lunch links, but I'd rather try to keep those to football-specific topics. This post likely will appear each Monday until expansion armageddon -- dun ... dun ... dun -- arrives.
While there has been little concrete reporting about expansion -- and tons of unsubstantiated rumors -- everyone is writing about expansion or weighing in on what might happen. The buzz around this topic is insane, and I'm not going to ignore it for a nanosecond.
Here's a nice helping of expansion-related links from the weekend:
I'll still sprinkle in some expansion-related stories in the daily lunch links, but I'd rather try to keep those to football-specific topics. This post likely will appear each Monday until expansion armageddon -- dun ... dun ... dun -- arrives.
While there has been little concrete reporting about expansion -- and tons of unsubstantiated rumors -- everyone is writing about expansion or weighing in on what might happen. The buzz around this topic is insane, and I'm not going to ignore it for a nanosecond.
Here's a nice helping of expansion-related links from the weekend:
- Why Nebraska should join the Big Ten and a bunch of other expansion-related nuggets from Tom Shatel of the Omaha World-Herald.
- The big question isn't whether the Big Ten should expand, but how big the league should become, Bill Rabinowitz writes in The Columbus Dispatch.
- Kentucky should consider joining the Big Ten for more money and the chance for more football success, Mark Story writes in the Lexington Herald-Leader.
- Jim Delany's mantra should remain Notre Dame or nothing, Joe Rexrode writes in the Lansing State Journal.
- Sports Illustrated's Austin Murphy outlines the three likeliest scenarios for expansion, and what he think will happen (good read).
- Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez says any rumors about Big Ten expansion right now are pure imagination, Teddy Greenstein writes in the Chicago Tribune.
- Big East basketball coaches are closely monitoring what the Big Ten does, Liz Clarke writes in The Washington Post.
- The Big 12 might not be known for defense, but commissioner Dan Beebe had better play some in the coming months, Dave Sittler writes in the Tulsa World.




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