(05-09-2017 02:55 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 02:53 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 02:50 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 02:22 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 02:12 PM)Wedge Wrote:  I have no idea whether the Big Ten has a serious interest in acquiring either of those schools, but if they were more interested in UNC than KU, this would be one major reason why:

Kansas population: 2.9 million
North Carolina population: 10.1 million

Gordon Gee (Ohio State's former president) said that if they had known how reallignment would shake out, they would have added Missouri and Kansas right after adding Nebraska.

Link? Also i'm sure they are quite happy with the millions of more dollars a year Maryland and Rutgers bring to the table.

"During the meeting, Gee also said he thought it was a mistake not to include Missouri and Kansas in earlier Big Ten expansion plans. Missouri has since joined the SEC."

http://www.espn.com/college-football/sto...-catholics

That doesn't mean the conference would have added those teams. That means Gee wanted to add those teams. Big difference. Delany had a different idea. Guess which one still has a say in the matter?

Yeah but Delanys idea had a 0.5-1% chance of working. He wasnt getting UNC, UVA, Duke to jump ship. In business, you dont swing for grand slams like that. Definitely poor decision making process there.