(01-28-2016 01:29 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  BC sits in the 8th largest and one of the wealthiest media markets on the country and has decent numbers in that market.

Massachusetts also is on the Atlantic Coast so at that time, Like Miami and VT, all were in coastal states. I know it's a stretch but Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre dame & Louisville are indirectly fed water from the Atlantic ocean from the St. Lawrence river to the great lakes and Alleganey River to the Mighty Ohio River. Which also passes by West Virginia and Cincinnati Ohio.

I see what you did there!

(01-28-2016 11:13 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-28-2016 11:11 AM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  ACC: If they could they would kick out Wake Forest and probably add East Carolina.

ACC trade a founding member for East Carolina? East Carolina?

Right......when I read a post pumping a G5 school for P5, I immediately look to see who the poster roots for and sure enough.... the G5 school

If this question was asked in the 1980's, the answer for the Big 10 clearly would have been Northwestern.

Despite some decent success in the last 20 years for the football team, there is still a perception in the conference that NW does not pull it's own weight. It's attendance is mostly driven by big 10 alumni from other schools that now live in the Chicago area. IF NW was cut loose, they probably would have to consider dropping down to the MAC and MVFC.

With all that stated, the Big 10 would miss NW if they were no longer around. And just like everybody else said in this thread, it ain't gonna happen.

(01-28-2016 05:08 PM)goofus Wrote:  If this question was asked in the 1980's, the answer for the Big 10 clearly would have been Northwestern.

Despite some decent success in the last 20 years for the football team, there is still a perception in the conference that NW does not pull it's own weight. It's attendance is mostly driven by big 10 alumni from other schools that now live in the Chicago area. IF NW was cut loose, they probably would have to consider dropping down to the MAC and MVFC.

With all that stated, the Big 10 would miss NW if they were no longer around. And just like everybody else said in this thread, it ain't gonna happen.

In a power conference that's excellent in academics, Northwestern is the undisputed bell cow. Plus they've been linked with the Big 10 and most of its member institutions forever. Unless they, I dunno, stopped offering scholarships or something equally dramatic, they'd never be cut loose from the Big 10, even if they never went to a bowl again and continued not making the NCAAs.

(01-28-2016 04:44 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-28-2016 01:29 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  BC sits in the 8th largest and one of the wealthiest media markets on the country and has decent numbers in that market.

Massachusetts also is on the Atlantic Coast so at that time, Like Miami and VT, all were in coastal states. I know it's a stretch but Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre dame & Louisville are indirectly fed water from the Atlantic ocean from the St. Lawrence river to the great lakes and Alleganey River to the Mighty Ohio River. Which also passes by West Virginia and Cincinnati Ohio.

I see what you did there!

If I recall, WVU is on the Monongahela, not the Ohio. That's not fed by the St Lawrence. But you still have to give an A for the effort.

(01-28-2016 06:41 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(01-28-2016 04:44 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-28-2016 01:29 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  BC sits in the 8th largest and one of the wealthiest media markets on the country and has decent numbers in that market.

Massachusetts also is on the Atlantic Coast so at that time, Like Miami and VT, all were in coastal states. I know it's a stretch but Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre dame & Louisville are indirectly fed water from the Atlantic ocean from the St. Lawrence river to the great lakes and Alleganey River to the Mighty Ohio River. Which also passes by West Virginia and Cincinnati Ohio.

I see what you did there!

If I recall, WVU is on the Monongahela, not the Ohio. That's not fed by the St Lawrence. But you still have to give an A for the effort.

I assume all the Marshall fans are away from their computers at the moment, otherwise one or more of them would have already pointed out that Huntington is on the Ohio River...