That's what everybody is saying. Also explains the name change from SUNY Buffalo to New York State.


They can play in the Bills Stadium until a new OCS is built and hockey is popular in that area, so they can start a Hockey team with relative ease plus they are an AAU school.

(08-20-2013 10:52 AM)Cougar Hippy Wrote:  That's what everybody is saying. Also explains the name change from SUNY Buffalo to New York State.


They can play in the Bills Stadium until a new OCS is built and hockey is popular in that area, so they can start a Hockey team with relative ease plus they are an AAU school.

Who is "everybody"?

Twitter and the Big 12 and Big 10 boards are also discussing it.

why not?, Big Ten steals everything else from us.

Yes, they are. Also, UAB is going to the ACC and NIU is joining the CFL.

(08-20-2013 11:02 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Yes, they are. Also, UAB is going to the ACC and NIU is joining the CFL.

LOL.

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  why not?, Big Ten steals everything else from us.

I'd rather they stole Buffalo than a number of other teams.

Buffalo is the only MAC member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) which is pretty much a B1G requirement. (Nebraska almost lost their invite when they lost their AAU membership)

There was a lot of chatter about UConn to the B1G last month.

An interesting idea would be to pair UConn & Buffalo together as a package deal for the B1G. It gets the B1G around the thorny ACC GoR issue while increasing the B1G slice of the East Coast.

The B1G has always taken members from adjacent states which is one problem with UConn since a strip of New York separates them from Pennsylvania.

Why would the Big Ten want Buffalo when they could just as easily take Boston College, Cincinnati, U Conn, West Virginia, Syracuse.......

Buffalo fans think they are joining the B1G.

Silly Bulls fans.

Scenarios far more feasible than oHIo ever being invited anywhere:

- New York to the Big Ten
- NIU to the Big 12
- UMass to the ACC

(08-20-2013 11:07 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  why not?, Big Ten steals everything else from us.

I'd rather they stole Buffalo than a number of other teams.

One advantage of losing Buffalo is it makes more room for East Coast additions like JMU & Delaware.

Or the TARDledo plan of JMU, Delaware and VCU for 14 all sports with UMass FB-only.

Or.....just stay at 12 in FB, 11 in BB with UMass a FB only for 12. Then down the road when UMass moves on find a 12th replacement (Marshall?).

(08-20-2013 11:26 AM)andy76 Wrote:  Why would the Big Ten want Buffalo when they could just as easily take Boston College, Cincinnati, U Conn, West Virginia, Syracuse.......

GoR Issues: BC, Syracuse, West Virginia
Ohio State Issue: Cincinnati
Non-Adjacent State Issue: UConn

(08-20-2013 11:37 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:07 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  why not?, Big Ten steals everything else from us.

I'd rather they stole Buffalo than a number of other teams.

One advantage of losing Buffalo is it makes more room for East Coast additions like JMU & Delaware.

Or the TARDledo plan of JMU, Delaware and VCU for 14 all sports with UMass FB-only.

Or.....just stay at 12 in FB, 11 in BB with UMass a FB only for 12. Then down the road when UMass moves on find a 12th replacement (Marshall?).

No plan of mine involves Delaware.

(08-20-2013 11:27 AM)The Optimist Wrote:  Buffalo fans think they are joining the B1G.

Silly Bulls fans.

Ohio fans think they are the flagship of the MAC.

Silly bobkitten fans.

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Cougar Hippy Wrote:  Twitter and the Big 12 and Big 10 boards are also discussing it.

Links to the Big 12 and Big Ten boards, please.

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Cougar Hippy Wrote:  Twitter and the Big 12 and Big 10 boards are also discussing it.

I have no idea if it is true or not, but UB has everything except big time athletics.

UB is a B1G university with MAC athletics.

The question would be if they can get 4-star athletes to bypass UofM, OSU, PSU, etc. for Buffalo?

(08-20-2013 11:50 AM)TARDledo Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:37 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:07 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  why not?, Big Ten steals everything else from us.

I'd rather they stole Buffalo than a number of other teams.

One advantage of losing Buffalo is it makes more room for East Coast additions like JMU & Delaware.

Or the TARDledo plan of JMU, Delaware and VCU for 14 all sports with UMass FB-only.

Or.....just stay at 12 in FB, 11 in BB with UMass a FB only for 12. Then down the road when UMass moves on find a 12th replacement (Marshall?).

No plan of mine involves Delaware.

They might not be the most valuable school to add from a recruiting perspective....

A scenario:

B1G: Adds Buffalo/UConn
AAC: Adds UMass

The MAC in this case could go to 14 with Marshall, App State and James Madison....less travel for all 3 than aligning with SBC/CUSA. The ability to play mid week on ESPN would be a boost for recruiting.

The makes the MAC East almost into an Appalachian division with Ohio, Appalachian State, James Madison, Marshall and Kent, Akron, Miami all not far removed from Appalachia.

(08-20-2013 12:10 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(08-20-2013 11:01 AM)Cougar Hippy Wrote:  Twitter and the Big 12 and Big 10 boards are also discussing it.

I have no idea if it is true or not, but UB has everything except big time athletics.

UB is a B1G university with MAC athletics.

The question would be if they can get 4-star athletes to bypass UofM, OSU, PSU, etc. for Buffalo?

No but they may get 3 star guys to bypass Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Boston College which which would be enough to win in the B1G.