(05-12-2016 02:12 PM)Big Ron Buckeye Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 01:29 PM)ohio1317 Wrote:  You can't kill expansion talk. Going to 12 didn't stop it. I doubt 16 would either. At some number though, you'd probably also start hearing contraction/split talk.

GREAT IDEA!!! Expand to 22. Then show Purdue and Northwestern the door for over a century of ineptitude.

Northwestern football has had 9 winning seasons (3 Big 10 Conference champions or Co-Champions) the last 21 seasons, 4 seasons with a 6-6 regular season record and 8 losing seasons. Not great but a huge improvement over the previous 50 years and better than a number of other conference members (Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois) from 1995 to the present. Before considering what program(s) you want to shed, look at what they've done in the last 20 years.

Cats also had their first 20 win basketball season in 15/16 and with Collins leading the program they will continue to trend upward