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Creating a Conference

22 hours ago ago from WVU PressBox

If you’re an avid reader of the site, then you’ve probably already seen the news story stating that the Big Ten Conference is looking to expand to twelve teams. Never mind what that sentence implies about the math skills of the universities in the Big Ten This isn’t really news, of course. Everyone knows that the Big Ten has been considering a new team for a while now; it’s just that now the idea seems to be gaining momentum. As is ...

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NostraDONus: Big 10 landing a 12th will have domino effect in CFB

8 hours ago ago from Teflon Don Sports

Call them the Big Tentative. At least that is the reputation of the Big 10 conference over the past decade as they’ve been reluctant to change and bypassed by the SEC and Big 12 as the premier football conference after each organized enough teams, that being 12, to conduct an annual conference championship game. With conference championship games rising in stature to the degree that players, coaches, alumni and fans value a victory in ...

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Joe Scanlon's thoughts on conference strength

15 hours ago ago from CIS Hoops.ca

When I unveiled my personal views about the top 10 men’s teams in CIS basketball, I inevitably reflected my view of the relative strength of the various conferences – not necessarily the overall strength of the conference but the strength where it counts, at the top. In women’s basketball, I find it relatively easy to state with confidence that, “the West has the strongest teams,” or “the OUA West is stronger than the OUA East”. I find ...

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The Big Ten is Goin’ out Raidin’

9 hours ago ago from The College Football Voice

Brian Kelly dipping and ripping through the chance to finish a perfect season at Cincinnati surprises me. The fact that the Big Ten wants to expand does not. The Big Ten has sent its Rose Bowl representative to its BCS slaughter the past three years, much to the disapproval of the rest of the nation. In fact, the Big Ten hasn’t won the Rose Bowl since Wisconsin on January 1, 2000. Ohio State breezed through a Big Ten championship only to be ...

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Big Ten Baseball Tournament To Remain In Columbus

3 hours ago ago from College Baseball 360

Extension At Huntington Park Will Run Through 2010 Season Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference, Huntington Park and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission announced today that Columbus, Ohio, will be home to the Big Ten Baseball Tournament for the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. The Big Ten played its first neutral-site tournament since 1994 at Columbus’ Huntington Park in 2009 and will return to the Indiana won the 2009 Big ...

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Big Ten evaluating expansion to 12 teams

23 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Sports

CHICAGO -- The Big Ten might be getting bigger. The league said Tuesday it will explore options over the next 12 to 18 months for expansion. Big Ten presidents and chancellors decided this month that the timing is right to study adding a 12th school. The Big Ten also looked at expansion in 1993, 1998 and 2003. Penn State was the last team to join in 1990, and Notre Dame rejected an offer in 1999. The league, whose offices are in ...

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NC lottery retailers can win jackpot now, too

1 hour, 59 minutes ago ago from U.S. News

NC lottery retailers can win jackpot now, too RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's 6,100 lottery retailers will now get more than publicity when someone wins a big jackpot at their stores - they'll get cash, too. The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission voted Wednesday on giving retail outlets bonuses of up to $50,000 when they sell the top winning tickets for a pair of twice-weekly multistate numbers games, including Powerball and ...

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