Putin and Paul Finebaum won’t be happy…
Big Ten moving west?
- Thread starter Alan Smithee
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I’d argue the Bay Area cares even less about Stanford than the Chicagoland area. I lived in SF for 6 years and did not hear a peep about Stanford sports.
Northwestern wasn't as selective when I was admitted.
While that may be true, pretty sure more Stanford grads stay in the area as opposed to NU grads (maybe I know too many Stanford grads).
The 2 big conferences don’t need the other guys. Champs play each other, title decided
If they add more, outside of ND, Washington amd Oregon are really the only two that make sense. This round of alignment isn’t about population for TV networks, it is about making the most big time matchups for your TV partner to air. It’s why the SEC went to a state they already had for Texas.
This isn’t a coincidence this leaked and came out as the Big Ten is in negotiations with the other networks.
This isn’t a coincidence this leaked and came out as the Big Ten is in negotiations with the other networks.
I could be wrong on Baylor as my ears, as well as my eyes, my feet and the rest of my body are not what they used to be. LOL
As non-conference opponents it wouldn't bother me. I long for the old school Big Ten. I thought Penn State was a fit, but these other additions have transformed it from a regional conference to a economic cooperative. The tradition is gone.
I thought about this yesterday, but I wasn't sure if the Spartans are from the same region of Greece as the Greeks that fought Troy.
Menelaus was the Spartan king that joined the other Greeks when they sailed for Troy. He wasn’t as central of a figure as Achilles or Odysseus but the Spartans were there.
In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean Sparta. According to the Iliad, Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus.
I can't believe you dropped all this knowledge for free for us proletariat to read!
Ah, yes the old if-you-don’t-agree-with-me-you’re-delusional argument. Solid and unassailable.
Honestly? I have no interest in watching USC at all. Four quarters plus one half of that monotonous fight song and I’m ready to be institutionalized. Don’t allow that band anywhere near the Midwest.
I think the addition of USC then demands a trophy game between USC and MSU. I would be surprised if mock-ups haven't already been made.
