RE: Big 10 expansion wish list according to Athlon
The end goal is always Notre Dame. They will take enough ACC schools along with the SEC taking a few to get ND to move once again. If they go to the Big XII just watch as the Pac once again gets eyes for their own expansion. Notre Dame is the angel of death for any conference who harbors the Irish. First the Big East, now the ACC and then the Big XII if they go down that route.
The B1G will take UNC, Duke and UVA and the SEC will take VT and NC St which will essentially take the mid atlantic region away from the ACC and the Irish.
I also see the SEC taking FSU and WVU to really expand for their network.
B1G gets UNC, Duke, UVA and ND.
SEC gets VT, NC St., FSU and WVU.
If the Big XII is lucky the Pac doesn't take 6 of it's members. Though those 6 (UT, T Tech, OU, OSU, KU, KSU) along with WVU could easily just vote to dissolve the league which would dissolve the GoR agreement. If the Big XII doesn't exist then neither does their TV contract. That would certainly suck for Baylor, TCU and ISU, though I could see them hooking up with the remnants of the ACC and a few nBE schools.
BC, Cuse, UConn, Temple, Pitt, UofL, UC, Wake, Miami, Clemson, GT, ISU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, USF.
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