(08-05-2020 09:58 PM)schmolik Wrote:  

(08-05-2020 09:23 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Maybe not the AD or president, but JoePa did say to the press in 2009 that he wanted the Big Ten expand with one out of "Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt." And JoePa carried a lot of weight at Penn State. (Too much, but that's another issue.)

https://www.tribdem.com/sports/paterno-p...95a08.html

And the Big Ten gave Penn State a big middle finger by giving them Nebraska.

(08-05-2020 09:36 PM)Statefan Wrote:  Had Penn State decided to form a conference in the late 1970's, they could have also had South Carolina and Virginia Tech at the outset.

PSU, Pitt, Rutgers, Temple, Syracuse, BC, West Va, VT, SC - this is a conference that does not need the Catholic Basketball Only schools and it does not start off with one foot in the grave.

South Carolina's too far south. They wouldn't fit in. Virginia Tech also seems ho hum. This was many years before Michael Vick.

I wonder if this conference could have gotten Maryland to jump ship from the ACC.

Rutgers and Temple are ho hum. It takes more than 5-6 to make a good conference.

(08-05-2020 09:58 PM)schmolik Wrote:  

(08-05-2020 09:23 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Maybe not the AD or president, but JoePa did say to the press in 2009 that he wanted the Big Ten expand with one out of "Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt." And JoePa carried a lot of weight at Penn State. (Too much, but that's another issue.)

https://www.tribdem.com/sports/paterno-p...95a08.html

And the Big Ten gave Penn State a big middle finger by giving them Nebraska.

More like, coach says he wants this school, president wants someone else. Nebraska’s chancellor’s “in” with the Big Ten was UNL’s former chancellor, then president of Penn State. Perlman was in very close contact with Spanier while Nebraska was in talks with the Big Ten.

Coaches and AD’s talk. Presidents vote.