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The Big Ten has sent college conferences across America into a tizzy with its announcement that it will examine the possibility of expanding. Of course, the announcement was really a non-announcement \u2013 the conference has always looked at expansion issues every few years. However, this feels a little bit different this time around where it feels as if though the conference is finally starting to think about options outside of the Irish-born elephant located in the middle of the conference footprint in South Bend that always seems so stubborn or what they would call \u201cindependent\u201d.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, I wrote that if the Big Ten ever wanted to expand with a school other than Notre Dame, then it ought to invite Syracuse for a variety of reasons. A lot of the same analysis still applies today, although I wanted to do a comprehensive review of the various candidates using a 100-point index as I\u2019ll expand upon in a moment. The conclusion is that the best available Big Ten candidate certainly wears orange, but it\u2019s not who most of the general public is discussing even though it makes incredible sense considering that a new school has to have a massive impact in order to make it worth it for the conference, which is the nation\u2019s oldest and wealthiest, to split the pot 12 ways instead of 11….<\/p>\n

Read it all:\u00a0 The Big Ten Expansion Index: A Different Shade of Orange \u00ab FRANK THE TANK\u2019S SLANT<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Big Ten has sent college conferences across America into a tizzy with its announcement that it will examine the possibility of expanding. Of course, the announcement was really a non-announcement \u2013 the conference has always looked at expansion issues every few years. However, this feels a little bit different this time around where it … <\/p>\n

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