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Originally Posted by valo403
ND sure, but I don't think ISU is desirable at all. It adds nothing to the Big Ten. The market is small, and the Big Ten already has it largely under their control, and the athletic programs are average at best. It's not an outlier academically, but it doesn't bring a boost their either. Both Rutgers and Syracuse would be much better targets, with Pitt and possibly Cincinnati in the mix. Boston College would be great, but I don't get the sense they want to go anywhere. Rutgers and Syracuse break into new markets for the Big Ten, and while the NYC market isn't really based around one team (Wisconsin and Michigan probably have just as many alumni here as Cuse) both of those teams enhance the Big Ten's presence in some of the nations biggest markets and are very strong academically. Syracuse football has been down for a while but has a strong history and the basketball program is elite. Rutgers isn't great athletically, but they've been improving and you'd have to figure a move to the Big Ten would allow them to keep some of that NJ talent that goes elsewhere.
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Oh I know, I just said Iowa State because I'd prefer that conferences at least appear geographically reasonable. Texas in the Big 10 is as stupid as TCU in the Big East.