(08-19-2017 12:15 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(08-19-2017 11:11 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(08-19-2017 10:46 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  A complete list going beyond 3 would be:

Pitt
SU
ND
WVU
VT
UMD
RU

If and when any of the bolded schools join the Big Ten, then they can be placed on Penn State's conference schedule.

I doubt most of those schools will ever join the B1G, and I doubt most want to.

I think that the days of bloated conferences are numbered. It doesn't make sense for schools like PSU and Minn to be in the same conference. They have next to nothing in common.

(**I chose Minn because PSU's 1st B1G fb game was against Minn.**)

I think quite the opposite is true: conferences will get larger and will have divisions or pods built to preserve rivalries.

There's simply too much money to be made by consolidating control of media rights into the stronger conferences.