Talking about expelling members, the Big 12 does have the right to expell Baylor from the conference for their recent scandal with the rape culture in their sports.
I wonder if Rutgers and Maryland's plus Minnesota's scandals could also be an excuse as well? Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Missouri as well? I think all conferences should put in their bylaws that if any schools that have scandals that includes athletes that committed raped and covered it up could be voted on by the other members to boot you from the conference. I think all schools may start recruiting and vetting the kids better. That means head coaches have to do a better job.Of all the schools we mentioned in this thread are not attracting the players who are good, but do not want to be part of the team culture where you have players that do bad things.

(09-30-2018 03:48 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Talking about expelling members, the Big 12 does have the right to expell Baylor from the conference for their recent scandal with the rape culture in their sports.
I wonder if Rutgers and Maryland's plus Minnesota's scandals could also be an excuse as well? Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Missouri as well? I think all conferences should put in their bylaws that if any schools that have scandals that includes athletes that committed raped and covered it up could be voted on by the other members to boot you from the conference. I think all schools may start recruiting and vetting the kids better. That means head coaches have to do a better job.Of all the schools we mentioned in this thread are not attracting the players who are good, but do not want to be part of the team culture where you have players that do bad things.

If they did this, there would be almost no one left in some conferences. Don't put all the blame on the athletes because coaches can be just as bad or worse (e.g., Arkansas).

(09-26-2018 12:20 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 08:47 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 06:46 PM)Bogg Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 10:58 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  What if there is nobody watching that team on tv or in person. Adding Rutgers is losing money for the Big 10 by that pictures alone. Miami Florida looked like that under their scandals.

Big 10 wasn't after ratings when they added Rutgers (nobody watches them), they were after carriage fees from cable subscribers forced to pay for the Big 10 Network in NY/NJ. The strategy wasn't to make the conference better, it was to sneak their way onto the subscription list of people who didn't have a choice (and it worked, for the record).

I want him to explain how Rutgers is losing OSU TV money since they are getting more TV money than anyone else not in the B1G right now.

Less tickets sold = lost of money.
People not watching the games = advertisers pulling out. Advertisers pulling out = lost of money to run the Big 10 Network.

Less tickets sold? PSU is selling less tickets even when they don't play Rutgers? They still sell plenty of tix when Rutgers comes to town and the huge increase in TV money covers the few hundred less they might sell. You are just a moron who thinks Bufflo is the answer or some D3 team no one has even heard of before

(09-26-2018 12:47 AM)MrCincy Wrote:  The Big 10 should have added UConn. Maybe they will in the future.

UConn is getting blown out in the AAC. You think they'd be doing better in the toughest division in CFB?

(09-26-2018 08:42 AM)Bogg Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 10:07 PM)madizoned-level2004 Wrote:  

(09-25-2018 08:26 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  Well since they have even yet to get a full cut of TV money I doubt the fellow B1G Presidents are holding it against Rutgers that they aren't up to B1G snuff when it comes to infrastructure.

As for the attendance yes, losing and losing BIG does that to any fanbase.

Northwestern: Less than a decade ago



Purdue:



Illinois:


Indiana:

Not just losing, but Rutgers fans are fair weather in the literal sense. I was at two of the games pictured on the previous page, and left early both times. I remember the torrential rain and 40mph winds of that 2014 noreaster storm Wisconsin game and the rain that turned to sleet by the 3rd quarter of that Penn State game in 2016. Everyone, home and visiting fans alike, cleared out, into the concourses or in our case to a bar by the train station. Wind-driven ice pellets to the face aren’t fun whether your team is winning or losing.

Eh, the storms aren't a positive, but the wind does a decent job of clearing out that general New Jersey stink that seems to stick to you at the Lombardi rest stop and follows you damn near to Swedesboro.

Oh im sure you're familiar with all the highway rest stops along the I95 corridor.

(09-29-2018 11:05 AM)Poster Wrote:  MD and Rutgers were invited to the Big 10 a few days after ND's ACC deal was announced. I had forgotten about this until I read some old threads.

I wonder if Maryland was invited to the BIG as revenge for the ACC permanently shutting the door on ND, and Rutgers was added because the BIG needed a 14th team and couldn't find anybody else.

Yup, the most powerful conference in college sports couldn't find anyone else to join.

(10-01-2018 06:09 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-26-2018 12:47 AM)MrCincy Wrote:  The Big 10 should have added UConn. Maybe they will in the future.

UConn is getting blown out in the AAC. You think they'd be doing better in the toughest division in CFB?

Just playing devil's advocate, had the B1G called UConn early they could have finally snapped their men's basketball national championship drought while still giving the Michigans and States Penn and Ohio their customary in-division football bodybag game just fine (plus the women's titles, for what they're worth). At least we'd be doing something for the conference trophy case.

(10-01-2018 06:10 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-26-2018 08:42 AM)Bogg Wrote:  Eh, the storms aren't a positive, but the wind does a decent job of clearing out that general New Jersey stink that seems to stick to you at the Lombardi rest stop and follows you damn near to Swedesboro.

Oh im sure you're familiar with all the highway rest stops along the I95 corridor.

The highway rest stops are the best parts of New Jersey. Without them, you'd have to stop in Actual New Jersey.

(10-01-2018 06:39 PM)Bogg Wrote:  

(10-01-2018 06:09 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-26-2018 12:47 AM)MrCincy Wrote:  The Big 10 should have added UConn. Maybe they will in the future.

UConn is getting blown out in the AAC. You think they'd be doing better in the toughest division in CFB?

Just playing devil's advocate, had the B1G called UConn early they could have finally snapped their men's basketball national championship drought while still giving the Michigans and States Penn and Ohio their customary in-division football bodybag game just fine (plus the women's titles, for what they're worth). At least we'd be doing something for the conference trophy case.

(10-01-2018 06:10 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-26-2018 08:42 AM)Bogg Wrote:  Eh, the storms aren't a positive, but the wind does a decent job of clearing out that general New Jersey stink that seems to stick to you at the Lombardi rest stop and follows you damn near to Swedesboro.

Oh im sure you're familiar with all the highway rest stops along the I95 corridor.

The highway rest stops are the best parts of New Jersey. Without them, you'd have to stop in Actual New Jersey.

And i'm sure you meet many interesting people there too huh?





The B1G sure thought New Jersey was nice enough to stop there every year. Whens OSU coming to Storrs?

(10-02-2018 05:38 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  The B1G sure thought New Jersey was nice densely populated enough to stop there every year infiltrate cable packages lucratively. Whens OSU coming to Storrs?

FTFY. And God, playing football in the B1G's eastern division would be miserable. It'd simply be sacrificing the football program for the financial betterment of the school (which is where Rutgers is now). That division is a no-win situation.