Pitt considered for Big Ten expansion in 2022

[HailToPitt725]

Just broke in a story documenting Oregon and Washington’s move to the Big Ten:

“Within the Big Ten office last summer, then-commissioner Kevin Warren led an expansion exploration that spanned more than a dozen schools, many of whom reached out to the league about an acquisition after the Los Angeles schools joined. Conference office administrators created a list of desired programs thought to be attainable, according to multiple sources who have seen the list.

They included Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia and, of course, Oregon and Washington. In fact, outside counsel for UO and UW met with Big Ten administrators twice last year — once in Chicago and another in New York.”

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[pittmeister]

Not surprised at all. Like I have said many times, Pitt is more desirable than you think. Certainly more desirable than VT, Duke, NCST, and GT….

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Just broke in a story documenting Oregon and Washington’s move to the Big Ten:

“Within the Big Ten office last summer, then-commissioner Kevin Warren led an expansion exploration that spanned more than a dozen schools, many of whom reached out to the league about an acquisition after the Los Angeles schools joined. Conference office administrators created a list of desired programs thought to be attainable, according to multiple sources who have seen the list.

They included Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia and, of course, Oregon and Washington. In fact, outside counsel for UO and UW met with Big Ten administrators twice last year — once in Chicago and another in New York.”

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No VT? Impossible!

 

[Pittnerski]

Heather will have us in the best position moving forward, wherever that might be

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

They included Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia and, of course, Oregon and Washington.

As I have said before, there are a couple of the "Backstabbing Seven" who are going to find that the rest of the college football world doesn't have nearly as high an opinion of their schools that they do.

 

[pittmeister]

Gee…. Miami isn’t listed either….

 

[The Ole Six-Fiver]

Any lingering thoughts of that happening likely disappeared this past month

 

[H2Ppanthers]

I pray that we get into the B1G…

 

[PittMan2003]

I interpret this as… we will never get invited to the Big Ten, but we are not at the bottom regarding desirable programs. We will probably end up in the big 12.

 

[H2Ppanthers]

Friggin Joe P did everything he could to block us from the B1G