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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132096811" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Good chance the Big Ten expands before that.&nbsp; If Notre Dame agrees to join them it will happen by 2025 (When NDs contract runs out).&nbsp; ND is in discussions with NBC right now to see what NBC will do and that would go a long long way towards NDs decision.Also, UCLA and USC are FAR away from anyone else in the B10.&nbsp; It is highly unlikely that they will be left on that sort of an island through 2030.The B10 may just be waiting out the immediate Pac negotiations to avoid legal issues (and that helps schools make decisions when they know what they can get on the open market) as well as the ND decision.The B10 will also get a new influx of cash once the next playoff starts and that may also influence when they add schools.Of course since the SEC has nowhere to go except mainly to the ACC to get to 20 and any certainty of more revenues, maybe the Big Ten is waiting to see what they can pick out of the ACC first before taking schools like Oregon or Washington&nbsp; or Stanford when they can acquire UNC and UVA and GT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132096811, member: 1428007"] Good chance the Big Ten expands before that. If Notre Dame agrees to join them it will happen by 2025 (When NDs contract runs out). ND is in discussions with NBC right now to see what NBC will do and that would go a long long way towards NDs decision. Also, UCLA and USC are FAR away from anyone else in the B10. It is highly unlikely that they will be left on that sort of an island through 2030. The B10 may just be waiting out the immediate Pac negotiations to avoid legal issues (and that helps schools make decisions when they know what they can get on the open market) as well as the ND decision. The B10 will also get a new influx of cash once the next playoff starts and that may also influence when they add schools. Of course since the SEC has nowhere to go except mainly to the ACC to get to 20 and any certainty of more revenues, maybe the Big Ten is waiting to see what they can pick out of the ACC first before taking schools like Oregon or Washington or Stanford when they can acquire UNC and UVA and GT. [/QUOTE]

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