You are viewing this article in the AnnArbor.com archives. For the latest breaking news and updates in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area, see MLive.com/ann-arbor
Posted on Mon, Feb 15, 2010 : 2:14 p.m.

Big Ten commish: I haven't talked to any schools about joining conference

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany seemingly squashed talk that Texas had been approached about joining the Big Ten in a radio interview Friday.

Jim-Delany-021510.jpg

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany

Courtesy of the Big Ten

Delany told WSCR radio in Chicago the conference "will continue to have a pretty significant geographic connectivity to it."

The commissioner also said no schools have been contacted formally or informally, and that no such discussions would take place until this summer.

At that point, the Big Ten should welcome the Longhorns with open arms, writes Michael Hunt in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

When the Big Ten openly talked about expansion, it touched off a domino effect of sorts, with other conferences reviewing their options. Here's a look at other conference expansion stories, as well as the rest of today's college links:


CONFERENCE EXPANSION
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
COLLEGE BASKETBALL