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Big Ten backs proposal to shift portion of baseball season to fall
Big Ten baseball teams have retreated into national irrelevancy since 1984, when Michigan made the College World Series. No league team has made it back since. Some think beginning the season during the fall may ...
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Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany seemingly squashed talk that Texas had been approached about joining the Big Ten in a radio interview Friday.
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:
- Mountain West shakeup could follow Pac-10 expansion. Bob Hammond, Laramie Boomerang.
- Pac-10 expansion. A look at the options. Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News.
- Colorado should pursue an invite into the Pac-10. Terry Frei, The Denver Post.
- The Big Ten shouldn't be the only conference pursuing Texas. George Schroeder, SI.com.
- Twelve recruits commit to Texas during Junior Days. Laken Litman, The Dallas Morning News.
- Taunt opponent, lose a TD? That's a new NCAA proposal. The Associated Press.
- Eddie Robinson museum opens at Grambling. The Associated Press.
- Michigan's Cam Gordon ready to switch positions from WR to safety. Dave Birkett, AnnArbor.com.
- This week's Big Ten notebook. Michael Rothstein, AnnArbor.com.
- Awful Rutgers upsets No. 7 Georgetown. Brendan Prunty, The Star-Ledger.
- But is it enough for Fred Hill Jr. to keep his job? Steve Politi, The Star-Ledger.
- Breaking down a mock bracket, a look ahead to the Final Four and more. Seth Davis, SI.com.
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