Articles tagged: Jim Delany
Jim Delany: Big Ten football schedule could move to 9 games, hoops slate could expand to 20
Posted: Nov 19, 2012Jim Delany has expanded the Big Ten once again, and with that, conference schedules for football and basketball could begin ... Read more »
ESPN announces new 12-year extension with the Rose Bowl, Big Ten and Pac-12
Posted: Jun 28, 2012No matter what happens with college football's future playoff model, the Rose Bowl game will be seen on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN announced Thursday that it's come to an agreement on a 12-year ... Read more »
Brady Hoke, Jim Delany don't agree on notion of football mega conferences
Posted: Jun 05, 2012Michigan football coach Brady Hoke envisions four college football super conferences "in about three years." Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany believes the traditions of the current alignments will win out. Read more »
Big Ten still backs BCS system, prefers plus-one over four-team playoff
Posted: Jun 04, 2012College football is moving toward a playoff of some variety, and the Big Ten is along for the ride ... against its wishes. Commissioner Jim Delany said during a conference call Monday the league prefers ... Read more »
Scheduling alliance aimed at broadening Big Ten and Pac-12 reach, improving brands for the long haul
Posted: Dec 28, 2011The Big Ten and the Pac-12 aren't merging. They're collaborating. And in doing so, the two leagues are broadening their reach to brand new lengths. "Our goal is to build something new here," Big Ten ... Read more »
big ten media day: Jim Delany shoots down any Big Ten expansion ideas and more notes
Posted: Oct 27, 2011ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Jim Delany doesn't want to hear it. He doesn't want to talk about it. And he couldn't care less if anyone cares about it. The Big Ten Conference commissioner was adamant Thursday ... Read more »
NOTEBOOK: Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany 'disappointed' in former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel
Posted: Jun 05, 2011Calling it a break in the chain of reporting, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said he was disappointed and surprised about the downfall of former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, but that he wasn’t ... Read more »
Final news, notes, observations and thoughts from the Big Ten spring meetings
Posted: May 19, 2011CHICAGO —The three-day Big Ten Conference spring meetings wrapped up Wednesday afternoon at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago and while nothing was definitively decided here, there were substantive discussions about multiple issues. Will ... Read more »
Big Ten athletic directors consider 9 conference games for football and moving league basketball games
Posted: May 18, 2011CHICAGO — The biggest issue surrounding whether or not the Big Ten Conference will go to nine in-conference football games isn’t about competitive balance or the potential of shortening the non-conference schedule. The biggest hangup ... Read more »
Opinion: Here's a solution for the Big Ten's logo and division naming fiasco
Posted: Dec 16, 2010A logo cherished as one of the most iconic in the industry had been replaced by something chintzy and generic. A long-respected brand became the butt of national jokes. In October, Gap Inc., the clothing ... Read more »
New York Times : Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany disagrees with NCAA ruling on Cam Newton
Posted: Dec 03, 2010Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany disagrees with the NCAA's ruling on Auburn quarterback Cam Newton's eligibility, and he said in a telephone interview with the New York Times that "there ought to be consequences." The ... Read more »
Amid Big Ten changes, a lot stays the same for Michigan football team
Posted: Sep 01, 2010The Michigan football program anticipated far-reaching changes on its future schedule as a result of Big Ten Conference divisions. Instead, the future, which begins in 2011, looks a lot like the past. After much anticipation ... Read more »
Winners and losers from the Big Ten conference realignment announcement
Posted: Sep 01, 2010There were definitive winners and losers Wednesday night when the Big Ten shuffled itself into two six-team divisions. Here's a look: Read more »
OPINION: Big Ten officials got the divisional alignment right because they listened to fans
Posted: Sep 01, 2010Fans wrote to Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany by the thousands. They wrote to Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne and Michigan’s Dave Brandon and Ohio State’s Gene Smith. They stated their preference to keep the ... Read more »
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