"I consider the East Coast to be as important to us as the West Coast is even though the West Coast...

"I consider the East Coast to be as important to us as the West Coast is even though the West Coast has got the Rose Bowl and the Big Ten-Pac-10 relationship," adds Delany. "And it's so because of the recruitment of students, the recruitment of athletes, the size and scope of the markets. I hope it becomes more important."

From Delany's comments its obvious the conference is not going to be satisfied with 12 members. It added Nebraska in June, and that will allow the conference to host a Big Ten college football championship.

It's been rumored for most of the year that Rutgers University would be the Big Ten's eastern acquisition. But the Post points out that Boston College and Syracuse are also prime properties.

Jim Delaney on Further Big Ten Expansion (Digital Sports Daily)

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The money would be too good not to think long and hard about going to the Big Ten, but I would be a little disappointed to leave the ACC at this point. Some of the conference might not like BC, but we are just starting to build our own identity in the conference and would have to start over again if we moved.

Plus BC would take a pretty significant reputational hit having jumped from two BCS conferences in less than 10 years. That would be unprecedented (TCU probably comes closest to matching that in terms of non-BCS conferences).

BC Interruption, SBN's Boston College Eagles blog

by Brian Favat on Jul 24, 2010 6:50 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed

Basically it would come down to money vs. reputation for the people at the top. I personally don’t know if it is worth it ruining our reputation for more money.

by totheights on Jul 24, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions