... a 12th Big Ten member, the college sports world has been buzzing with expansion rumors. Most of these rumors involve Notre Dame; the rest generally involve Big East schools (specifically Rutgers, Syracuse, and Pitt). As the Big Ten isn't really considered to have a shot at landing Notre Dame (largely due to the Irish television contracts as well as the additional losses), the most likely scenario, other than no expansion at all, is the Big Ten stealing a Big East school.

The Big East has been here before—in 2004 and 2005, the ACC raid of Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College (and nearly Syracuse) brought the conference to the brink of survival. Only by raiding C-USA for Louisville, Cincinnati, and South Florida (as well as Marquette ...

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