... conference in recent months. Advocates such as Joe Paterno have made their case, while the league, especially commissioner Jim Delaney, has continuously slammed the idea.

For political reasons, Delaney cannot and will not ever say that expansion is a good idea. It would cause too much unrest within this traditional and old conference. So those fans who keep on hoping for Delaney to change his mind, I hate to break it to you, but that just isn't going to happen.

Most of the people who are against Big Ten expansion are the ones who say "we shouldn't do it just because everyone else is doing it," but the fact is, that may be the only reason the Big Ten is someday dragged into it. Most Big Ten teams end their season on November 21, two w...

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