... that the Big 11 (er,...10) will seek an additional member for their conference should come as no surprise. Penn State Coach Joe Paterno has been talking this up to anybody that would listen for years.

The initial question on most Big 10 fans minds is who will be added.  The more intriguing questions in my mind are: why? how? and the resulting implications. The other conferences will not take this lying down.

Why? Money. I think the powers that be in Bloomington, Ann Arbor, Columbus, etc. look at the wild success that the conference title games have become and are salivating. Can you imagine a Big 10 Title Game in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis or at Soldier Field in Chicago? The Big 10 wants their new TV Network to succeed...

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