KevinMcD

Another Serious Reel-Line-Mint....

If this rumor is true, and Notre Dame has incentive enough to go to the Big Ten, this is how I see it playing out....

Big 10 11 16-

Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pitt (16)

(Notre Dame would pull Pitt along with the others rumored)

SEC-

Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kentucky, LSU, Florida State, Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson (16)

(SEC would try to match the Big 16 and raid 4 teams from the ACC, two more Florida schools and rivals of Georgia and SC with GT and Clemson)

PAC 10 16-

USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU, Fresno State, Nevada, UNLV, San Diego State (16)

(Like the SEC and Big 16 the PAC 10 will try to become the Pac 16. Utah and BYU would be obvious choices, basically in the same market, but good sports programs, big money, good academics and huge fan bases. Nevada and UNLV also bring in the Las Vegas and Reno markets and a semi-large fan base. SDSU brings in the other large city in California with San Diego and Fresno or possibly SJ State would be that last spot. They would like Boise, but they go to the Big 12.)

Big 12 16-

Texas, Texas A+M, Baylor, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Colorado, TCU, Houston, Boise State, Colorado State, UTEP, Rice (16)

(The Big 12 also wants 16 now, they obviously add TCU who was left out before, Houston for that large market, even if most of their fans are UT fans. Same with UTEP and Rice, schools in larger markets in Texas. Colorado State comes along too. Boise State is the wild card, not a large market, out in the middle of nowhere, but have the success on the field and they have fans all over who root for the "underdog". They could keep these fans when they move to a larger conference.)

ACC-

BC, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Virginia, NC State, UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, USF, UCF, ECU, Memphis (12)

(Once Again the ACC screws over the Big East. They pull USF to make up for the loss of FSU and Miami. They also get UCF, ECU and Memphis, who the Big East would also love to have.)

Big East-

Louisville, Cincinnati, Syracuse, WVU, UCONN, Buffalo, Miami-Ohio, Ohio, Akron, Temple (10)

(The Big East tries to keep hold, which will be hard once Memphis, UCF and ECU head to the ACC. They raid the MAC. They take the school with the largest endowment, student population, and in the largest market in the MAC, Buffalo. They also add the other Eastern Ohio teams with football history and can keep up in basketball, Ohio, Miami and Akron. Temple also comes back just football. Basketball will still be 16 teams. Each team will play every other team once, with one "rival" they will always play twice a year. (Cuse-UCONN, Nova-G-Town, Louisville-Cincinnati, Seton Hall-St. John's, Providence-DePaul, WVU-Marquette Ohio-Miami, Akron-Buffalo) These can change if new rivals develop over time or when teams become more or less dominant.)

C-USA-

Tulane, USM, Louisiana Tech, UAB, Troy, Arkansas State, MTSU, UL-M, UL-L, North Texas, FIU, FAU (12)

(Some of C-USA leaves, but they get some up and coming schools from the Sun Belt)

Mountain West/WAC-

Wyoming, AF, New Mexico, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Utah State, Hawaii, Idaho, SMU, Tulsa (10)

(After losing a lot of the talents the two conferences merge. They then add SMU and Tulsa from C-USA.)

MAC-

CMU, WMU, EMU, NIU, Ball St, Toledo, Bowling Green, Kent State, WKY, Marshall, Army, Navy (12)

(After being raided by the Big East the MAC gets back Marshall, gets the new FBS team in WKY and convinces the two service academies to come in.)

Expand the Big10 and BigEast both to 12 teams, so they can have conference championships

Big Ten:

Ohio State

Penn State

Northwestern

Illinois

Indiana

Michigan

Iowa

Michigan State

Purdue

Wisconsin

Minnesota

West Virginia

Big East:

Pitt

Louisville

Syracuse

UConn

South Florida

Cincinnatti

Rutgers

Central Florida

East Carolina

Memphis

Akron

Temple

I know you are an Akron fan, and I am a University at Buffalo fan, but there is no way Akron gets in before Buffalo.

UB has more students (28,192 v. 27,380), a larger endowment ($410M v. 133M), in a bigger market size (1,170,111 v. 694,960) and is a member of the AAU, which Akron is not. There are only 3 AAU members that field a FBS football team that are not in a "Big 6" conference; Rice, Tulane and UB.

The only thing I think Akron has over Buffalo are better athletic facilities, especially the new stadium. That is obviously a major factor, but I think UB would get in before any other MAC school.

Also, WVU would not get into the Big 10, they are not an AAU member, which is a requirement to join the Big 10. Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers, Iowa State and Mizzou are.

No matter who the 12th School is, I believe it will come out of the Big East

1) Nortre Dame (Long Shot)

2) Rutgers

3) UConn

4) Pitt

5) West Virginia

6) Syracuse (Long Shot, Boeheim does not want to leave the Big East)

Now if ND(basketball only) leaves. The Big East should pick up

1) Xavier

2) Dayton

3) Charlotte

4) UMass

5) St. Joseph's

If any of the other 5 (footballs/bastketball) leaves. The Big East should pick up

1) Memphis

2) UAB

3) Marshall

I do think that if the Big 10 adds a team it will come from the Big East, most likely SU or Pitt. And Notre Dame is more than just basketball in the Big East, it is basically every sport but Football.

Also, do not count out UB from the Big East competition if they do expand. They are a great academic university, they have an expanding campus and student body, and bring a large market to the Big East, Buffalo, NY. Marshall brings a small town. However, Memphis and UAB do bring a large market, but I believe that UB and Memphis will be front runners because they are more in the Big East Territory. Don't count out Navy, Army, UCF and ECU. I believe they have a shot also, UCF could be the front runner because of their huge market and student base.

-Eddie Murray with the Angels.

I'm probably wrong, but isn't that his stint with Cleveland?

Well that is what I get for trusting captions on pictures.

-Cal Ripken Jr. with the AAA Rochester Red Wings.

-Eddie Murray with the Angels.

-Frank Robinson in many uniforms

Jackie Robinson playing football at UCLA.

The Bisons have the retired #'s on the wall, and the championships on the banner on the wall, both updated this year.

Sabres Accomplishments, now updated with 07 accomplishments.

Sabres retired #'s

The Bills honored (not retired, only #12 is retired) #'s are up on the wall like this example of the most notorious Bill of all time.

The Indians have these hanging in the concourse for the WS winning teams. I'm not sure if they have anything else around the stadium.

And these in the RF bleachers honoring their retired #'s.

Fenway has these banners for the AL East/AL/WS Champs.

Born in Buffalo so that explains the Sabres, Bills, UB, and Syracuse

My dad grew up a Oriole fan because of Brooks Robinson, he passed that fanhood to me when I was born.

I'm going to SUNY Cortland (D-III) in the fall so i'll obviously follow D-3 sports more throughly, with the Red Dragons as my team. I also will continue to root for SU and UB because of their D-I status.

Danny Gare-Detroit Red Wings

Thurman Thomas-Miami Dolphins

Andre Reed-Washington Redskins

Jim Kelly-Houston Gamblers

Bruce Smith-Washingon Redskins

Exactly how is the "roof" supposed to close or open? In the renderings, it's always closed. On ballparksofbaseball.com, it says it would close by way of the "Hoist Tower". But where does it go when it is opened? It meets at one point on the tower, and unless somebody manually unhooks it from there, it could only be up, as shown, or down on the field. I hope everybody understands what I'm saying.

I'm sure there is a way that it opens and closes correctly. I'd just like to know the process of the "roof" opening and closing, because right now, I'm confused about it.

I am not sure if I understand you correctly, but I believe that there is a permenant wire(s) between the "hoist tower" and the main stadium behind home plate. I think that the roof material is drawn down the wire to the roof of the main structure. The material is held in the main roof in my understanding.

The lights are probably under the "roof" overing the main stands, somewhat like Heinz field...