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Article IndexBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
During a turbulent period of conference realignment and expansion, the Big Ten Conference hasn’t been making too much noise since they added Nebraska.
According to the New York Daily News, some reports say the Big Ten may add Notre Dame and Texas by 2014. Notre Dame reportedly turned down offers to join the Big Ten last year and in 2006.
Texas A&M was invited to join the Southeastern Conference, and other big name schools seem to be looking elsewhere. Would Rutgers really be a bad choice for the Big Ten Conference?
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports believes that Rutgers could be a Big Ten candidate, but only if they brought company with them.
Bleacher Report believes the choice of Rutgers is risky because they haven’t done well against quality competition, and says they wouldn’t add to the strength of the conference.
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The Wall Street Journal says a New Jersey team would be a natural addition. We know Rutgers is extremely close to the big New York television market. And high-school students from New Jersey have been going to Big Ten universities—the students drawn by the schools' reputations and spirit.Rutgers' profile goes along with the Big Ten: Rutgers has about 40,000 undergraduates, it is a member of the Association of American Universities for research, and it ranks 66th in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings. The school had reached five straight bowl games before last season.
