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WhiskeyM

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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #182 on: July 31, 2021, 11:51:47 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 31, 2021, 07:26:13 PM
Arkansas and Kansas derive from similar roots.  The Algonquin name for the Quapaw tribe was acansa.  The Algonquin name for the related Kaw tribe was kansa.

The Algonquin were native to Canada as well.  They have a beer named after them up there, Algonquin Honey Brown.  It's delicious.

The drinking age in Canada is 19 (18 in some territories).  We used to take weekend road trips up there from Pittsburgh to enjoy it.

Niagra Falls is something everyone should see, it's spectacular in person. The Canadian city of Niagra is a fun experience as well.  There's a casino.  The beer is quality.  They are obsessed with wax museums and haunted houses (strange niche).  Strip clubs are full nude and you can touch (don't judge, we were teenagers then).  Good weed too.  Toronto is a short drive from there, excellent city.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #183 on: August 01, 2021, 09:18:27 AM »
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #184 on: August 01, 2021, 09:28:26 AM »
Pretty much need to split off the bay area for it to make sense, or add Notre Dame.

I don't think you can take all 4 CA schools, only 4 valuable properties in the P12 are USC/UCLA/UW/OU.


https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/1421500476416217089?s=19
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #185 on: August 01, 2021, 10:12:20 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 31, 2021, 07:03:55 PM
I'd opine "New York" is not really new either, except relative to Old York.

North Carolina is in what most view as the south.  I don't know what to do with Arkansas relative to Kansas. 

We have a 'burb called Sandy Springs, which might have springs long lost to development.  Stone Mountain is largely stone at least, which is gneiss.

Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it, I can't say.
People just liked it better that way.

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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #186 on: August 01, 2021, 10:15:58 AM »
When someone posts "It is believed that...", it's about as vague a statement as one can make, or so it is believed.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #187 on: August 01, 2021, 10:20:43 AM »
Adding a Cali school would be a huge mistake. Their govt likes to meddle heavy handily in everything, and they will be the first state to ban FB because of concussions. 

Adding Rutgers was less short sighted than it would be to add a school from California. 
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #188 on: August 01, 2021, 10:24:58 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on August 01, 2021, 10:20:43 AM
Adding a Cali school would be a huge mistake. Their govt likes to meddle heavy handily in everything, and they will be the first state to ban FB because of concussions.

Adding Rutgers was less short sighted than it would be to add a school from California.
Maybe just the two private ones?
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #189 on: August 01, 2021, 11:17:02 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 01, 2021, 10:12:20 AM
Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it, I can't say.
People just liked it better that way.
They changed it because the English defeated the Dutch Republic in one of the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century and took New Amsterdam in the process.  Control of it was given to James, Duke of York (the future King James II), who passed control on to four of his friends (maybe he owed them money) with the stipulation that it be named for him.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #190 on: August 01, 2021, 11:51:09 AM »
He was quoting song lyrics.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #191 on: August 01, 2021, 12:37:24 PM »
Novia Scotia is French for New Scotland.

That's pretty weird.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #192 on: August 01, 2021, 01:30:34 PM »
Latin, actually.

The French called it Acadia.

Know where the Acadians went and who they became after the Brits kicked them out of Acadia (and named it Nova Scotia)?

Think strange accents in Louisiana.
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« Reply #193 on: August 01, 2021, 01:31:15 PM »
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #194 on: August 02, 2021, 08:33:58 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 01, 2021, 01:31:15 PM
Frank the Tank in Chicago on why the Big Ten doesn't need to expand.

https://frankthetank.org/2021/07/26/texas-and-oklahoma-leave-the-big-12-why-newtons-third-law-doesnt-apply-to-conference-realignment-and-the-big-ten/

I like the idea of adding Army and Navy to the Big Ten that someone put forward in the comments section of the Frank the Tank piece.
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Re: Likely expansion targets for the B1G
« Reply #195 on: August 02, 2021, 09:02:29 AM »
Tom Shatel thinks there are 3 options................

https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/shatel-how-the-big-ten-can-become-college-footballs-biggest-superconference/article_5f019e82-f17c-11eb-9ffc-cf66f0cdcbf3.amp.html

1. Form an alliance with the Pac-12, with nonconference scheduling among the 26 schools in all sports.

Create big-time matchups for Fox. Become partners in everything, share conference rules, etc.

That’s fine. But that’s not enough.

2. Target and pursue six Pac-12 schools to join the Big Ten.

USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford and Colorado.

Boom. There’s a 20-team super conference. There’s a Big Ten that stretches from Los Angeles to New York.

Now there’s one more option for those with a heartier appetite.

3. Take on the entire Pac-12.

That’s 26 schools. One giant conference. Divide it into two 13-school divisions. Call them the “Mamas” and the “Papas” ("California Dreaming"?).

Nebraska, the San Diego of the Big Ten, would be happy to slide west. And start counting the money.
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