Posted on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 : 6:06 a.m.
Big Ten expansion foreshadows superconferences, plus MAC's new bowl partners and Oregon's new basketball coach
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Notre Dame quarterback Nate Montana throws a pass during their spring college football game on Saturday.
AP photo
Four superconferences of 16 to 20 teams split into divisions. Each plays a conference championship game. Those winners meet in the national semifinals, and the survivors advance to a lucrative BCS national championship game.
There, was that so hard?
That's what Blair Kerhoff of the Kansas City Star would like to know. The columnist proposes a similar structure that he says would not only be good for the Big Ten, but good for college football.
More expansion talk: Pete Thamel of the New York Times says football, not basketball, will determine the future of the Big East.
Here's the rest of this morning's college links:
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- Associated Press:Â Montana leads come-from-behind win in Notre Dame spring game.
- Associated Press:Â Joe Paterno would like to see Big Ten expand to 14 teams.
- Associated Press: Mid-American Conference partners with 5 bowls.
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