At this point, expansion of the Big Ten conference is seemingly inevitable: Joe Paterno thinks it is coming, there is talk of a 16-team megaconference and just this past weekend, talks within the conference were fast-tracked. In all of these rumors, reports and talks, Syracuse has often been mentioned as a target if and when the Big Ten decides to invite more members.
Introducing The RO*TEL Big-Ten-O’Meter
↵As such, our Syracuse blog, Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician, decided it was time to keep track of all this speculation, and the likelihood of the Orange joining Iowa and Minnesota. And what better way to do that than with The RO*TEL Big-Ten-O’Meter (named after the commercials for RO*TEL -- “canned tomatoes and green chiles that you add to your cheese dips in order to make them spicier, zestier or festiver” -- that frequent the Big Ten Network):
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↵I’ll let its author Sean Keeley explain:
↵↵We know how much JoePa wants expansion. We know he wants conference expansion and we know he wants Syracuse to be a part of it, amongst other schools. So depending on how this all plays out, Paterno is either going to be really happy or really sad. It would only make sense that the O’Meter tracks itself by those emotions. And so you see on one side, Sad JoePa. If it begins to look more and more like SU will not be part of the discussion, the arrow will veer towards him. On the other side is Happy JoePa. If Syracuse gets invited and/or looks like they’re going to accept, we go that-a-way. Somewhere in the middle is Quizzical JoePa and Pleasantly-Surprised JoePa filling in the emotional range that he’s capable of.
↵↵I’m beginning to think the college football offseason may be too long ...
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