Big Ten = 16

I’m from Minnesota and live in North Carolina.

That makes this big news:

As Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald writes: “Let’s just get on with it.”

His topic: The next round of expansion for the Big Ten, about which Barfknecht contends: “Commissioner Jim Delany is a smart, powerful man who knows the era of four 16-team superconferences is coming sooner than any of us wanted to believe.”

And who would those schools be? How about one that the Gophers just paid $800,000 to avoid on their football schedule?

Barfknecht: “Four BCS conference coaches and administrators I talked to Tuesday said they think the Big Ten is actively hunting for members 15 and 16, and mentioned the Tar Heels and Jayhawks.”

Wow!