I'll just leave this here for those interested in conference expansion.....

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Here's the entire article...

Aug 7, 2025, 2:33 PM

Just a friendly reminder. Just because a conference may be interested does not mean FOX Sports will approve of it.

"Conference office administrators created a list of desired programs thought to be attainable, according to multiple sources who have seen the list.

They included Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia"

ND obviously was a no from their end. North Carolina is obviously going to the SEC. Florida State I've talked about for the longest time now. Stanford and Cal got rejected by FOX Sports. Notice there was no Miami on the list and no Georgia Tech.

But now that western expansion isn't in an exploration stage, and the next additions for more growth for the conference would be the long-time desire of eastern/southeastern expansion, we still have Clemson and Florida State from that lists. Virginia doesn't have the interest from FOX Sports.

So when you hear of people say so and so school to the Big Ten, always make sure to remember and say/ask "ok, but what does FOX Sports think?" Don't forget that.

Note that I'm not saying Clemson and Florida State are both going to the Big Ten, simply saying this is a reminder of how things work and for the why you have to know the both sides of this to know the what will transpire, not what could transpire. Any person can throw this and that could happen to the wall and be "right" because they throw every option to the wall, but that doesn't mean they actually know anything because if you don't know the FOX Sports side of things, then you don't actually know much of anything.