You are making a huge assumption that there is a plan in place to add other West Coast teams. There is none at all right now.
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Agreed... would think, as long as he does good job at B1G, the longevity/stability of the job is with B1G, not the Bears who, like many NFL teams, changes management frequently.
Can't name sources but heard that an opportunity as "Rutgers OC" is making a dark horse bid for Warren as well.
no one can say, but I feel west coast travel partners will be a good reason to bring in more WC teams to the B1G and backdoor negotiations are probably going on between schools and B1G through 3rd parties.
I'm willing to bet conference expansion/realignment talks start up again in the summer after the school year is over. B1G isn't going to leave USC/UCLA on an island, they learned that lesson with PSU. I'm expecting Stanford/Oregon/Washington and one of Cal/Arizona to be targeted to get to 20 teams.
If it's inside the college athletics, I'd wonder if the ACC commish and former NW AD is the favorite. If it's outside college athletics, which has been the trend lately, it's anyone's guess.
Need someone who will lead the conference with expertise in athletic media rights, rather than thinking of it solely as an academic alliance. Player issues (not just institutional) will also come to the forefront as NIL and labor issues get settled. Don’t need an academic or other conference commish. Pernetti is looking pretty good to me.
Pat Hobbs. Has a legal background. Has a great track record at Rutgers.
He can then right all of the $$$ issues and wrongs for Rutgers.
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Right or wrong, they’ll never hire a guy that was dismissed from a member institution the way Tim was. No way he’ll be under consideration
I say this in jest (mostly)… He fell on his sword rather than throw the president under the bus. That’s exactly the type of person other presidents want.
So that means Julie is out too. Our hopes rest with Grunniger!
I look for OSU's AD Gene Smith to be the next B1G Commish.
But he might feel more comfortable where he is and not want more challenges being 66 years of age and knowing the job should be a long term one, not a hit and run to retirement
Another name I heard mentioned as a [possibility , Mark Silverman the president and chief operating officer of Fox Sports.
I've read that he had a big role in getting UCLA & USC to go B1G and was part of launching the BTN before joining Fox Sports and being credited with that networks successful handling of the way it covers college sports. .
But he might feel more comfortable where he is and not want more challenges being 66 years of age and knowing the job should be a long term one, not a hit and run to retirement
Another name I heard mentioned as a [possibility , Mark Silverman the president and chief operating officer of Fox Sports.
I've read that he had a big role in getting UCLA & USC to go B1G and was part of launching the BTN before joining Fox Sports and being credited with that networks successful handling of the way it covers college sports. .
Remarkable what a difference two years makes. January 2021 practically the whole board here was falling over themselves posting filth about Warren, saying he had no qualifications to be B1G commish.
I think any college administrator or coach who has a comparable NFL offer is nuts not to go.
Begging and campaigning for money 24-7 would get old to me
Begging and campaigning for money 24-7 would get old to me
might be getting out while the gettings good
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We dove into potential interim and long-term replacements for Kevin Warren at the Big Ten in our column this morning. Warren alienated the ADs and campus leadership in the league, so a consensus builder will be needed.
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Warren despite his accomplishments might have had too many in the B1G not liking him and decided best to leave a success rather than have to put up with the BS his detractors in prominent positions were giving him
might be getting out while the gettings good
Pete Thamel
@PeteThamel
We dove into potential interim and long-term replacements for Kevin Warren at the Big Ten in our column this morning. Warren alienated the ADs and campus leadership in the league, so a consensus builder will be needed.
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Warren despite his accomplishments might have had too many in the B1G not liking him and decided best to leave a success rather than have to put up with the BS his detractors in prominent positions were giving him
Big Ten buzz: Drama over Harbaugh, commissioner dominate title-game talk
What's next for the Big Ten as Kevin Warren heads to the NFL? And what about Michigan if Jim Harbaugh does the same? These topics dominated talk at the CFP title game.
This isn't really a good or fair take at all. 2 years ago he hadn't done much of note, and what he had done seemed a bit questionable. In the meantime, the SEC was running circles around him with their Texas and Oklahoma moves. Since then, he got the media rights deal done, seemingly to positive results. And he also made a counter move to the SEC by raiding the PAC for USC and UCLA. A move which I Iove and was advocating for since the SEC moved first. I think over the past 2 years Warren showed that he could handle the position. Prior to that, I think the criticism of him was fair. He needed to show some aggressiveness, which he ultimately did. What exactly did he do 2 years ago that was so impressive to you that you felt he was beyond reproach to evaluate at that time? I personally feel like the criticism of him at the time was warranted, but at the same time, I had an open enough mind that he was able to sway my opinion of him with his actions over the past 2 years.
please don't post articles like thisBig Ten buzz: Drama over Harbaugh, commissioner dominate title-game talk
What's next for the Big Ten as Kevin Warren heads to the NFL? And what about Michigan if Jim Harbaugh does the same? These topics dominated talk at the CFP title game.www.espn.com
>LOS ANGELES -- The offseason has long been a myth in college athletics, with drama from January to July annually transcending the football field and often trumping it in importance.
As the college football industry gathered in Los Angeles this week for meetings and junkets surrounding the College Football Playoff, the two buzziest stories immediately hovering over the sport were percolating in the Big Ten.
The future of the Big Ten commissioner job and the Michigan coaching position loomed as the most frequent topics in the bustling lobbies, swanky VIP rooms and gossip-filled sidelines.
Both jobs have thrust themselves to the forefront after the current holders of those jobs -- commissioner Kevin Warren and coach Jim Harbaugh -- recently delivered public statements of non-commitment.
So what's the latest on each?
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Without paying the price really don't know what the ESPN article says.
I can see Warren being aloof and the sort of guy who insulates himself in his office and lacks effective communication skills which is not a good attribute for a commissioner.
On the other hand, I’m glad Warren shared my ideals into growing the conference into a 20 school behemoth however sadly that vision is not currently shared throughout the conference.
However very happy he was successful in poaching USC and UCLA.
The guy was a lightweight and easily replaced. Personally, I think he's extremely foolish to leave this job (where "success" is very difficult to measure) for the NFL (where winning is demanded).
The most "Rutgers" thing ever would be if Pernetti was given the job, the entire Rutgers fandom became super-excited because we would now potentially have a "Providence controls the Big East" situation ... and then have Pernetti stick it to Rutgers at every opportunity for the next decade because of the way the school treated him.
Fair? Lol.
It was knee-jerk whining posted in an internet bubble in which the whims of know-nothing archmchair appendages have to be satisfied in milliseconds lest actual real-world actors be villianized.
And then, unsurprisingly, Warren proved those reactionary fools wrong.
Perhaps the best press conference performance I’ve ever seen. A great communicator.
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