ESPN’s Paul Finebaum expects Big Ten to continue expansion – see who he thinks will join the league
Is the Big Ten done at 16 teams or will it eventually add to the league’s footprint? ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum thinks there’s at least two more schools that will eventually join the Big Ten.
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren recently said the Big Ten wasn’t in the business of expanding anymore — for now. He left the door open for the league potentially adding more schools, and Finebaum believes that door will remain open for two schools in particular: Washington and Oregon.
Finebaum recently spoke with our sister site Rutgers Wire about Big Ten expansion and had this to say:
“I think in time, I mean, having watched up close with the SEC with Oklahoma and Texas – these are very complicated moves. And I think you just can’t take four or five at the same time because the schedules are intricate and difficult,” Finebaum told RutgersWire in a recent interview.
“… I think Oregon and Washington are the two schools that would be the first first to go. Yeah, I still think there’s some movement left in the Big 12, so I don’t think that affects the big, the Big Ten can get who they want. I felt it for some time,”
It’s interesting hearing Finebaum’s take on the Big Ten potentially expanding, and it would make sense if the league did want to add two more West Coast schools to go with USC and UCLA, so I completely agree with Finebaum’s thoughts here.
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