You may have heard about this expansion thing in the Big Ten. So have we. But after what seemed like weeks of stories suggesting that Big Ten expansion could come any day now, we finally got something to bite into--the Big Ten spring meetings in Chicago.
Unfortunately, all we got was a big chunk of ice from Jim Delany, who quite plainly articulated that expansion plans are still on the 12-18 months timetable, and that no decision would come now, or anytime soon.
Not that it has stopped every news outlet from churning out expansion stories like collector mugs full of hot cocoa on a rainy November Saturday in Beaver Stadium.
But since it really does look like things are cooling off around Big Ten expansion, we decided to dial back our Doomsday Clock by three minutes. The time is now:
11:50
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Clock History
| Day | Change | Time | 'Till Midnight | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | 0 | 11:45 | 15 min. | Initial setting of Big Ten Expansion “Doomsday” clock |
| May 10 | +11 | 11:56 | 4 min. | Sports Radio 810 WHB reports Big Ten has extended initial invitations to Nebraska, Missouri, Rutgers, and Notre Dame |
| May 11 | -3 | 11:53 | 7 min. | Jim Delany enters full-scale denial mode about Sports Radio 810 WHB report |
| May 19 | -3 | 11:50 | 10 min. | Jim Delany, says expansion plans are still 12-18 months away |
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