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Big Ten's original plan to get to 16 took a hard turn when Mizzou went to the SEC. They thought SEC had no desire to get Mizzou and they would be there when they were ready to expand to 16 with them and Kansas. They are probably going to have to take Iowa State instead.
The funny thing with all this expansion talk its been like 30 years plan in the works. SEC original expansion plan in the late 80s and early 90s was A&M, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Clemson and Florida State. SEC is about full circle on that with South Carolina instead of Clemson and Mizzou instead of FSU. Big Ten in the early 90s were looking to expand with Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Rutgers. Yes Rutgers had been on the Big Ten expansion plans since the early 90s. An ACC and Big East football school merger had been talked about in the early 90s. All of this is documented in major newspapers during this time. It's not like any of this should be a surprise it just takes time and right media partners to push it in the right direction.
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