Big Ten Discussing 12th Team is a Good Thing

Big Ten Discussing 12th Team is a Good Thing

Joe Paterno started it when the 154 year old Penn State coach told a group of reporters that it was time for the Big Ten — aka: the Conference that can not count — to add a 12th team and create a conference championship game. Commissioner Jim Delany kept it going by discussing, though not encouraging, the possibility. It’s a topic that should not go away.

Paterno mentioned two key reasons why the league should add a 12th team. The obvious one is to create a football championship game that could rival the SEC and Big 12 for national importance. (Rumor has it the ACC has a title game but no one has ever seen it… sorta like the Yeti of college football).

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5/6/09