My Take: What do you mean no football championship?

In sports journalism you hear a lot of outlandish things. Sometimes coaches, players, athletic directors, and even commissioners will leave you scratching your head, but this time Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany has totally taken the taco.

For the past couple of months all we've heard about in terms of college athletics is the possibility of Big Ten expansion. First it's on the fast track...then it's non-existent. Now the possible expansion is months away.

That doesn't mean that the expansion is not going to happen this year. We have heard from many sources that expansion is years down the road. And to be honest I believe that because I have been hearing about Big Ten expansion for the past decade. If not long before that as well.

We saw the precursor to expansion when Penn State joined the conference in the 90's. We have heard the rumors about Notre Dame kicking around the idea for over 15 years. And now we are listening to reports floating possibly 16 teams in the conference, but yet nothing officially from the heads of the conference.

That isn't what takes the taco though. The fact that this isn't for a conference championship football game is what stuns me. Let's be honest...is there any other point in expanding the conference.

The Big Ten already has a conference basketball tournament. The conference already has it's own cable network. The Big Ten already brings in more money than any other conference on a yearly basis. So what is the point of expansion.

I'm not saying that I personally am against the possibility of expansion. To be honest it is exciting to possibly have a conference that can rival the SEC competitively. But to tell us that this isn't for a conference football championship game is a complete lie.

That has to be the only reason that you would be doing this. I understand being able to get into new media markets with the Big Ten Network. I understand that more schools equals more dollars in the collective pot, but you know what else does. A conference championship football game that the networks will have to pay to get their hands on , or the Big Ten will air it on their own network.

All this is saying is that maybe it is time that the Big Ten stops selling fans a bridge to nowhere. We all know why the Big Ten wants expansion (if they do want it...which would make this past three months a waste) is because it is another revenue stream. So Jim Delany please stop selling the Big Ten fans an outhouse and telling us it's the Taj Mahal. We're a little smarter that you think we are, and that's my take.