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Paterno's expansion plea met with no-go

By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Big Ten has no immediate plans to expand, and it would take more than a desire for a football championship game and a longer regular season for the league to add a 12th member, commissioner Jim Delany said. Penn State coach Joe Paterno last week called on the Big Ten to expand, saying the conference goes "into hiding for six weeks" while other leagues hold championship games and play into the first week of December. This fall, nine of 11 Big Ten teams will finish the regular season on Nov. ...

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