Our college football writer's list of schools he would like to join the Big Ten, which needs two additions to go from an uncomfortable 14 to an easy-to-manage 16:
1. Notre Dame
Yeah, yeah, I know it's never going to happen. But maybe someday the Irish brass will realize the school is located in the middle of the Big Ten footprint and far away from the bulk of the ACC. Plus, it would guarantee a football game every year against Michigan.
2. Texas
Illinois and the rest of the Big Ten schools are already recruiting in the Lone Star State.