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ESPN’s Paul Finebaum expects Big Ten to continue expansion – see who he thinks will join the league

Is the Big Ten done at 16 teams or will they eventually add to their league’s footprint? ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum thinks there’s at least two more schools that will eventually join the Big Ten.

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren recently was quoted saying the Big Ten wasn’t in the business of expanding anymore — at least for now. He left the door open for the league potentially adding more schools, and Finebaum believes that door will remain open for two schools in particular — Washington and Oregon.

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Finebaum recently spoke with our sister site Rutgers Wire about Big Ten expansion and had this to say:

“I think in time, I mean, having watched up close with the SEC with Oklahoma and Texas – these are very complicated. moves. And I think you just can’t take four or five at the same time because the schedules are intricate and difficult,” Finebaum told RutgersWire in a recent interview.

“… I think Oregon and Washington are the two schools that would be the first first to go. Yeah, I still think there’s some movement left in the Big 12 so I don’t think that affects the big, the Big Ten can get who they want. I felt it for some time,”

It’s interesting hearing Finebaum’s take on the Big Ten potentially expanding and it would make sense if the league did want to add two more west coast schools to go with USC and UCLA so I completely agree with Finebaum’s thoughts here.

Click on the tweet below to get the complete interview with Finebaum from Rutgers Wire:

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