Ohio State Comment of the Day: Academics have nothing to do with Big Ten expansion

"Laughable logic. Like physics or medical researchers are suddenly going to pick up the phone and call their contemporaries at Missouri or Nebraska only because they joined the Big Ten." - ultra

View full sizeTracy Boulian | The Plain DealerSome fans don't buy it when Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith lists academic reasons for Big Ten expansion.

In response to the story Big Ten expansion would be about opportunities, says OSU's Gene Smith, cleveland.com reader ultra thinks the academic arguments for expanding the Big Ten are shaky. This reader writes,

Laughable logic. Like physics or medical researchers are suddenly going to pick up the phone and call their contemporaries at Missouri or Nebraska only because they joined the Big Ten.