<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fchicagoist.com%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2Fbig_ten_explores_expansion.php&amp;usg=AFQjCNGOVzIBcWLNIc8hEPgEeeDgzTrUXQ"><img src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/FSim9BaX2sp_AM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">Chicagoist</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fcollege-football%2Farticle%2F2009-12-15%2Freport-big-ten-expected-talk-expansion-12-teams&amp;usg=AFQjCNHe477R86XSWxeYVgpe6CvPXH5fNQ"><b>Report: Big Ten expected to talk expansion to 12 teams</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">SportingNews.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Big Ten conference officials were expected to release a statement sometime today addressing a possible expansion to 12 teams. Commissioner Jim Delany has called expansion a &quot;back-burner issue,&quot; but the expected announcement will move it to the front <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fespn.go.com%2Fblog%2Fbigten%2Fpost%2F_%2Fid%2F8232%2Fohio-states-gee-supports-bt-expansion&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCwq5-WEj4ioQfR36sIdNfQ83luA">Ohio State&#39;s Gee supports BT expansion</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ESPN (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fchi-15-big-ten-foot-dec15%2C0%2C2684882.story&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYqYvRkPiJU9kcaQFIXGzUVokswQ">Big Ten Conference looking into expanding to 12 teams?</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Chicago Tribune</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.com%2Frutgersfootball%2Findex.ssf%2F2009%2F12%2Fwill_rutgers_be_in_the_mix_wit.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNGOxD4z_uWRN9-BL9ltm4-eGHoQDg">Will Rutgers be in the mix with the Big Ten seeking to add a 12th school?</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>The Star-Ledger - NJ.com</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.annarbor.com%2Fsports%2Fbig-ten-could-begin-push-for-12th-team-soon-coach-says%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXm3un3zZ1Qu5cujeO1GsrVsSb5A"><nobr>AnnArbor.com</nobr></a>&nbsp;-<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbadgerherald.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2Falvarez_big_ten_will.php&amp;usg=AFQjCNERHfncKG7p0Wa5-th7Kq2ILQITVQ"><nobr>UW Badger Herald</nobr></a>&nbsp;-<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F308523-big-ten-expansion-will-hit-college-football-like-a-tidal-wave&amp;usg=AFQjCNGH5hx_OEkLYLuo-lj5v27iJFqvDQ"><nobr>Bleacher Report</nobr></a></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;topic=s&amp;ncl=dvzUkhZS3jqSBIMbTBzAwe56EDxSM"><nobr><b>all 26 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>