jim delaney. >> before we give it up to the spartans. let's hear it for the great effort and respect we have for the university of iowa and its football team. >> [cheers and applause] so. our champion 2015 eastern champion now big 10 champion. >> what i think we will find out tomorrow our representative and the college football playoffs. >> [cheers and applause]. let me present the championship trophy to mark dantonio and his group. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. congratulations. you started this season with a slogan. you have a chance to go higher than the big 10 championship now. >> reach higher. thank you very much for coming down. all of the spartans in the house. >> [cheers and applause]. >> all the way up to the roof. we started out the day and wanted to go farther than he went last year. 12 and 1. we are marching. great job by our offense and our coaches. driving the length of the field. outstanding job by our defense. let's get onith the party. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. everyone in football talks about championship

jim delaney. spartans. let's hear it for the great effort and respect we have for the university of iowa and its >> [cheers and applause] >> that's big 10 class. so. our champion 2015 eastern champion now big 10 champion. >> [cheers and applause] >> what i think we will find out tomorrow our representative and >> [cheers and applause]. let me present the championship trophy to mark dantonio and his group. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. congratulations. you started this season with a slogan. reach higher. you have a chance to go higher than the big 10 championship now. >> reach higher. thank you very much for coming down. all of the spartans in the house. >> [cheers and applause]. >> all the way up to the roof. we started out the day and wanted to go farther than he went last year. 12 and 1. we are marching. great job by our offense and our coaches.

jim delaney. >> before we give it up to the spartans.ear it for the great effort and respect we have for the university of iowa and its football team. >> [cheers and applause] >> that's big 10 class. so. our champion 2015 eastern champion now big 10 champion. >> [cheers and applause] >> what i think we will find out tomorrow our representative and the college football playoffs. >> [cheers and applause]. let me present the championship trophy to mark dantonio and his group. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. congratulations. you started this season with a slogan. reach higher. you have a chance to go higher than the big 10 championship now. >> reach higher. thank you very much for coming down. all of the spartans in the house. >> [cheers and applause]. >> all the way up to the roof. we started out the day and wanted to go farther than he went last year. 12 and 1. we are marching. great job by our offense and our coaches. driving the length of the field. outstanding job by our defense. let's get on with the party. >> [cheers and applause]

jim delaney. >> before we give it up to the spartans. let's hear it for the great effort and respect we have for the university of iowa and its football team. >> [cheers and applause] >> that's big 10 class. so. our champion 2015 eastern champion now big 10 champion. >> [cheers and applause] >> what i think we will find out tomorrow our representative and >> [cheers and applause]. let me present the championship trophy to mark dantonio and his group. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. congratulations. you started this season with a slogan. reach higher. you have a chance to go higher than the big 10 championship now. >> reach higher. all of the spartans in the house. >> [cheers and applause]. >> all the way up to the roof. we started out the day and wanted to go farther than he went last year. 12 and 1. we are marching. great job by our offense and our coaches. driving the length of the field. outstanding job by our defense. let's get on with the party. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. everyone in football talks about championship dr

jim delaney. >> before we give it up to the spartans. let's hear it for the great effort and respect we have for the university of iowa and its >> [cheers and applause] >> that's big 10 class. so. our champion 2015 eastern champion now big 10 champion. >> [cheers and applause] >> what i think we will find out tomorrow our representative and >> [cheers and applause]. let me present the championship trophy to mark dantonio and his group. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. congratulations. you started this season with a slogan. reach higher. you have a chance to go higher than the big 10 championship now. >> reach higher. thank you very much for coming down. all of the spartans in the house. >> [cheers and applause]. >> all the way up to the roof. we started out the day and wanted to go farther than he went last year. 12 and 1. we are marching. great job by our offense and our coaches. outstanding job by our defense. let's get on with the party. >> [cheers and applause]. >> coach. everyone in football talks about championship drives. you j

[laughter] you know, i went out and interviewed jim delaney, and i asked him -- jim is the commissioner of the big ten, and i should disclose, went to the same catholic boys' prep school in new jersey that i went to, st. benedict's, but -- three years ahead of me. great basketball player. i asked him about maryland and rutgers and why, and really, you know, again it comes back to money and economics. yeah, the schools probably fit the profile of other big ten schools from a research standpoint in academics and size, but geographically it's really valuable to the big ten because it allows them to lock up geography, it helps recruiting wise for the schools, but it also expands the market for their big ten cable network. jim said that, look, there's and million eyeballs -- there's 13 million eyeballs between new york city down to d.c., and if we get a million of those eyeballs then, wow, that's going to be really great; meaning the subscriptions for the big ten network. so the economics are there. now, for maryland i don't know enough about their declining attendance, but it wouldn't surpr

you know i went out and interviewed jim delaney and i asked him the commissioner the big 10 and i should disclose the prep school in north new jersey that i went to be with three years ahead of me, great tosca ballplayer. anyway i asked him about maryland and rutgers and why and really you know again it comes back to money and economics. e the school probably fits the profile of other big 10 schools for a research standpoint in academics but geographically it's really valuable because it allows them to lock up geography. it allows them, and helps recruiting wise for the schools but also expands the market for the big 10 cable networks. jim said look there are 13 million eyeballs between new york city down to d.c. and if we get a million of those eyeballs then wow that's going to be really great meaning to big 10 network. so you know the economics are there. now, for maryland, i don't know enough about the declining attendance but it's surprising if a football team would have a declining interest there but the amount of money that they can make when they become a full-fledged member of th

programs of the country just a terrific track program so that you know i went out and i interviewed jim delaney asked him as the commissioner of the big ten and i went to the prep school three years ahead of me, great basketball player. anyway, you know i asked him about maryland and rutgers and again it comes back to manage and -- money and economics from the research standpoint in academics and size but geographically it is valuable to the big ten because it allows them to block up geography and helps the recruiting lines for the schools but also expands the market for the big ten cable network. jim said there's 13 million between new york city down and if we get a million of those, that's going to be great needing this obstruction for the ten networks of the economics are there. now for maryland, i don't know enough about their declining attendance but the amount of money they can make when they become a full-fledged member of the big ten command i forget how many years that takes come it takes a few to be fairly significant from what they were getting when they belonged and it's probably a