I noticed Delany made a couple of points repetitively both Monday and today about expansion. And Delany is typically very calculating, so he might have given us some clues about the Big Ten's plans.
First and foremost, he repeatedly floated the idea of 16 teams. And in both occasions, he mentioned "14 teams is a prime number" and he doesn't like prime numbers. This was a strong inference that they're not happy with 14. And that they're opening East coast offices tells me they're probably not done, though I think we all realize that East is the only way they'd likely go anyhow.
But the other interesting thing is that he's now making a big deal about expanding to contiguous states. If this is a clue, then we can limit Delany's targets to:
Virginia, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Iowa State, Missouri, Kansas, Louisville or Notre Dame, then possibly Connecticut, North Carolina, Duke the Oklahoma schools or Clemson.
Now let's be honest, most of these are non-starters (Pitt, Iowa State, VPI, Mizzou, Kansas, Louisville, the Oklahomas and Clemson). So realistically, that leaves us with Syracuse, Notre Dame, Virginia, North Carolina or Connecticut. And even Connecticut is probably unlikely.
Seems to me there are probably two possibilities: Syracuse/Notre Dame or Virginia/UNC. That's just reading between the Delany lines, though.
I don't think Notre Dame is going to budge unless the SEC strikes or the Big 12 strikes. But if that happens soon, it might change a lot of things and willingness to look at other options.