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MSU Athletics issues welcome post to Big Ten’s four new programs

USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are officially members of the Big Ten

The Big Ten has officially expanded to 18 teams.

The Big Ten officially added four new members on Friday, with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington joining the conference. These four schools officially became Big Ten members on Friday, which comes years after it was initially announced they’d join the league.

As part of the league adding four new teams, Michigan State athletics has sent out a welcome message on X. Check out their welcome note below:

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BTN to feature ‘B1GWelcome’ programming for new schools on Friday

The Big Ten will officially expand to 18 members this week and the Big Ten Network will be ready to celebrate the event

The Big Ten will officially expand to 18 members this week and the Big Ten Network will be ready to celebrate the event.

The Big Ten Network announced this week that on Friday it will feature #B1GWelcome programming to welcome each of the four new schools. Those four new schools, of course, are Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC.

Click on the post below to see all that Big Ten Network has planned to celebrate and welcome the Ducks, Huskies, Bruins and Trojans:

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Three thoughts on Big Ten adding USC, UCLA as new members of conference

USC and UCLA are now members of the Big Ten — here are a few initial thoughts and takeaways on this massive move for the league

It was a wild day for the Big Ten on Thursday and will be known as a landscape-shifting day in all of college athletics.

News broke in the early afternoon on Thursday that the Big Ten would add USC and UCLA as new members of the conference. It was officially confirmed by the conference hours later, with the two California schools making a massive jump to join the Big Ten. The Trojans and Bruins will officially join the league in 2024.

The news of adding new teams to the league shouldn’t come as a surprise but USC and UCLA being those teams were definitely out of leftfield. So what it does it mean for the league and Michigan State? Here are three initial thoughts on the massive move for the Big Ten in adding the Trojans and Bruins.