"We don't want to get outflanked," Hollis said.
Outflanked:
1. : to get around the flank of (an opposing force)
2. : get around, circumvent
Examples of OUTFLANK
The army outflanked the enemy.
trying to outflank the competition
The Big 10's flanks are secure everywhere except the northeast. There are no conference enemies in position to encroach on its territory/footprint.
Only with the addition of Rutgers and MD has the big 10 put itself in the position of being between hostile conferences. The north flank of the MD/Rutgers/Penn state line finds uconn, pitt, bc and syracuse.
Below that flank, it's enemy territory as far as the eye can see. No teams can outflank the big 10 from north to south.
The only flank which is in jeopardy is above RU/md/psu.
of the 4 choices, bc and syracuse cannot command a footprint state.
pitt is covered by psu.
that leaves uconn.
would the big 10 just add uconn and see what happens when the sec picks clean the acc? uconn/psu/
md/ru render bc, syracuse and pitt worthless to the much more southern acc.
