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The SEC may not be as interested in TV sets since they already have a whole bunch tuned in each week.
So does the Big Ten and the PAC 10,you dont think they arent still looking for more.
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My current thoughts on who ends up adding who:
the more I think about it, the more I actually think Notre Dame may just join the ACC to stick the middle finger at the Big10 (to keep with their history).
Big10 – yes, this means they failed (w/o ND or TX). It’s not what I want here though, it’s what I’m thinking is most likely right now.
Missouri (AAU member)
Nebraska (AAU member)
Syracuse (AAU member)
Rutgers (AAU member)
Kansas – lying in the weeds, they are a possibility. Either us or for SEC. (AAU member)
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Texas
TxTech
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Colorado
Baylor – thank TX lawmakers
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Tx A&M – don’t be surprised. A&M feels it made a mistake 15 years ago by joining BigXII instead of SEC.
Louisville
West Virginia
Kansas State – despite good athletics currently, this is the biggest ? here as they don’t add much to the table $-wise. Cincinatti the other option (OH market and Kentucky rivalry)
ACC – look at these schools. Don’t they just ‘feel’ like ACC schools?
Notre Dame
UConn
Pittsburgh
Navy
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and, if I could just ignore all logic of the strings that come along with some of the schools, here is who I would want the Big10 to add (from supposedly available schools):
Notre Dame
Texas
Navy
Nebraska
University of Toronto
* yeah, I said a Canadian school. they fit geographically, they are an AAU member, they would bring in a ton more $$$ (as the Canadian school in the ‘American’ league), and they have been starting up a football program.
Now that is how you shoot across the bow of the other conferences.
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Hmmmm, good read. I'll disagree with you on a couple things. 1) Notre Dame will remain independent or join the Big 10. 2) On your final list I would replace Nebraska with Missouri. Missouri brings a lot more broadcast $$. The Big 10 currently gets $0.70 per subscriber a month. Missouri would bring in an estimated 2.2 million subscribers where Nebraska would bring in an estimated 666,184. That's: 2.2 million * .70 * 12 months = 18.5 million per year vs 666,184 * .70 * 12 months = 5.6 million per year Quote:
• NEBRASKA: Nebraska is a tougher call. We know the Cornhuskers want a better deal. How do we know this? Because in the process of shooting down the Kansas City radio report Monday, Cornhuskers' brass made it a point to remind us that Nebraska wants a better deal. "Both Chancellor Harvey Perlman and Athletic Director Tom Osborne have indicated that the university would consider any opportunity that would advance the interests of the university," a university release read.
But Nebraska is a small state. According to 2000 census data, it has just 666,184 households. So Nebraska wouldn't bring in the cable revenue other schools might. What it would do is give the BTN another program with national cachet that could help get the BTN moved to expanded basic in markets outside the Big Ten footprint.
Prediction: If the Big Ten offers, Nebraska is gone.
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A: The Big Ten already has the most lucrative television deal in the country, doling out an estimated $20 million-plus per team in 2008. (The conference does not release official numbers.) The SEC, under its new CBS and ESPN deals that began last year, isn't far behind at $15-$17 million, but those two are significantly ahead of everyone else. (The next-highest, the Big 12, pays out $7-$12 million.) The Big Ten can command those dollar figures because its schools' home markets (Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, etc.) comprise an estimated 25 percent of the nation's television households.
Currently, the Big Ten Network (with an estimated 40 million subscribers) garners a reported 70 cents per subscriber in its eight home states but only 10 cents in the rest of the country. As CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd recently illustrated, adding a team like Missouri, with 2.2 million households statewide, could reap the network an extra $1.3 million per month. And that doesn't even take into account extra ad dollars from additional game broadcasts. Depending on how many teams it adds, the Big Ten could enter a whole other stratosphere financially.
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Missouri is also slightly better academically, so yes, they would be the better overall fit.
I would personally just prefer Nebraska because of their history and their fans. That last list was just what I wanted (not necessarily what is best for the Big10, though mostly it is).
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I just think its funny that the universities created this problem by paying ADs a million plus.. paying major coaches 3, 4, 5 million dollars... paying OCs and DCs darn near a million dollars a year.. now they want to throw college sports into a tailspin chasing the most lucrative deal they can get to justify their own salaries...
There was a time, not that long ago, when I really enjoyed college sports because it was more "pure" than pro sports.. those days are over... college sports has always been a business in some respects but sport seemed to trump business when push came to shove.. not any more, it's now big business first, sport second.
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The SEC may not be as interested in TV sets since they already have a whole bunch tuned in each week.
So does the Big Ten and the PAC 10,you dont think they arent still looking for more.
Whats the saying in business? If you arent growing you are dying? Or something like that?
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I always heard 'when you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot"
Sure, I understand in the end it is about ratings....I just said maybe not AS interested......but along those lines, if the SEC pulls teams out of the ACC, that adds viewers.
Anyway, the Big 12 or the ACC is going to get chewed up...at this point it looks to be the 12....so the ACC is going to have to fill the void to form the Big 4....SEC, B10,P10, and whoever...those 4 will sit down and carve it up the way that makes sense for all.
Baylor is the question mark. It seems many Baylor alum are in the Texas statehouse....the people who vote on state funding of public colleges...
It will be interesting to see what happens, however it happens.
I still see Texas in the SEC....Texas is a southern state more than a western state.
I would still like to see some semblance of geographic borders....it is part of what adds to the charm of college football.
I could see the SEC say we will just take the 4 Texas teams to keep the Texas legislature happy and make it's bump to 16 teams.
I don't know that I would want that.....after thinking about it...2 Texas teams, NC, and Virginia might be a good move.
Also....I know some have been talking basketball....I am not sure if what is being discussed will apply to other sports. Does it? I was under the impression this was more a football move....maybe I am wrong.
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Also....I know some have been talking basketball....I am not sure if what is being discussed will apply to other sports. Does it? I was under the impression this was more a football move....maybe I am wrong.
It's a football move because football TV contracts are what is driving the transition.
However, whatever conference you end up in will affect all sports. Mentioning the basketball is more of us being fans and wanting something good to end up out of it for us too (not that the AD's will really care about that).
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I see the Big East getting pillaged before the ACC. In fact the ACC would probably help take out what is left of them after the Big Ten takes what they want.
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Bingo, brother. I remember the old Southwest Conference, and IIRC, they had seven schools from Texas, plus Arkansas,...
I say LIMIT these boys to eight, and have EIGHT to TEN big MAJOR conferences,...
Recruiting is going to suffer. This is ONLY a money move. It is BS.
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EVERY move is a money move. And it's been that way for decades upon decades! Go find me a college president that didn't care about the bottom line and just wanted a winner. It's been that way forever. There was no golden era of sports where it was "only about the game, not about the money".
Cable networks, TV, radio, ticket sales, consession revenue, parking, merchandise, and the attraction of going to a school with a winning program (which brings in more money). They've been the driving factors at every school forever.
If I could only find the article....some sports reporter wrote how the owners only cared about money, the players didn't play for the game anymore, the fans were too concerned about winning, and the game had got too commercial. Sound familiar? It was written by a sports reporter in 1905. We all think the previous generations owners/players/schools were more innocent and pure. But they aren't.
I don't think it's a jaded view of sports. It's just how it is.
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A Nebraska source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that a decision on whether to commit long-term to the Big 12 or leave for a potential Big Ten invitation could come on Friday. The source said the direction of the school is leaning toward the Big Ten, but there was no indication of when the Big Ten invitation would occur. The source said that the consensus within the athletic department is that Nebraska wouldn't separate itself from the Big 12 without some assurance that a Big Ten invitation would come. The Big Ten has set no date for any announcement in the coming weeks, leaving open the possibility that Nebraska could be left in limbo. Sources at two other Big 12 schools told the Omaha World-Herald that their athletic directors have instructed them to be ready by week's end for a briefing on probable Big 12 changes. Earlier this week, the Big 12 imposed a deadline of Friday for Nebraska and Missouri to state their intentions on whether they intend to bolt for the Big Ten, with the possibility of an extension for a decision by next Tuesday, The Austin American-Statesman reported, citing two sources. The Big 12's university presidents decided on imposing the ultimatum, two highly placed officials within two of the conference schools said, according to the newspaper. The Nebraska Board of Regents plans to meet on Friday, though it's not immediately clear if that governing board will discuss conference affiliation, in public or private. But public records provided to the AP show that the topic is far from off-limits. In a brief e-mail to Chancellor Harvey Perlman sent on April 20, athletic director Tom Osborne urges his boss to set up a meeting to discuss conference expansion. Osborne said he requested the meeting after speaking with his friend and colleague, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. The Buckeye coach was in Lincoln one day earlier to speak at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet. On his monthly appearance on the Husker Sports Network Tuesday, Osborne offered confirmation that the timetable on national conference realignment has been accelerated. "I think before too long -- I don't know exactly what that time frame is -- we'll be able to put this to bed," then he jokingly added, "because I'm getting tired of it." Big 12 school presidents and athletic directors concluded a four-day meeting in Kansas City last week with no clear sense -- at least publicly -- that the 14-year-old league will survive. Assistant commissioner Bob Burda said Tuesday that the Big 12 is done talking about expansion and conference realignment, for now anyway. "There will be no further comment from the conference," he told the AP. "We're in a quiet period right now." The Big Ten announced late last year it is considering adding at least one school, and possibly more, to add a league championship game in football and broaden the reach of its cable television network. Its decision has created a ripple throughout the power conferences, causing the Pac-10 to mull its own expansion and threatening the survival of the Big 12, which in addition to Missouri and Nebraska could also lose as many as six schools to a 16-team Pac-10. "There's a lot of information we really don't have right now," Osborne said. "Hopefully we'll get these put together in the next few days. "Anything I would say regarding Nebraska's position or other schools in the Big 12 would be pure speculation. And I don't think that's very helpful." University of Missouri curators appear poised to discuss the school's possible interest in joining an expanded Big Ten Conference. But any inquiring reporters need not bother asking about a move that could trigger a seismic shift in college sports. The 10-member Board of Curators meets Thursday and Friday in Columbia amid reports of a Friday deadline imposed by the Big 12 for Missouri and Nebraska to affirm their commitment to their current conference. An agenda released Tuesday afternoon says the curators and system president Gary Forsee won't comment on "Big Ten or Big 12 athletics matters" at the sessions. But the agenda also shows curators will take the unusual step of meeting in a closed session as soon as they arrive on Thursday morning. And they will meet again behind closed doors after Friday's public session, as is customary. None of the nine curators contacted Tuesday by The Associated Press responded to a request for comment. And a university spokeswoman responded to questions about the meeting as well as whether the school has hired its own consultant to study conference realignment with a three-sentence statement that was previously issued and emphasizes its current conference affiliation. Information from ESPN.com's Andy Katz and The Associated Press was used in this report. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5265631
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After a weekend of denials and hushed discussions, the Big Ten will expand to 12 teams as early as Friday. Reports are emerging that the Nebraska Cornhuskers will become the 12th team in the league.
A source close to the situation has told Fox Sports Ohio that The Big Ten has offered an invitation to Nebraska to become the 12th member of the elite conference.
Over the weekend, the Big 12 Conference demanded a loyalty pledge from all of its' members, and only 9 teams complied. Two of the three holdouts, Nebraska and Missouri, were given until this Friday to decide if they wanted to stay in the league, and the ultimatum has apparently pushed the Huskers into the Big 10.
“I think before too long — I don't know exactly what that time frame is — we'll be able to put this to bed,'' said Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne, “because I'm getting tired of it.''
The Big Ten had announced plans to explore expansion six months ago, but had placed a 12-to-18 month timetable on the matter. But as other conferences began the same discussions, each league found themselves pushing up their plans. The Big Ten will be the first conference this year to grow.
The Big 12's ultimatum appears to have been the deciding factor, but Osborne downplayed that possibility.
“We certainly don't have anything against anybody in the Big 12,'' the former Husker coach said. “This decision is not going to be based on animosity or petty jealousy. You're talking about something that could maintain for the next 75 to 100 years."
An official announcement is expected by Friday afternoon, but a press conference could be held as early as today.
With Nebraska moving to the Big Ten, the conference would now be home to four of the NCAA's most legendary football schools. Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan are the league's standard-bearers and a fourth powerhouse would boost the overall image of the conference. Furthermore, it would bring another enormous fanbase into the league.
Memorial Stadium currently averages 86,000 fans per home game, which would give the Big Ten five stadiums that hold 80,000 fans or more. Ohio Stadium, Michigan Stadium, and Penn State's Beaver Stadium each top out at over 100,000. Wisconsin's Camp Randall holds just over 80k.
With the first shift in conference expansion taking place, most college football analysts expect more to occur soon. There is outside interest in adding Missouri to the Big Ten, and the talks regarding Notre Dame has picked up again.
Now it's time to see how far this rabbit hole goes....
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Well, that's 1 of 5 in:
ND, Mizzou, Rutgers, Nebraska (12), & Syracuse (if you agree that's the realistic list the Big Ten can get - I don't include Texas).
Mizzou will be #13 by Friday.
Now that the ball is officially rolling....ND will have to make a decision soon too. If they move, they'll want to make it look like it's their decision, not being forced after waiting too long.
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I say if all but ND join, they offer a spot to Boise St.
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Notre Dame could go to hell. Seriously, the big 10 has made overtures to them for 10 years now. As you have said nebraska laeving will get the ball moving. If they stayed in the big 12, I doubt the expansion you will see now ever occured. The pac 10 will likely make offers to all the big 12 south schools. Teams like Kansas, IOwa St, and K-State will be left looking at the mountain west, or keeping the big 12 intact, and trying to take teams from the mountain west.
If I was the big 10 commissioner, I would'nt even ask Notre Dame anymore. If they want in let them call delaney. I would then go after missouri, rutgers, syracuse, and maybe uconn.
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So the first domino will fall....
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Those teams have been the general mantra.
I'm sure Texas is now going to force the Big Ten and the Pac-10 into a bargaining war.
It's possible both conferences expand to 14-15 and wait for Texas to hammer out their "Tech and Baylor" problem.
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The pac 10 won't take on the other big 12 schools without Texas. They are the major player for the pac 10.
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Notre Dame could go to hell. Seriously, the big 10 has made overtures to them for 10 years now. As you have said nebraska laeving will get the ball moving. If they stayed in the big 12, I doubt the expansion you will see now ever occured. The pac 10 will likely make offers to all the big 12 south schools. Teams like Kansas, IOwa St, and K-State will be left looking at the mountain west, or keeping the big 12 intact, and trying to take teams from the mountain west.
If I was the big 10 commissioner, I would'nt even ask Notre Dame anymore. If they want in let them call delaney. I would then go after missouri, rutgers, syracuse, and maybe uconn.
I agree that ND doesn't really "deserve" this opportunity to join since they've acted like jerks forever. However, the money is too green for the Big Ten to pass on adding a school like ND and all of it's viewers. It would vault the Big Ten Network into the homes of almost every market (not just those where the schools are located). ND would be a HUGE financial win for them (and ND would win too).
And again, what's the new name going to be? The Big Ten was always a little toungue in cheek with a +1 member. But you can't expect them to stay the Big Ten after they grow to 16 members. The Big MidWest? The Big 16? The Big "we just started the destruction or rebirth of college football - depending on your viewpoint or alma mater"?
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I always liked Nebraska. Good to seee them coming aboard .... and I can't wait to see what else awaits us. I wonder if we could wind up with a 20 team "Super Duper" Conference. That would really throw a monkey wrench into everyone's works.  Oh, and as far as the poster who suggested Boise State .... I don't see any chance of that happening unless they can figure out a way to reduce the miles teams would have to travel. (which would, of course, be impossible)
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I agree that ND doesn't really "deserve" this opportunity to join since they've acted like jerks forever. However, the money is too green for the Big Ten to pass on adding a school like ND and all of it's viewers. It would vault the Big Ten Network into the homes of almost every market (not just those where the schools are located). ND would be a HUGE financial win for them (and ND would win too).
Eh, nd and all their "hype" is over rated. They've stunk for how long? In all sports.........all they have is their image. I don't think they'd bring that much, dollar wise, to any conference. Face it, the only people that watch nd football are alumni anymore. Plus, coming to the Big 10 - their schedule would guarantee them bottom feeder status.
ND brings nothing to the table other than alumni.
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i don't look at things correctly cause i only look from a football perspective. i don't want notre dame in.
i can see sec fans just making even more fun of the b10.
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As much as I think the ND football team is worthless and enjoy them sucking year after year....they'll eventually be back. It's easy picking on them when they're down. College football is better when they're good. Like the Yanks (Evil Empire). They make a good vilian.
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ND will never again be consistently good unless they get an administration/AD that allows them to cut academic standards..
My thoughts are that ND football would prefer to stay independent.. problem is that if the Big Least gets raided possibly to the point of extinction, then ND is going to have to join a conference for the sake of all of its other programs and I doubt any major conference is going to take all of NDs programs without including football...
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ND will never again be consistently good unless they get an administration/AD that allows them to cut academic standards..
My thoughts are that ND football would prefer to stay independent.. problem is that if the Big Least gets raided possibly to the point of extinction, then ND is going to have to join a conference for the sake of all of its other programs and I doubt any major conference is going to take all of NDs programs without including football...
Exactly, but I don't see ND waiting for the Big East to be torn apart. They know the Big East is in the crosshairs and will want to make "their own move" before being forced (even though we all know they're being forced). They will make an early jump to a Super conference to save face.
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I agree, which is why I also think they go ACC. They get to stick a middle-finger at the Big10 while saying it was more their idea to join since there haven't been all that many ACC rumors (to the point of actual offers at least)
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Exactally I mean just look at Alabama. They were mediocre at best for a looooong time until saban got there.
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nd will never again be a year in year out program..
those days are gone. having an exclusive tv deal isn't quite what it was..
i still think they can build up every 5 years and make a solid run, but if they join a conference, which looks like they're gonna be forced to (esp if a playoff system comes into play) they risk just being another team and losing what exclusivety they had.
love the passion of nebraska fans. happy to have them aboard. i work with a devoted husker fan and he's ecstatic.
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Ya, ND will be like every other big program. Good, great, good, bad, good, great, good, great, bad, terrible. They won't ever be "ND" for extended periods of time. And I think they'd be happy about that too....because it's been a long time dince they were great.
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I always liked Nebraska. Good to seee them coming aboard .... and I can't wait to see what else awaits us.
I wonder if we could wind up with a 20 team "Super Duper" Conference.
That would really throw a monkey wrench into everyone's works.
Oh, and as far as the poster who suggested Boise State .... I don't see any chance of that happening unless they can figure out a way to reduce the miles teams would have to travel. (which would, of course, be impossible)
Naw....20 teams is too many....you would have 9 division games.....too many.....you could go a couple of decades before you played all the teams on the other side.....I am assuming that is desirable and using the SEC model on how they rotate games.
16 seems to be the most that would be realistic.
As to other additions, the Big 10 is at 12 teams.....assuming Neb is a sealed deal....at this point, any more additions will be 2 teams at a time. I don't think you are going to see them add one and risk getting stuck with a odd number of teams again.
That just don't work well, especially since you will be splitting in to divisions.
it's 2 or 4....not 1 or 3.
My feeling on ND is they are waiting to see what happens and look to join the survivor of the Big East or ACC...I think they want to take the easiest road to BCS paydirt.
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ESPN | Ted Miller, ESPN's Pac Ten BloggerQuote:
With Nebraska apparently headed to the Big Ten, the Pac-10 is poised to become the Pac-16.
Colorado already has received an invitation to join the conference, while five other invitations will be extended to Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
It's all but done, this is not an overreaction. The truth is that this is a landmark day in the history of college football. The power conferences in the college football are being executed, and it appears that we will be left with four mega-conferences. The truth is that this is extremely important because it now puts the pressure on Notre Dame. The Big 12 is gone, the dominoes have begun to fall.
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ND will never again be consistently good unless they get an administration/AD that allows them to cut academic standards..
This is very true. It's been nearly 20 years since nd was a title contender. I know schools have ups and downs, but 20 years is a very long time. Going to a super conference will make notre dame even more irrelevant. Look what it did to nebraska. they dominated the big 8 for years. Then they had to play some real heavyweights like texas, and havn't won a conference championship in 11 years.
I believe these super conferences will ceate a larger gap between the haves, and have-nots.
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You think Miami, and Florida State ever return to their glory days?? If they ever turned it around, the acc could be a very formidable conference. I remember when they expanded, everyone thought it would be the best conference since you had miami and fla state. Hasn't worked out that way.
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Most other people are speculating the next round of invites will be Missouri, ND, and Rutgers...
I can't wait to see how all of this goes down.
I really don't see the SEC inviting FSU, Miami, Clemson, and Georgia Tech.
Maybe two... And the next logical choices outside those 4.... maybe they'll try to lure A&M.... West Virginia maybe?
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do you think kansas, iowa state, k-state, and baylor join the mountain west?? I would expect Boise to join the mountain west any day. I think they have to notify the wac by july 1st if they're staying or going.
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It's mostly wishful thinking that those 4 decide to hop into the MWC. I do however see a Boise State invite in the near future as soon as the rest of the invites to the Big 12 South get handed out. (The Buffs, if you haven't been reading, have received an invite with or without Texas). For some reason the MWC is treated like the plague. Possibly the atrocious TV deal they have. They do have their own network though (the mtn). It's possible they see them as the baby demanding for a piece of the pie and they don't want to give them any.
Mostly I think it depends on how the MWC plays their cards. They need to put some leverage on Kansas and K-State right now to see if they will take the bait. It's possible they try to align with whatever is leftover with the Big East...
The thing to keep your eye on mostly though is how this Baylor thing works out. The most harmonious solution would to see Texas, Tech and Baylor get invites from the Pac-10 and A&M walks to the SEC.
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yea I have read that Texas and Texas Tech are tied to the hip. I've read that a&m has interest in the sec.
Maryland may be a darkhorse to go to the bg 10 as well. I've heard that on espn tonight, plus I read it on a kansas message board.
Kansas, Iowa State, and K-State are in a tough spot. Most feel the mountain west would be a downgrade, but at the same time they're going to have to join a conference to remain relevant in athletics.
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Missouri may or may not be on the radar now. If Nebraska brings the KC market and Illinois has some influence on the St.L market, Mizzou may have shot themselves in the foot by being so blatant about wanting out of the BigXII.
ND is still the big fish.
Texas looks like a lost cause (though very long-shot anyway)
Maryland might be the 2nd biggest fish to get left.
And I still like the idea of Toronto (though doubt Delany gets that crazy)
Fun times.
How about this for a conference of 'leftovers'
Kansas
K-State
Missouri
Iowa state
Louisville
West Virginia
Memphis
Cincinatti
Talk about a power basketball conference. Good times there.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438Colorado leaves Big 12 for Pac-10 ESPN.com news services The Pac-10 announced Thursday that the University of Colorado has agreed to leave the Big 12 to join its conference. "This is an historic moment for the conference, as the Pac-10 is poised for tremendous growth," commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. "The University of Colorado is a great fit for the conference both academically and athletically and we are incredibly excited to welcome Colorado to the Pac-10." Colorado's president said his school was a "perfect match" for the Pac-10. "The University of Colorado is a perfect match -- academically and athletically -- with the Pac-10," Bruce D. Benson said in a statement. Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe said he was aware that Colorado had accepted the Pac-10's invitation and is working toward solutions to keep the Big 12 together in some form. "I continue to work through the process that was agreed upon last week by our Board of Directors to address membership issues, and are working tirelessly towards the long-term viability of the Big 12," Beebe said. A source with direct knowledge of the Pac-10's discussions about adding more Big 12 teams told ESPN's Joe Schad on Thursday that from the Pac-10's perspective, it's "simply a matter of who signs next." Colorado's move might spell the end of the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska is also poised to announce its move from the conference to the Big Ten. Texas and Texas A&M officials are scheduled to meet Thursday at an undisclosed location to discuss the future of their athletic programs and the Big 12 amid speculation the league could be raided by rival conferences and broken apart. Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds has said he wants to keep the Big 12 together. Baylor and Texas Tech officials have said that even if the Big 12 breaks apart, they want to remain with Texas and Texas A&M as members of the same conference. A Big 12 football coach, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach on Wednesday night that if Nebraska left the Big 12 the conference would dissolve, according to his athletics director and university president. The coach said Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado would join the Pac-10, leaving Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State behind. The coach said the Pac-10 favored Colorado over Baylor because of the Buffaloes' presence in the Denver TV market. "Nebraska is the key," the coach said. A source close to the Nebraska program told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that athletic director Tom Osborne informed some staff members within the past 24 hours the Cornhuskers were going to make the move to the Big Ten. A source with knowledge of the Big Ten's plans confirmed to ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg that Nebraska will join the Big Ten by the end of this week or early next week. The source said the formal process of accepting a candidate either has started or would be under way shortly, as Nebraska must formally apply for admission to the Big Ten. "It's going to happen, unless something crazy happens in the final hours," the source said. "I think by this weekend, it's going to be wrapped up." Besides Nebraska, no other candidates are imminent for the Big Ten, which could stay put with 12 members, the source said.
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