BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

You'd think the NCAA might be powerful enough to do that.
And pigs fly over Fayetteville.

 

Just wondering...do you think coaches are using the conference uncertainty to gain a recruiting edge?

 

Pretty damn clear Texas took OU into a trailer park in Guymon, turned the Longhorn Network on and banged the Sooner bitch senseless.

Cotton Bowl in October ought to be really interesting. So should OU's trip to Fort Worth next year. If Gary Patterson ever needed to administer an ass-whippin', it would be that night, that place, that time.

 

They'd use toilet paper to gain a recruiting advantage if they can find a way to do so.

 

I'm pretty sure good coaches have used much less if they thought it would give them any advantage in recruiting.

 

That's my point, "before there were divisions" - so if you're going to do it the old way, you really aren't having divisions even if you say you do.

I, too, think Missouri to the SEC is a good deal for everyone even if it's not a good natural fit. Mizzu gets SEC status and the SEC lays claim to the whole state in terms of market.

 

So the Pac 12 says they are not open to new members?

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I just don't see Penn State as a fit in the ACC. I always try to think about geography and way of life (for lack of a better term) of the fans. Having never been to State College, Pa., I envision their fan base being more of a gritty type that fits in with the Midwestern schools more so than laid back Southern folks. I've never been a fan of Boston College in the conference.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6998751/pac-12-conference-decides-expand-further

Big 12 has apparently contacted the ADs at BYU and Arkansas to replace A&M and were (are?) planning to reach out to West Virginia, Louisville and Pitt. Obviously Pitt is out, and Arkansas is highly unlikely to leave the SEC. Adding WVU, Louisville and BYU gets them back to 11. Then they need a 12th school, which would come down to Cincinnati and South Florida. TCU is boned in this case because with Texas and Texas Tech staying, they offer the Big 12 nothing outside good football.

The Big East might survive yet as a football conference if they can convince Rutgers and UConn to stick around, because that might convince West Virginia and Louisville not to go. They can either add Central Florida in all sports (to give South Florida a regional rival) or take UCF/Memphis/East Carolina as a football-only member to get back up to eight teams. Or even add all three, as well as Houston and another school (SMU? Marshall? Villanova finally moving up?) to get to 12, if they were of a mind.

 

Mizzou's not going to the SEC if the B12 stays intact.

Mizzou's first choice is the B1G, and its second, third, and fourth choice is to stay in the B12 with KU.

Its dalliance with the SEC -- if there ever was one (remember, we have no real journalists reporting that there was ever an SEC-Mizzou interest or offer) -- was merely a life-saving measure.

I don't think the B1G needs another member to pair with Nebraska's entry...the conference has a history of having fewer members than most of the other BCS leagues. I think when the dust settles we'll find that the politicians/boosters (Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon, OU Pres. Boren, T. Boone) will be left holding their dicks, and the leagues will be pretty much what they are today.

 

The Big East has allegedly gotten committments from all its members ... except UConn, which still wants in the ACC

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6998720/commissioner-john-marinatto-says-schools-committed-big-east

Obviously the ACC isn't going to just take UConn; they'll need a 16th team. Notre Dame probably isn't leaving if the Big East stays intact. If not Rutgers, the ACC may back off entirely and stay at 14.

Curious that they consider all three service academies stronger expansion candidates than Central Florida. Maybe I think too much of them, but it's a decent fit -- good facilities, decent football, lots of students, the Orlando market and a rival for South Florida.