BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

[Michael_ Gee]

That second question is a good one, Mizzou. TCU and Houston could move right in. Then you'd just shift the two Oklahoma schools to the North division. Texas-OU rematches every year.

 

[mustangj17]

Yeah that would make a lot of sense.

As a Big Ten fan I would enjoy having Nebraska in the conference. They have a lot of tradition and it would be a cool place to roadtrip.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah that would make a lot of sense.

As a Big Ten fan I would enjoy having Nebraska in the conference. They have a lot of tradition and it would be a cool place to roadtrip.

Best place in the country to watch a game and that's from someone who hates the Cornhuskers.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Uh, yeah Chet, good luck with that...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100608/SPORTS0206/100608038/1003/SPORTS/Gov.-Culver-wants-to-mold-realignment-Iowa-State-discussion

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Uh, yeah Chet, good luck with that...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100608/SPORTS0206/100608038/1003/SPORTS/Gov.-Culver-wants-to-mold-realignment-Iowa-State-discussion

Making the Baylor argument seem logical.

 

[mustangj17]

Again, I'm a Big Ten fan. I don't want a 16-team conference, I'd prefer 12 with ND, or failing that, Nebraska or Missouri.

If we have to expand to 14, I'll take all three. 16? Then let's take Pittsburgh and maybe Kansas just for basketball purposes. In no way do I want Rutgers, Syracuse or Iowa State.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Just to spin this to the other side of the country for a minute:

If the whole thing goes blooey and the ACC gets raided by the SEC, would North Carolina cling to Duke, Wake and State no matter what, or could they be tempted to swallow their pride and throw in with the dreaded Bubba conference?

Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest aren't going anywhere.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I can't see any possibility that Carolina leaves the ACC. Even at basketball schools, apparently football still makes the most money, but I can't see them bolting one of if not the premier basketball league for a football conference.

They wouldn't give up the conference games against the Tobacco Road schools. They would still play them, but winning the ACC over Duke is equally as important as national championships.

The NC Legislature as stepped in on stuff like this in the past. After a couple of brawls between NC State and East Carolina, the two wanted to stop playing. The state legislature passed a measure that said yes you will.

Let's try this again.

East Carolina wants to play the Atlantic Coast Conference schools. Good for them.

Problem is that some in the fan base don't behave. They have trashed NCSU's Carter-Finley Stadium more than once over the years. The athletic programs are fine, and it's a compliment that ECU wants to face the ACC schools.

But some of their fans exemplify ignorance in a way I've never seen in other fanbases. All schools and teams have lunatic supporters, but somehow, ECU's find a way to stand out in this category. THERE'S the problem.

 

[JRoyal]

If Texas has such a sweetheart deal in the Big 12, why would it leave? Why not just replace NU and MU with two more Texas schools to further kiss the ass of the Texas legislature?

I think a lot of Big 12 schools don't want to add Texas schools to the league because it would make recruiting in the Lone Star State that much tougher. Texas would still get their guys, and OU would get a lot, too. But Texas A&M, which gets a lot of kids out of Houston, wouldn't want to be competing with Houston as a Big 12 school for those kids. Not that A&M wouldn't get some of those kids, but it would be harder since A&M doesn't hold the allure it used to. And I could see OSU being even more against adding Houston since the Cowboys recruit that area heavily.

Would it make sense from certain standpoints? Sure, but there are a lot of reasons for schools to want to look somewhere other than Texas.

 

[mustangj17]

Chip Brown said another source told him ND is under a deadline.

It's almost as if ND can choose to join now and be in a 12-teamer... or join later at 16, or risk being left out. If they wait, and force us into another 16 team conference, I hope they get left out.

 

[TrooperBari]

How disappointed will people be if nothing changes after all this?

Slightly, although it would be highly entertaining to watch these schools try to sweep all the underlying hatred that's emerging back under the rug in the name of conference unity.

 

[armageddon]

Chip Brown said another source told him ND is under a deadline.

It's almost as if ND can choose to join now and be in a 12-teamer... or join later at 16, or risk being left out. If they wait, and force us into another 16 team conference, I hope they get left out.

First, ND's "clock" won't expire this week or next week or the next. Delany will take them as the 12th or the 14th or the 16th school.

Second, didn't Chip's report before the Buffs' Tuesday meeting imply/state that the major announcement the next day would be CU bolting for the Pac 28 to cut Baylor off at the pass?

Now it's about scholarship reductions?

I'll be curious to see which report was accurate.