BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

Arrogance, at least within University administration, isn't the problem.

The problem stems from the Board of Trustees not wanting to piss off (older) deep-pocketed alumni who do not want to give up their precious football independence.

 

If Notre Dame really wanted to assert itself it should tell the Big 10 they want them to ditch Northwestern and add them and Nebraska.

 

Iowa State is now friends with the Sun Belt, Missouri Valley Conference

The SEC has added “Pillaging the ACC” to its interests

Baylor is now friends with Houston, TCU.

The Big East has joined the group “I bet we can get 100,000 teams in our conference faster than Nickleback, or a pickle”

Tom Osborne has written on Jim Delaney and Gordon Gee’s wall: Can’t wait for our golf trip this weekend

Boise State, Kansas State, and three others have joined “I bet we can get 100,000 teams in our conference faster than Nickleback or a pickle”

Kansas has commented on Jim Delaney’s wall post: Need a fourth?

 

Why are we disparaging anyone's fans for being upset and delusional about this?

My school is going to get turbo fucked and it feels like a bad dream.

 

I think it's absolutely hilarious that Missouri may very well wind up getting boned when the whole thing is over.

 

If you ask two weeks ago or two years ago which two Big 12 teams are most likely to leave, Colorado and Missouri would have been two fine answers.

Now there are reasonable scenarios that leave both among the Big 12 remnants. This whole thing is insane.

 

As if they're going to stop donating if ND joins the Big Ten, and then risk not having their asses kissed for eternity.

I do hope they enjoyed the SDSU football game last year, and I hope they enjoy watching home games against Nevada, Tulsa, Western Michigan and the like in the future, while enjoying their "independence."

 

If Nebraska leaves, which sounds like a lock, the Big 12 will disband. I haven't seen anything that suggests otherwise.

 

By "Big 12 remnants" I'm talking about Iowa State, K-State, KU and whoever else doesn't go to the Big 10 or the Pac 10 in the next couple weeks. I understand there will no longer be a "Big 12".

 

ESPN has been way, way, way behind on this. You figure someone there would have had sources on this, considering their TV contract etc. Yet, the first bit of news comes from one of their NFL guys?

 

If you could point me to a credible media rumor that has ANY BCS conference seriously considering making a play for the Jayhawks, I'd appreciate it.

And this doesn't include Mandel's pretty use of metaphor with the whole "LeBron James free agent" line.

Kansas isn't on any of the major conferences' wish list. Especially if Kansas State is a necessary partner. And moving them to the Mountain West won't make that a major conference. Being a major conference is largely about athletic department budgets and, to a miniscule extent, about the academic level of the schools. There are too many weaklings in the MWC.