BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

So they're gonna make a multi-mega-million-dollar decision with dramatic ramifications for their football program AND their academic operations based on the convenience of the softball and tennis teams.

Not to mention the non-revenue sports would ESPECIALLY benefit from a move to the Big Ten (reduced travel expenses etc etc, shorter travel times, fewer missed classes).

 

Why do I suspect that the deep-pocketed supporters of football are getting their way in this one?

 

I don't think Carolina is switching leagues either. I also don't think FSU or Clemson are likely to get invited to the SEC, Miami sure as hell isn't and Georgia Tech has about as much chance of coming back as Sewanee or Tulane.

 

Nice to know Baylor is taking this in stride.

http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2010/06/08/baylor-courts-pac-10-ignoring-court-order/

 

Why does Texas et al leaving have to mean the end of the Big 12?

Consider this:

The smoking ruins of the Big 12 -- Mizzou, Kansas, K-State, Iowa State and Baylor -- immediately sends out invitations the best football schools they can find, led by most of the Mountain West. They court TCU, Utah, BYU, Boise State etc.

The pitch? We already have a BCS bid. You have to convince them to give you one. They would have to take it away from us, and with you in the fold, well, we're as good as or better than the Big East, which has a bid. Plus, we have a TV deal in place that's better than yours, and while we might be forced to renegotiate with Texas and Oklahoma gone, as the Big 12 we're dealing from a position of strength.

So maybe you're all looking at it backwards. Maybe this isn't the end of the Big 12, but the end of the Mountain West.

 

Interesting theory

 

How do you know they don't? The OVC ... well shit.

 

I have OVC connections...

 

Isn't that the shopping network I see on TV? OVC?

 

Why... yes. Yes it is.