BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

[Starman]

Chicago Tribune implies ND is not going anywhere. The source said as long as there is non-revenue sports in the Big East, ND will stay. UUUUUgggghhhhhh!

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).

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Chicago Tribune implies ND is not going anywhere. The source said as long as there is non-revenue sports in the Big East, ND will stay. UUUUUgggghhhhhh!

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?

 

[dixiehack]

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 heck isn't and Georgia Tech has about as much chance of coming back as Sewanee or Tulane.

 

[dixiehack]

Nice to know Baylor is taking this in stride.

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

 

[MileHigh]

Putting Baylor in the Pac-10 would be like putting the Pirates in the National League. Why add a laughingstock?

 

[da man]

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.

 

[slappy4428]

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

 

[MileHigh]

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

But flawed. A conference is only recognized by the NCAA as one that has at least six teams that have been together for at least five years.

 

[Bubbler]

I am shocked no one wants the team from High Land.

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

 

[slappy4428]

I am shocked no one wants the team from High Land.

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

I have OVC connections...

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

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

 

[slappy4428]

Why... yes. Yes it is.