Posted on 06/06/2010 6:19:58 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
The Big 12 has drawn a line in the sand for at least two member schools.
The conference, amid a chorus of story lines that would all significantly change the face of big-league college sports, has imposed a deadline of Friday for Nebraska and Missouri to state their intentions on whether they intend to bolt for the Big Ten, with the possibility of an extension for a decision by next Tuesday, The Austin American-Statesman has reported, citing two sources.
The Big 12's university presidents decided on imposing the ultimatum, two highly placed officials within two of the conference schools said, according to the newspaper.
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Why wait till next week? Nebraska should bolt now...
Looks like the move for the realignment of Div I football has begun. 4 16 team super-conferences by end of Summer. Pac-10 adds, Colorado, Utah and possibly some other Big-12 schools. Big-10 adds, Rutgers, Mizzou, Pitt, Nebraska and Syracuse. SEC adds possibly WVU, Clemson, and possibly the two marquee schools like Oklahoma and OSU from the Big-12. The Big-12 will be forced to backfill with some midmajors like TCU and Tulsa. The dominoes will fall if the Big-10 decides to expand to 16 team conferfence,
It’s all rumor until the parties involved make statements.
The greed underpinning college sports is certainly on display.
Looks like the Big 12 is toast.
“Wouldn’t be surprised to see Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Colorado jump to the Pac-10. It would create the first super conference, and pretty much dominate west of the Mississippi for recruiting and TV money.”
Those teams you mentioned plus Arizona and Arizona State will make up the Eastern Division of the Pac-16.
Looks like the move for the realignment of Div I football has begun.I thought realignment began when Arkansas jumped to the SEC in 1991, leading to the demise of the Southwest Conference and the beginning of 12-team super-conferences. I guess it all depends on when your own individual starting point is.
Appears my UC Bearcats (and a few other Big East schools) will be heading to the ACC for football, at least.
“Why wait till next week? Nebraska should bolt now...”
they came to the B12 meetings to give one last chance to the B12 to care about anything other than Texas. Texas and their cronies gave Nebraska nothing, and we’ll see Nebraska join the B10 sometime soon.
The funny thing in this whole ordeal is that it was Texan greed that started this all in April. Texas and it’s legislature has been keeping channels open to the Big Ten and now the Pac 10.
Texas is demanding the commitment yet no one demands the commitment from them.
The funny thing in this whole ordeal is that it was Texan greed that started this all in April. Texas and it’s legislature has been keeping channels open to the Big Ten and now the Pac 10.
Texas is demanding the commitment yet no one demands the commitment from them.
Why wait till next week? Nebraska should bolt now..
Yeah they should. After Texas, Texas A&m, Oklahoma leave for the Pac 10 the conference is dead
“Yeah they should. After Texas, Texas A&m, Oklahoma leave for the Pac 10 the conference is dead”
I’m not so sure that Texas wants to leave. They have a huge amount of control in the B12 and significantly have the opportunity (in their minds) to create their own TV deal.
If they are in the position of moving to the Pac-10, then a whole range of different problems come up. the Texas legislature may require that all of the B12 Texas schools
stay in the same conference (otherwise Texas may want to work their own deal with the B10).
In any case, moving to another conference means Texas doesn’t have nearly the same power and control it has now.
I think in the end, the Texas schools will join the SEC, it makes the most sense from a regional perspective. You also have the restoration of the Texas-Arkansas rivalry. What traditional rivals in the Pac-10 does Texas have?
why isn’t congress involved in this? they are szelf-proclaimed exprts on everything and have solved all the important stuff.
I’ll miss the Neb/OK games.
I have NU season tickets, so I'd love to see Mich, OSU and PSU play in Lincoln.
Afraid not. Rumor has it that Colorado, OK State, OK, Texas, Texas Tech and A&M will join up with AZ and AZ State to form the PAC 10 South.
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