Colorado Leaves Big-12 for Pac-10

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[AZMike2010]

The Pac-10 conference announced Thursday that the University of Colorado has agreed to leave the Big 12 to join its conference. "This is an historic moment for the Conference, as the Pac-10 is poised for tremendous growth," commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. "The University of Colorado is a great fit for the Conference both academically and athletically and we are incredibly excited to welcome Colorado to the Pac-10.

[dfwgator]

CU Later Big 12.

[Non-Sequitur]

The only way that the Big Ten will get Notre Dame is by grabbing Rutgers and Syracuse and one or two other Big East teams.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I wouldn’t be surprised to see Missouri and Notre Dame join Nebraska in the Big 10"

If the Big 10 + 1 were interested in Missouri, why aren't they making an announcement tomorrow that both Nebraska and Missouri are moving to the Big 10 + 1? The rumor at least is that only Nebraska is making the move. Something tells me that Missouri is looking more and more like a school being left without a chair when the music stops. They'll be joining their midwestern brothers at Kansas and Kansas State.

Watch when the politicians from these states start to get involved trying to tell the conferences what to do. You know it's going to happen!! It worked for Virginia Tech a couple years ago.

[gas_dr]

and the other reason they choose the SEC schools is a lot of them grow up there

No, the real reason is that the SEC is the only school that accepts coloring books for the college entrance examinations :)

[BnBlFlag]

“It begins.”

And it sucks!

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The only way that the Big Ten will get Notre Dame is by grabbing Rutgers and Syracuse and one or two other Big East teams."

Which is perhaps their motivation for taking only Nebraska tomorrow. They want to save as many slots as possible for inviting Big East Teams, breaking up that league and forcing Notre Dame to the Big whatever we want to call it. It still might backfire. They could break up the football part of the Big East and it could still survive as a basketball and other sports conference which would work for Notre Dame. That could end up being a mainly catholic school league which is even better for Notre Dame.

[quadrant]

The ACC is toast too. Its not hard to imagine that GT, Clemson, FSU, or Miami would move to the SEC if the chance presented itself.

[GOP_Raider]

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[Non-Sequitur]

They could break up the football part of the Big East and it could still survive as a basketball and other sports conference which would work for Notre Dame.

The Big East will survive no matter what. But if the Big Ten can weaken it then it makes it less attractive financially for Notre Dame's other varsity sports. Notre Dame basketball, et. al, can either stay with the sinking ship and the reduces revenues, or go to the Big Ten and drag the football team with it.

[Man50D]

Let the collegiate football musical chairs game begin!

[Non-Sequitur]

And it sucks!

Big time. College football used to be about the pagentry and the traditions and the rivalries, and all that is being tossed into the dumpster in the chase for the money. And it all started with the BCS abortion.

[Man50D]

Why does this feel like the game of Clue?

[AmishDude]

Yep, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Missouri are left out in the cold.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The ACC is toast too. Its not hard to imagine that GT, Clemson, FSU, or Miami would move to the SEC if the chance presented itself."

The ACC better be rooting like hell for the Texas schools to go to the SEC. If the ACC gets raided, methinks all is not lost. It will raid what's left of the Big East after it's been raided by the Big 10.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Yep, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Missouri are left out in the cold."

Senators Roberts, Grassley and McCaskill, University presidents on line 5...

[RabidBartender]

Heh - our governor here in Missouri (Jay Nixon - Democrat), was pushing last year for MU to join the Big Ten heavily before they even announced they were looking to expand. I hope all this falls back on him.

[Osage Orange]

Gonna be PAC-16....before it’s all done.

[Tallguy]

I would think that Missouri is certain to move over to the Big Ten. They were rumored a few weeks ago as the first team to make the move. Nebraska as it turns out has beaten them to it. Oddly enough it probably guarantees that they’ll move now. You don’t want to be the last university standing (in the Big 12) when the music stops.

[Osage Orange]

OSU is gone too..............

[Reaganez]

A)That is not the football program.

B)If Floyd did in fact give money he would not be back in college basketball.