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I'm looking forward to a Mizzou/Iowa rivalry should this actually happen.

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Originally Posted by BWillie007 (Post 6728679)

And w/ that, you can blame the management of the Big 12. They allowed Texas to gain too much power, and totally shunned schools like KSU, ISU, Missouri.

Exactly. They've run things like MLB, and Texas is the Yankees. Not to mention completely missing the boat on the TV deal, when they had the chance.

And FWIW, they stick it to KU just as hard as any other school.

I wonder who the Big 12 adds now.

This shit sucks. I sure hope they can do something to keep the Big XII together, but it's not looking good. You can call it a self inflicted wound because they ****ed around as other conferences came in and poached their schools. That and the money not being equally distributed is causing this to happen. ****ing reeruns. Just sat back and watched it happen.

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Originally Posted by RustShack (Post 6728706)

I wonder who the Big 12 adds now.

I'm guessing TCU would be one candidate.

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Originally Posted by Laz (Post 6728695)

congrats to MU and Neb ... they get to go to a conference and actually get a fair shake.

i'm jealous

I won't trust that it's for real until it's official... but it sure seems likely.

And "fair" is exactly right. The Big 12 currently is set up to help the rich get richer.

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Originally Posted by GoHuge39 (Post 6728710)

Hey, Dan Beebe isn't worried about it.

So no problem, right?

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"I expect that Jim, who I have known for many, many years and trust implicitly, that he'll do what he said he's going to do," Beebe said. "If and when the time comes that they're going to do anything -- and if that includes any of the institutions in the Big 12 -- he'll let me know first."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5119881

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter (Post 6728683)

I agree. To be clear, I don't begrudge MU or NU for the decision at all; seriously. I just think it could be pretty short-sighted, but Lord knows I've been wrong before. If the money is better at the moment....cool. I just wonder down the road though, if whatever remains of the Big 12 will actually do better. I wouldn't bet against it. Guess we'll see.

There will be no Big XII left once Missouri leaves. There are 3 major markets in the Big XII outside of Texas (Kansas City, St. Louis, and Denver). If Missouri leaves, especially if Nebraska leaves, Colorado is long gone to the Pac 10. There is no way in hell that the Longhorns are going to want to subsidize a bunch of other schools without major markets.

Texas will go independent and sign a larger TV contract than Notre Dame.

Oklahoma and possibly Oklahoma State might be forced to join the Pac 10 or possibly form a new conference with schools like BYU, Utah, TCU, A&M, Texas Tech, Nevada, Baylor, and UNLV.

I just don't think that the Big XII would be viable by trying to replace Mizzou, Nebraska, and Colorado with schools like BYU, Memphis, TCU, etc. Texas just needs any excuse to leave. This would be more than enough for them to bolt.

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Originally Posted by RustShack (Post 6728706)

I wonder who the Big 12 adds now.

If I were one of the Powers That Be, I'd send UT, aTm, OU, and OKSt, to the SEC as a previous poster suggested. The rest of the Big 12 can merge with whatever remnants of the WAC/MWC are left after they get raided by the Pac-10.

Conference Armageddon is on the doorstep...

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 6728691)

It's about the money, but it's also about more than the sports money. There is more prestige involved in being a Big 10 school because of the academics.

...and the academics in the Big 10 are more prestigious because of the money.

Maybe Nebraska and Mizzou are using this as leverage to get the Big 12 to pull their heads out of their collective asses on the revenue deal.

So if these schools do move to the Big 10, when would this take affect?

Well bye then the big 12 can get arkansas and colorado state.

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Originally Posted by Laz (Post 6728695)

congrats to MU and Neb ... they get to go to a conference and actually get a fair shake.

i'm jealous

You and the rest of the Kansas fans didn't seem to be so worried about fairness when the Orange Bowl invitations were made a few years ago.

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Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988 (Post 6728722)

Conference Armageddon is on the doorstep...

yep ... i posted something the other day about the Pac-10 already looking to expand if the Big 10 does.

dominoes are about to fall

Musical chairs just started and schools better make sure they got a chair at the big table when the music stops.