reports now that CU will accept a PAC-10 invite today, and that UTah is also poised to accept.

whoa. Utah is "poised to accept" an invite from the P10-ish? wait, where are the Texas Six going then? :D

Good riddance to CU.

Big 12.

..err, I guess Kuglar mispoke because now he said MU hasn't got a invite.
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This. I like UP idea. Add Cincy, Louiville and Memphis.

:doh!:

ROFL

I get why THEY would go, and I get that there are A LOT of televisions in Missouri, but athletically, there really isn't a huge appeal.

If Mizzou fans think KU fans are douchebags, wait until they meet the Ohio State fan.

Yeah, but if somehow KU squeaks into the SEC, LSU fans take the cake.

Tennessee seems more obnoxious.

The is the most truthful post of yours, EVER!

It's nice to know that we aren't the worst.

1. No way in hell KU would get into the SEC.

2. All teams have d-bag fans.

3. I've dealt with SEC fans from every team. We can all find common ground, give each other crap, and have fun with it. In fact, some of my closest friends are Tennessee grads and I have a good friend who went to LSU.

From what I've encountered, the most obnoxious are:

1. ohio state (even though some of my closest friends are osu fans)

2. Miami, FL (especially since most of their fans didn't go to school there and they can't even sell out their games)


But, whatever. I'm sure Gator fans rank high on this list for most other team's fans.

KU fans are still from the midwest, where people aren't bred to be assholes and douchebags.

I like a history essay as much as the next guy, but that was over the top.

IMO they stay and add even more Texas schools :grr:

North
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State

South
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
Houston
Baylor

IMO, as an outside observer, that might work better than the current format because then you could get a Big XII Championship Game that features UT vs OU.

Also, it doesn't kill the red rivalry game. Just because they're in different divisions doesn't mean they can't play each year. In the SEC, Florida rotates the West teams they play except LSU, who they play every year.

This "does not have an invitation" stuff is dumb. the formal invitation is a formality at the end of the process. Nebraska just got one and the deal has been in the works for weeks.

"Does not have an invitation" and "the deal is basically done" can occupy the same space.
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So how would you like to see SEC expansion - if it happens - go down?

Pretty much. It's both sides reaching a preliminary agreement with one side saying, "we want to join", and the other side saying, "we want you to join". The the school applies for admission into the conference.

oh hell no.

If it happens, then I wouldn't mind either of these scenarios, though I'd probably prefer 1, 2, or 3:

1. FSU, Miami, Ga Tech, Clemson

2. FSU, Clemson, Texas, Texas A&M

3. FSU, Ga Tech, Texas, Texas A&M

4. FSU, Clemson, Texas A&M, Miami

5. FSU, Ga Tech, Texas A&M, Miami

6. FSU, Clemson, Texas A&M, Ga Tech

My wife works at MU and she received this email from someone at UM. She wouldn't tell me who.
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From someone as much in the know as there is:

I've talked to about 15 people today who I consider to be very close to the AD, or have some business reason or another to be in Mizzou Arena, or are in the media, or are major boosters, or are in other booster groups where they have tremendous access to Mizzou Athletics. This is outside of even my own personal contacts.

Thus far I've heard NOTHING that changes my opinion that Mizzou is heading to the Big 10. In fact, that's their opinion too. Not one person who I consider credible has presented any sense at all of disheartening news within Mizzou Athletics. Keitzmann today stated that MU athletics department staff were "walking around in a shocked daze," after the Big 10, "dropped a bomb on Columbia today." Wrong. It was business as usual, with no outward appearance in the least of stress or concern. None. It's fairly easy to read Mike Alden when he's upset. No indication of that whatsoever, and this is coming from folks who have been around him for YEARS.

I will say this, that it takes some serious digging to find out anything. You have to know who you've trusted in the past and who's never led you astray in the past. And you go with them when you can't get it directly from the top. I have NEVER seen Mizzou this quiet - not just today, but from day one. It's telling, which is why on top of what I've been hearing for months now, I also believe Mizzou has felt very positively about this since day one. I'm positive that wasn't based on a pipe dream.

Soooo... unless there is a Mizzou-to-the-Big-10 fabrication network larger than the nationwide effort to frame O.J. (RIP Johnny Cochran), then everyone who I truly believe is in an absolute position to know is saying the same things, that we're going to be a part of the Big 10.

Another comment... has anyone noticed how nearly EVERYTHING negative regarding Mizzou to the Big 10 is originating from a source called "orangebloods.com?" Even when I see things like, "Oh shit, we're effed, now ESPN is report Mizzou is screwed," when I go take a look at the article it will say, "According to website orangebloods.com, Mizzou is screwed."

THE DEAL IS DONE!!1!1!!

I now work in a location near the downtown airport and just saw a plane land that had the identification tail marker is DLZDUN1

okay gang

TrebMaxx, I think that sounds true.

There is a LOT of FUD going on here. And it seems to be 80% coming from Texas and 20% from KS, unsurprisingly the schools that seem to have the most to lose.

But I think FUD is all it is. Fans afraid of what it might mean for the future of their team.

Time will tell all. We probably have no more than a week or two more to wait to see the finalizing landscape.
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This is what I think is going to happen. Said so last night.

There is a big difference between left out in the cold and keeping your mouth shut.

Lose from what? Missouri leaving? Nebraska is gone. The conference is finished, regardless of what Missouri does.

Anything that doesn't involve adding Texas is a downgrade.

Are you sure it wasn't DLZDUNMU2B10 ?

Colorado to the Pac 10

TDID? Link? Story? Anything?

Pretty sure it was DLZDUNMU2B10FUKUKU

Disagree. Adding Texas A&M opens up a HUGE Texas market and possible recruiting ground.

Adding Miami/FSU makes more sense than adding Texas.

SEC is, and will continue to be, the premier college football conference.

You stating anything otherwise only further solidifies my statement.

When in doubt, orangebloods.com

I'll be damned...

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_15268160

Done deal: Buffs to announce Pac-10 membership Friday

ESPN announced it on the tube, they stated it will possibly be announced by Colorado today.

This is nothing more than one posters message on PowerMizzou. It is not from anyone at UM (I assume you are using UM as University of Michigan).

Done as in, they're not invited? or going?

They announced it on Sportscenter

He can neither confirm or deny that they may or may not be staying or leaving.

Got it covered. :thumb:

So Colorado will be the first official domino. Not surprising; the Pac-10 has been known to covet the Denver media market for years.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438
Source: Colorado moving to Pac-10
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<!-- end mod-article-title --> <!-- begin story body --> Colorado is poised to announce as early as Thursday that the school is leaving the Big 12 to join the Pac-10.

Colorado's conference move was first reported by The Sporting News.

Colorado's impending move might spell the end for the Big 12 conference. Nebraska is also poised to announce its move from the conference to the Big Ten.

A Big 12 football coach, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach on Wednesday night that if Nebraska left the Big 12 the conference would dissolve, according to his athletics director and university president. The coach said Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado would join the Pac-10, leaving Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State behind.

"Nebraska is the key," the coach said.

The coach said the Pac-10 favored Colorado over Baylor because of the Buffaloes' presence in the Denver TV market.

Another Big 12 coach said Wednesday night that an anticipated Nebraska announcement of moving toward the Big Ten Thursday would indeed trigger the death of the Big 12 and a mass migration west.

"If Nebraska leaves," the coach said, "everyone has to look."

The new conference would be split into divisions with Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado forming an Eastern Division with Arizona and Arizona State opposite the former Pac-8 (USC, UCLA, Stanford, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State) in the Western Division.
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The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game.

"The Pac-10 doesn't believe in a championship game," the coach said. "And coaches in the Big 12 don't like it anyway."

If this is true, then Baylor is officially ****ed.

Then again, most figured they'd be left out anyway.

Thoughts?

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2...cesfor2012.jpg

Douchebags? I don't know about that. Stupid? Quite likely. I've become a Buckeye fan. I will say that a lot of OSU fans give beating Michigan greater importance than a national title.

http://www.mutigers.com/sports/acad/...060910aab.html

Mizzou Ranks Second In Big 12 For APR Report

Tigers Lead The Conference In Seven Sports

June 9, 2010

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The 2009-10 season has seen a lot of success for the University of Missouri on the field, with a Big 12 Conference soccer championship, to go with a Women’s College World Series appearance by the softball team, as well as a first-ever NCAA Gymnastics Championship team appearance. Throw in a school-record fifth-consecutive bowl game in football and a second-straight appearance in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, as just a couple more of the team highlights which have kept Tiger fans proud this year.

The season just got even more successful, however, as the NCAA has released its Academic Progress Rates for all sports, and the University of Missouri is once again near the top of the Big 12. Seven of Mizzou’s 20 sports led the Big 12 in APR, which is second-most in the league, trailing only Texas (nine leaders). Missouri had 11 of its 20 programs rank among the Big 12's top three overall, and all but two of Missouri’s sports ranked above the All-Division I national average.

The seven sport leaders for MU included women’s golf (APR of 1,000 for the second-straight year), women’s basketball (1000), women’s swimming and diving (996), women’s gymnastics (991), women’s indoor track and field (989), women’s outdoor track and field (989) and men’s swimming and diving (980). The highest APR score possible is 1,000.

Here’s the Big 12 rankings of schools with the most APR leaders in their respective sports:

1. Texas (9)
2. Missouri (7)
3. Kansas (3)
4. Nebraska (2)
Baylor (2)
6. Iowa State (1)
Oklahoma (1)
Oklahoma State (1)
Texas A&M (1)

The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at member institutions. The multi-year average for the latest Academic Progress Rate Report spans the last four years and institutions are awarded points when a student-athlete remains academically eligible for competition and when he or she either returns to the institution the following semester or graduates. A maximum of two points per student/per semester is awarded.

In addition to the seven Big 12 leaders, the Tigers ranked second overall in football, men’s indoor track and field, and men’s cross country, while the Tiger men’s basketball, softball, wrestling, baseball, soccer, men’s golf, men’s outdoor track and field and women’s cross country teams each ranked in the top five within the conference. The football program finished just four points out of the Big 12 lead (Oklahoma – 962) with its score of 958.

All 20 of Mizzou's sports met or exceeded the APR requirements for the 2007-08 academic year, as well as the multi-year average. Two sports, women's golf and women’s basketball, recorded a perfect score for the 2008-09 academic year and earned public recognition from the NCAA.

“Our student-athletes continue to do an exemplary job in the classroom,” Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Services Bryan Maggard said. “This is certainly a testament to them, our coaches, academic support staff, and faculty. These accomplishments are something the entire University can take great pride in,” Maggard said.

The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family. Complete information on the APR Report can be found at the NCAA's website, www.ncaa.org.

See? Perfect Beaker Happiness is just a penstroke away...

BREAKING NEWS:

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You could air a "Mega-16" conference basketball tournament on primetime network television. Damn.

ok. that's funny.

Its basketball TV deal would be insane....

ROFL

But I would still watch most of the conference football games like I do now.. I would watch all of KU games, IF they would still be on here in OKC. Like I do now... Nothing would change from a fans prespective...


Now from a dick showing contest on CP? Well that conference would be middle of the road in football and Tops in basketball.... So not much would change from that stand point.

Live tweeting from the MU Board of Curators meeting - http://twitter.com/KOMUnews

True.

This is getting nuts. Just kill or seal the deal(s) already.

Thanks

No way would it compare to the amount of $$$$ that football would receive, but it still would be a huge deal for that conference... The tourney revenue would be sick as well... No other conference would match it is basketball $$$$...

I could see ESPN or someone offering a sizeable chunk to put that on the air...

Agree...

I would welcome that with open arms. Over being caught with ass hanging out and off to some mid major somewhere...

Unlike Nebraska, it is very hard to be angry at Colorado. Nebraska had the ability to hold everything together, but Colorado, who had nothing under control, was looking at the possibility of a bunch of Texas legislators aggressively forcing the PAC-10 to leave them out so they had to act fast.

haha

I can only imagine how much it will raise in value 10, 20 years out if you maintain to keep it in mint condition.ROFLROFL

Sure why not?

Lucky bastards.

Here is what I see happening:

KU, KSU, ISU, Missouri and Baylor keep the Big 12 name and add Utah, BYU, Air Force, Boise State and TCU and then two more out of the group of New Mexico, Colorado State, Tulsa, Memphis, UTEP, UAB and Houston. This is probably the most likely scenario. The addition of Utah, BYU, Air Force, Boise State and TCU probably allows the conference to stay in the BCS.

Not possible. As soon as we drop under 6 members who have played each other for years, through NCAA and/or BCS rules, the conference either ceases to exist or loses all rights to their BCS bid. We might keep the logos and trademarks, but it would effectively be a new conference from scratch as far as the NCAA and BCS is concerned.

They need 6 teams to keep the conference. I guess they could keep the name but it still wouldn't be the same conference and they would lose the BCS designation.

You must type faster. :clap:

I don't see how they're lucky. Assuming Texas and its ball hangers are headed to the same conference, everything that sucks about the Big XII will simply follow them.

FYP

That conference would suck balls and get an even worse TV revenue situation than the Big 12 already has.

http://www.pac-10.org/genrel/061010aaa.html

They will be the bitch of the Pac-16, that's for sure. They aren't competitive in anything these days, and don't even have a baseball team.

Prediction of things to come:

1. The Final Five join the Pac-10+1 to become the PAC-16.
2. In response to this, the BIG-10+2 invites Maryland and Rutgers to join. They accept.
3. Notre Dame is metaphorically bitch slapped by the severity of getting left out of the super conferences and goes back to the discussion table.
4. SEC decides to invite both Florida State and Miami. They accept.
5. It is leaked that Missouri, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame are the final 3 candidates for 2 more available spots in the BIG-10+4.
6. SEC decides to invite Clemson and Georgia Tech. They accept.
7. Negotiations begin for the creation of a new conference out of the smoldering ashes of the BIG EAST and ACC.
8. It is "leaked" that both Missouri and Pittsburgh will join the BIG-10+4.
8. Notre Dame panics and joins the the BIG-10+4 after rapid rumors of a forever-changed BCS begin to surface.
9. The BIG-10+5 finally invites Missouri. Missouri obviously accepts.
10. Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State enter the negotiations of the possible new conference.
11. A new conference, the MEGA-16, is created from these negotiations.