Oh that was several days ago, it has grown. Next week it will be 60 million guaranteed.

Soooo.....you admit the SEC is more stable than the Big XII?

Doubtful, since the strong conferences will continue to increase revenue as well.

However, the Big 12 will be lucky to hold on to what it has already tricked the networks into promising.

****in' A it is, and I never said otherwise.

TCU is not going to out-recruit Texas A&M in Texas. Not on a consistent basis. This is a great move for the Horned Frogs, who are going to recruit better in Texas now, but if you follow Texas recruiting closely, you'd know that Texas A&M is the favorite for any kid who doesn't pick OU or UT.

More money. More tradition. Better facilities.

Where TCU is going to do better is recruiting against the likes of oSu and Baylor and Texas Tech and Missouri and Arkansas and LSU. They'll win more of those battles (though they've won a lot of them, regardless).

I won't argue that there won't be kids from Texas that choose someone else over Missouri. But I will argue that it's being vastly overstated. Also, Missouri will have much better secondary recruiting areas after Missouri/Texas (LA, FLA, GA), which it will have to use to make up the gap).

:LOL:

Can't argue with this.


And they will probably get some of those 2 and 3 stars that KSU and KU used to get.

This...

I would move KU to the SEC and bail on the Titanic 12 in a ****ing heart beat...

Would give two shits about any rivarly or team left behind...

They could, actually.

TCU is right there in Dallas; it's in a great spot. It won't start out-recruiting A&M over night, but as the rivalry between the Aggies and Longhorns starts to diminish (and it will; as will MU/KU), the kids that get turned down by UT won't be so eager to go to A&M and 'show them what they missed'.

In fact, TCU could end up that destination school.

TCU has made a HUGE move to get into the IIX. I think they're absolutely poised to become a viable replacement for A&M in Texas. They'll likely never come as close to a national championship as they did last season (really just one or two breaks and they're in that title game), but they'll have better teams and a better program (hmmmm...sound familiar?)

And yeah, they'll make recruiting Texas a little bit harder for the folks that already did well down there.

Good thing we're going to have some new recruiting grounds to sniff around in

There's no stability, anywhere. What happens the day the SEC writes Vanderbilt a letter, or the Big 10 to Northwestern?

"You're good schools, but you're not in our plans for the future of our athletic conference."

Truth.

There is obviously a little hate towards Mizzou for doing exactly what we all wish our teams even had an opportunity to do.


BUT, I still believe Mizzou would have gotten into the 10 or the SEC if the Big 12 fell apart anyway. I think the well-deserved Texas hate just expedited the process.

aTm is already bitching about recruiting. Waaaaaaa!

Just busting balls. YOUR BALLS. BUSTED.
Yeah, if Iowa State hasn't gotten that letter yet, noone will. (ducks from incoming barrage from Ames)

aTm isn't going to recruit as well now? Holy shit! The Big IIX is the European League, and the SEC is the NBA, and you think players would rather play in Europe. Keep ****ing that chicken, Stu.

....and just to be clear, I don't begrudge TCU or WVU at all for the move.

I just find it comical that these national talking head idiots for the most part believe Mizzou will be dead and buried because they're stepping up in competition but TCU/WVU are making a bigger step up in comparison yet no one is killing them. The hypocrisy bemuses me...