ChiefsPlanet - Other Sports Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment

The Big 12 will stay together as long as Texas and OU want it to.

As long as that's the case, it's the conference I'd rather be in as a Missouri fan. I think aTm is going to regret going SEC. They're trading one master (Texas) for one just as bad (Bama). Have fighting it out with Arkansas to see who the third-best team in your own division is every year.

The Texas-independent stuff is overblown, IMO. What happens to all the Longhorns OTHER sports if football goes indy? Big 12 schools won't schedule them in hoops, baseball, etc. And those sports DO matter to the Texas athletic department.

The Big 12 is a good setup for Texas, especially if the Longhorns can entice BYU (likely). Notre Dame is likely a pipe dream, but that would absolutely stabilize the Big 12 if it happened. BYU by itself is enough to keep things pretty stable.

LiveSteam

08-26-2011 09:13 AM

Do you really wanna lose to ND ever year. They wouldn't suck for long in the Big 12.
I could always find 1 or 2 reason not to kill my self after a loss to Texas. Life wouldn't be worth living after losing to ND.

LiveSteam

08-26-2011 09:13 AM

Saulbadguy

08-26-2011 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LiveSteam (Post 7851889)

Lose to Notre Dame? They aren't that great. They are like Texas A&M.

LiveSteam

08-26-2011 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 7851894)

Lose to Notre Dame? They aren't that great. They are like Texas A&M.

Not after they join the Big 12 & open up Texas recruiting. ND wouldnt suck for long.
Lot of outlets are saying ND should be in the mix this year.

Bambi

08-26-2011 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7851610)

Wickedson can't see anything that isn't right in front of his face. The shifting NCAA landscape is going to hit you like freight train.

Of course you are a front runner so you will just act like you aren't into sports as much. You pretty much have already laid the groundwork for that bitch move.

Get over yourself dude. No one comments or laughs at your jokes.

Go play with your camera.

Al Bundy

08-26-2011 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 7851741)

While I agree with your conclusion on ND, why would having their own network be the reason they would not join the Big 12?

ND, just like every school, likes $$$$$. Their NBC contract is less than what most BCS conference teams receive now. If they joined the Big 12, they could increase their annual revenue by $15-20MM.

Texas would be number 2 in their own conference.

duncan_idaho

08-26-2011 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LiveSteam (Post 7851897)

Not after they join the Big 12 & open up Texas recruiting. ND wouldnt suck for long.
Lot of outlets are saying ND should be in the mix this year.

ND is receiving preseason hype because... well... its ND.

ND's Texas recruiting would improve some, but they still would be the farthest away, in the coldest climate, and with the fewest girls on campus.

They still would have academic standards that would limit them. They still would have the honor code.

They would be a new recruiting rivals, but I don't think they're going to roll in and take their pick of the litter. If aTm goes SEC and the Big 12 doesn't break up, it's going to hurt the Aggies' Texas recruiting.

LiveSteam

08-26-2011 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Negreppedson (Post 7851910)

Get over yourself dude. No one comments or laughs at your jokes.

Go play with your camera.

I bet he's10 to 1 with :LOL: compared to you

Pants

08-26-2011 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Prowl (Post 7851917)

Texas would be number 2 in their own conference.

Naw.