Everybody is partying in this thread like it's 2008, lol

Nobody is “rumoring” this outside of you.

Why would the B1G want Iowa State? Especially when they’ve already got Iowa.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iowa state trying to get in the big ten <a href="https://t.co/sWDkyVtLPf">pic.twitter.com/sWDkyVtLPf</a></p>&mdash; BoxOfHawks (@BoxofrocksIA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoxofrocksIA/status/1418392174673211395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The only ones discussing isu to the B1G are isu homers who have no clue what is actually happening.

Right. I get the humor of the Big 12 folks dumping on the B1G all the time and overnight becoming desperate to get into it, but ISU doesn’t expand their footprint, doesn't add any major media market, doesn’t add to their football credibility, and probably doesn’t compare to other rumored possibilities like schools currently in the ACC if non-football athletics are considered. I’m not slagging ISU, I just don’t see how it makes any sense at all.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oklahoma &amp; Texas make it official: they’re leaving conference &amp; expected to apply for SEC membership <a href="https://t.co/65h35M18OF">pic.twitter.com/65h35M18OF</a></p>&mdash; Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1419663733828243457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Good point I saw made by Gabe DeArmond this morning:

For the B1G schools to break even financially, the new schools would need to add $60M of value to the league’s payouts.

Unless the big leagues decide to break away from the NCAA right now, the B1G may stay out. PAC and ACC should be aggressive.

KU to the ACC might make a lot of sense, even right now. They probably need another National brand more than the B1G does.

Travel would be rough in the ACC but it makes a lot of sense otherwise. It would be the conference to watch in January and February.

Wow, what a difficult place to be for all the leftover Big12 members

The uncertainty would suck, knowing that no matter what things are likely going to get much worse for you. ouch

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heard today from several people that B1G only would be interested in adding schools from the AAU (Nebraska no longer, but was when it joined league). Texas is AAU member, along with Pac-12 schools like Cal, Washington, Colorado, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Stanford. Oklahoma is not AAU.</p>&mdash; Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNRittenberg/status/1419669676485918725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

My prof in grad school used to day: “Your first option in any decision is to do nothing”. People often forget that.

Applying it to the B12 rump....what does do-nothing look like? If I read this right, there’s 3 years left on that zombie TV deal OU and Tex just walked away from. So $350M split 8 ways now = $40m+ in the short run.

I believe that gives them 3 years to figure out a plan. Not 3 days.

If I'm the B1G, I only want ku basketball, all other sports - hard pass

From what I've heard, that contract can be renegotiated if any schools leave the conference

What about the Big East? Isn’t that more a basketball conference?