Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment
 

A source in St. Louis familiar with the situation told NewsCenter 16 Thursday afternoon that Missouri will leave the Big XII and soon join the Big 10. Other schools expected to follow the Tigers are Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers and Nebraska.

Many have speculated that such an expansion would include Notre Dame but ND athletic director Jack Swarbrick told me today that the Irish prefer to stay independent in football and in the Big East for other sports. Swarbrick said maintaining football Independence is such a part of what Notre Dame is.

<!-- $cms.websiteSection.disableStory --> He went on to say the Big East is a great partner for the University in other sports.

"We do have to monitor what is going on," Swarbrick said. "There will be significant shifts. "Hopefully we can navigate them by keeping our football independent and keeping our Big East affiliation because that is what we care about."

The move of Syracuse, Pitt and Rutgers to the Big Ten from the Big East could categorically change the landscape of the Big East itself. Thus, what Swarbrick is referring to when stating the University must continue to monitor what is going on.

The interview with Swarbrick was done before the late afternoon announcement.

http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/92447574.html

So is the Big 10 becoming the Big 17 now?

I blame Notre Dame for the demise of the Big 12. I say Kansas just plays an an independent in basketball, and who the fuck cares in football. Can't wait till Colorado goes to the Pac 10 and we have to bring in Rice, TCU, and Memphis. That will be terrible. No BYU, they can't even play on Sundays.

11 + 5 = 16

Big 16

ROFL

I just registered Big16sports.com

*pines for the days of the Big 8*

I was suprised at first, but it makes sense. The Big 12 is choosing not to compete with the other big conferences when it comes to money and TV.

Sweet 16?

I hope KU is getting their ass in gear to find another conference because the Big 12 is about to become the Big Texas(and friends) Conference.

Yep.


Southwest Conference Part II.

It's not as bad as it sounds. In fact, that might be a best-case scenario after the dust settles.

Good move!:clap:

I like Tigers and the Huskers. Seriously. I cheer for them, once the JHawks are down and out.

As a Kansas fan, I'd say it would appear that Nebraska and Missouri would "seem" to want to have a "better" chance in a league that tends to be less "dominated" by certain teams in certain sports.

I live adjacent to "Big Ten" country. When's the last time a Big Ten school made real noise in pursuit of a national championship....except for the perpetual bridesmaids, from "the" Ohio State University.

Maybe it's the right move for the Tigers and Huskers. Maybe they can actually make a difference. Guess, if this report is true, we will see.

Congrats, Mizzou and Nebraska. Have a good life. :toast:

This is going to be such a letdown if it doesn't happen.

It all comes down to TV and money.


The won't be any more or less competitive in the Big 11.

Maybe. I still think the Big 12 is quite viable though; too bad Mizzou and Nebraska seem to think otherwise.

I hope the Big 12 commissioner gets a cactus shoved up his ass. Stupid do-nothing asshole.

The Big 12 is definately up to snuff when it comes to being competitive on the field. The Big 10 just has a much better TV deal, along with larger schools which equals a larger alumni base.

I would put the Big 12's sports resume against the Big 10's any day.

More money for athletics and academics. Alot more.

And really Mizzou has not forgotten about being screwed out of a BCS Bowl game by a team it beat, a better bowl game by a team in beat by 5 TDs the same year with Nebraska, and a 6-6 Iowa St. team last year because of the way the Big 12 is structured.

Bolded part the most important though.

College football may look very weird in a couple years. You have to wonder if the SEC would make a move to go get Texas/A&M/Oklahoma/Oklahoma State and create a football mega-conference.

This

FYP

LMAO at the Lawrencecentric view of the universe that you subscribe to.

:cuss:I counted the Tigers twice I guess.:doh!:

it doesn't matter ... the Big 10+1 has been miscounting for years.

still use the phrase

life's tough in the big 8

nobody in az has a clue

It would be so interesting to read the real story of how this has unfolded behind the scenes. So many players...so many variables. Crazy shit.

Yeah, I could see where a championship every 20 years would lead someone to act like their shit doesn't stink.

I would expect the same from any real and proud alum of any university. :shrug:

Michigan State (multiple) and Illinois have played for the NT w/in the last five years in basketball. Wisconsin has made the FF recently as well.

MSU has been to the FF three times in the last 5 years, haven't they?

So, they need 3 more teams. Move ISU, KU, and KSU with Missouri and Nebraska. Then that creates a East division and a West division.

Just thinking out loud anyways.
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Why do they need 3 more teams?

i don't give a shit about Mizzou ... don't care if we ever play them again tbh


what sucks is that this whole screwed up mess is because of all those assholes down in texas. Those bastards don't give a shit about the Big 12 or anything else. They will only stay in the Big 12 conference under their preferential financial terms. Mizzou and Nebraski leave it's all the same to them they will just add another couple schools that will do what they tell them to do ... Houston,TCU?

if they don't get the financial terms they want they will just create an all-Texas conference or some stupid shit like that.

Have i mention lately how much i hate the state of texas :cuss:


you think if we sell Texas to mexico it will stop all those ants from creeping across the borders into America?

And 5 times in the last decade.

I know it'll be anathema to say, but they've had more college BB success than KU the last decade.

Was assuming if pitt, syracuse, and some other team weren't joining in the big 10 for a big 16 or something.
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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.

The Big 12 has two things going against it:

#1) It's not big enough, strong enough to compete with the genetic TV freak of the Big 10 and
#2) It's centered around that stinking cesspool Texas, that place I like to call Mexico North*


I apologize to all the Mexicans out there

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.

What is a hypothetical where it would.

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.

So this means the Big 12 wont have a championship game anymore?

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

i'm jealous

We'll keep it going.

http://www.tigerboard.com/uimages/user18361_71.jpg

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

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.

I'm guessing TCU would be one candidate.

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.

Hey, Dan Beebe isn't worried about it.

So no problem, right?

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

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.

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...

...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.

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.

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.

Heheh.

Sign TCU and UNI if we can't steal someone else!! To the ship!

Arkansas left the SWAC because they were sick of Texas's shit. Why would they want to come back to a conference even more dominated by Texas?

I think it's too late for that.

schools have to give the conference 2 years notice before leaving the Big 12.

of course the Big 12 could always just wave that if they think having "lame duck" schools would hurt them more than help.

**** the Big XII, Beebe and all things Texas. I hope we make the move tomorrow.

I'm not sure they HAVE TO do anything.

I don't know if they'll get them, but you have to bet money the SEC will go after Texas. There's already been talk of it. It almost happened in the 90's but it was shot down because the state demanded they take A&M too. If teams are poaching 2-4 teams, that won't be a problem now.

Hopeful thinking.

So much for higher academics, huh ?:doh!:

Big 10 but have 11 teams..... They really need the money to educate them.:D

Considering how much support they've given us, I think we owe them exactly DICK.

But frankly, I don't think they'll care. I mean, why start now?

The endowments, yes, but damn sure not the TV contract.

still crying about that?


completely different, dumbass.

:facepalm:


like i said ... won't miss mizzou even a little bit. Some of the most nagging bitches you've ever seen.

Funny, we think the same thing about KU fans.

yes they do ... it's in the contract


and they still have to pay big money as it is iirc

It's my understanding that there is some kind of state law in Texas that prevents UT and A&M from being split into two different conferences.

Yesterday someone here said the same thing about KU and KSU.

I'm not saying it's not true, but I've never heard of such a thing if it is.

That's interesting considering that you've started 2 Mizzou threads in the last 3 days.

cool

http://i37.tinypic.com/219ubn6.jpg

Shh. He thinks that butthurt is coming from a lumpy cushion. :D