Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment

[Mr. Laz]

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.

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

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

No Kansas State?

That was the biggest puzzler to me as well.

[Titty Meat]

Another reason why Mizzou and Nebraska should leave

http://www.huskerextra.com/articles/...5040840910.txt


Steven M. Sipple: Osborne still wants Big 12 site rotation
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* In exactly a month, the Big 12 Conference board of directors will vote whether to keep the league’s football title game at Cowboys Stadium through 2013, or continue to rotate the site.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe, in a radio interview last week on the Husker Sports Network, sounded inclined toward keeping the game in suburban Dallas.

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“Look, the fact of the matter is, we have the facility in this region of the country that is the best in the world right now, that is also in a recruiting hotbed for all of our programs,” he said. “So, I think our members so far feel like, why would we move away from such a tremendous facility?”

Um, not quite all members feel that way.

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne told me Monday that Big 12 athletic directors voted on the issue in March at the request of Beebe, perhaps as a way for the commissioner to test the waters.

“The vote, as I recall, was 11-1 to return to Texas and to give them a three-year contract,” Osborne said.

You probably can guess the lone dissenter.

“I expressed some reservations,” Osborne said. “Being at Cowboys Stadium was a novelty for fans, and certainly it was a good crowd this year, but that novelty won’t be there every year. And for schools from the North Division to have to go down there every year, it doesn’t seem quite right to me. I thought it should be rotated between a northern venue and a southern venue.”

The Big 12 board of directors, of which Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman is a member, will vote on championship sites for football, baseball and basketball June 3-4 in Kansas City, Mo. The board has been opposed to anchoring sites.

Of course, that was before JerryWorld opened. The stadium is comfortable and alluring in its distinctly wealthy way. The 2009 championship game earned more money ($10 million-plus) than any title game in Big 12 history.

Under a prior contract, the game returns to Cowboys Stadium in 2010. As for future games, well, big money and creature comfort can be difficult to argue against, which is partly why Osborne’s hard-line stance is intriguing, but not all that surprising.

In past interviews, he has expressed concern that the Big 12 has tilted decidedly south — which is probably part of the reason he keeps an open mind about Nebraska joining the Big Ten.

* By the way, there’s not much news on the Big Ten/Pac-10 expansion front. Rampant speculation (it’s fun, isn’t it?) just makes it feel like there’s news.

“Really, until these conferences make up their minds what they want to do, and start making offers one way or another, it’s hard to assess the landscape,” Osborne said. “You just don’t know for sure what they’re thinking. And, obviously, they have not called us, and they have not informed us what they’re thinking.

“It’s not that we’re just sitting here not doing anything,” he added. “But you can’t all of a sudden begin to make a lot of phone calls to people when you don’t even know what the parameters are.”

And if the Big Ten made an overture to Nebraska?

“We have to listen to anything,” he said, reiterating his past comments. “Because, if it looks like the Big 12 is going to take a real big hit, and lose two or three or four teams, then you’d have to take a look. If, on the other hand, it looks like the Big 12 is staying intact, then that’s another issue.

“There’s no way anybody at this point can know.”

* Not sure I want to know the range of fluids Tom Osborne Field absorbed Sunday as 8,000 runners finished the Lincoln Marathon at the 50-yard line.

I’m all for the marathon fun continuing in Memorial Stadium in the future. But hey, it’s not my field.

“We will have to sit down and evaluate how it went this year,” Osborne said. “Were there any glitches? Did it put an undue burden on our staff?

“The main thing is, we just don’t want the general public to feel the stadium is something that’s going to be open to a large number of events. We will do that on occasion. But we don't want to make a habit of it.”

* So, Husker baseball coach Mike Anderson gets at least another year. I thought it would be a close call. I thought wrong. Osborne clearly believes in Anderson, even though my e-mail basket tells me many fans are hot over the program’s startling decline.

Hey, don’t shoot the messenger.

[chiefsfan987]

Originally Posted by billay

Another reason why Mizzou and Nebraska should leave

http://www.huskerextra.com/articles/...5040840910.txt


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* In exactly a month, the Big 12 Conference board of directors will vote whether to keep the league’s football title game at Cowboys Stadium through 2013, or continue to rotate the site.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe, in a radio interview last week on the Husker Sports Network, sounded inclined toward keeping the game in suburban Dallas.

[+]Enlarge
“Look, the fact of the matter is, we have the facility in this region of the country that is the best in the world right now, that is also in a recruiting hotbed for all of our programs,” he said. “So, I think our members so far feel like, why would we move away from such a tremendous facility?”

Um, not quite all members feel that way.

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne told me Monday that Big 12 athletic directors voted on the issue in March at the request of Beebe, perhaps as a way for the commissioner to test the waters.

“The vote, as I recall, was 11-1 to return to Texas and to give them a three-year contract,” Osborne said.

You probably can guess the lone dissenter.

“I expressed some reservations,” Osborne said. “Being at Cowboys Stadium was a novelty for fans, and certainly it was a good crowd this year, but that novelty won’t be there every year. And for schools from the North Division to have to go down there every year, it doesn’t seem quite right to me. I thought it should be rotated between a northern venue and a southern venue.”

The Big 12 board of directors, of which Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman is a member, will vote on championship sites for football, baseball and basketball June 3-4 in Kansas City, Mo. The board has been opposed to anchoring sites.

Of course, that was before JerryWorld opened. The stadium is comfortable and alluring in its distinctly wealthy way. The 2009 championship game earned more money ($10 million-plus) than any title game in Big 12 history.

Under a prior contract, the game returns to Cowboys Stadium in 2010. As for future games, well, big money and creature comfort can be difficult to argue against, which is partly why Osborne’s hard-line stance is intriguing, but not all that surprising.

In past interviews, he has expressed concern that the Big 12 has tilted decidedly south — which is probably part of the reason he keeps an open mind about Nebraska joining the Big Ten.

* By the way, there’s not much news on the Big Ten/Pac-10 expansion front. Rampant speculation (it’s fun, isn’t it?) just makes it feel like there’s news.

“Really, until these conferences make up their minds what they want to do, and start making offers one way or another, it’s hard to assess the landscape,” Osborne said. “You just don’t know for sure what they’re thinking. And, obviously, they have not called us, and they have not informed us what they’re thinking.

“It’s not that we’re just sitting here not doing anything,” he added. “But you can’t all of a sudden begin to make a lot of phone calls to people when you don’t even know what the parameters are.”

And if the Big Ten made an overture to Nebraska?

“We have to listen to anything,” he said, reiterating his past comments. “Because, if it looks like the Big 12 is going to take a real big hit, and lose two or three or four teams, then you’d have to take a look. If, on the other hand, it looks like the Big 12 is staying intact, then that’s another issue.

“There’s no way anybody at this point can know.”

* Not sure I want to know the range of fluids Tom Osborne Field absorbed Sunday as 8,000 runners finished the Lincoln Marathon at the 50-yard line.

I’m all for the marathon fun continuing in Memorial Stadium in the future. But hey, it’s not my field.

“We will have to sit down and evaluate how it went this year,” Osborne said. “Were there any glitches? Did it put an undue burden on our staff?

“The main thing is, we just don’t want the general public to feel the stadium is something that’s going to be open to a large number of events. We will do that on occasion. But we don't want to make a habit of it.”

* So, Husker baseball coach Mike Anderson gets at least another year. I thought it would be a close call. I thought wrong. Osborne clearly believes in Anderson, even though my e-mail basket tells me many fans are hot over the program’s startling decline.

Hey, don’t shoot the messenger.

It was an 11-1 vote. Apparentally Mizzou wasn't that concerned about having the football championship in Dallas.

[007]

God I hate Texas.

[kchero]

Well I wish Alden was as responsive as Osborne was in that article stated. I know Osborne didn't say much, but he sure didn't shy away from the possibility.

[Frazod]

I can't understand how any of the northern schools could go along with this. Perhaps Alden no longer cares because of the potential pending move? Or maybe he's just an idiot.

It's not like Kansas City doesn't have a freshly renovated stadium or anything. Oh wait, it's exactly like that. I guess we wouldn't want any of these Texas assholes to have to come to Missouri in December and have to bring coats with them or anything.

[Pants]

A little off-subject but I found this link to be pretty interesting, I wonder how much this plays into the decision making for what schools will end up where.

Apparently, KU has actually moved up since the list was made in 2009, but that was just someone saying it - no credible link.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spo...-tell-you.html

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Beebe is a douchebag.

it's not just Beebe ... all the school presidents just bend over like they enjoy having Texas them every year.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Guru

God I hate Texas.

Why YES, good sir! This! And Rep!

[jbwm89]

Originally Posted by chiefsfan987

It was an 11-1 vote. Apparentally Mizzou wasn't that concerned about having the football championship in Dallas.

They already knew they were going to the big ten

[jbwm89]

Actually they recruit a lot from Texas so it wouldn't be bad exposure. That is why the Navy game wouldn't have been that bad of a deal if they hadn't of gotten shit on

[RustShack]

This has probably already been posted... but maybe ISU wouldn't be as bad of a fit as everyone thinks-

NCAA Directors cup rankings-
Missouri: 42nd, 324 points
Rutgers: 78th, 162 points
Nebraska: 6th, 617.25 points
Pittsburgh: 83rd, 158 points
Notre Dame: 31st, 409 points
Connecticut: 49th, 288.5 points
Syracuse: 58th, 235.5 points
Texas: 23rd, 457 points
Boston College: 43rd, 317 points
Kansas: 90th, 146.5 points
Iowa State: 22nd, 458.5 points
Maryland: 21st, 461.8 points
Virginia: 8th, 610.5 points
Kentucky: 16th, 534 points

Big ten-
Ohio State: 2nd, 813.5 points
Penn State: 3rd, 726.8 points
Minnesota: 5th, 681.75 points
Wisconsin: 9th, 607.5 points
Michigan: 19th, 482.5 points
Michigan State: 20th, 470.8 points
Illinois: 35th, 389.8 points
Indiana: 39th, 381 points
Iowa: 47th, 296.5 points
Purdue: 51st, 276.5 points
Northwestern: 66th, 200.5 points

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/...pansion-impact

[ChiefsCountry]

http://twitter.com/TomDienhart

There are reports that the Big 12 and Pac-10 may be talking about forming a partnership.

[chiefsfan987]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

http://twitter.com/TomDienhart

There are reports that the Big 12 and Pac-10 may be talking about forming a partnership.

That would be awesome

[ArrowheadHawk]

Originally Posted by chiefsfan987

That would be awesome

Very awesome.