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

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Did you buy some NIU shirts? I love how your pride comes from some other team beating your rival since the best your team could do was barely stay within 20 points. Well, at least in ONE of the two games. LOL.

80% of my shirts are UNI shirts.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Nah, I think we'll be taking our 8th straight next year. Not too worried about it. Even without Selby, KU has a better team than MU. Not so sure about K-State though, would've been pretty close.

For this single upcoming year, this would be very, very arguable. On the whole, there is no real comparison between the programs, I agree.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

MU is an academic school.

Nah, academic schools are the ones that don't give out scholarships to athletes for being physically gifted.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

80% of my shirts are UNI shirts.

I wasn't talking to you when I said that.

[jbwm89]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Pride?

Here I thought I was mocking the hyper-focus that KU fans place on basketball when the potential move for Mizzou is about so much more than a single sport or even sport more generally.

exactly it is more about academics than sports and apparently according to the Big Ten Missouri is better than KU. Honestly is there a big 12 school that is worse academically besides maybe OSU and ISU?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Rumors out of the Big 10 meetings were that if KU reached the Final Four last season, the conference was going to extend the invitation to Kansas instead of Missouri.

Damn. Sooooooo close.

I heard that the Big 10 wanted them if they could just make the Sweet 16 in basketball or finish in the to 10 in the conference in football.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by Buster Hymen

Just to get this straight, are you suggesting that MU is a football school?

I believe he is pointing out that college football generates a lot more revenue than basketball does.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Nah, academic schools are the ones that don't give out scholarships to athletes for being physically gifted.

Um, ok.

Regards,

Duke et al.

[KcMizzou]

Good times.

[Tiger's Fan]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I'm saying that football is what counts. Basketball is a nice diversion, but it's not football.

I'll give you credit for not jumping completely off the cliff then.

If you had suggested otherwise, your sanity would have come into question.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Nah, academic schools are the ones that don't give out scholarships to athletes for being physically gifted.

I wasn't talking to you.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by jbwm89

exactly it is more about academics than sports and apparently according to the Big Ten Missouri is better than KU. Honestly is there a big 12 school that is worse academically besides maybe OSU and ISU?

Kansas State. Texas Tech.

And, to be honest, Mizzou, Kansas, and Nebraska are indeed comparable academic institutions, but there is a difference. And I listed them in top-down order.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

For this single upcoming year, this would be very, very arguable. On the whole, there is no real comparison between the programs, I agree.

Unless you get a game changer like Beasley/Rose/Wall/Durant, getting a top 10-15 recruit won't do that much to your team overall in their first year.

[jbwm89]

Lots of kansas fans don't really care about KU's academics because they are so well known and popular nationally, like North Carolina and Duke. Problem is this move is all about who is better academically and tv markets and not which school's team was better last year.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by jbwm89

Lots of kansas fans don't really care about KU's academics because they are so well known and popular nationally, like North Carolina and Duke. Problem is this move is all about tv markets and not which school's team was better last year.

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