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

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by billay

Yea i'm not going to take to time to proof read when i'm typing on my Zune.

lol

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I think that move would be very stupid for both KU and MU.

Do elaborate.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by billay

Anyone know where I can listen to the Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at?


Also, I believe Mizzou did say they would listen to the Big Ten.

It's probably on Huskers.com. I don't know if you'll be able to access it unless you're a premium member though.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by SportsRacer

lol

You mad?

[bowener]

Side bar:

Do you think the new big 12 should think about adding memphis if they want to stick together a bit longer?

FedEx CEO Fred Smith has spoken to various conference officials and made it known that his Memphis-based company could provide millions of dollars -- perhaps as much as $10 million annually -- to a BCS-affiliated league willing to offer an invitation to the University of Memphis, multiple sources close to the Memphis program have told CBSSports.com.

Longer article here.

Seems KU and Memphis in the same basketball conference could be fun to watch annually.

edit:

Think of all those fedex commercials that would feature the Big 12 endlessly all over the nation...

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by frazod

There is NOBODY in the Big 10 on the level of Texas or Oklahoma. Had we went there, we instantly get those monkeys off our backs, become more competitive, get more money, more national recognition, and have a much better shot at winning. And winning establishes that "brand" thing that you don't seem to understand, either. Allow me to explain.

"Brand" comes from winning in something, at some point, for a long time. Brand sticks in the minds of the masses. You keep Brand forever, whether you continue to win or not (see Michigan, Notre Dame). Brand is 100 million Joe Nobodies who instantly associate Nebraska with winning football and turn on the TV. Brand is 100 million Joe Nobodies who instantly associate Kansas with winning basketball and turn on the TV. The key word is "winning." Brand tells people who don't know any better (and when it comes to Kansas and Nebraska, that's pretty much everybody) "Hey, I've heard of them! They're good! They win! I want to watch them." Brand is a trump card. Brand allowed a nothing school from a nothing state that hasn't been a player on a national stage for over a decade to blow us out of the water and snake our Big 10 invite. Brand allowed Kansas to snake our Orange Bowl bid two weeks after we beat them on the field.

Missouri's Brand is shit right now. Our Brand is complainer, troublemaker, and worst of all, chump. You can crawl in bed with Alden and put on your pom-poms and talk about playing with Texas and Oklahoma with honor and being legit, but that won't save us. We need a fresh start in a competitive conference and competent management, or things will never improve for us.

Ohio State is in the same elite category as Texas and Oklahoma, year in and year out. Missouri would have been (might still be) in the same boat in the Big Ten that they've been in in the Big 12. They'd need to continue to improve to actually win something. The only reason they might have had a better chance to win the Big Ten in the past few years is because there was no championship game and on any given year they might have been able to avoid playing top Big Ten competition altogether. That's all changing now because the Big Ten is going to have the same Championship game that's been the thorn in Mizzou's side for two of the past three seasons.

Your fear of Texas is pathetic. The next thing you'll be saying is that you want Mizzou basketball to hide out in the Missouri Valley Conference to avoid those scary KU teams. WTF has happened to you, man? Find yourself some institutional pride. Mizzou can build it's "brand", as you effetely say, in either the Big 12 or the Big Ten.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by SportsRacer

Do elaborate.

Memphis is a ****ing turd. Wow, now they're going to throw $10M per at the conference for a total of 10 years? Big ****ing deal.

$900K per year isn't enough for viable institutions to stay tied to a floundering conference.

There's little question that MU and KU will end up in one of the following conferences:

Pac 10
Big 10
SEC
Big East

Any of these will be better options than ceding even more power to Texas and bringing inferior universities into the conference.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by alanm

It's probably on Huskers.com. I don't know if you'll be able to access it unless you're a premium member though.

Thanks found it on The Zone website.

[alnorth]

heh, you are seriously trying to argue that Missouri hasn't been flirting with the Big Ten? What do you think happens if there are rumors that the Big 12 could invite Arizona or Iowa? What happens if there's a Florida to ACC rumor? We won't get a "we'll listen and evaluate any offer" type of answer, just a flat-out no.

Missouri is now giving out their "proud member of the Big 12" loyalty proclamations since they seem to be getting the cold shoulder, but you heard none of that when the rumors were flying.

Silence is often a loud statement. When the world was saying Mizzou to the Big 10, a lack of a response or denial is basically the same as "yeah, we're hoping it happens"

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by billay

You mad?

Oh, he mad.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

Oh, he mad.

I guess I would be misserable if I were you too.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by billay

I guess I would be misserable if I were you too.

*Immediately applies ointment to sick burn*

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

*Immediately applies ointment to sick burn*

* internet is serious business*


Seriously though its funny as **** seeing all the butthurt in this thread.

[Mr. Laz]

i don't mind if the patch the Big 12 for another year as long as KU continues to look for another conference.

KU can collect the penalty money from the schools that leave and get one last payday.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by alnorth

heh, you are seriously trying to argue that Missouri hasn't been flirting with the Big Ten? What do you think happens if there are rumors that the Big 12 could invite Arizona or Iowa? What happens if there's a Florida to ACC rumor? We won't get a "we'll listen and evaluate any offer" type of answer, just a flat-out no.

Missouri is now giving out their "proud member of the Big 12" loyalty proclamations since they seem to be getting the cold shoulder, but you heard none of that when the rumors were flying.

Silence is often a loud statement. When the world was saying Mizzou to the Big 10, a lack of a response or denial is basically the same as "yeah, we're hoping it happens"

This is Tom Osborne's own words:

“I haven’t heard anything from (Big Ten commissioner) Jim Delany, so you don’t know exactly what they’re thinking,” Osborne said Thursday. “We haven’t entered into any formal talks with anybody right now. We’re focusing on the Big 12. But I don’t think that means if somebody wanted to pick up the phone and call us, that we’d hang up on them. You listen. But we don’t have any plans to do anything different at this point.

The point is that "they listen," all of them. They are ****ing businesses, it would be stupid not to field calls and listen to deals to see what is best. Hell, if anything it offers them a better perception of where they stand in the market, and gives them ammunition when it comes to revenue discussions with the Big 12.