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Mr. Laz · 02:57 PM

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

Frazod · 06-08-2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Hey now. He could be into that.

Although, being male, I'm not sure how he could have that done to him.

Somebody's mind is in the gutter tonight......

**luv** · 06-08-2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

My brother lives in Chicago and they get the Big 10 network on basic cable and he says it's a very low production level.

Can anyone verify this?

You don't trust your brother?

**luv** · 06-08-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Somebody's mind is in the gutter tonight......

I'm in a particularly good mood. Had a good night in class.

No, I didn't get laid. Haven't my mind in the gutter will have to suffice.

**Bearcat** · 06-08-2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Be patient.

Mizzou's silence says a lot.

It says we have no idea what will happen, but we sure as hell aren't going to say something that will f*** it up now...

Bambi · 06-08-2010, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

You don't trust your brother?

lol, I thought that the second I typed it

**luv** · 06-08-2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wickedson

lol, I thought that the second I typed it

lol

It's okay, I know what you were trying to do.

Frazod · 06-08-2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wickedson

My brother lives in Chicago and they get the Big 10 network on basic cable and he says it's a very low production level.

Can anyone verify this?

I live up here, but I never watch Big 10 games. Hearing about them 24/7 is bad enough.

I guess that's about to change.

Bambi · 06-08-2010, 09:44 PM

An article regarding KU ball

Pac-10 Merger: Bring Kansas Basketball, Colorado Football—Not Baylor...

by Reid Brooks

Emails from Baylor University regent and lobbyist Buddy Jones were obtained by the Dallas Morning News today (a great news source that has run with my articles before, so I'll give them a shameless plug) in which the Texas-based politician makes one of the most pathetic pleas I have ever seen.

He basically asks every Baylor graduate in the legislature to call every major Texas institution (that is going to receive a Pac-10 invite) and have the big players demand that Baylor comes along. This is a new low in the sports world.

Heck its a new low in the world in general, even for a Kenneth Starr headed team.

This isn't a political issue, its a business decision. Right now, Baylor is looking like the fat girl that no wing man wants to take down, no matter how hot the girl (Texas) his buddy is going to get with might be.

Scratch that, Baylor looks like Canada at a United Nations meeting in South Park: shouting very loudly about how they "need more money, guy" but not realizing that the rest of the world doesn't care.

The argument that Jones continues to make is that Baylor has a bunch of championships in other sports (despite being awful at football, making their addition to the Pac-10 horrible for everyone including their own student athletes who will get destroyed on an annual basis) and he also claims that Baylor is academically better than Colorado.

Memo for Buddy Jones: No. And to again reference South Park and their endless Canada jokes, I'm not your buddy, friend!

If Baylor was in the current Pac-10, they would be on the bottom of the scale academically as well as athletically. We don't need Baylor, and Baylor's student athletes are not going to compete at a level that would make being in the Pac-10 beneficial to their self esteem.

Also, well over half of the people on the west coast don't even know where/what Baylor is. Get over it. Baylor is embarrassing themselves and the Big 12 South by making this gigantic scene.

If there is one deserving school that is being left out of the whole equation, however, it is definitely Kansas.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Jayhawks future is tied way too closely to their in state rival, Kansas State, who likely couldn't be brought into the Pac-10 unless they were replacing Texas Tech or Texas A&M (both schools actually are needed to bring Texas over, unlike that other school run by crybabies). Still, Kansas actually has something to offer in athletics.

Aside from their marginal (but improved) football program, Kansas has one of the greatest basketball programs in the country. In fact, it would be a total shame if that program was not in a major conference (Kansas will find a good home).

While their academics don't fit in perfectly with the Pac-10, neither do the academics of Texas Tech or Oklahoma State (both schools are better than people realize, but they still don't have the national reputation of Stanford, Cal, UCLA, or USC). And frankly, the prospect of watching a conference championship game between UCLA and Kansas basketball would be appealing enough to get the Pac-10 that international audience that commissioner Larry Scott has been talking about.

The concept of adding Kansas to the Pac-10 might not be as far fetched as a lot of people are thinking, particularly if the conference could get only Kansas basketball. Conference realignment for different sports is common place (see the Big East).

It might be possible to convince Colorado to bump out of the Pac-10 during basketball season in order to make way for the Jayhawks.

If Kansas doesn't have an offer for major conference representation on the line for its football team, how could they turn such an option down?

The Pac-10 would then get the best of both worlds.

In the winter months and March Madness, an allegiance with Kansas would bring nothing but pride. And money.

When the fall comes back around, having Colorado football makes the Pac-10 an academic, profitable, and proud conference of tradition.

Obviously Kansas football would really get the shaft in this deal, but could Kansas really afford to pass it up?

Their football program could likely participate in the MWC, which is where they are probably going to end up anyway, so is it really a loss for anyone?

OK, fine, it is still a loss for Baylor, but who can actually see them on the turf with USC or on the court with UCLA?

Anyone?

This idea should be given thorough examination. Kansas is deserving not only for having a great and historic program, but also for not creating a huge media distraction during the Big 12's messy divorce.

This move is win-win for the Pac-10; the question is, how clever is Larry Scott?

Sure-Oz · 06-08-2010, 09:48 PM

http://omaha.com/article/20100608/BI...arly-as-friday

Nebraska could soon be leaving the Big 12 for the Big Ten.

Published Tuesday June 8, 2010

CONFERENCE EXPANSION

NU to Big 10 as early as Friday?

By Lee Barfknecht
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LINCOLN — An executive at a Big 12 school relayed to The World-Herald on Tuesday that he expects Nebraska to become a member of the Big Ten as early as Friday.

NU Chancellor Harvey Perlman has declined all interviews about conference realignment and expansion. He is expected to address the topic with the Board of Regents at its Friday meeting in Lincoln.

Direct confirmation from Nebraska of a conference change for the Huskers wasn't immediately available. Sources at two other Big 12 schools told The World-Herald that their athletic directors have instructed them to be ready by week's end for a briefing on probable Big 12 changes.
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Nebraska A.D. Tom Osborne offered implicit confirmation Tuesday night that the timetable on national conference realignment has been accelerated.

On his monthly appearance on the Husker Sports Network, Osborne said:

“I think before too long — I don't know exactly what that time frame is — we'll be able to put this to bed," then he jokingly added, “because I'm getting tired of it."

The Big Ten first revealed on Dec. 15 that it was considering expansion, and that it would take 12 to 18 months to act.

Now, six months after that initial announcement, multiple sources have indicated that the Big Ten is prepared to add one to five schools (including Nebraska), and that the Pacific 10 is courting all six schools from the Big 12 South Division.

“There's a lot of information we really don't have right now," Osborne said. “Hopefully we'll get these put together in the next few days.

“Anything I would say regarding Nebraska's position or other schools in the Big 12 would be pure speculation. And I don't think that's very helpful."

Another issue Osborne addressed is recent speculation that he has a personal grudge against Texas or that he is basing decisions on some hatred of the Longhorns.

“We certainly don't have anything against anybody in the Big 12," Osborne said. “This decision is not going to be based on animosity or petty jealousy. You're talking about something that could maintain for the next 75 to 100 years.

“This is a big deal in terms of the University of Nebraska. It's a big deal for other institutions. You don't ever make a decision based on personal likes and dislikes."

Osborne said he gets along “very well" with Texas A.D. DeLoss Dodds and is a “great admirer" of UT football coach Mack Brown.

“This is not a case of reacting to any one school," Osborne said, “particularly Texas."

Earlier Tuesday, The World-Herald requested an interview with Dodds. His spokesman, from Austin, Texas, said Dodds was unavailable because of a personal commitment.

Bambi · 06-08-2010, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I live up here, but I never watch Big 10 games. Hearing about them 24/7 is bad enough.

I guess that's about to change.

He said, all the big games are on ABC regional.

Usually football is Indiana vs Purdue type things.

Right now they've got Indiana vs Michigan basketball on (even though college basketball means nothing...)

I'm trying to see what the difference is between this and what we have in Fox Sports Midwest, at least when it comes to football.

I live in NYC and was able to see all the KU football games without much trouble this year. Most were on basic cable.

Does the MU fan watch every second of every game? Serious question, do you guys really care if they don't have MU vs I-AA games on tv?

kepp · 06-08-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hawkchief

Mizzou's been flashing their nasty vagina at the Big Ten for a few years now. If Notre Dame picks the Big Ten, Mizzou will be college-non-grata in the Big XII immediately - they already are. Like pretty-boys Mike Alden and Quin Snyder, Mizzou athletics is nothing more than form over substance. You better pray ND stays Independent, or the Tiggers might be the ones outside, looking in.

And what are they gonna do? Kick us out? Hold up nasty signs at our games? Oh no!

**KcMizzou** · 06-08-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

Serious question, do you guys really care if they don't have MU vs I-AA games on tv?

If at all possible... yes. I watch every moment of every game.

**Bugeater** · 06-08-2010, 09:54 PM

Wow, with CU possibly announcing a move tomorrow, and NU possibly by Friday, and we all know MU is gone...the Big XII may be done by the end of the week.

ArrowheadHawk · 06-08-2010, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Wow, with CU possibly announcing a move tomorrow, and NU possibly by Friday, and we all know MU is gone...the Big XII may be done by the end of the week.

The deal is done.

**Bugeater** · 06-08-2010, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk

The deal is done.

Quit trying to jinx it beaker!

04-30-2010, 08:41 PM
Mr. Laz Don't Tease Me Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: KS Casino cash: $11047037	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. 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 Last edited by Mr. Laz; 06-10-2010 at 02:57 PM..
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06-08-2010, 09:44 PM	#2543
Bambi Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York City Casino cash: $10036993	An article regarding KU ball Pac-10 Merger: Bring Kansas Basketball, Colorado Football—Not Baylor... by Reid Brooks Emails from Baylor University regent and lobbyist Buddy Jones were obtained by the Dallas Morning News today (a great news source that has run with my articles before, so I'll give them a shameless plug) in which the Texas-based politician makes one of the most pathetic pleas I have ever seen. He basically asks every Baylor graduate in the legislature to call every major Texas institution (that is going to receive a Pac-10 invite) and have the big players demand that Baylor comes along. This is a new low in the sports world. Heck its a new low in the world in general, even for a Kenneth Starr headed team. This isn't a political issue, its a business decision. Right now, Baylor is looking like the fat girl that no wing man wants to take down, no matter how hot the girl (Texas) his buddy is going to get with might be. Scratch that, Baylor looks like Canada at a United Nations meeting in South Park: shouting very loudly about how they "need more money, guy" but not realizing that the rest of the world doesn't care. The argument that Jones continues to make is that Baylor has a bunch of championships in other sports (despite being awful at football, making their addition to the Pac-10 horrible for everyone including their own student athletes who will get destroyed on an annual basis) and he also claims that Baylor is academically better than Colorado. Memo for Buddy Jones: No. And to again reference South Park and their endless Canada jokes, I'm not your buddy, friend! If Baylor was in the current Pac-10, they would be on the bottom of the scale academically as well as athletically. We don't need Baylor, and Baylor's student athletes are not going to compete at a level that would make being in the Pac-10 beneficial to their self esteem. Also, well over half of the people on the west coast don't even know where/what Baylor is. Get over it. Baylor is embarrassing themselves and the Big 12 South by making this gigantic scene. If there is one deserving school that is being left out of the whole equation, however, it is definitely Kansas. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Jayhawks future is tied way too closely to their in state rival, Kansas State, who likely couldn't be brought into the Pac-10 unless they were replacing Texas Tech or Texas A&M (both schools actually are needed to bring Texas over, unlike that other school run by crybabies). Still, Kansas actually has something to offer in athletics. Aside from their marginal (but improved) football program, Kansas has one of the greatest basketball programs in the country. In fact, it would be a total shame if that program was not in a major conference (Kansas will find a good home). While their academics don't fit in perfectly with the Pac-10, neither do the academics of Texas Tech or Oklahoma State (both schools are better than people realize, but they still don't have the national reputation of Stanford, Cal, UCLA, or USC). And frankly, the prospect of watching a conference championship game between UCLA and Kansas basketball would be appealing enough to get the Pac-10 that international audience that commissioner Larry Scott has been talking about. The concept of adding Kansas to the Pac-10 might not be as far fetched as a lot of people are thinking, particularly if the conference could get only Kansas basketball. Conference realignment for different sports is common place (see the Big East). It might be possible to convince Colorado to bump out of the Pac-10 during basketball season in order to make way for the Jayhawks. If Kansas doesn't have an offer for major conference representation on the line for its football team, how could they turn such an option down? The Pac-10 would then get the best of both worlds. In the winter months and March Madness, an allegiance with Kansas would bring nothing but pride. And money. When the fall comes back around, having Colorado football makes the Pac-10 an academic, profitable, and proud conference of tradition. Obviously Kansas football would really get the shaft in this deal, but could Kansas really afford to pass it up? Their football program could likely participate in the MWC, which is where they are probably going to end up anyway, so is it really a loss for anyone? OK, fine, it is still a loss for Baylor, but who can actually see them on the turf with USC or on the court with UCLA? Anyone? This idea should be given thorough examination. Kansas is deserving not only for having a great and historic program, but also for not creating a huge media distraction during the Big 12's messy divorce. This move is win-win for the Pac-10; the question is, how clever is Larry Scott?
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