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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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I can't help but wonder, if the last few seconds of the Big 12 Championship game last year, didn't have a huge bearing on Nebraska's decision.
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If MU goes to the Big East then basketball season is going to be frustrating as Hell... but they'll get, like, an annual BCS bid in football. MU will forcibly rape the Big East in football.
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Illinois owns STL if MU goes to the Big East. KC is a nice recruiting bed for them, but not enough on its own. And they'll still get some 2 and 3 stars out of Texas, but that's about it. Recruiting will be hurt badly by a move to the Big East.
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This post makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. Rep.
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IMO, it would be good for all KC area schools to consider the Big East option... keeping KU, KSU and MU together would be still fun for rivalries.
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Think of how much MORE KU, KSU and MU would be talked about in the East coast biased media.
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Well, it's either that or the WAC or MVC, so far, it appears. |
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I don't have a dog in this fight, other than if some Big 12 goes to the SEC..
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Illinois will have a decided leg up, IMO. They can point to being in the true regional power conference w/ games every weekend against Michigan, OSU, Nebraska and other traditional powers. We'll get to trump up the opportunity to **** with Boston College on occasion. People in St. Louis don't care about beating the Big East. Pinkel will have a harder sell and with as close as the margins are on winning/losing a recruit, I gotta believe we'll lose some guys that we'd have been able to keep had this not happened (and lose even more guys that we'd have been able to steal had we gone to the Big 10). It's not ideal by any means.
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Gabbert, Richardson, Maclin, and Demien are all big recruits we've gotten from St. Louis.
Not to mention lesser players who are still contributors like Kemp, Steeples, Gatti (hopefully), Gettis, and others. Missouri recruits St. Louis better than it does Kansas City.
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