Other Sports Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment - Page 287

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

Chiefs Rool · 06-11-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

if Notre Dame joins the Big 10 then Nebraska is out and they Big 10 just stops at 12 imo.

I'm pretty sure Notre Dame said they are staying as an independent. Catholic pussies!

Bambi · 06-11-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

I think he's thrown out every scenario imaginable at some point in this thread so when this all gets sorted out he can quote whichever post had the right info in it and proclaim himself as a genious.

What the **** are you talking about?

All I'v ever said was that MU was not going to the Big 10 and Texas was not going to the Pac 10.

I stick to that.

Are you a Neb guy? Getting nervous?

**Bugeater** · 06-11-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

Just heard on the radio that the presser today will not include a move to the big-10 announcement.

Mr. Laz · 06-11-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

Are you a Neb guy? Getting nervous?

Yes he is and yes he is.

kepp · 06-11-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Archie Bunker

http://www.kctv5.com/sports/23868261/detail.html

DALLAS, Tex -- A highly-placed source tells KCTV5 that the head of a television network has again told Big 12 officials they would like to form a Big 12-Pac-10 Network and that the conference's next television deal is lucrative enough to keep remaining Big 12 teams together.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe is using the potential contract to try and urge the remaining universities in the conference to stay together.

Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione told the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, "We have a very, very strong sense from our television partners that the revenue stream would be very, very good going forward. Better than where we are today.”

The current Big 12 television contract is a seven-year contract through 2016 with ABC that pays them $480 million, and the Fox Sports Network contract pays them $78 million and ends in 2012.

In 2008, the SEC signed a 12-year, $2.25 billion deal with ESPN/ABC and has a 15-year, $825 million agreement with CBS. Each SEC's school reportedly receives around $15-17 million per year from the television contracts.

Th Big Ten has a 10-year, $1 billion deal with ESPN/ABC and a 25-year, $2.8 billion deal with the Big Ten Network. Fox Sports owns a 49 percent stake in the Big Ten network and would likely want a similar deal with the Big 12 and Pac-10, KCTV5's sources said.

Soooooooo....it finally comes out that Beebe is really a business & marketing mastermind and has used this situation to trick those simple-minded TV execs into renegotiating, while casting off a couple of dead-weight teams in the process as a bonus. Keep doubting Dan the Man.

**Bugeater** · 06-11-2010, 11:22 AM

Why would I be getting nervous?

Mr. Laz · 06-11-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefs Rool

I'm pretty sure Notre Dame said they are staying as an independent. Catholic pussies!

if they do it's a mistake imo

no matter how many scream about what a marketing powerhouse ND is ... their football program is slowly dying and needs to be in a conference to rejuvenate it. Join now or join later ... it's gotta happen eventually.

Mr. Laz · 06-11-2010, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Why would I be getting nervous?

Because EVERY big 12 school is nervous right now.

what ... Nebraska is just too good to be nervous? Puhhhhhleeze.

Reerun_KC · 06-11-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

Because EVERY big 12 school is nervous right now.

what ... Nebraska is just too good to be nervous? Puhhhhhleeze.

And so is the fanbase.
This is scary shit right now...

kepp · 06-11-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

Every MUron Asslicks Wildcats?

Relative to lawrence/ku-

Even Manhattan Adores Women

ClevelandBronco · 06-11-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

Because EVERY big 12 school is nervous right now.

what ... Nebraska is just too good to be nervous? Puhhhhhleeze.

Big 11.

**alnorth** · 06-11-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Wickedson

What the **** are you talking about?

All I'v ever said was that MU was not going to the Big 10 and Texas was not going to the Pac 10.

I stick to that.

Are you a Neb guy? Getting nervous?

kepp beat me to it, but I really dont think your "big 10 said never mind to NU" scenario is believable.

The only believable scenario I can think of, given recent rumors, is that a TV exec walks in with staggeringly huge bags of money, dumps it on Nebraska's desk, and says "there's more where that came from if you dont go to the Big 10", and Nebraska says "Well... all right, then".

Bambi · 06-11-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Big 11.

Colorado never really fit in anyway.

That school has much more of a Pac 10 feel (a million titles in sports no one else plays....ala skiing)

**Bugeater** · 06-11-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

Because EVERY big 12 school is nervous right now.

what ... Nebraska is just too good to be nervous? Puhhhhhleeze.

Oh, I'll feel better once it's over with, no question about that. But I'm confident that this is going to happen, and it's going to take more than Wickeddouche pulling shit out of out of his ass to get me uptight.

**HemiEd** · 06-11-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

I don't think it did from the University's perspective, but it certainly helped as far as getting the fans on board with the idea.

Well, you are the one that reminded me of it. I had kind of forgotten it, but after having it refreshed, it reminded me how pissed I was when that happened.
I REALLY wanted the Huskers to win that game, and it was a ****ing theft.

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