It was a report from KCTV out of Kansas City. Chip Brown seems to give it no merit. He is supposed to have another update at around 6:20 Central.
As a Missouri resident, (but not a fan of Mizzou), I am finding it rather comical that Missouri may be left out in the cold. They want to be in the Big 10 so badly, I think they would sell their souls to the devil. I have feeling they are pimping themselves to the SEC as we speak. But I doubt if any SEC team wants to go to Columbia in November for a football game.
I thought HippyHollow would be the first to pounce on this. 
And the outcome of the Holiday Bowl had no bearing on whether or not Cal got screwed, which I won’t debate.
Hehe, if Notre Dame ends up left high and dry They can always withdraw from the NCAA and just play every week against some Washington Generals(Missouri :)) they make up. Half the ND fans wouldn’t know the difference. And Tom Haden wouldn’t have to interrupt his knob polishing to make up excuses as to why they are getting their asses kicked.
Whoa Nellie! I know it’s unlikely and unconfirmed, but that would completely change the landscape we’ve been discussing. Would also be a giant middle finger to the PAC-10, and a medium sized one to OK, TT and Baylor.
The Big 10 makkes sense in terms of time zone, which is actually a big deal, it is a two hour difference betweeen Texas and the West Coast. Not that that is even close to a deciding factor, but it is just another one of many factors.
I really don’t think Texas is going to want to come that far north in November. I just still don’t see it.
Operable word, lately. They have had one of the best rivalries in football for a long time. Ohio State had a bad period too. I know no Michiganders who thought they would never come back.
The “Texas to the Big 10” theory was passed around months ago when it was first noted that the B10 was thinking about expanding. It can also be noted that at that time the Pac-10 wasn’t saying a thing about expanding. This is a move I love (being a B10 fan) but hadn’t heard anything about it recently (since everyone is saying they’re gonna be a P10 team) is this rumor popping out again? or was someone just re-hashing the previous info?
I have heard (new) rumors that that Texas is being courted by the Big 10 and the SEC as well as the PAC10.
I have also heard (rumors) that Notre Dame has been offered a sweetheart deal from the ACC. Basically keeping their home games under the NBC umbrella and the money.
It is hard to decipher what is true or just conjecture. Personally, I think the Notre Dame/ACC is a bunch of bunk.
It would not surprise me if Texas has had serious talks with the three conference listed. My preference would be to have them (and OU, and TAM) in the SEC. And Va Tech would be the 16th team to give the SEC a really wide fan base. From Washington DC to El Paso.
Seems like the SEC doesn’t have enough room to drag along the smaller Texas schools, which even if Texas & A&M would like to ditch them, would probably be a pretty hard politically for them.
Because Super-conferences are the way of the future. They may be wise to jump in early.
Since I’m an Oklahoma Sooners fan, It wouldn’t bother me at all if the Sooners moved to the SEC. I’d rather see the Oklahoma Schools go to an eastern conference than a western one.
Gonzo, I don’t understand this comment at all. Arkansas is part of the SEC. I don’t think anyone thinks that the SEC will not be one of the “Super Mega Conference.”
Upon further review, it looks like you were talking about Texas…my mistake
Why would a mega-conference have to be limited to 16 teams? Why not 18? or 20?
You start to lose some scheduling flexibility as you get bigger. With a 16 team Conference, each team will have 7 division games, which only leaves 4 for rivalry games, other division games, and record-boosting powder puff games, + the conference championship, if a team makes it and then a bowl game.
If you go to 20 teams, that’s 9 division games, which really limits some scheduling options.
Really wish there was a way to eliminate the powder puff blow outs and make everybody in a Super Conference play only other Super Conference teams. That would be great from a fan’s perspective.
I don’t think you would have to play every team within their division. Before the SEC expanded to 12 teams, the SEC would only schedule 6/9 Conference games out of 11 games total.
Even they go to 16 teams/2 divisions of 8, I doubt if the SEC plays 7+2 division games. I think they go to 6+3 schedule as I outlined in post #251.
OK, folks. The carousel continues… Boise State moves to the Mountain West Conference, giving a significant blow to the WAC football conference.
My biggest concern in all of this is what is going to happen to Pittsburgh. At the beginning of the process, I thought they would be a lock for the Big Ten, based on
- Geography
- Educational fit
- Natural rivalries
However, the longer this plays out, the less I see Pitt moving to the Big 10, which is a damn shame. I will hate Joe Paterno more than ever if Pitt doesn’t get into the Big 10, because it was his personal hissy fit that broke up one of the great college football rivalries in the country, certainly the greatest in the state of Pennsylvania and on par in that area to the passion of Ohio State/Michigan rivalry.
When Big 10 expansion became a reality, I had high hopes. But now, I think they are dimming. Of course, nothing is set in stone yet, and the landscape seems to change hourly, but I’m getting the feeling that even if ND decides not to go to the Big 10, Pitt will not be invited. AUGH! This kills me, because I love most of the schools in the Big 10, and would love to see Pitt in a great conference with such tradition.
If it doesn’t happen, what seems to be stirring under the surface is that Pitt could land in a new ACC superconference. That would be fantastic for basketball, but football, not so much. I grew up watching Big 10 football, so that’s where my heart is, but I guess if Pitt ends up in the ACC with Duke, UNC, et. al, the basketball season would be worth waiting for.
Any of you have any thoughts to what’s going to happen to the Big East? Schools like Pitt and WVU, with good football and basketball programs, will be plucked by someone, but they will say goodbye to schools like Villanova and St. John’s, schools without a Division I football team.
I’m especially interested in anyone’s thoughts on what happens to Pitt. I can’t see them going anywhere but the Big 10 for so many reasons, but the biggest reason is MONEY, and Pitt may just not add enough viewers to the BTN to make that a viable destination.
Dammit! :mad:
Well I have heard suggestions that the Big 10 could try to land Pitt and Rutgers to go with Nebraska and then they will cover ten states and keep the name Big 10 with a straight face. I suppose it could also be Missouri and Pitt or Missouri and Notre Dame or Rutgers and Missouri.
I haven’t counted how many states they’re in now, but all of your options add one except Rutgers/Missouri which would add two.
(They’re already in Indiana and Pennsylvania)