so much for that
Conference Expansion: That's No Moon
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I am about to head out to Chicago so of course this is breaking today: ninjas have descended upon the Big 12 meetings and are busy abducting various members of the Big 12. The Columbus Dispatch continues to use the FOIA for interesting things by getting this email from Gordon Gee that seems to confirm that all the lurid fantasies Big Ten fans have issued about Texas, Texas A&M, and all the other crazy proposals are true:
"I did speak with Bill Powers at Texas, who would welcome a call to say they have a 'Tech' problem," Gee wrote in an e-mail that was among several obtained by The Dispatch through a public-records request for documents and correspondence related to Big Ten expansion proposals.
Meanwhile, the Big 12 is cancelling press conferences, Iowa State is expressing its strong commitment to the Big Twelve, and everything else is going crazy. Now I get in a car. Yay for timing. BWB thing then out.
(HT: @chrislittman.)
June 4th, 2010 at 10:26 AM | 
Now I get in a car.
Now I get in a car.
June 4th, 2010 at 10:26 AM |
That's a Space Conference
That's a Space Conference
That's a Space Conference
Harvard: The MICHIGAN of the East
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
June 4th, 2010 at 10:38 AM |
Duck and cover!
Duck and cover!
June 4th, 2010 at 10:38 AM |
This is what happens when you
This is what happens when you
June 4th, 2010 at 10:56 AM |
I hate to say it but Texas,
I hate to say it but Texas,
I hate to say it but Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Colorado to the Pac 10 probably makes better sense geographically but it sure would be cool to have Texas in the Big 10. Missouri, Pitt, Rutgers etc. just don't get me too excited
June 4th, 2010 at 11:31 AM |
Missouri gets me excited
Missouri gets me excited
Missouri gets me excited because then Illinois can have a real rivalry.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:57 AM |
Most Big 10 schools are
Most Big 10 schools are
Most Big 10 schools are closer to Austin than most Pac 10 schools. Even Austin to Tempe is 1000 miles. Pac 10 only makes better geographical sense for Colorado.
June 4th, 2010 at 12:59 PM |
You know the Rockey Mountains
You know the Rockey Mountains
You know the Rockey Mountains are between Texas/Oklahoma and the west coast, right?
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
June 4th, 2010 at 1:10 PM |
FWIW I've been
FWIW I've been
talking with some of my Big12 friends (most CU fans). They're saying that the rumor is that OU, OSU, Texas, TT, A&M, and CU would be put into one division with the two Arizona schools, so travel wouldn't radically change if this was the plan. They're suggesing this alignment is much more about better television contracts for the potential combined entity and a lot of the traditional conference match ups wouldn't get too upended. I guess you would play one or two schools in the other division per year in that scenario to get an 8th or 9th conference game? Not sure if SuperPAC10 would go to 4 OOC game schedule like other conferences or keep status quo.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:06 PM |
Football wise no
Football wise no
but basketball wise these teams would probably be making a few trips way out west to play each season. If it's a night game, the players wouldn't be getting back to their beds till the wee hours of the night.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:08 AM |
Austin
Austin
is 600 miles farther away from Seattle than State College.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:08 AM |
Can we get a warning?
Can we get a warning?
The Dispatch story of course contains a Number of Days since Michigan beat OSU counter at the top.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:08 AM |
But Nebraska does...
But Nebraska does...
And now Delaney should make the Domers an offer they can't refuse. Go get the Brinks truck!
June 4th, 2010 at 11:14 AM |
Offer the Domers can't refuse
Offer the Domers can't refuse
How about the head of touchdown jesus in brian kelly's bed?
June 4th, 2010 at 11:38 AM |
I'm not Catholic but isn't
I'm not Catholic but isn't
I'm not Catholic but isn't that kinda sacrilegious?
June 4th, 2010 at 11:48 AM |
I'm Jewish
I'm Jewish
So no. Plus its a Godfather reference, nothing more.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:12 AM |
there have to be some tight
there have to be some tight
there have to be some tight sphincters in places like iowa state, baylor, and south florida these days. if this turns into four 16-team power conferences, a handful of BCS auto-qualifer conference schools will get left out just because the numbers work out that way.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:02 PM |
Yeah
Yeah
Was thinking about that last night. The two schools that came to my mind were Iowa St and Kansas St. With the Big 12 probably dissolving in the next few years, these two schools might be headed to a 'mid-major' conference. Can you say 'Hello Mountain West Conference'.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:17 AM |
If I'm Kansas, I'm asking someone to take my belt away
If I'm Kansas, I'm asking someone to take my belt away
Does the Big Ten make a play for them...Nebraska, Kansas, Mizzou, and then either ND or PItt and Rutgers?
June 4th, 2010 at 11:22 AM |
BWB?
BWB?
I feel like I should know what that stands for, but I don't.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:25 AM |
blogs with balls. it's
blogs with balls. it's
blogs with balls. it's abbreviated only because it's discussed in the post above it.
June 4th, 2010 at 11:27 AM |
Conferences
Conferences
How much discusssion do you think goes on between the conferences about who gets who? I don't see the Big10 and say the SEC talking but the Pac10 and the Big10 are friendly. Do you think that the commisioners are discussing any of this between themselves, and if so how much?
June 4th, 2010 at 12:46 PM |
Dispatch article
Dispatch article
I don't know if any of you read the Ohio State online newsletter, but he has some pretty interesting things to say about World Cup soccer:
Editor: "I've got to say I am at my limit with soccer fans. Soccer is essentially a third-world sport. Frankly, I find the game Rambo plays in First Blood 3 - where he rides a horse in an attempt to carry a goat around a field, only to be dropped in a dirt circle - more exciting than soccer...Even in this day and age of global recession, people in the U.S. love their sports and will only support soccer if they find a way to open it up offensively. Until soccer comes around with more scoring, its fans will consist of transplanted non-Americans and soccer moms."
Racism, sexism, you name it. That's a pretty attractive package that guy's got going for him. And baldness too! :)
Michigan -- The Leaders and the Best since 1898
June 4th, 2010 at 1:26 PM |
Maize N Brew
Maize N Brew
Has the best summary of the situation yet.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:52 PM |
Too bad Brian's...
Too bad Brian's...
...off to Blogs With Balls, because he should be talking to Maize N Brew Dave now about how to get this post front paged here somehow. It's that good.
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
June 4th, 2010 at 3:43 PM |
Expansion
Expansion
It just doesn't seem right to have super conferences. I really hope expansion doesn't happen but sadly I see the writing on the wall.
My miniature Dachshund is the very same.
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.