Colorado leaves Big 12, Joins Pac 10
Announcement coming at noon Eastern
Pac 10 Website updated to reflect addition
This obviously means that Nebraska is going Big 10.
Wild card is Texas to Pac or Big 10.
Kansas, Kansas St., and Iowa St. just peed a little....
is why Conference USA didn't jump into the mix and throw 2-3 to the Big East and take 2-3 from the Big 12. it's a mid-major with no real noise. put ECU in the Big East and take Iowa St, etc.
It's interesting to see the Kansas fans in meltdown mode.
it's a sad day in jayhawk-land
the big 12 will stay add 1 team (utah) and call itself the big11ten
So from what I've read on this board, A&M and UT are deciding Big Ten or Pac Ten today.
I certainly hope so - the suspense is killing me.
Nebraska/ND/Maryland/Syracuse/Rutgers
or
Nebraska/ND/Texas/A&M/Mizzou
Obviously one of these is not like the other. That being said there is probably a 25% chance at best that it plays out one of the two ways above.
which is why i hope the odds are even greater than you list. My nightmare scenario is NB but then Rutgers, Syracuse and Maryland, as some paper reported yesterday.
The CIC boost that accompanies the Big 10, plus likely equal or great money from BTN seems to me like an obvious choice. The fact that legislators want to step into this whole process probably throws a twist in things though, and the fact that Texas is a control freak probably makes the Pac10 more likely.
The strong should no longer subsidize the existence of the weak. Screw them.
Let's make the best conference in college football and call it a day.
Colorado to the Pac-10 is interesting b/c it was being reported that the Texas legislature was trying to strong arm the Pac-10 into taking Baylor over Colorado. Looks like the Pac-10 wasn't going to let them bully them.
second domino falls...
next up Texas/TexasA&M
then a grab bag of Mizzou, Kansas, Rutgers, Syracuse, Maryland
and at the end ND will decide if it wants to join modern college football and join the Big 10 or become irrelevant.
Is this a trick question?
ND is already irrelevant, right?
touche
I wonder if Colorado will still play Nebraska on Thanksgiving weekend. I have always enjoyed that game for some reason.
Look forward to an exciting Nebraska v. Indiana matchup instead.
It will probably be Iowa/Nebraska and Minnesota/Wisconsin. Right now Wisconsin is usually off on the last weekend while Minnesota/Iowa play.
Don't know about CO v NE, but I would not be surprised to see the OK v NE back on the schedule every year. It was killed by TX and B12, but it could easily be revived and would be a ratings bonanza for both of those teams new conferences.
Buffs vs Mich in the Rose Bowl (just a 6 hour drive away) has my heart a twitter
How fast do you drive?
I can't keep all this straight. Who can offer charts? Charts please?
I think UConn is a much more attractive option in the NYC market than Rutgers. I don't know why their name has been dropped from the discussion recently
academics...they make Mizzou look like rhodes scholars.
To be fair, UConn is a much better school than Missouri. They're not AAU members though which makes them a non-starter.
Academic research is the entire play with regards to academics. As someone in academic research, really nobody cares about undergraduate education. It may sound mean, but undergrads are just a method to pay the bills and the salaries of the faculty and adminstrators. I don't like it (the main reason I am looking at going towards liberal arts institutions as opposed to research universities after I defend my thesis).
To this move. I want good academic schools as well, but all that matters is how good you look in football.
Maybe UConn isn't a terrific research institution but it is on par with Rutgers and the only reason they are considering Rutgers is to get their foot in the door of the New York market
sorry for the double post
I've heard from some people that this guy actually has a legitimate connection to the Big Ten office and that he almost always brings in true information. Of course, that could all be BS, but I figured I'd just put it out there anyways.
At any rate, if this is true, then let the Big Ten-Pac 10 battle for Texas commence.
That would be an absolutely ideal situation in my opinion for all parties invovled. This obviously means it won't happen.
The good news with the Buffs leaving means that the Pac 10 or Texas and A&M said screw the Texas State Legislature and said we are going forward without Baylor. This could help the Big Ten in pulling Texas as now it appears that they will not be controled by politics and be brought down by others religious beliefs or terrible academics (Tech).
Pushing up the timetable could also mean they're confident Texas is coming and they took Colorado to send the message that they don't want Baylor.
I graduated from CU and still live in Boulder, I like the move but I am concerned about losing our rivalries with CSU and Nebraska. I couldnt imagine us not playing CSU first game of the year
Why would you lose the rivalry with CSU? It's a nonconference game already.