Add Louisville now with Big East imploding

[Al_4_State]

Jesus. No.

Missouri or West Virginia will be in the SEC.

We would likely end up partnering with some of the large Florida schools, ECU, BYU, and TCU before most of the schools on that list.

[cyman05]

With all the talk about the Big East imploding as well, here's my thoughts on a hybrid league made up of Big East/Big XII leftovers, plus a few others:

North:
Cincinnati
Iowa State
Kansas
K-State
Louisville
Miami University
Toledo

South:
Baylor
Houston
Marshall
Missouri
South Florida
Southern Methodist
West Virginia

1. West Virginia is gone
2. What happened to TCU?
3. No way do you EVER go for Miami (OH), Toledo, or Marshall
4. Go instead for schools like Central Florida, BYU, East Carolina, Colorado State, Boise St, San Diego St, UNLV, Air Force, New Mexico, or Army/Navy before them.

[BigDogCyclone]

4. Go instead for schools like Central Florida, BYU, East Carolina, Colorado State, Boise St, San Diego St, UNLV, Air Force, New Mexico, or Army/Navy before them.

Just trying to have a conference make any sort of sense geographically. I'm not sure a conference that covers all timezones would be viable.

[BigDogCyclone]

North:
Cincinnati
Iowa State
Kansas
K-State
Louisville
Miami University
Toledo

South:
Baylor
Central Florida
Houston
Missouri
South Florida
Southern Methodist
TCU

[arganbright2]

The whole Geography of the realignment is what I'm having a tough time with.

This list below would only be for football obviously
I would like a "Northern" Division to be

Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Cincinnati
Louisville

"Southern" Division

Memphis
TCU
Baylor
SMU
South Florida
Central Florida

[Kickedinthenuts]

I would just like to point out that ESPN went with Boise State / Toledo on ESPN and Iowa State / UConn on ESPN2 on Friday. Last year's Big East Conference Champion and a Big 12 team coming off a dramatic triple overtime rivalry upset were on the deuce while Boise State playing a MAC team was on ESPN.

Are you re-tar-ded? Boise State was #5 and after 10 years of "underdog" status and a love fest from ESPN they now have a national following. What would you expect? I guarantee they had 10x better ratings than the UConn/ISU game.

[isuno1fan]

You know the ***** hitting the fan when Kickedinthenuts shows up!

[BigDogCyclone]

The whole Geography of the realignment is what I'm having a tough time with.

This list below would only be for football obviously
I would like a "Northern" Division to be

Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Cincinnati
Louisville

"Southern" Division

Memphis
TCU
Baylor
SMU
South Florida
Central Florida

We could compete in this league.

[kingcy]

Just trying to have a conference make any sort of sense geographically. I'm not sure a conference that covers all timezones would be viable.

OU and Texas are going to travel 2 timezones away for conference games, geography left conferences with that move.

[StPaulCyclone]

A new realignment thread...great idea!!!

[arganbright2]

This is why I say Memphis should be included despite having one of the worst football programs in the country

FedEx CEO could provide millions if BCS-affiliated league takes Memphis - CBSSports.com

[Senolcyc]

Pay no attention to Senolcyc. He is obviously clueless as to what this is about. ISU has never been in a position to be picky, and is getting less secure by the hour. ISU fans for some reason take the attitude that we are a top 20 institution, which of course we are not.

If I were a gambling man, I'd bet two G's that Iowa State would never vote to accept Louisville into the Big 12. Not ISU's decision alone of course.

[acgclone]

If I were a gambling man, I'd bet two G's that Iowa State would never vote to accept Louisville into the Big 12. Not ISU's decision alone of course.

This is about the survival of our athletic department. Why would we care about Louisville's academic rankings when we've partnered with Texas Tech and K-State in the past?

[F5cy]

We could compete in this league.

You aren't factoring in the huge loss in revenue our Athletics Department will have in this scenario. Under this setup we likely lose a ton of advantages we have over the other schools on this list and we become just like them. (only with a slightly larger football stadium and facilities that we won't be able to afford at that point in time)

[BCClone]

I think if the Pac takes four of ours, BYU would be begging to get in somewhere. I think if the doomsday things happen that people like to talk about, the forgotten five would be the leaders (with the framing of the Big 12) to pull the "also rans" together. Not saying this is great, but I think we could be a little picky.