***OFFICIAL BIG 12 EXPANSION THREAD 2.0***

[dunar]

Hard to get kicked out from AAu, hard to get in. Not that much movement except for Nebby when they did not count research at UNMC. The govt is cutting research dollars back about 10% due to sequestration. I think FSU is applying but probably will not be AAU in the end. It is a party school.

Didn't Syracuse leave soon after NU got the boot?

The part about realignment that some forget is the real money in the B1G is in the CIC. Membership there is automatic w/ B1G membership, right? Plus University of Chicago. But why would they want to share further with another institution that isn't up to their high academic standards? Almost like CIC is more elite than AAU, if you can't get in to AAU, why would they want you in CIC? (AAU isn't a problem for ND, but the stem-cell research that CIC member institutions take part in might be...)

[colbycheese]

Hard to get kicked out from AAu, hard to get in. Not that much movement except for Nebby when they did not count research at UNMC. The govt is cutting research dollars back about 10% due to sequestration. I think FSU is applying but probably will not be AAU in the end. It is a party school.

If I remember correctly, Syracuse voluntarily left the AAU the same time Nebraska did.

[ISUFan22]

Methinks these WVU guys are trolling some of you...

[CyFan61]

If I remember correctly, Syracuse voluntarily left the AAU the same time Nebraska did.

Syracuse resigned rather than get tossed out like Nebraska when it became clear that they would have been evicted just as the Huskers were.

[KnappShack]

Methinks these WVU guys are trolling some of you...

I tend to agree, but I'm still concerned with 10 and the lack of a conference network. The Big 12 seems to be swimming against the tide a little.

Once the SEC Network comes on board, the Big 10 network gets a new deal....a good chunk of the Big 12 will be earning considerably less than the current BCS schools. I guess the lower earners won't be the schools in a position to blow up the league

[dunar]

Kind of fun watching the "my sources could beat up your sources" going on right now

[DistrictCyclone]

If I remember correctly, Syracuse voluntarily left the AAU the same time Nebraska did.

They were facing a forced ouster, like NU, but decided to avoid the bad publicity and "voluntarily" withdraw. The AAU doesn't like for a school to receive too high a portion of their research grants that aren't subject to competitive peer review.

[DistrictCyclone]

You guys should seriously stop following/posting info from that idiot from West Virginia. Do you like enabling a moron with a megaphone?

[IAStubborn]

Hard to get kicked out from AAu, hard to get in. Not that much movement except for Nebby when they did not count research at UNMC. The govt is cutting research dollars back about 10% due to sequestration. I think FSU is applying but probably will not be AAU in the end. It is a party school.

You cannot apply, you get invited to join. Georgia Tech was last school invited. For every one in one goes, is the current thinking. Syracuse and nebby left (cuse would have got the boot) it takes 2/3 vote to get in or kicked out. Based on internal standings Kansas and mizzou would be next in line to get the hatchet. They dont count land grant formula/block research grants in there equation which hurts us a bit too but we seem in solid ground for a while. Tech is trying to bolster there resume to be considered too but wvu is not even close to the caliber of school. I think big Ten is building an aau voting block so one of their own can never get kicked out (just need 20 votes). Texas former president is head of the aau and why nebby thinks they were kicked out...
No way fsu gets in, but bet they go big 10...got to get someone to get to 16.

[Cyclonick182]

I haven't actively been following any "sources" but has the dude predicted anything at all thats come true?

[megamanxzero35]

I haven't actively been following any "sources" but has the dude predicted anything at all thats come true?

No. He said Clemson and FSU to Big 12 was done deal before.

[Let's Go State]

Is it strange to anyone else that BOTH the loudmouths (entertaining loudmouths though) come from West Virginia??......

[dunar]

Is it strange to anyone else that BOTH the loudmouths (entertaining loudmouths though) come from West Virginia??......

There's at least two in Texas as well, but only one is on par, entertainment-wise. And he blocked me on Twitter for some reason...

[laminak]

I think big Ten is building an aau voting block so one of their own can never get kicked out (just need 20 votes). Texas former president is head of the aau and why nebby thinks they were kicked out...

This is not correct. Both Wisconsin and Michigan voted against NU for AAU while Texas (and Big 12 teams) voted for them.

Emails: Wisconsin and Michigan opposed Nebraska's AAU membership : The Lincoln Journal Star Online

[TXCyclones]

BTN announced last night and again this morning that the B1G has notified FSU that they have "no interest". The difference here is that it is the CONFERENCE saying "no interest" rather than the school.