Don't tell Pollard.

[DSEV377]

The Big 12 Commish spot is open. That wuold suck for us, but be great for him.

[cycloneworld]

No offense to Pollard because I'm as big of a fan as the next cyclone but what has he done that would make him attractive for that job? He has a lot of plans for Iowa State but nothing has really come to fruition just yet. Except for building excitement, he has done a great job of that. Give it another 2-3 years and I think the situation will be completely different but as of right now, there are a lot of plans/dreams but none have really been realized yet.

[dinger]

lets not forget that pollard fell in love with ames and wants to keep his family here. where does the big xii comish reside anyway? and furthermore, where is this report coming from? i cant find anything that the comish is leaving.

[BryceC]

The commish is definitly gone, it's starting to make the rounds on the AP and whatnot.

There is no way he would get the job with his "revenue sharing" idea on the table, UT's AD's head would explode.

Apparently the UT AD is likely to get the job according to the rumor mill around the internet.

[dinger]

ok youre right...from Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site:
Big 12 Conference Commissioner Kevin Weiberg to Step Down :: <blank>

[mustangcy]

This topic is huge....if a "southern" guy gets this job it could spell trouble.

[goldmember]

Would it really surprise anyone if a Texas guy gets the job? I still love it how some fan from one of the Big 8 schools brings the Big 8 banner to the Big 12 MBB Tournament.

[flander1649]

I hope the Texas guy doesn't get it he'll probably start to push to get ISU and CU out of the big 12. You can only allow Texas so much power before it gets bad.

[acgclone]

I'm sure that the Texas shools will hand pick his replacement and I'm thinking that is not JP

[HILLCYD]

I hope the Texas guy doesn't get it he'll probably start to push to get ISU and CU out of the big 12. You can only allow Texas so much power before it gets bad.

So would they change it to the Big 10 then?

Why would they want to get CU and ISU out?

[CYdTracked]

I don't think the commish job would be challenging enough for Pollard. It's more of an administrative job than anything and an AD job is more "hands on" and has more exciting aspects to it.

[brianhos]

I hope the Texas guy doesn't get it he'll probably start to push to get ISU and CU out of the big 12. You can only allow Texas so much power before it gets bad.

No one is going to push anyone out. ISU has had more sucess in the big 12 than some of the texas schools, what has TT or Baylor done? aTM has only been good in bball 1 year, and their football team is only slightly better than ISU in the last few years.

[matt8879]

So would they change it to the Big 10 then?

Why would they want to get CU and ISU out?

Two words TCU and Arkansas (or some other teams from the old SWC). Most of the Texas teams see playing us as an inconvenience. At least that's the vibe I get from other message boards.

[benjay]

I wouldn't take the word of fans on message boards to be representative of the direction southern athletic departments feel the Big 12 should go.

[psycln11]

No one is going to push anyone out. ISU has had more sucess in the big 12 than some of the texas schools, what has TT or Baylor done? aTM has only been good in bball 1 year, and their football team is only slightly better than ISU in the last few years.

Let's see... for the 2006-2007 season

Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site

Baylor:

Men's Tennis regular season and tournament
Women's Tennis regular season and tournament
Softball regular season

aTm:

Baseball tournament
Women's outdoor track
Women's indoor track
Women's golf
Women's basketball regular season
Women's swimming and Diving
Women's Soccer regular season


The only teams not to win a title were Missouri, Kansas State, & Texas Tech.

The year before that?? Only Missouri and KSU.
Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site