Full Blown Conference Realignment

[Tank]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ent/index.html

As discussed before, 64 teams in 4 super-conferences. Notice, ISU is #60 in cash revenue but left out of the 4 super-conferences (top 64) and replaced by Mississippi State.

[kcclones]

interesting on page 2 we are in the top 64 but looks like we get replaced by the note at the bottom

*Because none of the surviving conferences would jettison a member, Mississippi State (No. 67) would replace Iowa State.

[TheHelgo]

Andy Staples is clearly a D-bag

[RhoadsRage]

So even though we produce in excess of 10 million more in revenue than Miss St., we are left out in the cold??? NCAA is full of ****!!!

[CloneAggie]

So even though we produce in excess of 10 million more in revenue than Miss St., we are left out in the cold??? NCAA is full of ****!!!

Um ... the writer's proposal is to abandon the NCAA.

It all starts with leaving the NCAA.

[bootcy]

His whole point is to eliminate government interference, yet he is leaving out Utah and Boise State which are the teams causing the government to interfer.

[RhoadsRage]

Um ... the writer's proposal is to abandon the NCAA.

But will the presidents of all these universities agree to "defect" from NCAA, I doubt it.

[flander1649]

And they bring in a non BCS school in TCU that is crap. They bring in just a little bit more then ISU. Send them packing put ISU in the big 16 and send KSU to the PAC-16.

[jbhtexas]

Wrestling will be a big deal in the Big 16, and thus ISU will get into that conference over KSU...

[anticyclonic]

Completely stupid article. It shows ignorance of college programs.

In 2000/2001 ISU was doing better in all athletics that most schools on that list. The economy might be done and ISU still has rated volleyball, w basketball, cross country, and wrestling teams, and football wasnt terrible, men's bb is the only problem.

[deadeyededric]

Andy Staples is clearly a D-bag

Agreed, but he got what he wanted outta this article or we would not have this thread. Never gonna happen so don't anybody getted worked up over it.

[jbhtexas]

Also, if CASH (i.e. money) is the big driver, FB stadium seating capacity will be taken into consideration, and a number of schools on that list have lower seating capacity than ISU.

[mac4cy]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ent/index.html

About half way down the article they throw Iowa State out of any of the big conference. Lets hope this never happens.

[HandSanitizer]

Rutgers, Syracuse, Northwestern, Indiana, Washington, Washington State, Virginia, Wake Forest, Miss St, Vandy, Oregon State.

Baylor and Duke?

I hope we really turn the corner in Football the next 5 years. We need to beat a couple big name teams and get our stadium done.
Then we won't be left off this list. Of course that doesn't explain half the teams that made above.

Its funny how these things come out and they take teams that are hot.
If TCU goes 7-5 in the MWC next few years they will become irrelevant

[jdoggivjc]

Yesterday's thread wasn't good enough?