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LutherClone said:
I have it CONFIRMED from well place sources within the Luther College athletic department that the Big XII is seriously looking at bringing on Luther and Wartburg along with Notre Dame. Word is that ND was only comfortable joining the conference if two other religious schools were brought in as well. They preferred the Lutheran tradition as opposed to BYU b/c both schools are much more comfortable with drinking than "the Y."

While Texas bulked, OU, OSU, ISU and Mizzou all welcomed the idea of adding two more wrestling programs as well as an instate rivals for Iowa State. Furthermore, Luther, Wartburg and ISU are working feverishly on putting together a network that will likely broadcast through THE ENTIRE eastern half of the state as well with limited coverage in MN as Luther has a large alum base in The Cities and Wartburg covers the Waterloo/Cedar Falls metro area really well! The flight to Decorah had JP on board as he was meeting with President Torgerson to hash out the details of the network. Also, something about VEISHA and Nordic Fest being the same weekend in future years. I'm going to start a Twitter to send out all the updates. More news when I hear it. Lots of smoke, for sure!
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cyman05 said:
I have a source in the Coe athletic deptartment that says he actually thinks its unlikely that Luther and Wartburg are gone. However, if superconferences do occur, the Iowa Conference is going to invite UNI and the Hawks. Everybody thinks UNI is a pipe dream, but its worth a shot. Word is that the Hawks are extremely interested because they're...

1. Disgruntled about the new name of the Nebby rivalry game of the "Heroes game."
2. Looking to get out of Northwestern's shadow since NW seems to have their number quite a bit in FB and BB lately.

If this did occur, then the Iowa Conference would merge with the Missouri Valley. They'd also take with them the names leaders and legends from the Big 10 in exchange for not having to pay an exit fee.

You'd have

Iowa Division (Leaders)

Coe
Northern Iowa
Buena Vista
Central
Iowa
Simpson
Loras
Dubuque

Missouri Valley (Legends)

Illinois St
Indiana St
Missouri St
N. Dakota St
S. Dakota St
S. Illinois
W. Illinois
Youngstown St
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You two are so silly :SLEEP:
 
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Could you even fit two people in the back of that thing?
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yes

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Okay here is a new scenerio, we got Byu and ND to join and A&M is staying to make it back at 12 teams??? NAH
 
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My take. BYU and ND negotiations went bad. Mizzou and OU scrambling to get out by sept 1. **** will hit the fan early this week. Not panicking, just my 2cents. Flight aware never means good news for ISU and that flight has bad news written all over it's flight path.
 
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Anybody really nervous? My gut is saying the conference went down the tubes, I hope my gut is off its rocker tonight.
 
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everyyard said:
My take. BYU and ND negotiations went bad. Mizzou and OU scrambling to get out by sept 1. **** will hit the fan early this week. Not panicking, just my 2cents. Flight aware never means good news for ISU and that flight has bad news written all over it's flight path.
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I think this is right on the mark, unfortunately. :mad:
 
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everyyard said:
My take. BYU and ND negotiations went bad. Mizzou and OU scrambling to get out by sept 1. **** will hit the fan early this week. Not panicking, just my 2cents. Flight aware never means good news for ISU and that flight has bad news written all over it's flight path.
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I fear you're right. But I just don't see ISU not being in a non AQ conference.
 
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Thus far Notre Dame is the only team that people consider to hold tradition above money, but this is going to be the true test as to whether it is true. You know the Big 12 is offering them much more money then they are getting now, plus it is likely much higher than what they've seen offered to them before from B1G or others.
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I think you're underestimating ND's arrogance. They've turned down the Big 10 already, and I'm unclear as to how the Big 12 has more $$$ to offer than the Big 10 could offer. Maybe it's in the form of their own TV network, which the Big 10 probably wouldn't allow, but they can do their own network without a conference. ND is an outstanding academic institution, and on that front, the Big 12 just isn't as good a fit. If you think academics doesn't matter, you're kidding yourself. There's no way they're going to join a conference that's viewed as academically mediocre. The money they get from alumni and donors is huge, and that's a group that has staunchly opposed the school joining the Big 10, which is a much better geographic, cultural, academic, and athletic fit for the school. I don't see how anyone can think the Big 12 will be able to land them. But who knows, just my opinion.
 
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