If Mizzou goes SEC and KU goes Pac 16, then this whole Farmageddon thing will take on a life of its own.
Name someone not named Larry Scott, Jim Delaney, Mike Slive , or any other person currently holding the office of being a commissioner of a BCS AQ conference who has the education, experience, talent, and moxie of being Commissioner of the Big 12 conference. Give me just one name the meets the above criteria, then I'll join you in your call to replace Beebe, but not before.Dan Beebe is the commissioner of the conference. How is the conference falling apart not his fault? His job is to further the interests of the conference. Clearly, he has failed at that.
OU is prepared to walk to the Pac with some combo of OSU +2 of either Tech/KU/MU
Texas isn't willing to change their network & they really could walk to the ACC because the ACC doesn't care
RRS could be a OOC affair again
this is all from OU Rivals
Is the KU/ISU rivalry better than the KU/KSU rivalry? I'm sure the folks on this board will say the former is way better than the latter. Do the folks in Lawrence, KS agree?FYI most Jayhawk fans (at least the insiders on the fan forums) feel if they have to go to the Big East they don't want KSU to follow them. Would rather have ISU instead.
So...
OU/OSU/KU/Tech to Pac-16
Mizzou/TAMU to SEC
Texas to ACC
ISU/Baylor to Big East?
Is that where we are now?
Have to assume SEC would poach 2 ACC schools... ACC would respond with poaching 5 Big East schools... Big East would then be at 6 and pick up 6-10 mid-majors to refill?
Houston
East Carolina
Central Florida
SMU
...Who else? Northern Illinois? Troy?
So...
OU/OSU/KU/Tech to Pac-16
Mizzou/TAMU to SEC
Texas to ACC
ISU/Baylor to Big East?
Is that where we are now?
Have to assume SEC would poach 2 ACC schools to get to 16... ACC would respond with poaching 5 Big East schools to get to 16... Big East would then be at 6 and pick up 6-10 mid-majors to refill?
Houston
East Carolina
Central Florida
SMU
...Who else? Northern Illinois? Troy?
And this is assuming Big Ten does not expand at all. Not looking good for Big East in this scenario.
Is the KU/ISU rivalry better than the KU/KSU rivalry? I'm sure the folks on this board will say the former is way better than the latter. Do the folks in Lawrence, KS agree?
Iowa offers 3 million more people than adding a second Kansas team so there could be a slight financial gain.Is the KU/ISU rivalry better than the KU/KSU rivalry? I'm sure the folks on this board will say the former is way better than the latter. Do the folks in Lawrence, KS agree?
This is all pretty depressing as a college football fan. When all is said and done, KSU might be our only remaining fellow conference member from the Big 8.
And who knows if that will even happen.
Speaking of the Cy-Hawk trophy, could we give it OU/UT as a parting gift?
Pick your 2012 Road Trip
Cincinnati, Ohio
Storrs, Connecticut
Louisville, Kentucky
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Tampa, Florida
Syracuse, New York
Morgantown, West Virginia
They need to rename the big thread as the official realignment thread.