Maybe if they turn the latest sweet deal down, the B1G will move on to others. Screw ND will be their final opinion.
*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****
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OU is worried about recruiting when they should be worried about what serves their best interests overall. Being #2 in the Big XII pecking order and possibly sliding into at least a tie for #1 if they save the forgotten 5 is a hell of a lot better position for them to be in then being at best #11 in the pecking order in the Pac 16. Let's face it... The original PAC 10 schools are going to stick together on everything relating to conference rules, bylaws, etc... IF OU thinks that they are going to have any power at all in the PAC 16 they are delusional. Washington State due to it's longtime membership will hold more power then OU simply because they have 9 conference brothers to back them up. OU will get **** on out west and they won't even have Texas to blame anymore.
Why would Navy want to be anchored to a superconference? They already make a big splash where they're at. I can't imagine they want to submerge themselves into that kind of abyss.
Agree completely. They original 10 schools are going to have their way on all issues, especially now that they only need 9 votes for a majority decision.
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I'm sure that's what Iowa State thought when the Big 8 became the Big XII. "How bad could this Texas thing be? We have the 7 other members of the Bgi 8 to back us up and the offices are in Kansas City for Gods Sake, a stones throw from Ames." Don't put it past Texas to blow up another conference in the next 15 years. Especially when these teams get upset at sharing the wealth with the Washinton States and Colorado's, if they don't pick their games up. The greed won't stop, it's oinly going to get worse.
Watch this happen....
Texas/Tech will back away from the PAC but instead of rebuilding the B12, Mizzou/KU will take that opportunity to replace them as the other 2 in the P16 and we'll be F'd again.
Texas/Tech will back away from the PAC but instead of rebuilding the B12, Mizzou/KU will take that opportunity to replace them as the other 2 in the P16 and we'll be F'd again.
We would have the 6th biggest fan base in the Pac 12. This is also another reason why we should be ahead of KState when it comes to realignment.
Too bad we could not put Indiana on the gang plank with us. They have a corrosive sports program in the last five years.
Navy should seek a flagship conference. Don't know if they are on anyone's radar. If they end up in a BCS conf, I salute them. I just hope Army doesn't tank.
Excellent read. To be honest, I'm not really surprised by where we are on that.
The more you look at this decision OU is about to make... the more it confuses the hell out of me. What are they going to gain by jumping to the Pac? It sure seems like they are taking a huge risk that will burn them in the long term.
Another thing that doesn't make sense in this whole "super-conference" crap... What happens when a team and there eventually will be a team that is no longer happy with their conference ties. Say OU jumps to the PAC 16 and 5 or 6 years from now they have had it with Texas (again), had it with the Cali schools, had it with all of the extra travel and the expenses that go with it, etc... Now what are their options? There is nowhere for them to go. They are stuck. This whole thing seems more and more like a bunch of people that are only looking at the very short term rather then looking at the big picture years down the road and making very poor decisions.
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CycloneErik
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I was just about to link that. Possible forgotten schools in a 64-team BCS by fanbase:
Missou: 1.08 million
WV: 959k
Rutgers: 938k
Kansas: 768k
BYU: 710k
UConn: 619k
Iowa State: 535k
South Florida: 521k
Kansas State: 428k
TCU: 370k
Cincinnati: 323k
Louisville: 300k
Baylor: 209k
Put another way, we're 63rd out of 69 current BCS schools plus ND and BYU. (There's a number with smaller fanbases ahead of us, since they're lucky enough to be in stable conferences.)
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CycloneErik
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From the same fanbase article, we'd be 12th out of 13 in the Big 10 (ahead of NW, of course), 13th of 14 in the SEC (Vandy), 12th of 15 in the ACC (MD, NC State, Wake Forest), and 7th of 13 in the Pac-12 (including ahead of Utah and Colorado).
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