Where Will ISU End Up if the Big 12 Implodes?

[HouClone]

Thanks a lot NCAA. They say the need to step away and let conferences govern. Huh? It's like a city police chief saying individual neighborhoods are to police themselves. Yeah, who saw that going well.

 

[werdnamanhill]

ESPN.

The Worldwide Leader in Ruining Fun Things

 

[2020cy]

Norte Dame light.

 

[Chapanye]

There isn't a ******* chance in hell the B10 takes ISU. B10 can sit tight and let things develop. Certainly no need for them to reach at a KU or ISU right now - likelier IMO that they'd look at a UVA, BC type move anyway

 

[2020cy]

Norte Dame light.

My response to GTO.

 

[CoKane]

We're probably just going to pull a Big East and raid teams from other conferences. Houston, Memphis, and Cincy are god places to start.

 

[jsb]

We're probably just going to pull a Big East and raid teams from other conferences. Houston, Memphis, and Cincy are god places to start.

Not really.

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

I will not vote. If the big 12 blows up i don’t know what will happen. Either way it’s a huge hurdle. Screw both of them for conspiring against us. They are the foundation of the league

 

[Jack Gladney]

There isn't a ******* chance in hell the B10 takes ISU. B10 can sit tight and let things develop. Certainly no need for them to reach at a KU or ISU right now - likelier IMO that they'd look at a UVA, BC type move anyway

If ND does join the ACC, then that conference becomes much harder to raid. They’d be adding a top 5 current and historic program that would bring in a ton of additional money. The ACC schools will know that ND changes the game for them.

Plus I thought that the ACC passed new bylaws a few years ago that made it practically impossible for a school to leave?

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

It’s all a money play. Let’s just bend over and take it in the arse.

 

[BryceC]

If OU and UT are going to the SEC they aren’t waiting 4 years. They aren’t waiting more than 1.

Best thing to do would be to sit tight with the remaining 8 teams until 2025 and collect that ESPN money and split it only 8 ways. Figure it out from there and try to negotiate a spot in the PAC. That’s the only play.

 

[rochclone]

If OU and UT are going to the SEC they aren’t waiting 4 years. They aren’t waiting more than 1.

Best thing to do would be to sit tight with the remaining 8 teams until 2025 and collect that ESPN money and split it only 8 ways. Figure it out from there and try to negotiate a spot in the PAC. That’s the only play.

Teams can’t recruit that way and Texas + Oklahoma know that. The remaining 8 are going to scramble for landing spots immediately. The Big 12 will blow up completely by 2023 and Texas + Oklahoma will avoid the exit fees.

 

[DSM4Cy]

If OU and UT are going to the SEC they aren’t waiting 4 years. They aren’t waiting more than 1.

Best thing to do would be to sit tight with the remaining 8 teams until 2025 and collect that ESPN money and split it only 8 ways. Figure it out from there and try to negotiate a spot in the PAC. That’s the only play.

I actually like parts of this, but you can’t call yourself the Big 12 if this is the case. Find a new identity and maybe see if bringing 2 new schools on board is even a possibility. Would the remaining 8 have any desire to stay together? Would anyone of value want to join in if the leftovers were truly committed to sticking it out?

 

[CoKane]

Not really.

Where would you start? Outside of throwing a crap ton of cash at Notre Dame(who is never coming) there's not really anywhere else to go. The Pac 12 and Big 10 aren't inviting us.

 

[JP4CY]

I actually like parts of this, but you can’t call yourself the Big 12 if this is the case. Find a new identity and maybe see if bringing 2 new schools on board is even a possibility. Would the remaining 8 have any desire to stay together? Would anyone of value want to join in if the leftovers were truly committed to sticking it out?

In your scenario it would feel like the Old Big East football conference.

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

Let’s get this straight. You can’t wait to see how things shake out if ou and ut jump ship. You hitch your wagon to the big ten or pack 12 or get left in the dust.

 

[DSM4Cy]

In your scenario it would feel like the Old Big East football conference.

Yep. All realistic scenarios for us will feel like that though. At least you keep some history and regional matchups.

 

[BryceC]

I actually like parts of this, but you can’t call yourself the Big 12 if this is the case. Find a new identity and maybe see if bringing 2 new schools on board is even a possibility. Would the remaining 8 have any desire to stay together? Would anyone of value want to join in if the leftovers were truly committed to sticking it out?

Depends on what the options are.

I am highly skeptical that Tech, TCU, BU, KSU, WVU and Iowa State would have a soft landing spot. You could convince me that KU and maybe OSU would have standing invites available. But I don’t know.

 

[jsb]

If OU and UT are going to the SEC they aren’t waiting 4 years. They aren’t waiting more than 1.

Best thing to do would be to sit tight with the remaining 8 teams until 2025 and collect that ESPN money and split it only 8 ways. Figure it out from there and try to negotiate a spot in the PAC. That’s the only play.

Yeah, that’s doubt the remaining 8 will stick it out. Someone will blink.

 

[jsb]

Where would you start? Outside of throwing a crap ton of cash at Notre Dame(who is never coming) there's not really anywhere else to go. The Pac 12 and Big 10 aren't inviting us.

That’s it. We are ******* screwed.

I wonder when the first decommit will happen?