Nothing most land grant universities with AAU status have done this forever.
IOWA STATE TO BIG TEN?!? Dave Wannstedt thinks so.
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Nothing most land grant universities with AAU status have done this forever.
I agree that it’s strange that Tech wasn’t included, but if all of this turns out to be true I will be happy that at least our old Big 8 rivals will have a good landing spot. I am really hoping that Baylor gets left out in the cold.
Because I might "wish" for something doesn't mean I believe it will happen. I hope it happens but it is very unlikely. Why don't you wish for Santa Claus to come down the chimney. I will be extremely excited if it does happen for ISU!
Seems Tech may just be more schools than the Pac-12 needs. They would need 4. After Ok St and K-State I imagine they'd rather count on BYUs alumni/fans subscribing to TV than Texas Techs. Maybe 4 is Utah St/Colorado St or even Boise St (Boise is "cool" now w Californians!NM State seems too irrelevant but would be close to AZ.
BYU has their own network already (unless something changed).
Could this be more of why Tech was pitching a fit about the Alliance last week? Could it be there is more too it? They are now looking like odd men out trying to stick together with the TX schools?
They could very well be a candidate for the PAC but there has been rumblings of the TX schools wanting to be a package, and we know how the political climate is there on that subject. Could it be that they approached the PAC as a package and the PAC said no, because of their views on the religious schools?
And as far as we know the ones mentioned are the closest to done deals, the others are still up in the air but will land somewhere, still possibly the PAC, ACC, AAC.
Sorry could not find the original question, I got busy getting the kids from sports and band practice, what I meant from your post do you believe all of the stuff about this that people like Feldman Dodd Auerbach etc, and the articles from espn and the athletic about this ?
I said this weeks ago but I'll repeat, b10 is the fallback if the b12 implodes. JP knows with certainty this but there could be more attractive options for us as well.
What could possibly be more attractive than ISU to the B1G?
Huh?? Big Ten is plan 1A, 1B and 1C. Pac 12 would be a "fallback" option. Anything else is not good whatsoever for the future of Iowa State.
Hell, if I could choose a stable Big 12 that includes OuT or the Big 10 that includes leaving the Big 12 without repercussions, I'd choose the Big 10.
Ummm... I am hard pressed to think of a more attractive option than the B10.
In fact... If we have a B10 landing spot we should burn this sucker to the ground right now. Screw the GOR and that OuT money. Get 'er done and go.
Wait what? The big12 is imploding. I'm not sure how you call the B1G a fallback, its the preference. Even over some mutant Big 12 staying together.
I may be completely misunderstanding what you are saying.
Out of the three I agree the B1G doesn't have very much incentive to help, which is why I don't think KU & ISU to the B1G is likely at all. While I don't think its a strong likelihood I think if one of the P2 teams is convinced to take KU & ISU I think its more likely the SEC because they were the ones who got UT & OU.
The ACC on the other hand is paid solely by ESPN for their T1 & T2 deals and the ACCN. They are pretty much tied at the hip and if ESPN adds a little money to their deal which is locked in for a long time, I doubt the ACC puts up much fight. Especially if adding a couple of Texas schools got them carriage of the ACC Network in Texas. ESPN can
Yes, ESPN only owns half the PAC but their deal comes up soon. I'm not sure leaving their content off ESPN helps their already dwindling national attention. Then add that their network has floundered. If the PACN wises up and sells half its interest to ESPN or FOX, again adding Texas as a state and getting in state subscription rates would be big for them and to a lesser extent adding a couple other states along with it.
Maybe the PAC would say no to ESPN but I doubt it. They need exposure and increased tv revenues.
This is a really bad take. The Big 12 is gone. If we are in some revamped Big 12, we are ******. The Pac 12 option is better, but still not good at all. The only option where Iowa State is not screwed beyond belief is the Big 10.
If we had a chance at the Big 10, we'd go today
Yet all the other media accounts were just a bunch of idiots repeating the same garbage about there being no interest and that the remaining schools have no value. The fact that there is even enough of a statement in a Fox meeting for Wanstedt to jump to this conclusion, and the fact that first reports about discussions between KU, ISU and the Big 10 started a month ago yet expansion still seems to be at least under review suggests all the media parroting the “no value, no interest” narrative seem to be wrong.
If the conferences had no interest in any of the teams it would probably serve them well to say they aren’t expanding and steer clear of the legal mess.
