Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC

[cyclonehomer]

I'd love that actually.

Let the SEC jerk itself off and the rest of college football can kind of go on somewhat normal. They can have their own championship but eventually a team outside their mega league will pass the eye test and make their championship hallow.

If that league were to form it would be hilarious that Vanderbilt is somehow along for the ride.

Even if those schools are safe right now, in a few years they'll be told to kick rocks imo. The only way it keeps its cache as an NFL G-League is by going all in only blue-bloods and even then I doubt the long term stability when, as you said, most of the country won't care after a year or two.

 

[HFCS]

Even if those schools are safe right now, in a few years they'll be told to kick rocks imo. The only way it keeps its cache as an NFL G-League is by going all in only blue-bloods and even then I doubt the long term stability when, as you said, most of the country won't care after a year or two.

Yeah, most of the country wouldn't care, then after a few years Georgia or Tennessee or Texas would just be a 10th or 14th place team.

64 team super league that goes coast to coast at least seems like a sustainable popular and awesome thing if not for squeezing out a handful of teams. (of which ISU would always be in the mix sadly)

20 team league mostly in the southeast, no thanks.

If then need a 32 team super conference so bad, why not do 64 with relegation? Let's be honest, ISU can compete with anybody now (finally) but there where decades where competing in the 64-33 range would have been much better than facing national champion caliber Nebraska and OU.

There's a way for the conferences to do this together that is better for everyone and maximizes the profits/audience.

 

[Trice]

Been offline all day. Can someone give me a summary of the day's activities? I gather that the news of UT and OU leaving is officially official, and I saw a rumor of the B1G adding KU and ISU. But I assume it's all just rumor at this point?

 

[CYTUTT]

It would be cool if they went to the Mega 20 and all the other teams held out until they paid each noncon team 8 million a game. This can’t work Long-term. The egos are bigger than the money!

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Ok, so the Big 10 has supposedly reached out to the Pac 12 to try and talk teams into going the league. Right now the league has 14 teams, I just cannot see 2 teams willing to jump to the Big 10 unless they split it up like KU and CU. So they really need to take at least 4, which is being reported. How do you make a now 18 team conference work? 2 divisions of 9 each would be 8 division games and 2 cross over games, so you have to move to a 10 game league schedule, very doable and play 2 crossover games meaning you play every team from the other division every 5 years or if you do home and home it would be 2 every 10 years. But how do they make 20 work?

Pods for 20. Groups of 4 or 5.

 

[AlaCyclone]

I'd even take a quasi-B12 including Tech, KSU etc. with some add ins (Houston) over being shipped off to the MAC or whatever.

The MAC is not even remotely possible. They are literally a glorified FCS Conference without a single school that averages even half of what ISU does for football attendance. The absolute worst case scenrio for ISU would be the AAC, the MWC or a re-configured Big Xii.

 

[alarson]

Been offline all day. Can someone give me a summary of the day's activities? I gather that the news of UT and OU leaving is officially official, and I saw a rumor of the B1G adding KU and ISU. But I assume it's all just rumor at this point?

Pretty much.

Nothing new that i can recall has come out other than rumors. More indications OU\UT are gone though no official notice yet. A couple statements by a couple big 12 ADs with little substance.

 

[SCNCY]

Been offline all day. Can someone give me a summary of the day's activities? I gather that the news of UT and OU leaving is officially official, and I saw a rumor of the B1G adding KU and ISU. But I assume it's all just rumor at this point?

Nothing is official. But Big 12 ads and presidents had a meeting yesterday. OU and Texas choose not to attend. Rumor that they will submit a letter to the Big 12 very soon ( some day hours, others saying early in the week) stating their intention to leave. Remaining big 12 sent a media letter out saying they want to stay together and would like to know OU and Texas grievances. But it sounds like we’re getting the cold shoulder from them.

Teams starting to make calls to find landing spots when big 12 ceases to exist. Supposedly KU and ISU have or has had a call with Big 10.

 

[HFCS]

Been offline all day. Can someone give me a summary of the day's activities? I gather that the news of UT and OU leaving is officially official, and I saw a rumor of the B1G adding KU and ISU. But I assume it's all just rumor at this point?

I think the rumors of SEC reaching out to Big Ten or ACC teams are probably true. Wouldn't shock me if they have talked to a few Pac teams too.

They are at least kicking the tires on trying it.

 

[Rods79]

Pretty much.

Nothing new that i can recall has come out other than rumors. More indications OU\UT are gone though no official notice yet. A couple statements by a couple big 12 ADs with little substance.

The quiet really speaks volumes and legitimizes it, in my opinion.

 

[jdolson27]

Been hearing Steve Sarkisian ex Alabama oc and Saban masterminded this when he was hired as Texas’s new head coach.

 

[Freebird]

I still think everyone with the exception of Baylor finds a good landing spot. I think they end up being the odd team out.
also. **** Baylor.

 

[AlaCyclone]

I was pleasantly surprised when I was living on the East Coast for the last 5 years at how many Iowa State people I happened upon.

True Story: When I lived in Northern Virginia in the late 80's and the Washington Post was my local daily paper, there was an aritcle one day about a suburb in Maryland and how there were a bunch of Iowa State grads that all lived within a few blocks of each other. Thought that was really cool!

 

[HFCS]

Well I found a super clever hidden way to put our name into the Big Ten logo. I think this means we are in.

 

[JM4CY]

Well I found a super clever hidden way to put our name into the Big Ten logo. I think this means we are in.
View attachment 87302

Half tempted to make that my avatar to piss off the trolls.

 

[Cyched]

Half tempted to make that my avatar to piss off the trolls.

Eh, wait and see. If it does happen. let 'er rip

 

[Cyclone27inQC]

This needs to be said:

Thank You ISU administration for your diligent work for keeping Iowa State University as a AAU member !!!!

This is going to help us!

 

[CoKane]

I'd even take a quasi-B12 including Tech, KSU etc. with some add ins (Houston) over being shipped off to the MAC or whatever.

If we drop anywhere it'll just be to the American.

 

[Cydkar]

This needs to be said:

Thank You ISU administration for your diligent work for keeping Iowa State University as a AAU member !!!!

This is going to help us!

Or not

 

[HFCS]

Half tempted to make that my avatar to piss off the trolls.

I give the "BISU" logo to use freely.