here's my chance to get in on the fun here. I am an Iowa fan that usually has fun rooting against isu but nothing serious. I don't hate isu and I have grown to respect it more as a school. I'm not gona get into impact of not having 2 bcs schools but I will say that I am rooting for yall to stay afloat in all of this. I really don't want to see super conferences and I am definately rooting for the big 12 to stimulate. if the unfortunate situation occurs where the b12 implodes then I think you guys would be a great for for the big east. good luck!
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If this happened, I would streak across the field during our first Big 10 game against ND in Jack Trice.
Apparently Dan Beebe has been contacting SMU.
DanBeebe Fake Dan Beebe
NO AUTOMATED VERIZON LADY I DONT WANT TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL FOR STEVE ORSINI IVE LEFT FIVE ALREADY AND NOW I THINK HE TURNED HIS PHONE OFF
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Danny Dan Dan needs to move aggressively on some more bottles of bourbon.
If this super-con crap is gonna happen, there is a chance. A very small chance, but a chance.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA"]Dumb and Dumber 'There's a Chance' - YouTube[/ame]
Right. but they haven't yet. So what I'm saying is--we have a window here to make that pitch to those universities. Texas and Oklahoma would be dumb not to give Beebe a week or more to try to make this happen--what is the rush?
That "analysis" looks only at the number of top 50 recruits, not the overall number of recruits coming from the state.
As long as Texas is part of the Big 12, it will be unstable. Too much power resides with one institution.
KSU isn't tied to KU. That has been made abundantly clear.
If Mizzou goes to the SEC, WVU won't leave the Big East.
correct, but if Chip Brown's latest tweet that the SEC is focusing on WV, not Mizzou, that gives us our window.
Don't get high on you're own supply.
DanBeebe Fake Dan Beebe
I've been watching The Wire to get ideas about how to fix this mess. I think I've got it. I'm going to become a drug dealer.
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Either way, MU or WVU, the four north schools get taken care of...unless of course the Big East wants a partner for TCU and picks up BU instead of one of the north schools. If KU-KSU band together and TCU makes a case for BU and we get left out, I'll be drinking myself into a stupor.
I really don't think any school will get 'left out". Someone will interfere somehow and all schools will find a home.
That would be the pits. I almost wish this would have went down last year, when we know we would have been accepted into the BE.
An official announcement of Texas A&M's move to the Southeastern Conference is expected today in College Station.
School officials spent Tuesday preparing for a news conference at Kyle Field to celebrate the move, pending a favorable vote from SEC presidents to extend an invitation. The SEC presidents met Tuesday night and approved an invitation to A&M, said sources with knowledge of the situation, but the SEC made no formal announcement.
A&M officials have indicated they would accept an SEC invitation. The move would be effective for the 2012 football season.
A&M's move, once completed, could trigger another round of widespread conference realignment in college athletics, as well as the breakup of the Big 12.
A&M would become the third school in the past 15 months to leave the Big 12, following Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12). Those schools are first-year members of their leagues this season.
The Aggies' move has been expected, pending a formal invitation from the SEC. A&M President R. Bowen Loftin notified Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe of the school's intention to withdraw on Aug. 31, saying the it was "in the best interest of Texas A&M" to compete in another conference.
The lingering question, at this point, is what impact the Aggies' departure will have on the nine remaining schools in the Big 12. Although league officials have formed an expansion committee to consider replacements, there has been speculation that at least two, and possibly four, Big 12 schools could be headed to an expanded Pac-12.
Oklahoma President David Boren and Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis have acknowledged plans to explore other conference options in concert with one another. The Oklahoman has reported that OU's "sole focus" is on joining an expanded Pac-12, and Hargis said OSU plans to remain in the same league as OU. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has said his league would explore expansion if another conference made the first move. The SEC just did that by adding A&M.
It is possible that Texas and Texas Tech could be part of a four-team move to the Pac-12 -- a scenario that almost occurred last summer -- but Texas officials have yet to embrace the idea. To join the Pac-12, Texas would need to downsize its Longhorn Network, a collaborative effort with ESPN, and make it one of the league's regional networks. Such a move likely would mean a reduction in rights fees from the existing $300 million, 20-year agreement.
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops may have upped the ante during a Tuesday news conference in efforts to expedite a decision from Texas, saying he doesn't consider it "necessary" for the Sooners to remain in the same league with the Longhorns. Stoops added that the annual Red River Rivalry game in Dallas could be a casualty of the realignment process.
"I don't think it's necessary to keep the OU-Texas game if we do move out of a conference with Texas," Stoops said, adding that he plans to leave the realignment decisions to Boren and athletic director Joe Castiglione.
"I know no one wants to hear that, but things change. If it changes, you've got to change with it. I love the game, but if it doesn't work out we will find other places to play and get excited about."
Asked about remaining in a conference with Texas in the future, Stoops said: "I don't think that's necessary." Stoops added that he was "all in" on any decision Boren makes in regard to realignment.
Texas officials declined comment.
Although A&M administrators expressed concerns this summer about issues related to the Longhorn Network, Loftin said in his letter to Beebe that the desire for greater national visibility and "stable financial resources" were the driving forces behind the decision to leave the Big 12. The SEC shares conference revenues equally, unlike the Big 12, and football teams from the SEC have combined to win the last five BCS national championships.
A Big 12 spokesman said Tuesday that league officials plan to offer a response today to A&M's departure. A league source indicated tweaks could be made to existing league policies in efforts to keep other schools from leaving, adding that the Big 12 must "get stabilized" internally before it explores expansion opportunities.
School officials spent Tuesday preparing for a news conference at Kyle Field to celebrate the move, pending a favorable vote from SEC presidents to extend an invitation. The SEC presidents met Tuesday night and approved an invitation to A&M, said sources with knowledge of the situation, but the SEC made no formal announcement.
A&M officials have indicated they would accept an SEC invitation. The move would be effective for the 2012 football season.
A&M's move, once completed, could trigger another round of widespread conference realignment in college athletics, as well as the breakup of the Big 12.
A&M would become the third school in the past 15 months to leave the Big 12, following Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12). Those schools are first-year members of their leagues this season.
The Aggies' move has been expected, pending a formal invitation from the SEC. A&M President R. Bowen Loftin notified Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe of the school's intention to withdraw on Aug. 31, saying the it was "in the best interest of Texas A&M" to compete in another conference.
The lingering question, at this point, is what impact the Aggies' departure will have on the nine remaining schools in the Big 12. Although league officials have formed an expansion committee to consider replacements, there has been speculation that at least two, and possibly four, Big 12 schools could be headed to an expanded Pac-12.
Oklahoma President David Boren and Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis have acknowledged plans to explore other conference options in concert with one another. The Oklahoman has reported that OU's "sole focus" is on joining an expanded Pac-12, and Hargis said OSU plans to remain in the same league as OU. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has said his league would explore expansion if another conference made the first move. The SEC just did that by adding A&M.
It is possible that Texas and Texas Tech could be part of a four-team move to the Pac-12 -- a scenario that almost occurred last summer -- but Texas officials have yet to embrace the idea. To join the Pac-12, Texas would need to downsize its Longhorn Network, a collaborative effort with ESPN, and make it one of the league's regional networks. Such a move likely would mean a reduction in rights fees from the existing $300 million, 20-year agreement.
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops may have upped the ante during a Tuesday news conference in efforts to expedite a decision from Texas, saying he doesn't consider it "necessary" for the Sooners to remain in the same league with the Longhorns. Stoops added that the annual Red River Rivalry game in Dallas could be a casualty of the realignment process.
"I don't think it's necessary to keep the OU-Texas game if we do move out of a conference with Texas," Stoops said, adding that he plans to leave the realignment decisions to Boren and athletic director Joe Castiglione.
"I know no one wants to hear that, but things change. If it changes, you've got to change with it. I love the game, but if it doesn't work out we will find other places to play and get excited about."
Asked about remaining in a conference with Texas in the future, Stoops said: "I don't think that's necessary." Stoops added that he was "all in" on any decision Boren makes in regard to realignment.
Texas officials declined comment.
Although A&M administrators expressed concerns this summer about issues related to the Longhorn Network, Loftin said in his letter to Beebe that the desire for greater national visibility and "stable financial resources" were the driving forces behind the decision to leave the Big 12. The SEC shares conference revenues equally, unlike the Big 12, and football teams from the SEC have combined to win the last five BCS national championships.
A Big 12 spokesman said Tuesday that league officials plan to offer a response today to A&M's departure. A league source indicated tweaks could be made to existing league policies in efforts to keep other schools from leaving, adding that the Big 12 must "get stabilized" internally before it explores expansion opportunities.
Tam and SEC jars can now participate in the Redneck Summer Games:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvVenpPIn8"]Official Y96 Promo video of the 13th annual Summer Redneck Games (Olympics) 2008 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BewLhopHg"]2010 Summer Redneck Games, Dublin Georgia - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ejKuea_VA"]12th Annual "Summer Redneck Games" ... 2007 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPVU2KlRj0"]Redneck Games - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvVenpPIn8"]Official Y96 Promo video of the 13th annual Summer Redneck Games (Olympics) 2008 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BewLhopHg"]2010 Summer Redneck Games, Dublin Georgia - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ejKuea_VA"]12th Annual "Summer Redneck Games" ... 2007 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPVU2KlRj0"]Redneck Games - YouTube[/ame]
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I'd much rather have ND, Pitt, ISU, and Mizzou. It'd keep a lot better balance of East and West. West being Nebraska, Iowa, ISU, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mizzou, Illinois, and Northwestern. East being Pitt, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, and ND. It keeps a lot of regional historic rivalries together too
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