*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

[Wesley]

Found out why OU and aTm want a bigger sports budget to compete with UT. UTY is only school with two athletic directors - one for men and one for women. Where's that old pirate symbol?

List of Division I athletic directors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Look at some of the AD names: UT is De-loss Dodds and Christine Plonsky; Mark Rhoads for Houston; Bill the Thrill Byrne ex Nebraska for aTm; Tom Holmoe for BYU; Chris Del Conte for TCU; Steve Pederson ex-Nebraska for Pitt; Gene Smith ex-ISU for OhSU; Joe Castigione for OU; Mike Holder for OkSU; Bubba Cunningham for Tulsa; Mike Thomas for Cincinnati; Oliver Luck for WVU; Kirby Hocutt from TT; Ian McCaw from Baylor; RC Johnson from Memphis; Cary Groth from Nevada; Paul Krebs from UNM; Dr Sheanon Zenger from KU; John Currie from KSU; Sandy Hatfield-Clubb from Drake; Gene Bleymeir from Boise State; Doug Woolard from USF; and Keith Tribble from UCF.

Some of these people seem to have stage names out of Hollywood. No wonder things are a mess.

 

[CycloneErik]

Those 4 teams probably have 0 trips to the BCS if they were in the Big-XII at the time.

Let's not use context to understand facts. That's too easy.

 

[gocubs2118]

If Mizzou leaves, move the basketball tournament to Oklahoma City.

No-brainer

Why?

 

[CrossCyed]

KC would be a pretty good location, Mizzou or no Mizzou.

 

[Wesley]

No board members responded to interview requests on Wednesday. But three sources closely aligned with the board or the university said that the curators’ prime concern is a Big 12 exit fee of as much as $40 million.
“If it were just a matter of saying let’s go, say goodbye Big 12 and join the SEC,” one source said. “If there was no litigation or a few dollars involved, it would be an easy choice.

tongue:Not enough $$$$.:unsure:
Sue their butts for all mankind who love college football.
No one leaves NOW.:sad:
The Beebe Avenger (his new job) will get back at MO if they dare to leave.:v_SPIN:
No mercy. :skeptical:
Just $$$ on demand.:shocked:
No one leaves the Big 14.:wideeyed:
Not now.:growl5cj:
Not ever.:th_o:
Understand, MO fans?:realmad:
Natta. :th_Jttesur:

Signed,
The New Can't Be Bought Off B14 Management

 

[gocubs2118]

KC would be a pretty good location, Mizzou or no Mizzou.

Exactly. Attendance has been much better in KC than OKC or Dallas. Don't know why you would ever move from there.

 

[rholtgraves]

Big 12 would definitely keep the market due to KU and KSU. But, SEC would also claim it, too. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

Yeah because there are so many SEC fans in Kansas City??? Kansas City is a Chiefs and Jayhawks town.

 

[StLouisClone]

Yeah because there are so many SEC fans in Kansas City??? Kansas City is a Chiefs and Jayhawks town.

If Mizzou goes to the SEC, the networks will likely give 1/2 of the coverage in KC to the SEC - much like the Big 10 has succeeded in getting about 1/2 of the coverage in St. Louis.

 

[Incyte]

If Mizzou goes to the SEC, the networks will likely give 1/2 of the coverage in KC to the SEC - much like the Big 10 has succeeded in getting about 1/2 of the coverage in St. Louis.

The big10 gets very little coverage in the STL. Kc would given even less to the sec.

 

[Incyte]

KC would be a pretty good location, Mizzou or no Mizzou.

There is no chance that it gets played in kc if mizzou leaves.

 

[HoopsTournament]

If Mizzou goes to the SEC, the networks will likely give 1/2 of the coverage in KC to the SEC - much like the Big 10 has succeeded in getting about 1/2 of the coverage in St. Louis.

EVERY SEC football game is already on in KC.

 

[StLouisClone]

The big10 gets very little coverage in the STL. Kc would given even less to the sec.

Last year ABC 30 in St. Louis chose to broadcast the Northwestern-Penn State football game rather than the ISU-Nebraska game. I was ******.

 

[Wesley]

The Fox B14 Network will fix that.

 

[gocubs2118]

There is no chance that it gets played in kc if mizzou leaves.

Oh ya? Why is that?

 

[CrossCyed]

Well, the Big 12 does hold the copyright to Big 14.

 

[aeroclone]

Yeah because there are so many SEC fans in Kansas City??? Kansas City is a Chiefs and Jayhawks town.

Totally disagree. Mizzou support is very strong here. The Jayhawks are probably the top school in the market for bball season, but Mizzou is as strong as anyone in the fall.

.... And with each year of bad Chiefs football, I think the colleges get more and more attention.

 

[Wesley]

If the NBA all stars decide to play in Europe due to lockout, college ball will be big this year.

 

[Incyte]

Oh ya? Why is that?

Because the big 12 board would never vote to reward the state that just turned its back on the conference.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Tennessee AD: SEC will expand beyond 13 teams | wbir.com

Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart says the Southeastern Conference will expand again and officials at each school need to have a number of frank discussions before moving forward.

Hart says the addition of Texas A&M as the SEC's 13th team was a good one, but the league's leaders must take their next steps deliberately because the SEC will expand again. He says those conversations will take place "in short order."

The SEC announced Sunday that Texas A&M will join the conference in July after leaving the Big 12. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said later in the week that the league's presidents and chancellors are not currently considering any other schools for admission and that he anticipates having no additional members for the 2012-13 season.

 

[cyman05]

Tennessee AD: SEC will expand beyond 13 teams | wbir.com

Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart says the Southeastern Conference will expand again and officials at each school need to have a number of frank discussions before moving forward.

Hart says the addition of Texas A&M as the SEC's 13th team was a good one, but the league's leaders must take their next steps deliberately because the SEC will expand again. He says those conversations will take place "in short order."

The SEC announced Sunday that Texas A&M will join the conference in July after leaving the Big 12. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said later in the week that the league's presidents and chancellors are not currently considering any other schools for admission and that he anticipates having no additional members for the 2012-13 season.

But I thought Slive just said THIS WEEK that the SEC was happy with the present 13 team alignment and was planning on making schedules for next year as a 13 team league.

You mean he was lying??? Couldn't be...

Isn't it bad that whenever the college presidents and commissioners of the US say something today, we automatically assume they are lying because all they do is lie and backstab each other...I'm just waiting for this statement to come out in a few years...

“The SEC presidents and chancellors met today and reaffirmed our satisfaction with the present 57 team institutional alignment,” Bernie Machen of Florida, the chairman of the SEC presidents, said. “We recognize, however, that future conditions may make it advantageous to expand the number of institutions in the league. We discussed criteria and process associated with expansion. No action was taken with respect to any institution including the University of Dubai."