In Memory of the Big 12 Conference ?

[Pudd]

If the Big Ten gets Notre Dame and Rutgers I'm not sure they'd go any more. There's not enough fiscal return (unless it's Texas).

per espn, Boise State just left the WAC

[Shawn-O]

If the Big Ten gets Notre Dame and Rutgers I'm not sure they'd go any more. There's not enough fiscal return (unless it's Texas).

Been reading that the Big Ten might need to go after both Rutgers and Syracuse to turn the screws on Notre Dame and their Big East non-football membership. Then they'd need to add a 16th. Will be interesting to see how it plays out no matter what.

[GeauxSioux]

Ooops . Moved post to Big Sky thread where it belonged.

[MplsBison]

Texas supposedly announces move to Pac 10 on Tuesday. OU, OSU, TTU will quickly follow once UT moves.

Missouri has "recommitted" itself in its marriage to the Big 12.

Texas A&M is flirting with the SEC. The SEC wants another Big 12 school: it might even take Baylor it that brings Texas A&M and it's TV market and Texas recruiting.

If Texas A&M goes to the SEC, Utah would likely bet chosen as the replacement for the Pac 10.

Kansas, Kansas St, Missouri, Iowa State etc are supposedly in negotiations to absorb Big East Football schools. A Big 12 could still exist, but it could include UConn, WVU, Louisville, Cinn, Pitt etc, but with some Big East schools headed for the Big 10 or ACC. Houston and TCU would also be in the new Big 12.

The Big East basketball schools would retain their conference name and expand - likely St Louis, Xavier, maybe Dayton, possibly Creighton.

The remaining Big 12 schools could obtain a huge $ amount from schools leaving: up to $15 million / school in exit fees + basketball credits.

The Big 10 is still targeting Notre Dame, + Rutgers, Maryland, + Syracuse or Virginia.

Reports are that the SEC wants Va Tech + UNC in the east. Will settle for NCSU.

As seems likely, if the Big East basketball schools are jettisoned from the football schools, the whole eastern and midwestern basketball league lineup will be affected.

The Summit League and Big Sky can now both expect membership changes.

I'll take that bet.

Assuming the BE bball schools add anyone (maybe Xavier and that's it), no Summit member is going to leave due to the trickle down.

[bincitysioux]

I'll take that bet.

Assuming the BE bball schools add anyone (maybe Xavier and that's it), no Summit member is going to leave due to the trickle down.

Are you blind?

[MplsBison]

Are you blind?

Watch and learn.

[bincitysioux]

Looking ahead to the OBVIOUS trickle down effect this is all going to eventually have, I wonder what doors this may potentially open or close for Denver down the road who has been the subject of alot of speculation as a potential Summit member along with North Dakota.

Does the WCC try to strengthen their numbers by taking Seattle and giving in to Denver? Would any of the California WCC schools consider moving to the Big West if Cal Poly or UC Davis opened up a spot by moving to the WAC? Is the WAC going to try to grab anyone they possibly can, like football-less Denver? If the likes of TCU, Utah, or BYU get pilfered from the Mountain West, do they start looking at non-football schools like Denver?

Interesting times.................

[Shawn-O]

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1094038

The latest from Chip Brown over on Orangebloods. Looks like Texas may be considering holding a 10-team Big 12 together while pursuing their own TV network. A ten-team Big 12 and a 12-team Big Ten?

[Shawn-O]

Joe Schad at ESPN reporting quite the opposite:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5284375

I'm done here for today.

[homer]

I'm sure MPLS knows for sure what is going to happen.

[The Sicatoka]

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1094038

The latest from Chip Brown over on Orangebloods. Looks like Texas may be considering holding a 10-team Big 12 together while pursuing their own TV network. A ten-team Big 12 and a 12-team Big Ten?

Joe Schad at ESPN reporting quite the opposite:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5284375

I'm done here for today.

Either way, Texas got exactly what it wanted: all the power over the outcome.

[mikejm]

Either way, Texas got exactly what it wanted: all the power over the outcome.

And the lion's share of the money.

But remember: this is all about the student-athletes.

[Hammersmith]

The Big 12 says, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

Texas turns down Pac-10; Big 12 schools have framework of deal(Dallas News)

[MplsBison]

I wonder if they'll still be able to have a championship game with 10 teams?

[Shawn-O]

I wonder if they'll still be able to have a championship game with 10 teams?

It sounds like they will do a full nine-game schedule like the Pac-10 does currently, no championship game.

[The Sicatoka]

But remember: this is all about the student-athletes.

Indubitably.

[star2city]

Texas A&M, which has horribly mismanaged it's athletic funding and has huge debts, is saying " legal action, another look at SEC possible if league doesn

[MplsBison]

Speaking purely in the language of TV contract dollars per school, adding Texas A&M to the SEC might cause the $/school to go up, given the large TV viewership in Texas for A&M...but what school, other than Texas, could the SEC add to equally match them?

I would have to think UNC or VT might be close...OU and WV seem to not bring enough TV sets with them?

[star2city]

Big Ten's Delany still lusting after New York/East Coast media market - further expansion imminent

"Anyone who forgets that forgets at their peril," Delany told The Post in a telephone interview. "It's the center, it has been the center of media activity for a hundred years. It's the center of financial activity and it has been that way for 150 years. To me it's sort of where a lot of things start in the county." ...

Delaney would not talk specifically about expansion, but he reiterated the league's initial stance in December 2009 of studying the issue over a 12-to-18 month period. A college football presence in the metropolitan area remains very high. ...

But the Big Ten's clock still is ticking, and FBS schools in the Boston (Boston College), New York (Rutgers and Syracuse) and Washington, D.C. (Maryland) markets prime properties. Should the Big East lose two members and/or the ACC lose Maryland, a charter member that is cash-strapped, it could reshape the Eastern seaboard.

Next summer may see the "big" shakeup.