Conference Realignment: Four Schools to Leave the Big 12

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The Pac-12 has announced that they will four schools in college wrestling: South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Air Force and Northern Colorado.

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Four Big 12 Wrestling Programs Set to Join Pac-12 in Latest Realignment Move - Cyclone Fanatic

If you thought the opening of the college wrestling transfer portal would dominate the conversation, think again. Realignment found its way back into the spotlight. And this time it’s the sport of wrestling. The Pac-12 Conference announced Wednesday morning that Air Force, Northern Colorado...

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[BCClone]

Bring in Little Rock and another and we will be fine. Those were not top half teams.

 

[LindenCy]

Disappointed to see SDSU leave, but also Air Force (cool to have a service academy). Probably not a big deal overall, but for personal reasons, I hate to lose those 2.

 

[CascadiaClone]

Bring in Little Rock and another and we will be fine. Those were not top half teams.

I mean SDSU was definitely a top half team. They finished ahead of us at B12s last year. Losing them sucks.

 

[crablegs]

All the teams leaving bring solid guys to the conference. That is 15 qualifiers exiting the conference. It is not good for the quality of the tournament and preparation for nationals.

 

[VeloClone]

Please tell us this is an April Fools joke.

TIA

 

[Wieds789]

Sounds like tarleton state is more than likely going to the PAC 12 for wrestling

 

[harimad]

Look at the date on the release

 

[theshadow]

Conference finish:

YEAR (TMS)	16 (10)	17 (10)	18 (12)	19 (12)	20 (12)	21 (12)	22 (12)	23 (13)	24 (13)	25 (14)	26 (14)
SDSU	4	3	3	10	4	8	6	6	3	3	6
NDSU	7	4	5	8	5	6	8	5	11	9	9
UNC	10	8	10	12	8	7	11	9	10	5	14
AF	9	10	12	11	12	11	10	8	9	14	11

Dual record vs ISU:

SDSU 2-5
NDSU 1-7
UNC 1-2
AF 0-1
Total: 4-15

All 4 wins were in Jackson's last year and Dresser's first year.

 

[NWICY]

So leaving because they are getting beat.

 

[CycloneT]

Went through some NDSU SDSU Wyoming forums. Some have said Big12 was trying to force non legacy teams to leave and by not renewing affiliate membership offers. Talk of mandating a rev share amount too. Surprised UVU stayed still

 

[MeadForMyHorses]

No idea if this line of reasoning is accurate. I doubt any of those leaving had any shot of hosting.

 

[qwerty]

 

[theshadow]

No idea if this line of reasoning is accurate. I doubt any of those leaving had any shot of hosting.

The Big 12 championship has been neutral-site the whole time those teams have been in the league.

If they thought they'd get a chance to host on campus, then they weren't paying attention. If they thought they'd get a closer neutral site, then they should have gotten together with local partners and offered the Big 12 a better deal.

 

[jackrabbit]

From sdsufans.com wrestling page:

 

[crablegs]

From sdsufans.com wrestling page:
View attachment 169991

This is an absolutely insane take. . What am I missing? How could someone say every champ had a top 10 seed. Only one pac 12 champ had a top 10 seed.

125 - 15 seed. 0-2
133 - 30 seed. 0-2
141 - 24 seed. 1-2
149 - 19 seed. 1-2
157 - 24 seed. 2-2
165 - 22 seed. 0-2
174 - 20 seed. 1-2
184 - 23 seed. 0-2
197 - 3 seed. Third
285 - 22 seed. 0-2.

 

[G-imJustafan]

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Stanford should be in the new Pac 12 not the ACC

 

[NEICyFan]

Stanford should be in the new Pac 12 not the ACC

Why would Stanford ever be in a mid major conference? Makes no sense.

 

[theshadow]

This is an absolutely insane take. . What am I missing? How could someone say every champ had a top 10 seed. Only one pac 12 champ had a top 10 seed.

125 - 15 seed. 0-2
133 - 30 seed. 0-2
141 - 24 seed. 1-2
149 - 19 seed. 1-2
157 - 24 seed. 2-2
165 - 22 seed. 0-2
174 - 20 seed. 1-2
184 - 23 seed. 0-2
197 - 3 seed. Third
285 - 22 seed. 0-2.

Looks like that was originally posted by Nate Rotert, former SDSU wrestler. The only way he can reach his claims is by (1) taking the highest Pac-12 seed [not necessarily the conference champ] and (2) having Stanford and/or ASU still in the Pac-12.

 

[alabamacyclone]

The Big 12 championship has been neutral-site the whole time those teams have been in the league.

If they thought they'd get a chance to host on campus, then they weren't paying attention. If they thought they'd get a closer neutral site, then they should have gotten together with local partners and offered the Big 12 a better deal.

I respect your opinion, but I struggle with Tulsa being a neutral site? Maybe neutral vis-a-vis OSU and OK, but hardly for the rest of us. Maybe you just mean that it was not 'on campus"?