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    Officially Excited about BE/BIG 12 Merger!!!

    The top story at the Rag's website all evening is ISU spending $90,000 on new carpet for the Knoll, out of donated funds (Iowa State Foundation). A lot of detail there. They also plan to clean some second story carpet. *gasp*
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    *****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

    I think this is the article he is referring to, and is about a lot more than the Big East, including several comments like this: Colleges Run to (Pay)daylight...
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    *****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

    Re: ND to ACC Having seen ND mentioned earlier for the Pac 12, I thought of that when I saw this: The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos) - NYTimes.com
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    *****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

    The Register is starting to write and link expansion articles at their home page: The Des Moines Register | Des Moines news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Des Moines, Iowa | DesMoinesRegister.com One is by Witosky about money and another with Big XII coaches'...
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    *****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

    I think this could be a good compromise, or outcome. Consider also if you have four 'power' conferences with 16 teams, and a fifth conference with all the 'leftovers' (of whatever size). People have pointed out already how many teams in the big 64 will find they don't like it, in part because...
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    Barry Stevens to Register Sports Hall of Fame

    This was the first game I attended: Stevens was on fire, truly the start of Hilton Magic.
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    Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band = Greatest American rock and roll band?

    Springsteen and the Dead were better live. I was more into British rock bands growing up, and didn’t give a great deal of thought to either, though I didn’t dislike their music. There was just a lot of other music I liked better. I saw Springsteen in Ames though and it was a great...