Letter from GG and JP

[LutherClone]

How does this show up on a Baylor board before it does here?! Granted CF is running really slow for me right now so this could be up already....

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Iowa State University releases letter on conference realignment

Published: Friday, June 4, 2010 2:20 PM CDT
Bobby La Gesse
Sports Editor

Iowa State president Dr. Gregory Geoffroy and athletic director Jamie Pollard posted a letter on the Iowa State athletic website Friday in regard to conference realignment.

Here is the letter:

Dear Cyclone alumni, fans and friends of the University,

This week, we participated in the Big 12 Conference spring meetings in which a major topic of discussion was potential conference re-alignment. With the immense speculation and media attention given to this issue, we felt it was important for you to hear directly from us.

We believe the Big 12 Conference is the perfect fit for Iowa State University. We are committed to our membership in the Big 12, and we are optimistic that the conference will remain intact. However, we also recognize that the long-term viability of the Big 12 Conference is not in our control - it is in the hands of just a few of our fellow member institutions.

Iowa State and several other members of the Big 12 Conference are especially vulnerable under some of the re-alignment scenarios currently circulating, particularly one involving expansion of the Pac-10. We are doing everything in our power to represent the best interests of Iowa State in these discussions, but we also are sensitive to the huge uncertainty that has been created and recognize that the situation could evolve in directions that are not aligned with our interests.

We understand and share your concerns about Iowa State athletics and the Big 12 Conference. We are still optimistic that the Big 12 will remain intact and continue to be one of our nation's premier athletics conferences, but we must be ready to act if that does not prove to be the case. We will keep in touch as the situation unfolds, and we appreciate your understanding.

Go Cyclones!

Dr. Gregory Geoffroy
President

Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics

 

[CYVADER]

wow baylor has a message board?

 

[LutherClone]

It's actually pretty decent. Just stumbled onto it from another thread.

 

[jay moe]

How does this show up on a Baylor board before it does here?! Granted CF is running really slow for me right now so this could be up already....

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Iowa State President's Letter on Realignment - BaylorFans.com Message Boards

Iowa State University releases letter on conference realignment

Published: Friday, June 4, 2010 2:20 PM CDT
Bobby La Gesse
Sports Editor

Iowa State president Dr. Gregory Geoffroy and athletic director Jamie Pollard posted a letter on the Iowa State athletic website Friday in regard to conference realignment.

Here is the letter:

Dear Cyclone alumni, fans and friends of the University,

This week, we participated in the Big 12 Conference spring meetings in which a major topic of discussion was potential conference re-alignment. With the immense speculation and media attention given to this issue, we felt it was important for you to hear directly from us.

We believe the Big 12 Conference is the perfect fit for Iowa State University. We are committed to our membership in the Big 12, and we are optimistic that the conference will remain intact. However, we also recognize that the long-term viability of the Big 12 Conference is not in our control - it is in the hands of just a few of our fellow member institutions.

Iowa State and several other members of the Big 12 Conference are especially vulnerable under some of the re-alignment scenarios currently circulating, particularly one involving expansion of the Pac-10. We are doing everything in our power to represent the best interests of Iowa State in these discussions, but we also are sensitive to the huge uncertainty that has been created and recognize that the situation could evolve in directions that are not aligned with our interests.

We understand and share your concerns about Iowa State athletics and the Big 12 Conference. We are still optimistic that the Big 12 will remain intact and continue to be one of our nation's premier athletics conferences, but we must be ready to act if that does not prove to be the case. We will keep in touch as the situation unfolds, and we appreciate your understanding.

Go Cyclones!

Dr. Gregory Geoffroy
President

Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics

That doesn't sound very encouraging.

 

[alarson]

I'm curious what they have in mind by 'must be ready to act'

 

[CYVADER]

I'm curious what they have in mind by 'must be ready to act'

grab the lube and hope for the best

 

[LutherClone]

That doesn't sound very encouraging.

I'm curious what they have in mind by 'must be ready to act'

To me this said two things:

A- We're SOL
B- We're not going to ship off to a lower conference without fighting to get something good, but we realize this is probably a losing battle.

 

[DaddyMac]

That doesn't sound very encouraging.

Agree.

It's easy to read too much into words, but this has alot of "not much we can do about it."

Particularly don't think that "optimistic" is a good substitute for "confident"

 

[3GenClone]

That doesn't sound very encouraging.

Agreed. Time for JP to get on the phone with Alvarez and Geoffroy to call up the Penn St. President (who's name escapes me, but I know they were colleagues at some point)

 

[Go2Guy]

That doesn't sound very encouraging.

Didn't anybody find this encouraging, or just BS ??

We are still optimistic that the Big 12 will remain intact and continue to be one of our nation's premier conference.......

 

[CyCloned]

I don't like the sound of that. Especially the part about the fate of ISU is in the hands of a few (one) fellow conference member(s).

 

[CYVADER]

Agreed. Time for JP to get on the phone with Alvarez and Geoffroy to call up the Penn St. President (who's name escapes me, but I know they were colleagues at some point)

it was that time 6 months ago. you think a couple of phone calls with old colleagues is going to do us any good at this.

 

[DRCHIRO]

Translation- As always, Texas calls the shots and we are at its mercy.

 

[cyismydog]

Site has been down since the letter went out.

 

[Diggame]

Definitely does not give me anymore confidence.

 

[SeattleClone]

How does this show up on a Baylor board before it does here?!

It was already posted here actually. Problem is, every time somebody thinks they have something new to say they start a new thread and the board becomes more and more of a cluster****.

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum...athletics-conference-re-alignment-update.html

 

[isuno1fan]

This should put you all at ease.

 

[acgclone]

This letter basically says:

"If Texas is unable or unwilling to keep the B12 around for their own selfish reasons, ISU is completely screwed.

We have no idea where we'll land at this point, but if the B12 disolves we're probably not going to be invited to the Pac10 or Big 10.

If this goes down, we're probably looking best case at joining with the leftoevers from the B12, Big East and/or MWC.

Go Cyclones!!"

 

[3GenClone]

it was that time 6 months ago. you think a couple of phone calls with old colleagues is going to do us any good at this.

The way I see it, if this PAC 16 is what the Big 12 is worried about, that leaves 2 openings from the original "Big 10 offers" assuming Rutgers, Mizzou and Nebraska go to the Big 10. If we can beat Kansas and K. State we could maybe swing an invite from the Big 10.

 

[LutherClone]

It was already posted here actually. Problem is, every time somebody thinks they have something new to say they start a new thread and the board becomes more and more of a cluster****.

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum...athletics-conference-re-alignment-update.html

nah. The problem is the site was lagging so slow, it wasn't up until I submitted the thread.