***OFFICIAL BIG 12 EXPANSION THREAD 2.0***

[Gorm]

If you think Lawsuits and college sports reform are big now, wait till 3-4 P5 teams get dropped by the wayside...

 

[Al_4_State]

I'd sooner not be in a power conference if the only choice is the Big Ten.

Puke.

This might be the most insane post in site history.

If we aren't in a power conference, I would just as soon ISU drop athletics altogether.

 

[Al_4_State]

If you think Lawsuits and college sports reform are big now, wait till 3-4 P5 teams get dropped by the wayside...

Which is part of why I don't think it will happen.

 

[Wesley]

Well KSU at least has success in football behind them, we really dont have a ton of success at any sport. Basketball has been good not great, football obviously has no history.

Track.

 

[Wesley]

If the Big 12 blows up (I don't think it will happen) and Notre Dame refuses to join, what do you expect the Big 10 to do? My statement is contingent on both of those things happening. If Notre Dame decides to join the Big 10, we'd have no chance unless they wanted to go past 16.

CPR will win. Fred will never leave. UAB cannot beat us. UNI and NDSU are toast. Big 12 will stay at ten.

 

[CarrollCyclone]

The SEC is ESPN/ABC. The BIG is BTN. The B12 is basically Fox. That is why Fiox should encourage the addition of two more teams for protection of the B12.

But Fox also owns 51% of the BTN. Fox has a vested interest in the Big Ten as well.

 

[CarrollCyclone]

Popular blog site "Frank the Tank" chimes in again in the conference realignment world. Basically says that OU President Boren's comments the other day are a signal that OU is not happy with the current state of the Big 12.

http://frankthetank.me/2015/06/25/b...-expansion-and-what-it-means-for-the-big-ten/

He also lays out that an addition of Oklahoma and Kansas would be a perfect addition for the Big Ten (also might be the most valuable two-school expansion target in the nation) but they might not be achieveable without also taking OSU and KSU. No mention of ISU or other B12 members.

 

[Win5002]

If the Big 12 blows up (I don't think it will happen) and Notre Dame refuses to join, what do you expect the Big 10 to do?

My statement is contingent on both of those things happening. If Notre Dame decides to join the Big 10, we'd have no chance unless they wanted to go past 16.

Unfortunately, ISU does not add anything financially to the B1G. I wish they did and were a candidate if the Big 12 collapses. Iowa already gives the B1G the market. Yes, the academics are nice but the rest of the league is not going to be that charitable and give away revenue the new additions need to add something financially.

 

[keepngoal]

start a new thread if this topic is interest. closed