*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

[CycloneErik]

I think the author was saying that pay-for-play is on its way with these schools leaving the NCAA in football so that they can okay this. They'd essentially function as minor league pro-sports teams flying 1/2 way across the country and getting paid for their time. My only question is why they would attend classes at all?

Why bother? Going to class is old-school.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Ending up in the B1G with ND is your nightmare scenario?

If we end up in the Big 10 I'm running over to Walmart to buy me a case of Mason jars.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Waco/Baylor now on suicide alert:

 

[cyclonestate]

If we end up in the Big 10 I'm running over to Walmart to buy me a case of Mason jars.

I'll start the fire!

 

[tim_redd]

Waco/Baylor now on suicide alert:

This makes all the realignment crap worth it.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

FlightAware > N1UA

Alabama's plane scheduled to depart ATL at ~9ET\8CT

Guessing we'll start to hear stuff leak out of that meeting within the next couple hours.

 

[cycloneworld]

FlightAware > N1UA

Alabama's plane scheduled to depart ATL at ~9ET\8CT

Guessing we'll start to hear stuff leak out of that meeting within the next couple hours.

Chip Brown is reporting A&M was accepted unanimously. Didn't mention anything about other teams so I would guess that wasn't discussed.

 

[CyCrazy]

Waco/Baylor now on suicide alert:

Awesome that made my day.

 

[VTXCyRyD]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to isuaggie again.

 

[cycloneworld]

Nothing new here but it's a good summary of why things are falling apart now (basically because of A&M). Also talks about the Big East commish wondering why this is happening and doesn't necessarily think it's a good thing.

Oklahoma Sooners continue to ponder future in Big 12 Conference - ESPN

 

[HoopsTournament]

Didn't see this posted: former NCAA prez essentially says those in the Sun Belt, MAC, Conf USA, Mt West, WAC, etc about to get kicked to the curb

Ex-NCAA president Dempsey: FBS split on its way - CBSSports.com

The NCAA's head honcho from 1993 to 2002, Dempsey told the Birmingham News that "the handwriting is on the wall" when it comes to college athletics superconferences and the eventual split of those conferences from the rank-and-file of Division I.

The make-or-break issue, as you might expect, is the full cost of attendance scholarships that only the superconferences will be able to afford. "There's no doubt we're looking in the next three, four or five years -- at most -- of seeing conferences from 14 to 18 members," Dempsey said.

Those conferences would then either have a new set of NCAA rules rewritten for them, or -- in a move Dempsey characterizes as "less likely" -- simply withdraw from the NCAA entirely.

Keep in mind that this isn't some anonymous NCAA-hater who's been waiting with baited breath for the organization to finally lose its grip on the way college athletics is run. Quite the opposite: Dempsey has a vested interest in seeing the NCAA maintain something resembling the status quo. But even that isn't enough to make him optimistic major college football will be able to keep everyone on the same playing field.



Meanwhile, saw this article that says that those teams left out are going to be extremely upset and will probably sue

http://www.businessinsider.com/ncaa...bcs-division-and-40-******-off-schools-2011-9

Of course, the danger here is dealing with the 40 schools that are left without a chair at the BCS table. There is a lot of money at stake here, and schools left out of the super-conferences could get litigious in their desire to be kept in the loop.

There is one reason these schools will never break off from NCAA and that is the NCAA tournament.

 

[kcclones]

From boomer on twitter


Rumblings that the MWC would look to add Baylor,Iowa State (IF they don't get BE invites) & Houston & SMU

 

[Boomer]

If there is no BE invites for Baylor or Iowa State. Im hearing the MWC will expand with Iowa State,Baylor,Houston & SMU

just passing on what i've been told

 

[IcSyU]

From boomer on twitter


Rumblings that the MWC would look to add Baylor,Iowa State (IF they don't get BE invites) & Houston & SMU

I hope a meteor takes out Iowa State's athletics facilities before that.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

If there is no BE invites for Baylor or Iowa State. Im hearing the MWC will expand with Iowa State,Baylor,Houston & SMU

just passing on what i've been told

That would suck donkey balls if we get shipped out to the MWC. I would think Iowa State would have a pretty good argument in court and lots of money coming our way. How you could be in a BCS league one day and not the next is b.s.

 

[ajk4st8]

If there is no BE invites for Baylor or Iowa State. Im hearing the MWC will expand with Iowa State,Baylor,Houston & SMU

just passing on what i've been told

At least there is a Mountain West network.:unsure:

 

[ISUAgronomist]

If there is no BE invites for Baylor or Iowa State. Im hearing the MWC will expand with Iowa State,Baylor,Houston & SMU

just passing on what i've been told

That sounds Baylor Bold but we're a better commodity than MWC.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Chip Brown is reporting A&M was accepted unanimously. Didn't mention anything about other teams so I would guess that wasn't discussed.

I'm guessing this is just Chip throwing poo against the wall and hoping he is 1st to report it.

 

[HoopsTournament]

If there is no BE invites for Baylor or Iowa State. Im hearing the MWC will expand with Iowa State,Baylor,Houston & SMU

just passing on what i've been told

And the sky is blue. It is a no-brainer for MWC to offer ISU. ISU has other aspirations.

 

[Wesley]

While I'm close enough to observe things that others cannot, I had no direct sources for the McDermott prediction and I have no direct sources for the conference prediction. I wouldn't pretend to know something that very few people know at this point.

In spite of what the media is hyping, the conference realignment is more than just football. No doubt, football has been the driving force behind all this, but it's also about geography, academic reputation, facilities, enrollment, etc. While ISU has never been a football power, it ranks highly in just about every other criteria.

I could be wrong, but I think ISU will end up MORE than just fine when the dust settles.

So you are more a swami than a beat reporter? That may be just as good.