Would you rather be in the big 12 or the big 10?
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I just don't like the 14-team B1G. Other than our current coach, I really see no reason why we would be any more successful as a B1G afterthought than UNL was. I like the idea of regional rivalries, but the media attention in the B1G will always be in the Eastern Division. Where the media is, the recruits go.
I would love to know how much, if any, research is actually tied to the athletic conferences. I was in grad school and conducted research at ISU and I don’t remember seeing much of anything tied to conferences in regards to research. That doesn't mean it didn't exist outside my little bubble. So does anyone have any links or information in regards to cooperative research efforts facilitated by the conferences?
Most conferences don't. Big10 is unique in that. It's the reason the University of Chicago is a member of the Big10 without participating in athletics.
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I will get **** for this, but in terms of what teams I would rather play, it is and has always been the Big Ten. But I like the Big 12 as a conference more than the Big Ten.
Going on the assumption ISU was already invited meaning whatever hurdles to admission had already been cleared.
No. Nope. Never. Nada. Ain’t gonna happen. **** that. Screw that. Stop. No.
I can't really put my finger on it. I think I'd prefer a divisional scenario and a fourth non-con game. But I'm a ******* so what do I know?
I prefer round robin but at least in the original B12 format it was every two years that you'd play each South team and you'd play each divisional team twice in basketball. You knew what to expect and at least had a playback season to season.
14 teams leads to 3 years' time between opponents in football, and only playing a few teams twice in basketball...just not as interesting at all.
The B1G in a heartbeat. The current Big 12 setup is fine but we don't know what the next round of TV contracts will look like. Everything is fine now bu if the B1G and SEC continue to pull away in revenue Texas and OU are going to get very anxious. This is why IMO the Big 12 needs to pick off some Pac 12 schools while they are vulnerable.
I get that but it also kind of blows that the Big 12 has to deal with a loaded schedule every year and then you have the B1G and SEC who have the luxury of lucking their way into the playoff hunt due to unbalanced divisions and weak crossover games. Hell, the SEC and ACC are still only playing 8 conference games on top of that.
Unless we get to play in the weak big 10 west like Iowa does where all we have to do is beat Wisconsin and we are in the championship game, stay in the big 12.
Each conference should play the same amount of games, so I agree there, and TCU got F'd in 2014 but Oklahoma has made 4 of the last 5 including not having a conference championship game a few years so it's not like the Big 12 hasn't been represented fairly in the current format (again outside of TCU).
Yeah I get that but I said playoff hunt not playoff bid. I don't care which way you cut it, it's all a numbers game and the committee has shown that they will massage the numbers to benefit certain schools.
