Writing a column, would love some input
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People....No major conference school would leave there conference to come to the Big 12. The Big 12, monetarily speaking, is a joke to the other conferences. Our entire media share is dependent on the state of Texas. I know Iowans have tons of pride but if we face it the states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma don't have enough TV screens to be a major conference. Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisville, any other Major Conference school is not going to join the Big 12, it just aint going to happen. If Texas leaves it will be the end of the Big 12 conference. We will start becoming rivals with the likes of Kent State or Colorado State if Texas leaves.
This was posted by Jon Miller on Hawkeye Nation. Long read but has a TON of interesting details on why things may fall apart in the Big 12.
Barking Carnival — Blog — Being Bill Powers
I find this part at the very end of the story the most disturbing. Reason being its true, we at ISU have very few cards to play in this deal. "Feel a bit sorry for Iowa State, which is a decent research university but adds neither new TV sets nor new Senators to the expanded Big 10."
I started a thread on What Happens to ISU a few days ago as I really am concerned about it. However, if as the article talks about 7 teams from the big 12 go, I don't see how on earth they wouldn't take Iowa State, even if we don't have a lot of Glitz to add.
Barking Carnival — Blog — Being Bill Powers
I find this part at the very end of the story the most disturbing. Reason being its true, we at ISU have very few cards to play in this deal. "Feel a bit sorry for Iowa State, which is a decent research university but adds neither new TV sets nor new Senators to the expanded Big 10."
I started a thread on What Happens to ISU a few days ago as I really am concerned about it. However, if as the article talks about 7 teams from the big 12 go, I don't see how on earth they wouldn't take Iowa State, even if we don't have a lot of Glitz to add.
Well, if we are looking for positives, we should have some of the nicest facilities in the new WTF conference.
1. Utah - a strong academic university with both football and basketball programs ready to move up to an elite conference. Plus, when thinking expansion, you should always think moving West.
2. Arizona State - on paper, the most complete university that matches the Big 12. Strong football program, decent men's and women's basketball, and a struggling wrestling program that could be saved with a jump to the Big 12. Also adds access to recruits in the Southwest and California. If the Pac-10 is pursuing Colorado, then why not consider adding ASU?
3. Louisville/Notre Dame - Louisville seems like the best third option with their elite basketball program and a football team looking to bounce back to their performance when Petrino was coaching, but I think the team to pursue would be Notre Dame. The Irish are the Moby **** of college football and whichever conference could lure them would be able to bring NBC with. A Texas move to the Big 10 or Pac 10 may not look as bad if N.D. fills their place.
If we are truly talking "SUPER CONFERENCES" with 16-20 teams in them, maybe the conference breakup could be similar to NFL or MLB.
East:
Michigan
Mich St.
Ohio St.
Penn State
Pitt
West:
Nebraska
ISU
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
South:
Texas
TA&M
Oklahoma
OK St
Tech
North:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
NW
Illinois
Obviously the likelyhood of a conference this size is not good, but the idea here is that even at 16 teams, conferences could divide up by 4 divisions. You could play each school in division twice then rotate the others with a champion at the end. An alignment like this also keeps most rivalries together, although I moved Iowa to a west school just to make it work.
East:
Michigan
Mich St.
Ohio St.
Penn State
Pitt
West:
Nebraska
ISU
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
South:
Texas
TA&M
Oklahoma
OK St
Tech
North:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
NW
Illinois
Obviously the likelyhood of a conference this size is not good, but the idea here is that even at 16 teams, conferences could divide up by 4 divisions. You could play each school in division twice then rotate the others with a champion at the end. An alignment like this also keeps most rivalries together, although I moved Iowa to a west school just to make it work.
If the Big 12 needed to fill three spots:
first off if the Big 12 needs to fill 3 spots, I don't think this is even a discussion because the conference is done IMO. For fun then I say Arkansas, Louisville, and UNLV are some intriguing choices.
first off if the Big 12 needs to fill 3 spots, I don't think this is even a discussion because the conference is done IMO. For fun then I say Arkansas, Louisville, and UNLV are some intriguing choices.
