In case any of you are still thinking about realignment...
...Bill has a good post over at RMN that notes the utter lack of any sourcing on the current realignment rumors. It sounds like some of the people who run Texas A&M message boards have Chip Brown Envy. Which, given Texas A&M's stance toward Texas in general, wouldn't be terribly surprising.
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I almost put a sarcastic line in there...
…that said something like “These people are making me miss Chip Brown,” but when I started to type it I vomited all over my keyboard.
by Bill C. on Jul 31, 2011 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
aTm, the new un-l?
I don’t think this is how to win friends and influence people in the BigXII(-2).
And GT-Cats link of the IATTM column of aTm→SEC for those who missed in the 7/29/11 Slate comments.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Jul 31, 2011 11:21 AM CDT reply actions
It appears that was actually posted by CT-K-stater
Not that it matters really, but I like making sure due credit is given to the proper source.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
if we only had an edit button ...
sigh
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Jul 31, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Not a problem, my man
I’m guessing the “source” for the A&M message board was this - like I said: I know someone who knows someone who knows someone…maybe that someone was Dennis Dodd who rhapsodizes about how “weak” the Big-12 is on a near-constant basis.
as long as someone can eventually connect me with
the guy that can get me a good deal on non-stolen stereos …
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Jul 31, 2011 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
not a bad article
although accuracy is an issue and I guess we shall see.
Unfortunately I could not read the comments on the site’s message board and I have no desire to register there.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Jul 31, 2011 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
It was interesting
in a “slow part of summer college football news-wise” kind of way. A lot of rumor-mongering going on there. You have to love the “nothing will surprise me in the short term” bit. Talk about covering your bases.
and I hope ISU beats aTm in every sport this year
just because the Cyclones were left out of the rumor.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Jul 31, 2011 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Since the rumor
is being rightly mocked in widespread fashion, I wouldn’t feel too bad for Iowa State (I noticed them being left out, too). This entire scenario is ridiculous. No offense to Mizzou, but why on earth would the SEC take them if the Big-10 didn’t? And don’t give me the bogus arguments about AAU status and the shimmering Ivy League-like academic credentials of the Big-10 being what kept Mizzou out of their expansion plans last June. This is a conference that took Penn State and then Nebraska. Nice schools, both. Oxford and the Sorbonne they ain’t.
by CT-K-Stater on Jul 31, 2011 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Beergut is the worst.
The absolute worst.
Innovators look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different.
by K. Scott Bailey on Jul 31, 2011 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
The one line in there that makes that whole thing complete BS...
Is the mention of Baylor to the Pac-12.
It will be a cold day in Hell before Stanford and UCLA ever let Baylor into that league, and you can count on that.
It’s all about politics. It’s the most significant of all variables on the table, but no one ever seems to consider it.
Anyway, this whole thing is crap, and I completely agree that if the Big 12 does fall (which won’t happen anytime soon) KSU and KU will be headed to the Big East, which wouldn’t be all that bad.
Bring on the Cats
"If there was a run on us, and the crowd gets goin' nuts, what are we going to do? How are we going to respond? How tough are we? Do we have some Jacob Pullen in us?" - Jimmy Dykes
by Panjandrum on Aug 1, 2011 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought the exact same thing about Baylor
No way the Pac-12 takes Baylor (and Cal – even more than Stanford or UCLA – would be the most vociferous against adding a private, religious-affiliated school with Ken Starr serving as its president). Not even to snag Texas would the Pac-12 add Baylor.
While I think being added to the Big East would be a semi-soft landing for KU/KSU in terms of basketball affiliation and remaining in a BCS conference I think it would be a drop for both schools. Travel would be brutal, the downgrade in quality of football would be distinct and there would be less TV revenue in athletic coffers. Plus, recruiting would take a hit both in terms of conference-affiliated prestige and in terms of recruiting fields. Why would a recruit in Texas want to go to K-State to play against the likes of Rutgers, UConn and Syracuse? Some recruits might (TCU, after all, is joining the Big East), but I’m assuming fewer and fewer prospects in the talent-rich regions of the country (Texas and the Southeast) would be interested in a K-State or KU.
That is, of course, assuming that if the Big-12 breaks apart that Super Conference Armageddon does not unfold and the Big East itself does not blow up with the football-playing schools added to an enlarged ACC. The Big East was built for basketball – not football. Which is why the Big East is just as, if not more, vulnerable in the expansion game than the Big-12.
Just my opinion.
Mizzou to SEC...
makes less sense than the Big 10. In the Big 10 they had a chance in the SEC they become another Miss State, Ole Miss. They make a splash every few years but never really contend for championships. Only the basketball team would have early success.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
yea i read the 3 reasons and they all seemed pretty weak
It was just three ways to say “it’s not the big 12, and we need someone else to look like they’re going to make us sound sane”
"Nor yet in Dell?"
These presidents and athletic directors are out of touch...
Everyone wants to pretend they’re on the same level as Texas. Newsflash…there’s a handful of schools in this country that brings the total package Texas does. Notre Dame. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Alabama.
TVs. History. Scores of rabid fans. It’s all there.
But only one school in this country can trigger Armageddon, and that’s Texas. It’s a shame that other schools are willing to destroy the NCAA and college sports as we know it because they’re butt hurt about that.
Bring on the Cats
"If there was a run on us, and the crowd gets goin' nuts, what are we going to do? How are we going to respond? How tough are we? Do we have some Jacob Pullen in us?" - Jimmy Dykes
by Panjandrum on Jul 31, 2011 1:45 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I was going to ask about USC, then I remembered they're already in trouble, and they're not even tops in their (huge) hometown.
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
I was thinking USC, too
But I remembered being out in LA two years ago for the UCLA-K-State game and hanging out in a West Hollywood sports bar before heading to the Rose Bowl. The USC-Washington game was on and everyone in there was cheering on UW and threw me off for a minute before I remembered I was in the UCLA part of town.
Still, I think USC is strong enough to merit mention with the distinctive company Pan points out, probation or not.
Adding a BYU and Norte Dame...
to an upgraded North Division would pretty much shut the conference implosion critics up. Is it going to happen…not hardly. But hey if Mizzou thinks the SEC is on the horizon than anything is possible.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
by Catbacker98 on Jul 31, 2011 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And I'm probably breaking some SB Nation rule here (so TB, you can bill me as an oursourced D&F joke consultant)...
But how is Beergut still allowed to run a site? The guy has so much tin foil on his head that you could probably stick it in a microwave, and he’d come out with a slight tan.
Bring on the Cats
"If there was a run on us, and the crowd gets goin' nuts, what are we going to do? How are we going to respond? How tough are we? Do we have some Jacob Pullen in us?" - Jimmy Dykes
by Panjandrum on Aug 1, 2011 2:06 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
Yes, this.
Innovators look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different.
by K. Scott Bailey on Aug 1, 2011 7:58 AM CDT up reply actions
An inside the SEC take on aTm to their Conference
Posted over on the LSU SBNation site.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Interesting take however A&M did not start the dominoes moving as suggested...
Mizzou and particularly Nebraska where the culprits.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
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