The Ro*Tel Big Ten O'Meter Update - Let's Call It The Big Pac 16
by Sean Keeley on Jun 4, 2010 12:48 AM EDT
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It's been a few days so we were overdue for a college conference expansion mega-rumor. Today's Pac-10 Manifest Destiny rumor fit the bill indeed.
Because it appears the Pac-10, which has its meetings in San Francisco starting this weekend, is prepared to make a bold move and invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to join its league, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
While this news technically has nothing to do with the Big Ten and Syracuse, if there's any semblance of truth to it then I think it leads us back in the direction of eventually playing for a conference that doesn't include the word "East" in the title.
Quite simply, assuming this were to happen, the Big Ten will look at the available Big 12 squads left and immediately make their play for Nebraska and Missouri. They'll also make their play for Rutgers and put Notre Dame on final-final notice. They may or may not go for Syracuse but even if they didn't, I don't think the Orange stand pat.
With a 16 team Pac-10-Whatever-It's-Called and a Big-Ten-Or-Whatever-It-Is-Now that consists of 14 or 16 teams, the ACC will expand. They just will. The SEC can afford to stand pat at 12 but the ACC cannot. So they'll look to Louisville, West Virginia, USF, UConn and SU, assuming their all available, to keep up.
Of course, this is all just more speculation based on another rumor that probably isn't worth ruminating over. So, you know...
We remain cautious and concerned.
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i really really really wish
nancy would get on the horn with the pitt, uconn, and west virgina chancellors and convince them to start whoring the 4some to the acc as a group.
by thekevo23 on Jun 4, 2010 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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Excellent idea
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
It's very interesting
If this mega conference thing does happen (and we hope to God that SU is included if it does), it will be fascinating when the “Big 4” tell the NCAA to go screw off and they start hosting their own tournaments, bowls, etc. Can out and out player payment be far behind? This goes beyond realignment – this could signal the end of college sports as we know them,
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
I like us better
in the ACC, especially if those other teams come with us. Then they have a north and south. The ACC has a nice blend of public and private schools, so we wont be stuck competing with big state schools. And Rutgers to the big 10 will screw them when it comes to recruiting. “Do you want your parents to watch you go play boring football in iowa?”
THE State University of New Jersey
I doubt most people Rutgers would recruit, much less the regular student body, could identify Iowa on a map.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
That Pac-10 expansion idea
is the most bullshit thing I’ve seen in 30 years.
"Wes Johnson's your daddy and daddy's hungry, bitches!"
Nah... it'd be a great conference...
If they make a move for 6 teams, it ought to be Texas/A&M, Oklahoma/OK State and Kansas/Mizzou. That is pretty much every good team in the league… save texas tech some years… KU v. Arizona State/Oregon/UCLA in Basketball would be great rivalries… and they’d keep the Texas/Mizzou rivalry too… I’d say this would be light years better than the ACC or Big 10 and I’d find it more enjoyable than the SEC as a whole… I hate saying this but basketball wise it might be better than the Big East (Texas, Kansas, Arizona State, Oregon, UCLA… WOW.)
by Quint Stevenson on Jun 4, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I could see them aligning...
with the Big 12 scraps…
Nebraska/Mizzou to Big ?? (16? 18?)
KU, Texas, A&M, Colorado, Oklahoma, OK State to Pac 16
New High-Mid-Major Big 12 (well, I guess they could go back to being the Big 8 again)
Baylor
Texas Tech
Iowa State
K State
Houston
BYU
Utah
Boise State
by Quint Stevenson on Jun 4, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
For some reason
Why wouldn’t the Pac 10 want KU? They’ll go to 16 teams, adding
KU, Texas, A&M, Colorado, Oklahoma, OK State
by Quint Stevenson on Jun 4, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
But, no, they won't print that in our paper...
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.
THE State University of NJ
To me it’s looking more and more like the whole ‘Rutgers to the Big Ten’ hullabaloo was a smokescreen to direct attention away from the Big Ten’s principal interests, especially in light of these e-mails the Chicago Tribune obtained about OSU president Gee talking to his counterpart at Texas on behalf of Delaney. At best Rutgers is a backup school or third choice safety net (like for most high school seniors in New Jersey) for the Big Ten. This realization must be somewhat disillusioning for Rutgers fans and Piscataway media.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
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