Nebraska is going to the Big 10 (12?)

anyonefortennis · #1 06-09-2010, 04:37 PM

Not sure how I feel about this yet. Going to miss the OU and Colorado games.

How is this going to affect the whole BCS/Big 12/College Football?

Where are TX and OU going?

I think this can benefit CF if the Big 12 disappears and there is one more "at large" spot in the BCS for the deserving teams.

A Pac10 with Texas and OU would be the next big conference. Big 10 + Nebraska (and maybe ND?) is still not as good as what the SEC is today.

fo shizzle · #2 06-09-2010, 05:57 PM

No part of this mess is good for college football. It's a money grab, nothing more.

I'm amazed that the future of so many college athletic programs are about to be disrupted by a school in the 105th TV market in the country.

Texas, A & M, OU, OK State, Tech, and Colorado go to the PAC 10. KS, KS St, Mizzou, Baylor and Iowa St land wherever they can (probably the Mtn West).

Eventually, we have 4 or 5 giant conferences and nobody will be happy.

FilterFunk · #3 06-09-2010, 06:00 PM

This is all weird to me. I grew up with the Pac-8, for goodness sake! Now they're even talking about 16-team super-conferences. If teams play the typical 3- or 4-game out-of-conference schedule, they'll only end up playing about half of the teams in their own conference if they go to 16 teams. I know everything changes (the breakup of the old Southwest Conference for example; a great college football conference BTW), but hopefully tradition still counts for something. Will they start to have even more regular-season games? I guess whatever brings in the most money will prevail (sigh).

FilterFunk · #4 06-09-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by fo shizzle

No part of this mess is good for college football. It's a money grab, nothing more.

I'm amazed that the future of so many college athletic programs are about to be disrupted by a school in the 105th TV market in the country.

Texas, A & M, OU, OK State, Tech, and Colorado go to the PAC 10. KS, KS St, Mizzou, Baylor and Iowa St land wherever they can (probably the Mtn West).

Eventually, we have 4 or 5 giant conferences and nobody will be happy.

I posted right after you, so I couldn't read yours before I posted, but +1 to everything you said.

SoonerMatt · #5 06-09-2010, 06:25 PM

To call this a convoluted cluster**** is a gross understatement. As if the BCS wasn't bonkered enough already.

anyonefortennis · #6 06-09-2010, 09:17 PM

I think the most affected party here is KU Basketball. Feel sorry for the Jayhawks.

jp58 · #7 06-09-2010, 09:22 PM

Welp, the only good that can come from this is a playoff system. Either the season is getting longer, or we're going to see teams playing super weak out of conference games to stay undefeated.

Its a shame that even college football has come down to profit margins.

anyonefortennis · #8 06-09-2010, 09:34 PM

Will this lead to a Big 10 east and west and it will finally have a championship game?

basstotheface · #9 06-09-2010, 09:40 PM

This is really a shame. As a Texas fan i will be extremely dissapointed if they just ditch tradition and go to the pac 10. (where wed probably still be undefeated

) Has anyone seen any of the emails sent from Baylor to the other Texas colleges? They will be so screwed and seem like they already know that.

MJ5150 · #10 06-09-2010, 09:43 PM

These other conferences are just trying to be as good as the SEC. Nice try, but it won't work.

-Mike

basstotheface · #11 06-09-2010, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

These other conferences are just trying to be as good as the SEC. Nice try, but it won't work.

-Mike

...says the guy from Washington.

SoonerMatt · #12 06-09-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

These other conferences are just trying to be as good as the SEC. Nice try, but it won't work.

-Mike

....you're a Huskers fan, how could you say that? D:

MJ5150 · #13 06-09-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by basstotheface

...says the guy from Washington.

That is a Gator.

-Mike

basstotheface · #14 06-09-2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

That is a Gator.

-Mike

Got me. But id still argue your point that the Sec is by far the best conference. I would say Big 12(if it stays this way) is atleast as good as the Sec. Sec powerhouses, Florida, Alabama. Big 12 has Texas, and Oklahoma. But i am most likely wrong due to a bias, My uncle, who lives in Gainseville and is a Texas alum, would still probably say the Sec is better.

Jeff K · #15 06-09-2010, 10:08 PM

I'm a neutral observer regarding whether the SEC or the Big 12 (or PAC 10, or whatever) is the better conference. I'm a Penn State grad, but that was when they were still a major Independent and had not joined the Big 10.

But from a purely objective point of view, I'd have to say that the SEC is the best conference in college football. It pains me to say that, because living in SEC country while not being an SEC fan can be frustrating. And yes, they have their Vandy's, Kentucky's, and Mississippi States; but all in all I think they have the most consistent high-quality teams who are always in the National Championship hunt. Just my humble opinion, of course...

MJ5150 · #16 06-09-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by basstotheface

But id still argue your point that the Sec is by far the best conference.

Don't bother, you're wrong. All I need to do is round up my SEC boyz here in OT and we'll talk you into oblivion with stats, stats, and then more stats until you give up and post in another thread.

-Mike

**SoComSurfing** · #17 06-09-2010, 10:21 PM

IMO, the logical choice is for TX to go to the SEC. This was proposed years ago, but the state of TX wanted A&M and Tech to go as well, but the SEC didn't want these two.

The ideal, IMO, is just to force Notre Dame into the Big10. That gives them 12 teams and a conference championship. Realign the mid-majors (possibly dissolving one) to give all the majors 12 teams and a championship game. No shot at BCS title until you've played a conference championship so all schools have played the same number of games.

I've got a chart at work where I realigned almost all the conferences to my ideal. I got really bored last week. If I remember tomorrow, I'll get it posted here.

Dr Stankface · #18 06-09-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

These other conferences are just trying to be as good as the SEC. Nice try, but it won't work.

-Mike

+1

By the way I have to deal with more of you Gators now that i've moved to Jacksonville. It's not that bad seeing as how Auburn is the only SEC team that Tebow never beat.

MJ5150 · #19 06-09-2010, 10:27 PM

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.....now that i've moved to Jacksonville....

Dangit. I forgot you moved to Jax. I was up there last month and I had a whole day to burn off. I ended up driving to Gainesville and walking around the Swamp.

-Mike

**SoComSurfing** · #20 06-09-2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

Don't bother, you're wrong. All I need to do is round up my SEC boyz here in OT and we'll talk you into oblivion with stats, stats, and then more stats until you give up and post in another thread.

-Mike

Mike, you're arguing SEC vs. Big 12. You're talking best defenses of all-time vs. defenses that good high school teams could put 30+ pts and 400 yrds on. This is like Frank Lloyd Wright arguing architecture with Bob the Builder. Lewis and Clark arguing pioneering with Dora the Explorer.

The sole consistent exception in the Big 12 is Texas. They play an SEC-type game, and should not have been blocked by the state of TX when the proposal to join the SEC came up years ago.