http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ve-source-says
UCONN desperately wants to be in the ACC.
TCU has to by just crying at all the news. The Big East is going to end up being a Mid Major at this rate.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ve-source-says
UCONN desperately wants to be in the ACC.
TCU has to by just crying at all the news. The Big East is going to end up being a Mid Major at this rate.
Yep. Mountain West is becoming very respectable as a major conference, especially now with Boise State in it, and with Fresno State, Hawaii, and Nevada joining next year. TCU seriously jumped the gun. Same for BYU. While I'm sure they'll do fine as an indy, they should have stayed too.Originally Posted by bdoughty
if those two would have stayed (tcu and byu), its almost a sure thing that the mountain west would have gotten an automatic bid.
My thoughts exactly. With Boise State, Hawaii and Nevada all joining, along with BYU, TCU and the rest, even with Utah leaving, that's still a hell of a conference. It was only a matter of time. Granted, with the Big 12 on life support, and about to have the plug pulled, and the Big East potentially headed into intensive care, the Mountain West may still get that automatic bid.
Now if only the NCAA could force them to get a conference logo that actually looked decent.
I found this odd. It came from a link on the article you posted.
The source said Pittsburgh was one of the Big 12's top options as a replacement for Texas A&M, and that when Pitt announced it was going to the ACC, it "clobbered everything" regarding the Big 12's future.
Pitt would be a horrible fit for the Big 12.
I am starting to like the POD system being discussed for a PAC 16.
Pac16 Pods:
South - Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
Mountain - Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
Pacific - California, Stanford, UCLA, USC
Northwest - Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, WSU
The teams will play nine conference games, three divisional games annually plus a rotation of two games from each of the three other divisions. Plus three non conference games.
Pitt was never going to join the Big 12 so that statement is nonsense.
That would work perfectly with the layout of the teams, only thing will be what they use to decide who goes to the championship game each year.
Take it for what it's worth, but rumors are that WVU submitted paperwork to the SEC tonight.
I fully expect the announcement to come the day of the LSU game this coming Saturday.
Somewhat surprised by that. The ACC has made more sense for West Virginia geographically. And with WVU being considered the conference favorite a number of years now, and sucking it up during the season and unable to win the conference, it's only going to be worse in the SEC. They're gonna get whooped on each year.
They just wanted to show up Pittsburgh and move into a better conference.
If they're happy finishing 6-6 each year so they can show up Pittsburgh with the fact that they're in a better conference, hey, more power to them.They just wanted to show up Pittsburgh and move into a better conference.
We might be 6-6 for a year or two, but I can guarantee you we will at least contend for our side of the conference in the first 1-3 years that we make the move to the SEC. We aren't going to accept 6-6 seasons in the SEC.If they're happy finishing 6-6 each year so they can show up Pittsburgh with the fact that they're in a better conference, hey, more power to them.
As for Pittsburgh, they'll be lucky to be 6-6 every year in the ACC. Never have a seen a team get more talent on signing day only to watch it dwindle away to nothingness over and over again than Pittsburgh (besides, maybe, Notre Dame). Pittsburgh will just be another whipping boy for the ACC teams to beat up on.
So, what kind of odds are being put on whether or not Baylor sues everyone in the Big 12 that are currently in talks to leave the conference?
At least a year or two.We might be 6-6 for a year or two, but I can guarantee you we will at least contend for our side of the conference in the first 1-3 years that we make the move to the SEC. We aren't going to accept 6-6 seasons in the SEC.
No surprise here. If UConn and someone else bails for the ACC, WVU bails for the SEC, and Texas/Texas Tech/Oklahoma/Oklahoma State bail for the Pac-12, the unwanted leftovers from the Big East and Big 12 are considering merging together.
Big East, Big 12 Discuss Merger
And if the unwanted leftovers combine and get to keep an automatic bid in the BCS, I'm officially calling bullshit. No way those leftover teams are worthy of a guaranteed BCS bid every year.NEW YORK -- A person involved in the discussions tells The Associated Press that school and conference officials from the Big East and Big 12 have been discussing ways to merge what's left of the two leagues if Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12.
The person, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about what is going on behind the scenes, said Monday there has been dialogue between athletic directors and high-level officials in the conference offices.
Syracuse and Pittsburgh have announced they will be leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Texas and Oklahoma are both trying to decide whether to leave the Big 12 for the Pac-12, taking Oklahoma State and Texas Tech with them.
If they do an automatic bid for the BCS, they might as well call it the annual TCU BCS bid. Will be a good hoops conference.
Authority has been given to the OU/Texas presidents to make a move.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ncerealignment
Actually the recruiting point of joining Division 1 will bring in better athletes. It'll take 3-5 years but they'll get the necessary guys eventually.
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