Rumor: Pitt Joining the Big Ten

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  • JeremyHight
    I wish I was Scrubs
    • Feb 2009
    • 4063

    #46
    Originally posted by packersfan4eva
    Only problem that I see is that Indiana-Illinois is a pretty big rivalry. For us, at least. We usually have pretty balanced teams, and with the whole Eric Gordon shit a few years back it's gotten more intense
    You proposed to have them in separate divisions, as well. But either way, I think Indiana/Purdue is probably a bigger game than Illinois/Indiana in football.

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    • FirstTimer
      Freeman Error

      • Feb 2009
      • 18729

      #47
      Originally posted by packersfan4eva
      Only problem that I see is that Indiana-Illinois is a pretty big rivalry. For us, at least. We usually have pretty balanced teams, and with the whole Eric Gordon shit a few years back it's gotten more intense
      No one in Illinois cares about Illinois-Indiana really. The Eric Gordon shit was short lived and stupid. Illinois rivalries they care about are with Mizzou, Iowa, and to a lesser extent Northwestern.

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      • jHammack
        Noob
        • Feb 2009
        • 996

        #48
        Originally posted by packersfan4eva
        Only problem that I see is that Indiana-Illinois is a pretty big rivalry. For us, at least. We usually have pretty balanced teams, and with the whole Eric Gordon shit a few years back it's gotten more intense
        Yeah but you could say that about Penn State/Michigan and Penn State/Ohio State as well. So either way there are going to be problems with certain "rivalry" games.

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        • NAHSTE
          Probably owns the site
          • Feb 2009
          • 22233

          #49
          They already play Big Ten style basketball, so why not? Plus this will bring the Penn St/Pitt rivalry more into play.

          As long as the backyard brawl isn't effected, I don't see the problem, other than now the Big East will have to go raid some other mid major conference for a member, and will continue to dilute their football membership and further put their BCS auto bid in jeopardy.

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          • Fox1994
            Posts too much
            • Dec 2008
            • 5327

            #50
            Originally posted by Maize
            Also, what about a new name, or do they stick with Big Ten?

            So it will probably look like:
            West
            Iowa
            Indiana
            Illinois
            Minnesota
            Northwestern
            Wisconsin

            East
            Michigan
            Michigan State
            Ohio State
            Penn State
            Pittsburgh
            Purdue
            They should do it East-West, then...

            I'm thinking they become the Big 12 and, maybe, the Big XII becomes the Big XIV


            So, Pac-12:

            North-Central
            Oregon State University
            Stanford University
            University of California, Berkley
            University of Oregon
            University of Washington
            Washington State University

            South
            Arizona State University
            Boise State University*
            Brigham Young University*
            University of Arizona
            University of California, Los Angeles
            University of Southern California

            New Big XII (XIV) Doing it East-West would've kept Ok St and OU in the same conference as the Texas schools, so we're doing it another way...)

            Central
            Iowa State University
            Colorado University
            Kansas University
            Oklahoma State University
            University of Kansas
            University of Nebraska
            University of Oklahoma

            Exterior/Texas (only Mizzou and Utah are not located in Texas, hahahaha)
            Baylor University
            University of Missouri
            Texas A&M University
            Texas Tech University
            Texas Christian University*
            University of Texas
            University of Utah*

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            • FirstTimer
              Freeman Error

              • Feb 2009
              • 18729

              #51
              There's going to be no real good way to split up the Big 10 regionally and keep the football rivalries equal. It will be interesting to see what they do.

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              • FirstTimer
                Freeman Error

                • Feb 2009
                • 18729

                #52
                In all honesty I say go with

                West:
                Minnesota
                Wisconsin
                Iowa
                Illinois
                Northwestern
                Purdue

                East:
                Indiana
                Michigan
                Michigan St
                Ohio St
                Penn St
                Pitt

                Fuck it.

                Enjoy the ride in the East.
                Last edited by FirstTimer; 01-31-2010, 06:22 PM.

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                • FirstTimer
                  Freeman Error

                  • Feb 2009
                  • 18729

                  #53
                  On another note if this does happen it will be interesting to see if NCAA11 can get it into the game in time.

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                  • Sportsbuck
                    Buckeye For Life
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 3045

                    #54
                    Texas has wanted into the Pac-10 for some time now. They had been up for voting for membership, but the Pac-10 requires unanimous approval and Stanford voted against it for some reason, so it never happened.

                    Wiki FTW.

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                    • Fox1994
                      Posts too much
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 5327

                      #55
                      Originally posted by FirstTimer
                      On another note if this does happen it will be interesting to see if NCAA11 can get it into the game in time.
                      If they don't, I won't buy it... I might not buy it if they don't put in getting an extra home game for scheduling away at Hawaii. (Boise this year, SC next year)

                      Moving right along, they could do the cross-division games thing the ACC and SEC do to keep the rivalries intact.

                      Originally posted by Sportsbuck
                      Texas has wanted into the Pac-10 for some time now. They had been up for voting for membership, but the Pac-10 requires unanimous approval and Stanford voted against it for some reason, so it never happened.

                      Wiki FTW.
                      Why the hell would they do that? Is that accurate info? I mean, wiki's good for some stuff, but bad for a lot of other stuff...
                      Last edited by Fox1994; 01-31-2010, 06:32 PM.

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                      • FirstTimer
                        Freeman Error

                        • Feb 2009
                        • 18729

                        #56
                        Originally posted by Sportsbuck
                        Texas has wanted into the Pac-10 for some time now. They had been up for voting for membership, but the Pac-10 requires unanimous approval and Stanford voted against it for some reason, so it never happened.

                        Wiki FTW.
                        Odd. What the hell would be the motivation for that?

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                        • citizenerased
                          Rugby World Cup Champion
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 1580

                          #57
                          Originally posted by FirstTimer
                          Odd. What the hell would be the motivation for that?

                          First, the Longhorns looked west, to the Pac-10. Berdahl found it appealing that seven of the 10 schools in the Pac-10 were members of the American Association of Universities, a group comprised of the nation's top 62 research universities.

                          Distance was the main drawback. The University of Arizona, located in Tucson, was the nearest Pac-10 school to Austin — and still 788 miles away. Eight of the 10 schools were in the Pacific Time Zone, meaning a two-hour time gap with most of Texas.

                          "Texas wanted desperately the academic patina that the Pac 10 yielded," recalls Berdahl, who went on to serve as chancellor at Pac-10 member California-Berkeley. "To be associated with UCLA, Stanford and Cal in academics was very desirable."

                          Still, expansion in the Pac-10 depended on unanimous approval of the member schools. And Stanford, which had long battled UT in athletics as well as academics, objected. For UT, the way west never materialized.
                          Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

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                          • nesper
                            Junior Member
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 648

                            #58
                            Originally posted by FirstTimer
                            On another note if this does happen it will be interesting to see if NCAA11 can get it into the game in time.
                            it wouldnt happen til 2012 maybe 2013. Pitt as part of its (rumored) obligation to the BIg East has to provide notice 27 months in advance of it intent to leave the conference. this rumor is getting circulated at one of the michigan state fans message board.

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                            • T.Dot
                              A Real RockNRolla
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 6868

                              #59
                              Pretty sure Big East will be a lower tier conference now and lose their BCS bid
                              I would bet a lot that it goes to not just a single conference but the best mid-major team in the nation every year.

                              I think we could see the Sun Belt or Conference USA get some teams from the Big East.

                              Im more interested to see how this effects basketball to be honest if at all

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                              • BUCK3YE5
                                CP 2K12
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 1410

                                #60
                                Originally posted by jHammack
                                Thanks for making a meaningful post in the discussion.
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