Big Ten - Texas?

[Fox1994]

Holy shit-balls, folks, Big Ten has offered Texas... I'm listening to Colin Cowherd, and he's talking about how they'd be a much better fit for the Pac-10 or the SEC...

They're not even a good fit for that "three yards and a cloud of dust" style of football... "Road trips to cold cities in January"... I'm trying to find an ESPN link or something...

Gimme a sec.

[SuperKevin]

Are you serious? I hope to god Cowherd is just making this up to generate discussion.

[Fox1994]

Okay. This is fucking ridiculous. I can't find a link on the Big Ten website, Google, or the Texas website... So Colin Cowherd could be talking out of his ass for all I know... He's talking about Peyton Manning right now, but here's a link to ESPN Radio in case he brings this back up:

ESPN Radio

[Wildcard]

As a Penn State fan, I would not enjoy this. I do not think this is going to happen though.

[Bmore]

Not gonna happen.

Texas is the face of the Big 12...

[Fox1994]

^Ya. It sounds far-fetched. Click the ESPN Radio link to hear Colin discuss it.

[Woy]

Texas-to-Big Ten Rumors Heat Up -- NCAAFB FanHouse
Could Texas be considered in Super Big Ten? - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
It's finally out there: Texas to the Big Ten - CBSSports.com
Big Ten reportedly talks with Texas - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN

Those are just a few links I found.

[NAHSTE]

LOLWUT

[JeremyHight]

Texas wants in a more prestigious academic conference, they always have. The Big XII is definitely on the low end in terms of academics in comparison to the Big Ten and Pac-10.

[mgoblue2290]

The local sports radio show is having a field day with this. They think that if Texas leaves the Big 12, it could cause other programs to leave and all this hypothetical bullshit. Basically, they think their is a chance that 4 mega conferences would arise and it would lead to playoff system, with the winner of each conference in a Final Four type deal.

[Argath]

so if Texas leaves the big 12.. will the big12 become the big10.. and will the big10 become the big12?

Then technically Texas won't be leaving the big12..


woah mindfuck


:pedobear:

[Macken]

A source with ties to the Big Ten said that while most people’s attention has been trained on the conference stealing Missouri, the Big Ten has engaged in “preliminary exchanges” with a much bigger fish from the Big 12.

“There have been preliminary exchanges between the Big Ten and Texas,” the source told the Journal-World on Wednesday. “People will deny that, but it’s accurate.”

Missouri and Pittsburgh have been the most talked-about candidates to fill the 12th spot, which would enable the conference to have the postseason football conference title game it lacks. In December of 2009, the Big Ten issued a statement that the timetable for expansion was in the 12-to-18-month range.

Travel costs, in terms of money and fatigue, make Texas seem on the surface like a stretch, but TV revenue would more than make up for the fatigue factor.

Getting TV sets in the massive state of Texas tuned to the Big Ten Network would qualify as a home run for the Big Ten.

Texas already receives the most TV money in the Big 12 because of its frequent national network appearances, but the source said Texas still thinks it can get a better deal for itself and is considering forming its own state-wide TV network.

Geographic concerns don’t carry the weight they once did because TV revenues have grown so much, and this wouldn’t be the first time Texas has considered such an odd geographic match. Before joining the Big Eight with three other schools from Texas, the Longhorns looked into joining the Pac-10.

Veteran basketball columnist Mike DeCourcey, writing for The Sporting News on Dec. 16, wondered why nobody other than him was talking about Texas as the most logical school for Big Ten expansion.

“No one seems to recognize the genius of this suggestion, which may be evidence of its genius,” DeCourcey wrote. “Everyone else seems to be thinking small and boring, but as I suggested not long after the Big Ten Network was conceived, Texas is the one program that could dramatically expand the money-making power of the league's cable operation.”

Much later than DeCourcey offered the suggestion, the two parties finally have inched toward each other with “preliminary exchanges.”

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[Fox1994]

The local sports radio show is having a field day with this. They think that if Texas leaves the Big 12, it could cause other programs to leave and all this hypothetical bullshit. Basically, they think their is a chance that 4 mega conferences would arise and it would lead to playoff system, with the winner of each conference in a Final Four type deal.

Would that be so bad?

so if Texas leaves the big 12.. will the big12 become the big10.. and will the big10 become the big12?

Then technically Texas won't be leaving the big12..


woah mindfuck


:pedobear:

Ya, they would. The Big T1E1N has eleven teams as it stands... That's why they just want Texas. Cowherd seemed to think they should take Rutgers...

I don't really care, I just want the Pac-10 to take UNLV and Utah... Problem is, UNLV isn't good enough at football to warrant that...

So maybe I'll get lucky and they'll take Utah and Fresno/Boise... Thing is, Boise is only good at football... Fresno is in the same market as Cal/Stanford... Or at least between them and the SC/UCLA market... Which thereby defeats the purpose...

On the other hand, if they took Utah and BYU (the current plan), well, those teams are in the same market... Ah, well, two in-state schools is what they have with Az-ASU, Ore-Ore St, UW-WSU... Then there's the two NorCal and two SoCal schools (Stan-Berkley, SC-CLA)...

Okay, so Utah-BYU doesn't sound like too bad an idea...

[BUCK3YE5]

wtf this would be crazy....but hell im pumped for it....the big ten could use more than 1 national title contender year in and year out

[Fox1994]

Don't get so cocky. PSU is a contender. One day, maybe Michigan will be again (I hate them, in all reality).

EDIT: Iowa won the Orange Bowl - they're contenders.