Big Ten Expansion

[Popeye_Card]

Notre Dame is a private catholic school with an Irish mascot. It doesn't matter if they are in a conference or not--catholics and Irish people across the US will still root for them. People who have grown up in a Notre Dame family will continue to root for Notre Dame. 8 year old Timmy will not suddenly turn to daddy and say, "but daddy, they are just another Big Ten team. I would love them if they had no conference affiliation. That is why I'm going to root for Navy!"

[lukethedrifter]

Our friends to the SW trashing Mizzou and it's attempt to move to the Big Ten

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/O ... YONE178350

[JL21]

Why would Missouri lose the Texas connection? It can't be because of TV exposure, surely. Missouri can't be getting a ton of TV exposure in Texas, are they?

Definitely. The local Fox Sports channels carry Big XII football in Big XII country and you get a ton of games from around the conference. Those games aren't always based on where you are, either. For instance, say you're in Dallas. Texas is on ESPN, OU is on ABC or ESPN... and Fox Sports is still going to show two Big XII games (one early, one later). If the two in one of those time slots are both Big XII North games, or if your option is to show a Baylor game or a Mizzou game... well, Mizzou offers the higher profile (depending on what part of Texas you're in).

And that doesn't include the games where Mizzou plays on ESPN (national coverage), or Mizzou plays their three Big XII South rivals. I bet the average town in Texas has access to at least five or six of Mizzou's games. Last year alone: Nebraska, Oklahoma State, and Texas were on ESPN; Illinois was a national game w/ regional coverage on ABC in the Big Ten and Big XII regions; the KU game was... I believe ABC w/ regional coverage in the Big XII; Baylor was undoubtedly covered in Texas; and Nevada/Mizzou was the Fox Sports national game. That's at least seven times that Texas would've seen Mizzou and that doesn't even include the two games each weekend that Fox Sports shows during conference season that might have been on.

[vinsanity]

Our friends to the SW trashing Mizzou and it's attempt to move to the Big Ten

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/O ... YONE178350

What a [expletive] blow hard.

"There's a be-careful-what-you-wish-for element to this. Miami joined the ACC in football and has become darn near irrelevant."

"It's a money grab disguised as 'a good academic fit' by the chancellor."

Miami has put some of the best players in the NFL in the last few years, and really only the brawl and recruiting of thugs for a decade has pushed them any where near irrelevant - I completely disagree they are anywhere near irrelevant cause of the ACC.

God forbid a college does something that isn't only about football.

[JL21]

Our friends to the SW trashing Mizzou and it's attempt to move to the Big Ten

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/O ... YONE178350

Ugh.

[lukethedrifter]

To sum up the column, Missouri is running from competition. Also, Mizzou athletics does less with more than anyone in the Big XII.

[JL21]

To sum up the column, Missouri is running from competition. Also, Mizzou athletics does less with more than anyone in the Big XII.

The only thing missing was a catchy phrase about "DeWallet" or "low-hanging fruit".

[vinsanity]

To sum up the column, Missouri is running from competition. Also, Mizzou athletics does less with more than anyone in the Big XII.

The only thing missing was a catchy phrase about "DeWallet" or "low-hanging fruit".

well played sir.

[Popeye_Card]

Playing devil's advocate: maybe it will help Mizzou in Texas when they are *not* on TV there, getting trampled by OU or Texas again.

/bad defense Mizzou zing

[StL Dan]

Playing devil's advocate: maybe it will help Mizzou in Texas when they are *not* on TV there, getting trampled by OU or Texas again.

/bad defense Mizzou zing

Don't come near me or you'll get smacked around a little.