It's not hard to run across a column or blog post this morning, discussing the winners and losers of the Big 12's survival. Guess what: Missouri's a huge loser! They were Korean opportunists! They begged and pleaded for the Big Ten to take them! They were embarrassed! LOL!
I thought about directly challenging somebody, anybody, to find a quote from an actual Mizzou decision maker in which they did anything other than say "We're proud members of the Big 12," not from the last week, but from the last six months. Did they complain about conference inequality? Sure. Did they complain about the Big 12's horrendous TV contract? Absolutely. But guess what: the Big 12 has terrible inequality and had a horrendous TV contract. If you're stating a fact with which nobody disagrees, while still claiming total allegiance to the Big 12, then I'm not sure how that's batting your eyes at the Big Ten.
JL21 wrote:Rock M Nation lays it down. I love this.
It's not hard to run across a column or blog post this morning, discussing the winners and losers of the Big 12's survival. Guess what: Missouri's a huge loser! They were Korean opportunists! They begged and pleaded for the Big Ten to take them! They were embarrassed! LOL!
I thought about directly challenging somebody, anybody, to find a quote from an actual Mizzou decision maker in which they did anything other than say "We're proud members of the Big 12," not from the last week, but from the last six months. Did they complain about conference inequality? Sure. Did they complain about the Big 12's horrendous TV contract? Absolutely. But guess what: the Big 12 has terrible inequality and had a horrendous TV contract. If you're stating a fact with which nobody disagrees, while still claiming total allegiance to the Big 12, then I'm not sure how that's batting your eyes at the Big Ten.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says the Big 12 will be a stronger basketball conference without Colorado and Nebraska.
Nixon today called the departing universities “the two weakest basketball programs” in the Big 12. Colorado is leaving for the Pac-10 in 2012 while Nebraska is joining the Big Ten next year.
The Missouri governor says the remaining Big 12 schools could have a better shot of making the NCAA tournament. He said poor win-loss records and weaker schedules by Nebraska and Colorado were dragging down the rankings of other Big 12 schools.
Faceman wrote:Mizzou needs to keep trending up with their football program, and try to break into the SEC. Take OU or aTm with them.
If the penalty for departure is as stiff as it sounds, they're pretty much stuck where they are until or unless Texas decides they don't want to be part of the Big XII anymore. And since they run the conference even more now than they did before, I can't imagine that happening any time soon.
Leroy wrote:Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says the Big 12 will be a stronger basketball conference without Colorado and Nebraska.
Nixon today called the departing universities “the two weakest basketball programs” in the Big 12. Colorado is leaving for the Pac-10 in 2012 while Nebraska is joining the Big Ten next year.
The Missouri governor says the remaining Big 12 schools could have a better shot of making the NCAA tournament. He said poor win-loss records and weaker schedules by Nebraska and Colorado were dragging down the rankings of other Big 12 schools.
So, the Big 12 is now the Big 10. And the Big 10 is now the Big 12. Pac-10 is now the Pac-11. And the SEC is still the best conference in college football.
I still think that the Big-12 needs to find itself 2 more teams to keep the two divisions and the conference title game. I don't see what would be wrong with adding TCU and maybe Air Force or BYU. Wonder if Cincinatti or Memphis would come over and round it out?
Also, what would you all think about moving OU to the Big 12 north to split up OU/Texas?
Fat Strat wrote:So, the Big 12 is now the Big 10. And the Big 10 is now the Big 12. Pac-10 is now the Pac-11. And the SEC is still the best conference in college football.
I still think that the Big-12 needs to find itself 2 more teams to keep the two divisions and the conference title game. I don't see what would be wrong with adding TCU and maybe Air Force or BYU. Wonder if Cincinatti or Memphis would come over and round it out?
Also, what would you all think about moving OU to the Big 12 north to split up OU/Texas?
I like both ideas.
I'm sure OU and Texas wouldn't mind being in opposite divisions.
Fat Strat wrote:Also, what would you all think about moving OU to the Big 12 north to split up OU/Texas?
I think that's Dan Beebe's wet dream because it gives him a Texas-OU Big XII Championship game every year, which is undoubtedly what they've wanted all along (and is probably the best thing for the conference, too, even if I do find it tremendously annoying).
If they add two teams, that's the direction it'll go.
