Reply With QuoteJust a note that the UT-OU rivalry has existed far longer than UT and OU being in the same conference together.Originally Posted by Sarkus
It's like USC vs. ND that way. Conference affiliations be damned, it's always on.
This is hard to track. Since rumors have the same schools potentially heading to different conferences, it may be a while before it all clears. BTW, if a school made the switch between now and September, would that school still play in its present conference for one more season, or would the change happen immediately? How would that affect scheduling, which is already out, right?
Just a note that the UT-OU rivalry has existed far longer than UT and OU being in the same conference together.
It's like USC vs. ND that way. Conference affiliations be damned, it's always on.
A lot of scheduling is done years in advance. It might be 2012 (earliest) or 2013 before some of the changes taking place end up on the schedule.
Remember that the official word is always going to defend the status quo, and that every conference is exploring options. That said, some options are more likely than others.
Correct. 2010 schedules are already set, and most conference requires a season or two of notice to withdraw. A lot of discussion in Nebraska right now is about whether we might start playing a Big 10 schedule in 2011 or 2012 or 2013.
Colorado joins the Pac10: http://www.pac-10.org/genrel/061010aaa.html.
Smart move by CU and the Pac10. It prevents Texas (the school and state) from forcing the Pac10 to invite Baylor when they invite Texas, A&M, and Tech.
Bah, let's just bring most of the SWC back.
Now that one announcement has been made officially, expect a slew of them.
Rumors around Lincoln today are that Mizzou won't be getting a Big 10 invite, but no idea howaccurate they are. The rumor mill is turned up to 11 today.
I can't take credit for "Pac 0x10." Someone on ShaggyBevo.com came up with that. But I think it's brilliant.
The only reason NU's is delayed is that they don't make it official until tomorrow. But they will do so, it's just dotting the t's and crossing the i's at this point.
what am I missing?
"0x10" is how you write a hex literal in C/C++/Java/etc.
0x10 = 16
(Particularly appropriate for a conference that just went from having 2 top-10 CS departments to 3 top-10 CS departments. :) )
Didn't the WAC splinter because it was too big? Maybe it was just ahead of its time.
Welp...
The Texas schools (Baylor, Tech, A&M and UT) are meeting this morning. A&M and UT are meeting prior to the full meeting, essentially to ensure they're on the same page. The main message at the meeting will be, "Sorry, Baylor, we tried."
OU's president Castiglione said he's doing whatever Texas does. And both Okie State and Tech AD's have basically been informed to pack their sunscreen.
For Chip Brown, this is a career-defining scoop on probably the biggest college football story in a decade.
And for Texas' administration, students, alumni and fans, it's a moment much like the moment when Zaphod Beeblebrox walked out of the Total Perspective Vortex. Particularly appropriate on the same day that a similarly egotistical fan base gets taught a lesson in humility by the NCAA.
"We don't keep up with the Jones. We are the Joneses." --DeLoss Dodds
Switch hands often and remember to use lots of lube Rimbo. I'd hate to see you hurt yourself.
Chip Brown just tweeted, "Boom goes the dynamite."
It's on.
Maybe west of the Mississippi. Over here, it's about the same as that time Tim Tebow ran 3 yards up the middle.
No, that isn't fair Tim. It's at least as newsworthy as Tim Tebow throwing a jump pass for a touchdown.
I'm a little surprised that Nebraska seems to be getting into the Big 10 ahead of Mizzou. Maybe it's just the fanboi in me, but:
* Missouri is a more populous state, with bigger urban centers.
* Missouri is probably a little closer to the geographic heart of the Big 10.
* While Nebraska has a stronger football history than Mizzou by far, in the last 5 years or so I think Mizzou has been a little ahead. Mizzou has also tended to be stronger at men's basketball, I think.
* I think Mizzou is a little stronger academically.
That said, Nebraska football is probably more important to the average sports fan in Nebraska than Mizzou football is to the average sports fan in Missouri (i.e. because of the tradition and because there are many pro sports in Missouri).
Feh, I don't want to see Mizzou ending up in the Mountain West...
Correction. 3 Top 10s, now 4.
Not so fast. Texas hasn't gone anywhere yet.
Lol, Chip Brown's twitter that #Mizzou circulating email to MU officials reminding them to tell media: "We are proud members of Big 12."
Hahahahahaha, oh Mizzou, you got played.
That's true and nothing will be settled for sure until it's made official.
That said, Chip Brown has been pretty much right on with his posts so he clearly has inside sources that do know what's going on. He seems pretty confident this is going to end up where the "Pac 16" proposal first started, with Texas, A&M, Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State joining Colorado.
Wow, apparently USC lost 30 scholarships (10 over the next 3 years).
Bush and OJ Mayo (basketball guy in recent scandal) are having their stats wiped from the games they weren't eligible.
Football stripped of wins from Dec 2004 to all of 2005.
And the two year bowl ban.
Yeah, we noted the big stuff on the last page. ;-)
In some ways USC is very lucky about this timing; the conferencageddon stuff is overpowering all other college football news.
EDSBS just pointed out no celebrities either. I guess that means no Will Ferrell and Snoop Dogg swinging by for morale.
I hope they at least get to do slip and slides.
The conferences might pay lip service to academics, but they're in it for the money as much as the NFL is. The Big Ten Network doesn't exist to coordinate study time.
Bluto - hard to say.
Certainly, the Ivy League is quite important to its members as an indicator of academic stature.
Arguably, ACC membership and perhaps Big 10 membership add a splash of academic stature as well.
In each case, I would think this would be more so for the lower tier members of the conferences in question. i.e. Harvard doesn't need Ivy League membership to help its academic stature as much as Cornell or Brown.
Sure. To clarify, I'm not saying academics don't matter- but any decision a conference (or big-time football school) makes is going to first and foremost be about money. One could make the argument that more money for athletics trickles down to academics, and I think there's some validity to that. Full disclosure: I'm a stinking Ohio State fan.
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