Bill V
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I'm very surprised that this hasn't been brought up yet here...
Colorado has officially accepted an invite to the Pac 10. Nebraska is expected to receive and accept an invite to the Big 10 within the next 24 hours. And Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State are all anticipated to be in the Pac 16 (or whatever it ends up being called) very soon. Leaving schools like Missouri, Kansas, K-State, Iowa State, and Baylor hunting for a home.
Thoughts? Good or bad for the Big 10 and Pac 10? Good or bad for the former Big 12 teams? Good or bad for college athletics (especially football) as a whole?
If it all comes to pass as anticipated, it essentially means the end of some of college football's longest, greatest rivalries (at least as conference foes)--Nebraska/Oklahoma has been played 85 times, 68 times for Colorado/Nebraska, Missouri/Nebraska have played 103 times, the Battle of the Brazos (Baylor/A&M ) has happened 105 times, Missouri/Oklahoma have a 94 game history, Baylor/Texas goes 99 games, and Kansas/Nebraska goes back a whopping 116 contests. And there are more rivalries that could perish, depending on where the Orphaned Five end up, and if they can stay together or not.
Personally, from a strictly athletics perspective, I think that if six teams from the Big 12 go to the Pac 16, it would be wise for the Big 10 to expand beyond the proposed 12 (current 11 plus Nebraska) or 13 (many talks have them taking Missouri as well), and also go to 16 teams. However, who the other additions would be may take some time. Everyone knows the Big 10 wants Notre Dame, and they supposedly also want Rutgers and Maryland. (Although frankly, I don't get that. Having Rutgers and Maryland in the same conference as Iowa and Nebraska just doesn't sit right with me mentally.) So there could be room for one to three more former Big 12 teams in the new Big 10--but I don't see them taking more than that. Baylor, for one, is going to be struggling to find a home. And there is also talk that even if the Big 10 wants some of these Big 12 schools athletically, they don't want them academically.
The next couple weeks will be VERY interesting...
Colorado has officially accepted an invite to the Pac 10. Nebraska is expected to receive and accept an invite to the Big 10 within the next 24 hours. And Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State are all anticipated to be in the Pac 16 (or whatever it ends up being called) very soon. Leaving schools like Missouri, Kansas, K-State, Iowa State, and Baylor hunting for a home.
Thoughts? Good or bad for the Big 10 and Pac 10? Good or bad for the former Big 12 teams? Good or bad for college athletics (especially football) as a whole?
If it all comes to pass as anticipated, it essentially means the end of some of college football's longest, greatest rivalries (at least as conference foes)--Nebraska/Oklahoma has been played 85 times, 68 times for Colorado/Nebraska, Missouri/Nebraska have played 103 times, the Battle of the Brazos (Baylor/A&M ) has happened 105 times, Missouri/Oklahoma have a 94 game history, Baylor/Texas goes 99 games, and Kansas/Nebraska goes back a whopping 116 contests. And there are more rivalries that could perish, depending on where the Orphaned Five end up, and if they can stay together or not.
Personally, from a strictly athletics perspective, I think that if six teams from the Big 12 go to the Pac 16, it would be wise for the Big 10 to expand beyond the proposed 12 (current 11 plus Nebraska) or 13 (many talks have them taking Missouri as well), and also go to 16 teams. However, who the other additions would be may take some time. Everyone knows the Big 10 wants Notre Dame, and they supposedly also want Rutgers and Maryland. (Although frankly, I don't get that. Having Rutgers and Maryland in the same conference as Iowa and Nebraska just doesn't sit right with me mentally.) So there could be room for one to three more former Big 12 teams in the new Big 10--but I don't see them taking more than that. Baylor, for one, is going to be struggling to find a home. And there is also talk that even if the Big 10 wants some of these Big 12 schools athletically, they don't want them academically.
The next couple weeks will be VERY interesting...
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