[PAmedic]

busloads of their fans/alum on their way to Baylor right this minute to "straighten things out"

I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding

[ATrain]

busloads of their fans/alum on their way to Baylor right this minute to "straighten things out"

I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding

Yeah, Baylor misunderstood they'd probably be left out in the cold if the Big 12 folds as is being predicted.

[jcmanson]

So, let’s see how long it is until another team jumps to the SEC.

[jcmanson]

I hope Barber is ready for that call from CUSA

[jcmanson]

CUSA will be down to 9 teams after ECU, Houston, and UCF leave for the Big East. Rather than simply going back to 12, they will go to 16 and add JMU, Georgia State, App State, ODU, Liberty, and Navy and Army will jump in as well.

[ATrain]

Wait...I thought if the Big 12 imploded, the Big East was going to go after Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State...or Iowa State/Baylor if Missouri got into the SEC?

[Cider Jim]

So, let’s see how long it is until another team jumps to the SEC.

My friends back in the mountain state say that WVU thinks they're going next--to the SEC.

[Sly Fox]

With all due respect to our significant number of West Virginians on the board, what exactly do the Mountaineers have to offer to the SEC? Oh wait, they deliver the much sought after Huntington/Charleston TV market as well as that powerhouse to the South called Beckley/Bluefield.

This desperate extortion attempt by Baylor & Iowa State is fun to watch. You can just imagine all of the Ken Starr dress jokes down here at the Aggies/SEC's expense. There were big celebrations planned for yesterday in College Station that had to be put on hold by some suits in Waco.

[ATrain]

With all due respect to our significant number of West Virginians on the board, what exactly do the Mountaineers have to offer to the SEC? Oh wait, they deliver the much sought after Huntington/Charleston TV market as well as that powerhouse to the South called Beckley/Bluefield.

This desperate extortion attempt by Baylor & Iowa State is fun to watch. You can just imagine all of the Ken Starr dress jokes down here at the Aggies/SEC's expense. There were big celebrations planned for yesterday in College Station that had to be put on hold by some suits in Waco.

You forgot they also offer couch burning for postgame celebrations. Much more entertaining than throwing toilet paper on old oak trees.

So how big of a hiccup can the legal saber rattling be in delaying what appears to be the inevitable?

[Cider Jim]

Oh wait, they deliver the much sought after Huntington/Charleston TV market.

Granted, there are many WVU fans in the state capital, but nobody in Huntington is watching the 'Eers; and if they are, they are pulling for the other team.

[SumItUp]

Morgantown is only 75 miles from the Steel City. Does WVU impact the Pittsburgh market? If so, that would make a difference.

[Innocent Bystander]

What are your thoughts on this Sly.
Apparently this guy has had some good info in the past.

http://northwestern.rivals.com/showmsg. ... 01&style=2

[JK37]

Morgantown is only 75 miles from the Steel City. Does WVU impact the Pittsburgh market? If so, that would make a difference.

Unless the numbers have changed very recently, WVU has the three highest-rated weeknight games in ESPN history. When Sly talked about the lack of a passionate nationwide fanbase in regards to Iowa State, et. al. - WVU does have that.

[Sly Fox]

WVU is several ticks down the scale in Pittsburgh. Penn State rules that market with Pitt a distant second and everybody else a big step behind. That is why Pitt is getting more attention from prospective leagues right now.

As for the Northwestern guy, it sounds plausible. I can tell you for a fact that Texas leadership feels more of a connection to the Cali Pac-12 schools than the Big Ten. The Rust Belt just doesn't have the appeal that it used to back in the day. But I can tell you that all my sources in Austin indicate that UT & Notre Dame have mutual interests in playing this game as allies.

[JK37]

...my sources in Austin indicate that UT & Notre Dame have mutual interests in playing this game as allies.

THAT is the big part of this I see tipping the scales. And the Big Ten just accepts them with open arms, cheshire-grinning cat and all.

IF it happens, Wow.

[TDDance234]

WVU is several ticks down the scale in Pittsburgh. Penn State rules that market with Pitt a distant second and everybody else a big step behind. That is why Pitt is getting more attention from prospective leagues right now.

As for the Northwestern guy, it sounds plausible. I can tell you for a fact that Texas leadership feels more of a connection to the Cali Pac-12 schools than the Big Ten. The Rust Belt just doesn't have the appeal that it used to back in the day. But I can tell you that all my sources in Austin indicate that UT & Notre Dame have mutual interests in playing this game as allies.

I disagree -- Penn State is def. tops there but WVU is a close second, IMO. The Wheeling crowd are diehard Mountaineers and if Holgerson can do what those in Morgantown thinks he can do, Pitt will be sprawling with blue and gold.

[JK37]

WVU is several ticks down the scale in Pittsburgh. Penn State rules that market with Pitt a distant second and everybody else a big step behind. That is why Pitt is getting more attention from prospective leagues right now.

As for the Northwestern guy, it sounds plausible. I can tell you for a fact that Texas leadership feels more of a connection to the Cali Pac-12 schools than the Big Ten. The Rust Belt just doesn't have the appeal that it used to back in the day. But I can tell you that all my sources in Austin indicate that UT & Notre Dame have mutual interests in playing this game as allies.

I disagree -- Penn State is def. tops there but WVU is a close second, IMO. The Wheeling crowd are diehard Mountaineers and if Holgerson can do what those in Morgantown thinks he can do, Pitt will be sprawling with blue and gold.

I knew my rebuttal of this would come across as nothing more than partisan, but this is true. Pitt's fanbase is amateurish, especially in TV ratings and travel size.

[Purple Haize]

If the Big Usedtobe 10 landed Texas Notre Dame and WVU I would no longer be a closet Big Usedtobe 10!

[jcmanson]

I heard something this morning about Baylor going to the Big East.

[Sly Fox]

Baylor & TCU started across the street from each other in Waco over a century ago.

It would not surprise me if the Big East did bring in Baylor to earn some markers from A&M and the SEC while providing a travel partner for the Frogs.

[logic]

Do you think TCU is regretting going to the Big East at this point? Would they have wanted to get into a defunct Big 12? While the Big 12 may not have wanted them, at this point it seems they don't have a choice and would have HAD to have taken them. TCU/Houston, while not doing much dollars wise for the Big12, would at least keep it somewhat legitimate if Texas/Oklahoma were to leave.

Still anxious to see how all of this affects LU.. I am going to be depressed if we are still playing FCS ball in 5 years.

[Purple Haize]

Logic, I don't think you will be disappointed. In 5 years the college football landscape will look entirely different. IMO, you will have 4 (maybe 5) Mega Conference who would be "Tier1" teams and most of the bowls. Then probably 1 or 2 other tiers with the remaining bowls and or a playoff. I don't see us being in the "Tier 1 " level (Texas, USC, Michigan, Florida etc) but def. In the 2nd tier. I know, I just don't buy into the vision.

[ALUmnus]

From what they said on the local radio this morning (I don't know their sources), the ACC folks think they can get the big boys from the Big 12 (Texas, OK, OKst, and Kansas), and they also mentioned pilfering UConn and Syracuse from the Big East.

I don't see it happening, sounds more like some fanboys are fantasizing.

[lynchburgwildcats]

texas would be a logical choice for the ACC and even Texas. Texas would get all that east coast exposure, adds a quality football and basketball school to the ACC, and ACC schools don't really recruit texas much, so it wouldn't really hurt anyone's recruiting.

[Sly Fox]

Very wishful thinking on the radio guys' part, ALUmnus.

Texas has ZERO interest in the ACC unless the league is willing to give them the special treatment they have in the Big XII (i.e. Longhorn Network) AND the Pac-12 & B1G both refuse such a deal.

Texas doesn't need East Coast exposure. We're Texas. Its like a whole other country.