And from the "I've heard this before" rumor mill ...

[isutrevman]

If we're going to add the Arizona schools we better dump WV (because geography) and Baylor (because **** Baylor) and stay at a ten team conference.

I've grown to like having West Virginia. One of the few schools who's fans actually give a s*** about football and basketball. Baylor needs to go, though. I'd rather get rid of TCU or Texas Tech and keep WV and keep the conference from growing even further south. That's probably not realistic though.

 

[SCNCY]

As someone who married an Arizona grad, I would support this move.

 

[harimad]

We're not getting rid of anyone, guys, that's a complete non-starter.

 

[Gunnerclone]

TCU and Baylor should go bye bye. Then add the AZ schools. That would be awesome. We don’t need to be a religious private school conference.

 

[abd4cy]

Since I live in Phoenix this would be amazing, although I have heard nothing out here about it. In my opinion if this had any actual steam it would be something those of us in Arizona would have heard about.

 

[capitalcityguy]

TCU and Baylor should go bye bye. Then add the AZ schools. That would be awesome. We don’t need to be a religious private school conference.

So we are now bigoted against schools with religious affiliations? I missed that memo...

 

[VeloClone]

So we are now bigoted against schools with religious affiliations? I missed that memo...

You must have missed the thread(s) about Catholic high schools too...

 

[Cy94]

Not believable. Can’t imagine a pair of rival in-state schools coordinating conference membership together.

 

[Cydkar]

I get my realignment rumors only from West Virginia Twitter

Cause those Dudes are locked in

The Dude is such a tool.

 

[chadm]

TCU and Baylor should go bye bye. Then add the AZ schools. That would be awesome..

Who would be the private school that every conference needs (at least one)?

 

[cykadelic2]

Since I live in Phoenix this would be amazing, although I have heard nothing out here about it. In my opinion if this had any actual steam it would be something those of us in Arizona would have heard about.

Consider the source (Swaim) on this. He has previously thrown out a lot of realignment garbage with little to no merit.

That said, there is a lot of turmoil in the P12 with Larry Scott inexplicably still in charge and the two AZ schools will do little to mask that turmoil, including potentially leaking rumors about exiting the P12 in order to help get rid of Scott. The odds of them actually leaving are near zero.

 

[NorthCyd]

Consider the source (Swaim) on this. He has previously thrown out a lot of realignment garbage with little to no merit.

That said, there is a lot of turmoil in the P12 with Larry Scott inexplicably still in charge and the two AZ schools will do little to mask that turmoil, including potentially leaking rumors about exiting the P12 in order to help get rid of Scott. The odds of them actually leaving are near zero.

This sounds right. The fact is the time of bigger conferences and larger footprints is dead with the rise of cord cutting. The paradigm has changed.

 

[mctallerton]

We're not getting rid of anyone, guys, that's a complete non-starter.

I can dream of getting rid of baylor, you can't take that from me.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Who would be the private school that every conference needs (at least one)?

I think we should get a waiver since Baylor likes to cover up murders and systemic rape.

 

[heitclone]

I think we should get a waiver since Baylor likes to cover up murders and systemic rape.

Baylor to B1G? Just a better cultural fit.

 

[Dandy]

I agree with all of your post but being the northern-most outlier we shouldn't beat the geography drum too hard.

Ames to Lawrence: 268 miles
Ames to Manhattan: 349 miles
Ames to Stillwater: 548 miles

Morgantown to Lawrence: 900 miles
Morgantown to Manhattan: 996 miles
Morgantown to Stillwater: 1084 miles

Ames to Morgantown: 862 miles

We're north but we're not the outlier. Which logo looks the most out of place geographically here?

 

[mj4cy]

Can't wait to play one of the Arizona schools here in Mid-November.

Yeah....though it's only taken 24 years to get Texas here in November...

 

[Dandy]

Ames to Lawrence: 268 miles
Ames to Manhattan: 349 miles
Ames to Stillwater: 548 miles

Morgantown to Lawrence: 900 miles
Morgantown to Manhattan: 996 miles
Morgantown to Stillwater: 1084 miles

Ames to Morgantown: 862 miles

We're north but we're not the outlier. Which logo looks the most out of place geographically here?

Lubbock to Tempe: 729 miles
Lubbock to Tucson: 635 miles

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Ames to Lawrence: 268 miles
Ames to Manhattan: 349 miles
Ames to Stillwater: 548 miles

Morgantown to Lawrence: 900 miles
Morgantown to Manhattan: 996 miles
Morgantown to Stillwater: 1084 miles

Ames to Morgantown: 862 miles

We're north but we're not the outlier. Which logo looks the most out of place geographically here?

This is overplayed. Everything went out the window with the last couple rounds of conference realignment.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Ames to Lawrence: 268 miles
Ames to Manhattan: 349 miles
Ames to Stillwater: 548 miles

Morgantown to Lawrence: 900 miles
Morgantown to Manhattan: 996 miles
Morgantown to Stillwater: 1084 miles

Ames to Morgantown: 862 miles

We're north but we're not the outlier. Which logo looks the most out of place geographically here?

We should just be the I-35 Conference already.