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To be honest I couldn't even watch the replay of the BSU/GA game because it was so contrived and commercialized - as soon as I saw the uni's I wasn't even sure who was playing - if I'm going to watch pro football I will watch pro football.
Oklahoma Contemplating Leaving Big XII
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To be honest I couldn't even watch the replay of the BSU/GA game because it was so contrived and commercialized - as soon as I saw the uni's I wasn't even sure who was playing - if I'm going to watch pro football I will watch pro football.
I'm with you. I will still support ISU but am really turned off of "college" sports as a whole right now. If I want to watch professional teams then I'll watch my NFL Bears.
ESPN, corporate America, and especially the t-shirt fans have officially ruined the game. I don't think most of them even realize or care that there is a university connected to their team. Iowa and Nebbie fanbases are prime examples of this. I don't know what could fix all of this short of government intervention. And the last thing I want is the government involved.
I couldn't bring myself to give a crap about any games this weekend. The only one I watched on TV was Baylor/TCU. I love football and it feels like it is being hijacked. Not to sound like a little girl, but I'm truly heartbroken by what is happening.
Re: Oklahoma
I know you didn't mean that........
Sincerely,
Washington State, Oregon State & the Pacific Time Zone
I know you didn't mean that........
Sincerely,
Washington State, Oregon State & the Pacific Time Zone
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If Iowa State gets left in the cold, and I lose interest in college football I don't know what I would do. I'm a Vikings fan so it looks like my only option is disappointment. I guess I could watch MLB through October, then watch Hockey until baseball season again.
I will say that I am becoming less of a fan of ESPN (or TV networks in general) as this realignment crap continues.
Re: Oklahoma
probably means let's sue David Boren for being a two sided switcheroo when he had the reigns. It means a $200M lawsuit against Larry Scott for meddling. Maybe it is time to think along the injunction lines. If our potential fees are halved in the BE, we have monetarily been harmed.
Not in the grand scheme of things. That's why no one cares what happens to ISU and Baylor. We will hardly be a blip on the ESPN radar.
IF we do get left out the first year..The SEC, Big10 or ACC is just going to poach more teams from the Big East anyway. . So it will be a mega conference that will have the best tv Teams plucked away eventually anyway. So we would probably be brought in once Pitt or Rutgers left.
IF ISU doesn't make the BEast then it will go to the Mountain West with Baylor I bet. Then we HAVE to hope for 18 team expansion of conferences or that could be our home for good.
IF ISU doesn't make the BEast then it will go to the Mountain West with Baylor I bet. Then we HAVE to hope for 18 team expansion of conferences or that could be our home for good.
To be honest, I really doubt the stability of a 16 team "super-conference." Money build facilities, but only wins satisfy fan bases.
Now for basketball - MW avg was 8,176 with largest NM with 13,595 and ISU with 12,491 and BU with 7,457. So ISU would be second in attendance and BU would easily be in the top half.
Also, all those avg numbers for the MW include BYU and TCU that both were top in the conf in attendance for football and BYU for basketball.
What he should have said is the MW doesn't really do much for ISU and BU but we would love to have them.
I guess by a lot I meant Iowa State fans...which isn't really "a lot" in the grand scheme of things...
This is so depressing.
First the Big East says they might be interested in KU, KSU, and Mizzou.... and then the Mountain West says they aren't sure if they'd even be interested in ISU either.
Seriously folks, this isn't going well at all. It seems that we provide NOTHING to any conference.
Our best hope might just be that neither the Big East or MWC wants us, and then the Big 10 decides that they need to go to 16, so they take us for some unknown reason?
But if we aren't at least in the Big East after all of this, I will pretty much lose all interest in college athletics period.
First the Big East says they might be interested in KU, KSU, and Mizzou.... and then the Mountain West says they aren't sure if they'd even be interested in ISU either.
Seriously folks, this isn't going well at all. It seems that we provide NOTHING to any conference.
Our best hope might just be that neither the Big East or MWC wants us, and then the Big 10 decides that they need to go to 16, so they take us for some unknown reason?
But if we aren't at least in the Big East after all of this, I will pretty much lose all interest in college athletics period.
Maybe KU wants to avoid the fight and if the BE will take KSU that is fine with them and maybe the BE also wants to avoid the fight so easier to invite both. It does seem contradictary to what is driving this.
A little off topic: So UT will give up LHN for the PAC# but won't to save the Big 12 - why?
Seems to me it is beyond UT control at this moment as David Boren roars off to the west.
Well if the Pac12 goes to 16 it could be an arms race to get to sixteen and the Big East might be the next to act if they want to survive and could probably also take isu, Baylor and maybe a Houston or UCF. One big game of musical chairs. Helluva way to determine the future of athletic programs. Only hope I really have is that 4 super conference and resulting playoffs would mean approximately half of the current FBS teams will be completely shut out of a title chance and maybe have enough political clout to get something done.
Here is the link to the Mountain West Info. The post with the info was poorly formatted. The MWC official didn't make those comments about ISU and Baylor. The author of the article (or blog post or whatever you want to call it) did.
Mountain West Executive Board Call Has Realignment High On Its Agenda - Mountain West Connection
Mountain West Executive Board Call Has Realignment High On Its Agenda - Mountain West Connection
What if UT publicly offered to drop the LHN & start promoting a conf network - what would happen? Would AtM & OU stop all this and come back or would they still go? I know it would never happen but would be interesting.