Big East And Big 12 Discuss Merger
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Sep 19, 2011 5:49 PM EDT
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PrintSo let's just say the Big 12 and Big East fall apart. Neither breaks up fast enough for one to pick the bones of the other. What situation does that leave? A merger!
There is a hitch to this master plan. While the Big East did its part by not making Syracuse and Pittsburgh feel special enough to stay, Texas and Oklahoma are still technically Big 12 members. However, if and only if those schools (and tag a longs Oklahoma State and Texas Tech) bolt for the PAC 12, the Big East and Big 12 could merge. The two sides have talked about this possibility, according to some anonymous source that talked to the AP. I'll tell you this much, I worked the phones over this morning and there wasn't anybody who wanted to say anything on the record or off the record or even anonymously. I'm especially looking at you, Iowa State.
Let's pretend for a second that this merger happens. What does it mean for the basketball schools? Form your all Catholic school basketball only league? Could the Big East preserve its BCS status after such a merger? I'll try to call the BCS again and see if we can get an answer.
Hold on to your hats and drop us some conference names in the comments.
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If I'm ND, Georgetown, etc.
Do I really want to stay in a conference with this crew?:
East: Cincinnati, USF, UCF, Louisville, Temple, ECU
West: Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, Houston, SMU, Memphis
With an emphatic NO, the catholic schools bounce, grab St. Joe’s, Xavier and Butler (maybe others), and form themselves a pretty good 11-14 team basketball-only league that might be called the Big East.
For football schools, I think merger’s a no-brainer though. Just sucks for Louisville and Cincy (who were good at basketball, too) to have to give up any real presence in that sport.
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I the Kansases are probably in the Big SOL, too
So a decent top-end in basketball (Louisville, Kansas, Memphis even if the NCAA will wipe out any wins retroactively) and a few occasionally good (Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas State, Temple?, Houston?).
Yes, because joining a league with Kansas would be such a step down. K-State and Mizzou are quite decent as well, so even though you’re not looking at the best basketball conference in the nation you’ve still got a four-five bid league every year.
TCU won the 2011 Rose Bowl
Auburn won all the Tostitos.
Who do you think got the better deal?
http://www.frogsowar.com/
by HawkeyedFrog on Sep 19, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Conf Names
This is too easy!
The Red Hats Conference
Popery USA
Crackers and Whine
Roasted Marinattos
OR
The Martyr Conference
by PensfaninLAexile on Sep 19, 2011 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
As long as we're not subjected to Beebe or Marinatto
Both stood by and did too little to prevent messes like these.
I assume The Big Leftovers would be joining the Big 12 rather than joining the Big East, as the Big 12 already has a television contract that could survive in some form. Bebee and Marianatto have both proven incompetent in keeping their conferences together, but at least Beebe has always managed to get favorable TV deals for his constituents.
TCU won the 2011 Rose Bowl
Auburn won all the Tostitos.
Who do you think got the better deal?
http://www.frogsowar.com/
The Big Super Average Conference.
Or Big SAC for short. Also, MARINATTO AND BEEBE WOULD BE RUNNING THIS CONFERENCE! I hope USF forms a Florida only league just to avoid working with that two-headed monster of incompetence. “I had no idea Nebraska, Colorado, Texas A&M, Pitt and ’Cuse were leaving the conference…”
Go Bulls!
Tessie!
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