Pac 10 now looking to raid Big 12

[saluki762]

I just read a commentary on the premium Kansas scout.com site saying that Kansas' recruiting prowess just took a HUGE and immediate hit
and will quite possibly NEVER be the same...

Almost overnite, with this story out there, every recruit will be saying to himself...
"Do I want to go to Kansas and find myself in 1-2 years playing in the CUSA
or some other (Heartland) mid-major-caliber conference??"

Interesting....it might just be the end of the 4-Star and 5-Star bluechipppers landing at Kansas!!

Not saying this isn't bad for Kansas overall but recruiting won't be a problem. CUSA hasn't hurt Memphis ability to recruit too much.

[TheAsianSensation]

It seems like to me that with the ultimadum made, I just can't see long-term relations with everyone in the Big 12 lasting. Even if the Big 12 stands pat, the Big 10 can still go east for expansion and the SEC will then come knocking. Sure, Texas can stay loyal and decline them, but then all of a sudden, everyone but the Big 12 is expanding, and by standing pat, everyone in the Big 12 falls behind in the arms race anyways.

I guarantee there's some people in Nebraska and Missouri gently nudging the Big 10, asking for an accelerated timeline.

[KillerB]

STL POST-DISPATCH article today

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/outdoors/story/5641BE2A59C198D38625773B000B9B27?OpenDocument

[tornado]

Mizzou and Nebraska are going to defy the deadline and take all the time they need - they might be better off headed west where the population and the money (just ask OJ Mayo) are..

[Future Walk-On]

I wish everything would just stay the same......I don't like expansion or conference realignment........

[houstontxbrave]

I wish everything would just stay the same......I don't like expansion or conference realignment........

I really do like the idea if it were to occur of the expansion of the Big 12 and the Pac 10.

It would make for an excellent football conference and not terrible basketball.

I said earlier that Nebraska held the key to this, but the more I read and think about it, this is all about what Texas does or doesnt do. If they leave the others will follow, if they dont and even if Neb and Mizzo leave the Big 12 will stay alive with bringing in TCU and another to be determined.

[SFP]

Pac 10 is creating a Pacific rim marketing deal that could blow the water out of any TV deals in the works right now. They are looking at reaching out to those billions of people out in Asia. There is already is a large Asian market out west so the ability to market the Pac 10 teams out there is not a stretch. Think Nike and company helping to brand merchandise plus a large TV deal.

[Headless Bobcat]

The largest market in Oregon is Eugene #119.

Not to get off topic...but isn't Portland (#22) Oregon's biggest market?

[Da Coach]

It seems to be getting closer to reality- There are reports that Nebraska will announce as soon as Friday that they are leaving the Big 12 to join the Big Ten.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100608/BIGRED/306089786/0

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/06/big-12-official-expects-nebraska-to-leave-conference-for-big-ten/1

[tornado]

A funny parody on the Big 12...warning - just a little vulgar...

http://www.bringonthecats.com/2010/6/7/1506558/adventures-of-the-big-12-twelve

[tornado]

saw some discussion of possible calls by Kansas & K-State to the Big East...
since a lot of Big East schools are all about basketball and NOT football, then maybe KU & KSU would fir there and then they could jettison some of their dead weight (aka DePaul, Rutgers, St. Johns, USF, Providence...)

[TheAsianSensation]

The Big East would be more looking to replace the slew of members they could lose to the Big 10 or ACC than anything else.

The only Big East jettisoning that would occur is a complete tear of the football schools and non-football schools.

[tornado]

Here's an interesting story -- Utah and BYU have played together in the SAME conference since they began playing sports - almost 100 years...

but now it is pretty apparently this will end as Utah is likely moving to the Pac-10 or the Big 12

http://universe.byu.edu/node/9013

[basketball nut]

Here's an interesting story -- Utah and BYU have played together in the SAME conference since they began playing sports - almost 100 years...

but now it is pretty apparently this will end as Utah is likely moving to the Pac-10 or the Big 12
http://universe.byu.edu/node/9013

an intersting thought is does the MWC take on the B12 leftovers especially Col, I State, Kansas St, and either Mizoo or Kansas which ever one doesn't end up in the B10?

[TheAsianSensation]

an intersting thought is does the MWC take on the B12 leftovers especially Col, I State, Kansas St, and either Mizoo or Kansas which ever one doesn't end up in the B10?

The short answer: Yes.

The long answer: Yes, if those schools would accept.