NCAA Confernces expanded and disappearing
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I hope so but debbie yown maryland ad dismiss the rumors of going to the big ten and I think the acc has something cooking myself I would love for uwv, pitt,uconn,usf,gt hoyas, for basketball, & syracuse to join the acc it makes sense geography and leaving maryland with rivialies in wv & pitt
http://terrapintrail.com/sports/2010/06/09/yow-maryland-unlikely-to-leave-acc/
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/spo...maryland_has_had_no_contact_with_big_ten.html
http://terrapintrail.com/sports/2010/06/09/yow-maryland-unlikely-to-leave-acc/
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/spo...maryland_has_had_no_contact_with_big_ten.html
so far it looks like thw mwc has sent out feelers for mizzou & kansas it looks like ksu & baylor might be cusa bound
By MAC ENGEL
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Mountain West Conference sources confirmed that the league is sending out feelers to Big 12 members that may be left out in any continued conference shake-up, most notably Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas State would be another option. Baylor, however, would not be.
On the same day the MWC officially added Boise State, sources said TCU will lobby the MWC against Baylor's inclusion should the Big 12 school be left out of the impending conference realignment.
The league is leaving the door open to pluck other schools to boost their résumé to earn an automatic BCS bid. There are two more years remaining on a four-year evaluation period to get the automatic BCS bid.
With the addition of Boise State, the MWC hopes it can get a temporary BCS automatic qualifier status in 2012 and 2013.
Adding a couple more Big 12 schools would only help. And it looks as if more will be available. Colorado will join the Pac-10 and Nebraska the Big Ten, leaving the remaining schools of the Big 12 in limbo.
All signs point to Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State departing the Big 12. That would leave a few available schools, most notably Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri to potentially join the MWC.
Despite success in nearly every sport but football, Baylor may not be so welcome in another MWC expansion. Some TCU officials and powerful alums remain irked over the way Baylor was included in the Big 12 after the breakup of the Southwest Conference. The Frogs were left out.
The MWC will consist of 10 members when the Broncos begin play in the conference in the 2011-12 academic year.
There have been discussions and scenarios involving 12, 14 or 16 schools in the MWC, conference championship games and more. It all depends on whether teams such as Missouri, Kansas and the others can't find a conference they like better.
Adding Kansas or Missouri would only further enhance the MWC's attempt to earn an automatic BCS bid.
"The Mountain West wants to be a national player and continue to grow in that realm." MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said. "We are extremely interested in BCS automatic qualification. We are simply trying to get to the level where each and every year a Mountain West team is playing in a BCS bowl game."
With the Broncos, the MWC features three teams that have earned at-large BCS berths: Boise State (2) and one each for Utah and TCU. Boise State is 26-1 in the past two seasons as a member of the Western Athletic Conference and defeated TCU 17-10 in the Fiesta Bowl in January.
"I think when you look at all the stuff that is happening you have to make sure you take care of your own. That's what's happening," TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte said
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/11/2259257/with-eye-on-bcs-mountain-west.html#ixzz0qfYtA5cm
By MAC ENGEL
[email protected]
Mountain West Conference sources confirmed that the league is sending out feelers to Big 12 members that may be left out in any continued conference shake-up, most notably Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas State would be another option. Baylor, however, would not be.
On the same day the MWC officially added Boise State, sources said TCU will lobby the MWC against Baylor's inclusion should the Big 12 school be left out of the impending conference realignment.
The league is leaving the door open to pluck other schools to boost their résumé to earn an automatic BCS bid. There are two more years remaining on a four-year evaluation period to get the automatic BCS bid.
With the addition of Boise State, the MWC hopes it can get a temporary BCS automatic qualifier status in 2012 and 2013.
Adding a couple more Big 12 schools would only help. And it looks as if more will be available. Colorado will join the Pac-10 and Nebraska the Big Ten, leaving the remaining schools of the Big 12 in limbo.
All signs point to Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State departing the Big 12. That would leave a few available schools, most notably Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri to potentially join the MWC.
Despite success in nearly every sport but football, Baylor may not be so welcome in another MWC expansion. Some TCU officials and powerful alums remain irked over the way Baylor was included in the Big 12 after the breakup of the Southwest Conference. The Frogs were left out.
The MWC will consist of 10 members when the Broncos begin play in the conference in the 2011-12 academic year.
There have been discussions and scenarios involving 12, 14 or 16 schools in the MWC, conference championship games and more. It all depends on whether teams such as Missouri, Kansas and the others can't find a conference they like better.
Adding Kansas or Missouri would only further enhance the MWC's attempt to earn an automatic BCS bid.
"The Mountain West wants to be a national player and continue to grow in that realm." MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said. "We are extremely interested in BCS automatic qualification. We are simply trying to get to the level where each and every year a Mountain West team is playing in a BCS bowl game."
With the Broncos, the MWC features three teams that have earned at-large BCS berths: Boise State (2) and one each for Utah and TCU. Boise State is 26-1 in the past two seasons as a member of the Western Athletic Conference and defeated TCU 17-10 in the Fiesta Bowl in January.
"I think when you look at all the stuff that is happening you have to make sure you take care of your own. That's what's happening," TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte said
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/11/2259257/with-eye-on-bcs-mountain-west.html#ixzz0qfYtA5cm
This just broke on ESPN.com:
The departure of Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the Pac-10 is imminent, four sources within the Big 12 said Monday.
One source said commissioner Dan Beebe's last-minute plan to save the conference has "zero" chance to succeed. Another source said it is "very unlikely" to succeed.
Texas' interests in being aligned with the research opportunities and academic missions of Pac-10 schools is driving the decision, along with money.
Beebe's last-ditch plan included an emotional plea about preserving rivalries and maintaining the best welfare of the student-athlete, one source said.
Texas A&M is now most likely to join the SEC, a source within the Big 12 said. This move, in the wake of Colorado and Nebraska's departure, would further diminish the chance of Beebe's plan succeeding, one source said.
Texas' decision is expected to come no later than Tuesday. One source familiar with Texas' plans suggested a hearing on Wednesday at the Texas House of Representatives is "a nonfactor."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5284375
The departure of Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the Pac-10 is imminent, four sources within the Big 12 said Monday.
One source said commissioner Dan Beebe's last-minute plan to save the conference has "zero" chance to succeed. Another source said it is "very unlikely" to succeed.
Texas' interests in being aligned with the research opportunities and academic missions of Pac-10 schools is driving the decision, along with money.
Beebe's last-ditch plan included an emotional plea about preserving rivalries and maintaining the best welfare of the student-athlete, one source said.
Texas A&M is now most likely to join the SEC, a source within the Big 12 said. This move, in the wake of Colorado and Nebraska's departure, would further diminish the chance of Beebe's plan succeeding, one source said.
Texas' decision is expected to come no later than Tuesday. One source familiar with Texas' plans suggested a hearing on Wednesday at the Texas House of Representatives is "a nonfactor."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5284375
Orangebloods.com is reporting the exact OPPOSITE of that, saying that the Big 12 will remain 10 teams and TAKE the offer by the commish:
In a bombshell development that could bring a halt to seismic changes in college realignment, sources tell Orangebloods.com Texas has been convinced by a plan presented by commissioner Dan Beebe to stay in a 10-member Big 12.
UT officials are expected to announce their decision to remain in the Big 12 as early as Monday.
Such a move would appear to end a courtship between Texas and the Pac-10, which all but seemed solidified as of Friday when Nebraska announced it was heading to the Big Ten and Colorado had a press conference with its new commissioner - Larry Scott of the Pac-10.
But as it became clear over the weekend that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State appeared ready join the Pac-10 and Texas A&M appeared ready to join the SEC, Beebe was able to obtain assurances that a TV deal could be reached paying each of the 10 remaining members of the Big 12 between $14 million and $17 million.
Under Beebe's plan, schools would also be able to explore their own distribution platforms, including networks.
Texas would not be able to pursue those options in the Pac-10, which is planning to launch a conference network in 2012 and would require schools to turn over all of their inventory.
http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1094038
In a bombshell development that could bring a halt to seismic changes in college realignment, sources tell Orangebloods.com Texas has been convinced by a plan presented by commissioner Dan Beebe to stay in a 10-member Big 12.
UT officials are expected to announce their decision to remain in the Big 12 as early as Monday.
Such a move would appear to end a courtship between Texas and the Pac-10, which all but seemed solidified as of Friday when Nebraska announced it was heading to the Big Ten and Colorado had a press conference with its new commissioner - Larry Scott of the Pac-10.
But as it became clear over the weekend that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State appeared ready join the Pac-10 and Texas A&M appeared ready to join the SEC, Beebe was able to obtain assurances that a TV deal could be reached paying each of the 10 remaining members of the Big 12 between $14 million and $17 million.
Under Beebe's plan, schools would also be able to explore their own distribution platforms, including networks.
Texas would not be able to pursue those options in the Pac-10, which is planning to launch a conference network in 2012 and would require schools to turn over all of their inventory.
http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1094038