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Chip Brown from orangebloods.com stated on Sportscenter that the Texas brass gathered it's coaches and said that they did everything they could to try and save the Big XII, but were unsuccessful. Chip also said that from what he is hearing, like the member Blaze stated, Texas will not be leaving the Big XII all alone. Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado will be joining them in the PAC-10. What does this mean? For one thing, this all but assures that Notre Dame will be joining the Big Ten. They have to, just for survival. Notre Dame has prided itself as be an independent, but even the Irish are not blind to the future. If they are left out of this massive shift in the college football landscape, they will never be a top-tier program again. The only way for Notre Dame to survive as they wish to survive, as a big-name college football program, is to join a super-conference. This also means that any team not plucked from the dying conferences will be relegated to second-tier status, and never have an opportunity to vie for a national championship (or receive anything close to "big-time" money). The Big Ten will not stop at Nebraska and Notre Dame, especially if the PAC-10 does take 6 new schools. This will also force the SEC's hand as far as expansion, and they will most likely raid the ACC. What we're looking at in college football is three Super-Conferences that will dominate the landscape, and the leftovers from the world before the cosmic shift, the ghosts of college football past.

ESPN is saying it's done, and that Nebraska has accepted the invitation from the Big Ten. Look for all the dominoes to start falling quickly. The feeding frenzy is about to begin.

Anybody got pictures of said Dallas Jerseys?

If the Big Ten takes three Big East schools, i can see the Irish coming in and bumping Missouri to get into the Big Ten.

Looking at some of the other message boards and the people inhabiting those places, i'll take that as a compliment. All faults and "I-Love-The-Smell-Of-My-Own-Farts" members aside, this place is one of the more rational, respectable places to discuss sports and sports-related topics. I am sorry you do not like it here.

To me it's looking like Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers are the obvious choices if the Big Ten raids the Big East, effectively ending the Big East as an athletic entity. If The Big Ten decides to pick from multiple conferences, who knows how it will all end up...

Rangers suck, but MSG is a nice arena...

Another question: Will the Big Ten change their name? Or will they shoehorn a "12" into the logo? What names could be used? Big Midwest Conference Great 12 Conference The Western Conference Big North Conference The Northern Conference Anything?

Notre Dame makes the most sense, but they still may decline. My maybes include: West Virgina Cincinnati Pittsburgh Missouri Iowa State Louisville Long Shots: Syracuse Rutgers

My sig is how the Devils used to be displayed at the Meadowlands. (However, the Patrick Division banner is black instead of green, a wrong i felt compelled to right in my sig.)

But i like it better when you say it. Aussie accents are sexy. Coming from a large man like yourself, I find that creepy and weird. Let's drink beer to prove our masculinity and heterosexuality. (Hey, it's Friday afternoon here. any excuse will do) It's 5 o'clock somewhere. On another note, i've been trying to make a sig with a transparant background, because, well, it would look nicer and i'm all about looking nice. How does one do that? any help will do.

But i like it better when you say it. Aussie accents are sexy.

You mean like the text here: If so, highlight everything you want arched, then go Shift F9 to bring up the Pathfinder tab. Click on Merge to make everything one compound shape, and it also Groups it. Then go Effect>Warp>Arc Lower. Play with the Bend Percentage until it looks like what you want. I have Illustrator 8.0... how can i vertacly arch text using this program, because none of the keys you described are on this earlier program that i have.

If i could get a 8.0 or lower Illustrator Canis template? i'll marry it.

i tried.. still didn't work.... hmmmmmmm...............

My illustrator won't open it.