McCall

Oh, dear! What? I didn't say anybody outside was going to care.

All I can say is if Mizzou goes to the SEC, southwest Missouri is going to erupt in college sports chaos. To date, since Arkansas and Mizzou don't really play each other, it just looks like two schools sharing one region. But there will be some serious dividing going on if they're playing every season as conference foes. At least they would have a hood rivalry to make up for the loss of the KU conference rivalry. Which, btw, will probably still be maintained as interconference. The football game wouldl take the place of the Muzzou-Illinois game which as ceased. And the basketball game would probably move to an annual thing at the Sprint Center in KC.

Has long as Carlton Banks can keep Mizzou competitive, Mizzou will do pretty well in basketball. Other than UK and Florida, there's really no other dominant bball team. Football is gonna tough though, but should be exciting.

Doug Gotlieb reported a source confirmed aTm is joining SEC and that Mizzou, Clemson and Florida State likely to join. Breaking news on bottom line and I'm on my iPhone so I can't link but just check out espn.com.

Nebraska is not the KC market. Kansas and Mizzou are. And Mizzou has a bigger piece of the St. Louis pie than Illinois. And besides, not everything comes down to what market they are. This isn't professional sports. Some of these schools are simply big money makers based on their own athletic teams. Kansas is one of the biggest basketball draws (as much as it pains me to say that), but football is not. They're not gonna go after them directly, but they'd be a decent "attachment school" if they went after Mizzou. Speaking of which, is becoming a steady football program that could become a Top 25 fixture. I still think, and would hope, that Mizzou winds up in the SEC if the Big XII does in fact dissolve. The whole reason that Nebraska was admitted to the Big Ten instead of the Tigers last year was that the Huskers convinced the Big Ten that they had enough alums in Kansas City to cover the town and to get BTN into those households. If that's what the Big Ten wanted, then they got what they wanted, their product on in more households. That's not what it was. Nebraska has alums all over the midwest, not just KC. They could've claimed any market over the other. It had nothing to do with simply the KC market as you seem to believe. Nebraska is a traditionally money making football college, plain and simple. Not because of a TV market 200 miles away in another state that's primarily a tv market for two other schools.

Nebraska is not the KC market. Kansas and Mizzou are. And Mizzou has a bigger piece of the St. Louis pie than Illinois. And besides, not everything comes down to what market they are. This isn't professional sports. Some of these schools are simply big money makers based on their own athletic teams. Kansas is one of the biggest basketball draws (as much as it pains me to say that), but football is not. They're not gonna go after them directly, but they'd be a decent "attachment school" if they went after Mizzou. Speaking of which, is becoming a steady football program that could become a Top 25 fixture. I still think, and would hope, that Mizzou winds up in the SEC if the Big XII does in fact dissolve.

Oh boy... Looks like the Big 12 is going to be dead in the water now. Who would of thought that Texas A&M would be the one that gives it the potential death knell? Big 12 is not dead unless the Oklahoma schools bolt (they are likely a package deal where if they leave they have to leave together). The Big 12 can probably still exist as the Texas, Oklahoma + 8 other conference. Mainly because the 8 others don't have anywhere to go and deal with Texas having the power. So if A&M leaves they'll operate at 9 or call up Houston fill a spot and be a doormat for Texas. Naw the uncertainty surrounding the potential of more departures is gonna be too great. Most of the schools are probably going to start to reach out to the other major conferences for membership so that they can find some security and not be left on the backburner with nowhere to go but the MWC. They may be able to survive with the remaining schools, but I don't think any of them are gonna want to wait around and try and find out. That is why I said unless the Oklahoma schools leave qualifier. May not make a difference. Who knows. Conference is back on shaky ground again.

Oh boy... Looks like the Big 12 is going to be dead in the water now. Who would of thought that Texas A&M would be the one that gives it the potential death knell? Big 12 is not dead unless the Oklahoma schools bolt (they are likely a package deal where if they leave they have to leave together). The Big 12 can probably still exist as the Texas, Oklahoma + 8 other conference. Mainly because the 8 others don't have anywhere to go and deal with Texas having the power. So if A&M leaves they'll operate at 9 or call up Houston fill a spot and be a doormat for Texas. Naw the uncertainty surrounding the potential of more departures is gonna be too great. Most of the schools are probably going to start to reach out to the other major conferences for membership so that they can find some security and not be left on the backburner with nowhere to go but the MWC. They may be able to survive with the remaining schools, but I don't think any of them are gonna want to wait around and try and find out.

If this is true, why do WSU freshman have a higher average high school GPA (3.42 compared to 3.35), and why did WSU admit a lower percentage of students than UNR? Let's see, is it easier to get into a school that admits 76% of its applicants, or 88% of its applicants? And according to Collegedata.com, WSU's average SAT score were higher (1770 for WSU, 1750 for UNR, based on upper range of average scores). Weird. If you want facts, go to collegedata.com Quit making up :censored:ty statistics. You're making yourself look retarded, and I look retarded arguing with a retard like you. Let's just leave it alone since he has a "talent" in BS. Not to mention he's not even old enough to go to college yet. Just ignore him.

And outside of Maryland, which schools in those markets are "SEC-ready" in terms of talent and possibly finances? SMU? North Texas? Houston? (They are a commuter school) Navy? The same AD and President who moved BC to the ACC as still in their jobs. Maryland and/or Virginia tech would give them access to the Baltimore/Washington media market, and aTm would give them access to the Texan markets. That's what I mean. How does Va Tech, a school in western/central Virginia, give them the Baltimore/DC market?

I have always agreed with this. The geographical layout of this just makes so much sense, which I know is not one of the key factors in today's conference scramble.

Oklahoma would probably be invited to the SEC. If they decline Mizzou may get it. Assuming that for a moment, I'd see OU, Ok ST and probably Tech trying go out to the PAC 12 like before. KU, K-State and Iowa St? Don't know. Probably would have to hope for mercy from the B10 or Big East otherwise maybe settle for MWC, which would bump up that conference but lower those schools.

Cleveland has divisional rivalries with the Central, however they'd also be a good fit with Toronto, Boston and New York, Baltimore too with the other northern teams. If you went five teams with Cleveland, Boston, NY, Baltimore and TB that'd e one thing, but not such 4 team. And I dint post a counter with these teams because I don't believe Albuquerque is a legitimate choice, as I've mentioned.

Your using 4 team divisions. They can be more geographically condensed. And a minor league market is not comparable to a major league market. Just because they're drawing at a Triple-A level does not mean they'll draw enough for the majors and Albuquerque is not a major league sports market.

Having entire weekends with no host games for an entire league makes about as much sense as Cleveland in the South division and an MLB team in Albuquerque, which is none. Nothing wrong with having Cleveland in the South division. It's all just a matter of where teams best fit relative to the other teams. If the Columbus NHL team can be placed in the Western Conference, a Cleveland baseball team can be placed in a Southern Division. Actually it does matter in baseball. You can get away with a minor one, but not this. Baseball isn't like football where everybody plays on basically the same day once a week. They also have set times. In baseball you play just about everyday with the occasional day off. And you sometimes go from city to city on back to back game days. Here the distance of travel plays a more significant role. All of this plus putting Cleveland in a division away from the other AL Central or even East teams just doesn't make sense.

Having entire weekends with no host games for an entire league makes about as much sense as Cleveland in the South division and an MLB team in Albuquerque, which is none.

Not as long as Peter Angelos owns the Orioles.

There has been no legitimate talk whatsoever of the Brewers going back. They were always more of an NL city, they've established far more of a rivalry with the other NL Central teams than they ever did with the AL teams, and no way would they want to. Don't believe every article by some blogger that give the reason "they were in the AL so they should go back" as a legitimate source of what's gonna happen. Nobody who has at least some grasp of the reality of what this may bring believe the Brewers are going back into the American League. Beat me to it. The Brewers love being in the NL. Milwaukee loves them being in the NL. Any talk of the Brewers "having never been very comfortable in the NL Central" is mere projection on a blogger's part. I wouldn't call Bud Selig a 'blogger' he's the commissioner of mlb, so his words carry just a teeny bit more weight, at least with smart knowledgeable people. And spare me the bull about Milwaukee being an NL town. If that was true then how come they let the Braves leave nearly 50 years ago and how come there were no protests or mobs marching through the streets with torches and pitchforks when the Brewers joined the AL? And I guarantee the Brewers don't 'love' being in the only division in mlb with six teams, thereby diminishing their chances of getting to the playoffs substantially. I mean, isn't the object of playing 162 games to get to the playoffs and WS or am I missing something? A. Bud was the one who moved them to the NL in the first place. HE always considered them an NL town. And I'd like to see where he said they were possibly moving. Source? B. Bud had no say in the Braves. He wanted another team back in Milwaukee BECAUSE the Braves left. So he bought and moved the Seattle Pilots to Milwaukee. They were an AL team. He had no choice at the time. To make it fair, he gave Kansas City the first option to switch to the NL in 1998. They declined. The Brewers were next and accepted. What does that tell ya? C. If another team moves, the Central becomes a 5-team division like every other one. So how would they be b****ing? Because of the attitude you're presenting, I'm just gonna flat out say it. I don't believe a single thing you say.

There has been no legitimate talk whatsoever of the Brewers going back. They were always more of an NL city, they've established far more of a rivalry with the other NL Central teams than they ever did with the AL teams, and no way would they want to. Don't believe every article by some blogger that give the reason "they were in the AL so they should go back" as a legitimate source of what's gonna happen. Nobody who has at least some grasp of the reality of what this may bring believe the Brewers are going back into the American League.

When was the last time the Yankees or Red Sox had a flat-out miserable year? The Yankees haven't had a losing record since 1992, and the Red Sox' last sub-.500 season was in 1997. With their resources, unless a hard salary cap and floor is instituted, they're not going to stop competing anytime soon. The Rays... well, they'll go as far as the farm system will take them. A few bad drafts, and I'll be watching miserable losing baseball again. It's a great year when the Yankees don't win the World Series. Corrected.

I'd just say blow up for the pure reason that it's just not a good idea. There's just too many odd seperations and alignments (KC, COL, SD, AZ, MIN as a division?) And the scheduling leaves something to be desired.

That doesn't explain why you have so many teams switching leagues. It's not even set up east-west so that many swaps is really unnecessary. It's based on geography, hence the renamed divisions. Sorry for confusing you. Maybe this pill is too "radical" for some to swallow? The "NL" stretches from coast to coast. Plus you have 17 teams in one league and 18 inthe other. Doesn't even fall under the reasons of the current 16/14 split. Seems like you just randomly made up teams and alignments.

That doesn't explain why you have so many teams switching leagues. It's not even set up east-west so that many swaps is really unnecessary.

Thanks for your trolling contributions.

Why is Florida in the Midwest? Why not put them in the Atlantic? You're gonna have 2 8-team divisions anyway. Why make both of them in the "west" by putting a team on the Atlantic coast in that division?