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What holes? The 10th place team in the SEC needs some place to go.

It's this or drop to the Big Sky, so who could really blame them for wanting to give independence a try first.

They wouldn't leave voluntarily.... but when the Sandusky scandal inevitably gets even deeper throughout this season, who says the Big Ten will want to keep them around? I dunno, the TV contracts and the lack of an adequate replacement for starters. And no, neither Pitt nor Notre Dame count as adequate replacements.

The question here is if the MAC will let a school the size of Penn State in the MAC considering the largest school by enrollment in the MAC right now is Akron with 29,251 students. Penn State has an enrollment of 95,883 students (if you count all the campuses). I also think Penn State is too prestigious to join the MAC. And would the MAC even let them in because of the scandal? I think Penn State's best bet is to join the Independents. Stop talking to yourself.

Stop reading hfboards.

Maybe, although considering how Buffalo's 1 moment of football glory was an 8-6 season highlighted by Turner Gill not being intimidated by Brady Hoke's pointing, I suspect most leagues will look elsewhere.

The last three times Buffalo has played a top 25 team in basketball they have kept it within 8 points. The football team isn't that bad, well now they are, but they were beasts in '08. I can see them possibly moving to the Big Ten in about ten years or so. And I'm pretty sure that they would rather play Ohio State in basketball/football rather than Eastern Michigan Is the Big Ten looking for member #30 at the time of this expansion? Because that's about where the Bulls lie on the expansion priority list. 30? Being a little kind there, aren't ya? Presumably most of I-A has been spoken for by now.

The last three times Buffalo has played a top 25 team in basketball they have kept it within 8 points. The football team isn't that bad, well now they are, but they were beasts in '08. I can see them possibly moving to the Big Ten in about ten years or so. And I'm pretty sure that they would rather play Ohio State in basketball/football rather than Eastern Michigan Is the Big Ten looking for member #30 at the time of this expansion? Because that's about where the Bulls lie on the expansion priority list.

What did the Southwest Conference do? It died. However, the Southwest Conference example is not relevant because either way they weren't playing a very lucrative end of season championship game.

I don't think it is, but if Penn State did go down, you'd probably see them grab Pittsburgh posthaste because that Pennsylvania footprint needs to replaced. Granted Pitt is a real crappy replacement for Penn State, but Temple's even worse.

Waiting to see if they need to be subbed in for Penn State presumably.

It could also be that we've already lost the season and only the NHL owners and union heads know it. No need to move the Coyotes when they won't lose any money next year.

No, that's never going to happen. Now the Maloofs unwittingly allowing Anaheim Ducks owner Henry Samueli to Trojan Horse his way into NBA franchise ownership without going through the league's vetting process...that certainly appears to be the plan. Only it's a ty plan because everybody except the Maloofs know it's the plan and rather than tow the damn thing into the city walls the NBA's dusting off the "Achaean flambe" recipe in its cookbooks.

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Latter part is not confirmed. WAC looks like a bad place to park your Olympic Sports right about now.

OK, it sounds like WestGate needs an anchor store to help attract shoppers. Here's a hint to the Glendale Council. THE COYOTES CLUBHOUSE IS NOT AN ANCHOR STORE.

I thought of setting up an organized crime ring in their city first.

That makes it even less likely the league will continue on with Glendale. Watch the NHL respond to a ruling tomorrow with "Well, we gave you enough chances, TTFN." and deal that toxic asset to Quebec faster than you can say "Bank of America."

More importantly, going through with THIS plan ropes the NHL into a 20 year commitment to Phoenix. I suspect that part is what would ultimately prompt an owners revolt because they don't want to do something that long term.

I prefer the whole "Glendale thinks Jamison will buy the goddamn arena in 5 years and free them of most of the subsidy and debt service" pipe dream. Only some councilmembers believe that (including the one who addressed the feral cat issue).

Yes, but chances are you aren't getting that warning if you were doing caught doing 100 in a subdivision. Which is kind of what Glendale's subsidy is like with regards to Arizona law regarding such things.

Can someone explain to me why half of hfboards is convinced a 2 team expansion is going to be part of the new CBA? I mean such an act of insane stupidity only makes sense under OITGDNHL logic.

Rationale: Court lacks authority to stop the vote from taking place. That said, it acknowledges Glendale has kind of been doing a crappy job of providing documents within the required time window for such things, so I don't know, grounds for a restraining order on enacting the lease deal I guess. EDIT: and Goldwater indeed says that they'll be back in court if the vote passes.