TBGKon

While the conference's roots are tenured (Big 8 and SWC), but the Big 12 in it's current form is only 15 years old.

A 16-conference can work if you treat it like 2 small conferences with an association crossover. Each 8-team division would play the other teams in division plus one or two rotating (or permanent) opponents from the other one. The other three games would be non-conference. Division winner would meet in the title game and go from there.

This is for sure the first HUGE domino to fall. Next up is who the SEC targets for # 14 (or more). Then who the Big 12 targets for replacement (if any).

Those schools are way too small and have way too little fan support to be in a BCS conference. Both of the schools you bolded have larger enrollment than Wake Forest and Vanderbilt. One could say the same about Baylor. How did they get into the Big XII and not Houston or Rice (SMU I could understand)? Baylor's football program was the laughing stock of the Big XII up until a couple of years ago, and they weren't exactly setting the world on fire in (men's) basketball either. Yes, but they're losing A&M. There are bigger fish in the pond (BYU, Notre Dame?) for the Big 12 to target first before your list.

If you're going to buy fakes, at least get the fake that was based off of the real thing.

In response to jkrdevil's post above, I think your on the right track, but here's what I see going down: You SEC and my SEC would be the same, as well as some kinda of merger of the remaining ACC (all sports) & Big East (football schools). This way for NCAA purposes in the b-ball tourney, the basketball Big East keeps its auto qualifier and the new Atlantic East takes the ACC's auto qualifier slot. As for who goes where: - That's my ideal SEC as well - I think ND and Texas have lucrative enough deals that staying/going indy is the best plan. - Rather than the B10 going south, I see them going towards Rutgers (NY market) and some combo of Maryland/Virginia (DC market), Pitt (seems to fit with the rest of the B10), or Iowa State (just so they're not on an island). Syracuse was a thought here, until I realized that as of 2011 they are no longer in the Association of American Universities. - The Oklahoma and Kansas quartet going to the Pac is good too. I always had the Okla. pair going west, but the Kansas pair makes sense too. - Whatevers left of the ACC and Big East becomes the Atlantic East (or something different. This way for NCAA purposes in the b-ball tourney, the basketball Big East breaks off and keeps its auto qualifier and the new Atlantic East takes the ACC's auto qualifier slot. - The remainders I see are Texas Tech and Baylor. Either they can side for Atlantic East since TCU is Big East in 2012, or can go to CUSA.

For sure, there is a big list of teams for the B10 before the reach for non-BCS.

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. I can't seem to find a link, but there's talk that when aTm bolts for the SEC that KU, K State and Mizzou are hopping a train to the Big East. Strange, but definitely possible.

I almost forgot the Big Unit was a Giant to close out his career.

If I remember, Smitty hit a homer during BP. Here's a shot of Stamkos taking some hacks:

I can concur that going the route of finding markets where hockey is popular and doesnt have that much competition in the market. Winnipeg is the perfect example for this theory. Another thing to consider is common ownership. If there's NBA owners out there that operate their arenas looking for more booking dates.

I'd love to know how you washed it because I have NFL replicas that still look decent after many years of washing/drying. The key is to not place them in the dryer.

As of now, its just temporary for the upcoming season. The NHL has probably already given their teams a schedule to work around other events for the next year.

Chase Utley, minutes ago, fresh off hitting a HR for the Single A Clearwater Threshers in a rehab start. Roy Oswalt and Carlos Ruiz were here too, trying to find pics of them:

Jim Thome - Clearwater Threshers

I had also thought the rumor was that the Big XII didnt want any more Texas teams either...

Villanova already has been: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110210aac.html 1. Philly will actually have a solid FBS program (they'll have priority for the Linc, so where will Temple go?) 2. I hope they get to play Notre Dame and Boston College every season...the Catholic Cup deserves to remain! Temple will stay at the Linc, and Villanova will play at the Philadelphia Union Stadium (for awhile anyway) Being the resident USF fan, and from other sources I follow, the candidates seem to be: - TCU - Central Fla - Villanova - Houston - Memphis - E Carolina There's also a scattering of Mizzou/Kansas/BC/Maryland, but not sure if the Big East has the ower to sway current BCS auot qualifying schools. TCU best be target #1. Outside of that I could really care less. Most of my fellow USF fans think UCF is a mistake and will hurt us, but I dont think we can argue that unless it actually happens.

Yeah right, only if a Texas based team were in the Pac 12...

In the end, the Pac 12 went with the most obvious option. Now on to site selection for their championship game. The divisional format and site for the title game are items two and three in terms of importance. when the school presidents/chancellors meet next week the biggest issue they have to discuss and agree to is about how revenues are going to be shared. Voting to switch from an appearance-based model that favors USC and UCLA to an equal-distribution model is more important. Keep in mind yesterday, the City of Pasadena approved $152M renovation of the Rose Bowl. It will expand club seats from 550 to 2,500. It would also widen up to 12 access tunnels at the end zones, double the number of concession stands and increase restrooms. Plans for Rose Bowl Renovations Very true about the Rose Bowl, but I would think they avoid that as a host site, due to the fact that a Pac 12 champion would likely return to the Rose Bowl for the actual Tournament of Roses in the same stadium about a month later. That and the fact that it's already a current Pac 12 team's home site.

3 places I can think of are Glendale, Denver and Seattle I would also think San Diego, San Fran (Candlestick), and Vegas (albeit a tad small for a venue) could also have outside considerations.

In the end, the Pac 12 went with the most obvious option. Now on to site selection for their championship game.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/College-Football-2792/ncaa-div-1-qualifications.htm Aha, found some info on the subject of becoming D-1A/FBS football. The minimum average attendance for all home games looks to be 15,000:

I understand Nova would play at the Union's PPL Park, but isn't there some kind of average attendance minmum that FBS schools have to meet? Thus, would playing in a sub-20,000 seat stadium be an issue? I guess they could attempt to play neutral site home games close to the home of their visitors, ala Florida Atlantic playing a "home game" at Ford Field in Detroit agaisnt Michigan State this season.

Agreed, I can recall back before the Reebok exclusive deal came into play, replica jersey store price was about $5, sometimes less. Then all of a sudden, Big Reebok goes exclusive and the same jersey that I bought the year before is now $70. Please tell me something is wrong with this picture?

That jersey is most definitly yellow in person as well. Saw a few of them when I was at the Bucs-Browns game a few weeks ago, and next to our regular creamsicles they are awful. Oh, and how about this one. I know it's fake, but it's a nice job: