The_Admiral Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Make sure you use MLA style when you cite "WASHINGTON (INDEPENDENT) BASEBALL LOGO" or they'll hit you where it hurts. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Sports Illustrated weighs in in this week's edition --The Colossal Conference Grind-Up Quote Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsketor Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate.I doubt they would admit those 5 schools to the Big Ten. Quote Many thanks to Discrimihater for making the sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate.It may transpire that this is accurate. However, this could also be reasonable conjecture based on the Internet rumormongering about the formation of the Tengen Toppa Big Ten. I will not believe this until I see certain Commissioners holding press conferences. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate.I doubt they would admit those 5 schools to the Big Ten.Why wouldn't the Big Ten take those 5? Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 While I would love to see Texas and aTm make the move, it is apparent that aTm is still seens as a lesser school by conferences, since the Texas Legislature will try their best to force a conference to take them both. Personally, there is no reason not to refuse them sine Aggies are national and very loyal (e.g. Aggie Muster). Those five seem to be appropriate since Nebraska and Mizzou seem to be afterthoughts from the formation of the Big XII. Apparently, the Big Ten can gain much ad revenue from specifically adding Nebraska. A Big Ten Blog (but not from our NJTank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsketor Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate.I doubt they would admit those 5 schools to the Big Ten.Why wouldn't the Big Ten take those 5?I like to keep traditional rivalries i guess, And also it would be too big for my tastes. Quote Many thanks to Discrimihater for making the sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 According to this report, 5 schools are joining the BIg 10.Missouri, Nebraska, Syracuse, Pitt, & Rutgers will be joining the Big 10, if this report is accurate.I doubt they would admit those 5 schools to the Big Ten.Why wouldn't the Big Ten take those 5?I like to keep traditional rivalries i guess, And also it would be too big for my tastes.What traditional rivalries are getting shivved here that cannot be replaced with a simple non-Conference game? Nebraska-Oklahoma was shot in the face by the Big XII when they adopted a schedule without protected cross-division rivalries, and Nebraska-Colorado is not a rivalry. Missouri can play Kansas at the end of the season annually if they would like.It's even easier for Syracuse to set aside a non-conference basketball game with Georgetown, and since the Big East schedule is what it is, they don't always play twice now. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Supposing this report is true, here's how I'd align the Big T'ixteen into divisions:WEST DIVISIONIllinois Fighting IlliniIowa HawkeyesMinnesota Golden GophersMissouri TigersNebraska CornhuskersNorthwestern WildcatsPurdue BoilermakersWisconsin BadgersEAST DIVISIONIndiana HoosiersMichigan WolverinesMichigan State SpartansOhio State BuckeyesPenn State Nittany LionsPittsburgh PanthersRutgers Scarlet KnightsSyracuse Orange(I hate splitting Indiana and Purdue, but Purdue is just farther west than Indiana) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 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. Quote Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningRide75 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Expansion in the Big Ten & Pac-10 will come from this list. Simple as that:AAUBrandeis University (1985)Brown University (1933)California Institute of Technology (1934)Carnegie Mellon University (1982)Case Western Reserve University (1969)Columbia University (1900)Cornell University (1900)Duke University (1938)Emory University (1995)Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)Harvard University (1900)Indiana University (1909)Iowa State University (1958)The Johns Hopkins University (1900)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934)McGill University (1926)Michigan State University (1964)New York University (1950)Northwestern University (1917)The Ohio State University (1916)The Pennsylvania State University (1958)Princeton University (1900)Purdue University (1958)Rice University (1985)Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989)Stanford University (1900)Stony Brook University-State University of New York (2001)Syracuse University (1966)Texas A&M University (2001)Tulane University (1958)The University of Arizona (1985)University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1989)University of California, Berkeley (1900)University of California, Davis (1996)University of California, Irvine (1996)University of California, Los Angeles (1974)University of California, San Diego (1982)University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)The University of Chicago (1900)University of Colorado at Boulder (1966)University of Florida (1985)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908)The University of Iowa (1909)The University of Kansas (1909)University of Maryland, College Park (1969)University of Michigan (1900)University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1908)University of Missouri-Columbia (1908)University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1909)The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)University of Oregon (1969)University of Pennsylvania (1900)University of Pittsburgh (1974)University of Rochester (1941)University of Southern California (1969)The University of Texas at Austin (1929)University of Toronto (1926)University of Virginia (1904)University of Washington (1950)The University of Wisconsin-Madison (1900)Vanderbilt University (1950)Washington University in St. Louis (1923)Yale University (1900) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 You know, some of those members joined the AAU after they joined the Big Ten. (Michigan State, I'm looking at you.) Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Remember while Oregon is AUU, Oregon State is that state's only university to hold the Carnegie Foundation's designation for universities with "very high research activity." OSU also is Oregon's land, sea, sun and space grant university. Wazzu is lesser than OSU. Stanford may (and should) be a deciding factor into who joins the Pac-10. Heck, they had their spring game at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium to try to gain more of the SF market from Cal. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Why should Stanford be the gatekeeper for a revenue-generating athletic conference? Nobody's really doing this for the research crap. It's a cash grab. "Sorry, guys, you don't have the lofty academic standards required for pretending that idiots who run fast are college students. Try again next time!" Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 The Big 10 has sent invites to Notre Dame, Nebraska, Missouri, and Rutgers to join up. That would make for an interesting conference, although Nebraska vs. Wisconsin would get confusing b/c they look alike. Notre Dame fits, Missouri is still Midwest...I don't get Rutgers though. ESPN is reporting that the SEC is considering a response of adding Florida State, Miami, and Texas. This could get interesting.... Quote "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I've been reading alot about this in the past few months on a USF Bulls forum I visit. This could be the first of many dominoes to fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreFan Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I don't think Notre Dame will accept. They have their own TV contract for football, no way they would want to share one. It will be interesting to see how all this turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 So if Missouri, Nebraska, AND Texas all move out of the Big XII I'm assuming the days of that conference being a major are over. So where does Oklahoma end up? Do they try to pick up the pieces and add smaller schools to the Big XII, making Oklahoma the kings of the conference form here on out? Do they bail out along with everyone else? Where would they go at this point? Maybe the Pac 10? This could get really hectic really quickly. I can't wait to see how this plays out. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 If all of this actually occurs, with teams switching conferences, I think this is what I would like to see happen:SECFloridaFlorida StateMiamiUSFUCFFAUTexasTexas TechGeorgiaGeorgia TechTennesseeAlabamaLSUSouth CarolinaOle MissKentuckyVanderbiltMississippi StateAuburnArkansasBig 10Notre DameMissouriNebraskaIllinoisIndianaIowaMichiganMichigan StateOhio StateWisconsinPenn StateNorthwesternPurdueMinnesotaKansasKansas StatePittsburghWestern MichiganMiami (OH)OhioACCBoston CollegeClemsonDukeMarylandNorth CarolinaNC StateVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestFIUUMassEast CarolinaSyracuseWest VirginiaMarshallLouisvilleCincinnatiUConnTempleBoise StatePac 10ArizonaArizona StateUSCUCLAWashingtonWashington StateStanfordOregonOregon StateCalFresno StateHawaiiUtahUtah StateColoradoColorado StateNevadaUNLVSan Jose StateBYUBig 12Texas A&MTexas TechOklahomaOklahoma StateBaylorIowa StateTulsaUTEPTulaneHoustonNew MexicoWyomingTCUWestern KentuckyNorth TexasMiddle TennesseeIdahoToledoBowling GreenAkronBig EastArmyNavyAir ForceArkansas StateLouisiana LafayetteLouisiana MonroeTroyLouisiana TechFlorida A&MGeorgia StateSouth Carolina State....and 9 other teams that probably will suckEssentially it rules the Big East useless, but still a Division 1 Conference. The Big 12 is drastically weaker, but Oklahoma still has SOME competition. No doubt OU is the big loser in this scenario though. Then you have the SEC and Big 10 being the premier power conferences with the ACC and Pac 10 still solid. Each 20 team conference would break into 10 team divisions, thus forcing a Conference Championship game for everyone. Quote "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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