Expansion rumors regarding the Big Ten have been the food sustaining college football fans through the long offseason, but this is something new and exotic to put on the menu. According to Rivals.com's Texas site Orangebloods.com, the PAC-10 will make an offer to six teams from the Big 12. The goal here seems to be the formation of a super conference encompassing seven of the nation's top 20 television markets united under a single banner, and a Big Ten Network-style channel of its own.
Because it appears the Pac-10, which has its meetings in San Francisco starting this weekend, is prepared to make a bold move and invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to join its league, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
We'd offer a little more caution if this weren't Chip Brown, a reliable source and former beat reporter for Orangebloods.com sourcing the thing. What is uncertain is whether any of the teams would really consider this if the offer is forthcoming, or how it would work, or how college football at large would respond. What is certain is that if the Pac-10 is going to look at expansion, they brought the elephant gun for the hunting expedition.
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the beautiful
thing about Chip Brown and this article is the reaction the Pac 10 can get from leaking it early.
Or at this point, there’s so much bullshit being thrown that it’s easy to get caught in the crossfire.
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by Jon Johnston on Jun 3, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
hmmm
So if this deal does come through, what happens to the other big 12 schools like Baylor?
by Zach Holcomb on Jun 3, 2010 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri pray for Big Ten invites. The rest go to CUSA, probably.
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by Year2 on Jun 3, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Or the MWC.
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by Year2 on Jun 3, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If this happens, the MWC isn't effected at all?
Who would have bet on expansion skipping over the MWC yesterday?
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by Adrian Mac on Jun 3, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Best case scenario is the MWC ends up with Kansas and Baylor to go along with Boise State and get to 12 teams. I still think if the Pac-10 goes to 16 the Big Ten will go there too and in the process add Kansas, Mizzou, and Nebraska from the wreckage of the Big 12.
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by Year2 on Jun 3, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
So, what we have here is the Standard Oil version of college football.
Anti-trust anyone? Get the hell out of here! This is the stupidest idea yet. So now, you’ve just reduced the chance of your team (say you’re Texas) of getting into a BCS bowl game. How you might ask?
You inevitably play a harder conference schedule reducing the chance of going undefeated and also reducing the chance of going to a BCS bowl game.
But less important; it would no longer be called the PAC-10. It would be the…Southwest Pacific 16? How dumb does that sound? It sounds as dumb as changing from Division I to FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision). What is the advantage here?
Is this supposed to increase the odds of any of these 16 teams winning the National Title? Nope. They’ll still remain inferior to the SEC.
What’s next? Putting together the SEC and ACC? Don’t even answer. The SEC doesn’t even need the ACC.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 3, 2010 7:46 PM EDT reply actions
disagree with lou the met
I disagree, the winner of the Pac 16, could have one loss, and still make it to the NC, just like a 1 loss SEC team. In order for a Pac 10 team to makeit to the NC game, must be undefeated, a Pac 16 team can have one loss and make it.
by trojan83 on Jun 6, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
What is the benefit?
Money. Cold hard cash. This round of expansion rumors is brought to you by NewsCorp, who is pushing hard to make this happen. The potential cable revenues of a mega-conference cable network is quite high, as proven by the Big Televen.
by Spyder Mayhem on Jun 3, 2010 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
BCS is pushin hard:
BCS is pushing hard for this Super Conference thing. Once the first one is started,then the other 3 will follow. Once there are 4 Super Conferences, playoff talk will end. After conference championships, the BCS ranking will be the clearest and most accurate than ever, thereby ending this playoff talk, and more money to go around, and more importantly for the BCS twice as much cash.. It reallly is a brilliant idea to end the playoff talk, but I would rather have the status quo, and have playoffs.
by trojan83 on Jun 6, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
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