The End of the Big 12?
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Big 12 has told Nebraska and Missouri — and effectively the Big 10, too — to fish or cut bait:
“Nebraska and Missouri have been given an ultimatum by the Big 12 and told they have until this Friday to decide if they want to remain in the conference or entertain the possibility of joining the Big Ten, two highly placed officials of two Big 12 schools said Saturday.”
I’d hate to be Missouri and Nebraska if the Big 10 doesn’t give them a lifeline.
— DRJ
Not a horrible idea on the part of the Big 12 to force this issue. As DRJ points out, they put Nebraska and Missouri in the position of either having to commit to the conference or take a gamble that they will be invited into the Big 10. I guess if you are the weaker conference in this situation you have to make the ultimatum in order to set events in motion, rather than sitting passively by and hoping for the best.
Now what do you do if you are the Big 10? You clearly lust after Notre Dame, but can you afford to wait for them to decide or do you have to make your move right now if you don’t want to miss out on NU and MU?
JVW (36eb17) — 6/6/2010 @ 1:33 pmI hope they don’t get in, maybe more Texas athletes will go somewhere else.
BradnSA (980254) — 6/6/2010 @ 2:07 pmWhy don’t I feel some angst for these rich, powerful football schools? There is almost no scenario that is bad for them. One situation may be more lucrative than the other.
Administrations at both schools are smart people, and I am sure money and greed will have nothing to do with their decisions.
If it doesn’t work out, they can start their own conference.
bob (9838b5) — 6/6/2010 @ 2:18 pmAn article posted today at Orangebloods.com states that the Pac-10 offer to the six Big 12 schools has cleared another hurdle:
Mike LaRoche (d4323e) — 6/6/2010 @ 3:37 pmThe Pac-10 should invite TCU instead of Colorado or Baylor.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 6/6/2010 @ 3:38 pmYes, TCU has built an impressive football program while Baylor and Colorado are living off of past successes. But I suppose the Pac-10 wants Colorado because of the Denver television market.
Mike LaRoche (d4323e) — 6/6/2010 @ 3:51 pmTCU doesn’t have the alum base but they still deserve it more than Baylor.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 6/6/2010 @ 3:57 pmIt’s not all about TV markets. It’s also politics. If it were about markets, they would ask BYU.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 6/6/2010 @ 4:00 pmDan Wetzel on the coming dissolution of the Big 12:
Mike LaRoche (d4323e) — 6/6/2010 @ 9:13 pm