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Jun 14th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
When the news first hit that Texas, along with Texas A&M;, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma St were considering a move to the Pac-10, the conference landscape shifts seemed plentiful. A sixteen school Pac-10 might be enough to trigger the Big Ten to follow suit, after their expansion to twelve with Nebraska. The SEC got [...]
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Jun 14th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
So the last ditch effort by Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe seems to have been successful. Texas has declined an invitation to join the Pac-10, which will also result in the other 4 invitations (Texas A&M;, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma St) being declined as well. After the developments over the past few days, this [...]
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Jun 12th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
Big 12 (minus 2) to Remain?Perhaps the most interesting news thus far is Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe making a push to keep the remaining ten Big 12 schools together. With promises of a new TV contract with a $17 million per year payout, along with flexibility for individual schools to create their own networks [...]
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Jun 10th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
Note that this rumor from Kansas City was probably in response to Texas A&M;’s interest in the SEC. KCTV5 in Kansas City is reporting multiple sources that as a result of the Texas and Texas A&M; meetings today, that both schools have opted to pursue the Big Ten. Such a move would not require Texas [...]
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Jun 10th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
Multiple sources are claiming that Colorado will formally accept an invitation Thursday to join the Pac-10, making them the 11th member. Five other Big 12 schools (Texas, Texas A&M;, Texas tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St) are expected to receive invitations as well in the near future, and expected to to accept. In the event that those [...]
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Jun 9th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
It’s been a busy week for the Big 12 administrators. There is talk out of Omaha from some reliable sources, that Nebraska is set to leave the Big 12 for the Big Ten, and has reportedly received an invitation from the Big Ten. Even more interesting are rumors that because of the alleged planned Nebraska [...]
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Jun 8th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
Update (6/8/10): Looks like nothing came out of the meeting today at Colorado. Instead, they simply discussed their options since they did NOT receive an invitation from the Pac-10, which had been rumored to have happened today. Nothing is set in stone, but based on a meeting that took place today at Colorado, the school [...]
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Jun 7th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Editorial, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment
Over the past few months, everyone has an opinion about about what the conferences will look like when all the realignment is complete. But this past week, we’ve taken a step closer to having some real movement. So here’s what we know: Big Ten: * Wants Notre Dame, wants Texas. * Notre Dame wants to [...]
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Jun 6th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News
There has been something new introduced to the conference realignment vocabulary: the “Tech Problem”. So what is it, you ask? It’s a polite way of describing blackmail and extortion in Texas politics. But that’s just a generalization. When the Big Ten announced it’s plans to study expansion, there were two schools that they had in [...]
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Jun 6th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment
While no set expansion plan has been made in regards to what schools the Pac-10 will officially invite, one agreement has been finalized by the Pac-10 presidents. The 10 members schools have given commissioner Larry Scott the green light to explore and recommend conference expansion scenarios. It might not seem like big news, but it [...]
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