UNI to join a conference with Kansas and ISU?

[UNIAlum95]

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This is another thing that people don't think about...IF Notre Dame says no again, and I think they will, this realignment is in no way shape or form over. The people at the "Big 10/11" 'cough Fox Network cough' are not going to stop until they get the Irish.

If they have 16 teams by then, which is likely, do they amend to 18 team conferences? I doubt that. So that means that there may be schools that are safe today, that will be at risk. I think state population, and national identity will have a lot to do with who survives....

Who knows where the gun will be pointing at in the future.

Are you really trying to suggest that a school like Iowa would be kicked out of the Big 10 to add ND?

[UNIpanther99]

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I think they add Nebraska this week and wait awhile to let the Big XII / Pac-10 thing figure itself out. Then if Notre Dame still isn't budging, they will add a couple more to go to 14. If by that time, the Pac-10 is 16 schools, and the SEC and/or ACC are talking about expansion, Notre Dame might have no choice but to join if they feel like the future of the BCS is 4 superconferences with a 4 team playoff of conference champions.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Question:
If Nebraska or any team move to the Big 10, does that take affect for this coming Football season? What the hell happens to all the schedules/contracts?

[doolittledog]

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Question:
If Nebraska or any team move to the Big 10, does that take affect for this coming Football season? What the hell happens to all the schedules/contracts?

I believe Penn St. was added to the Big Ten in 1990 but didn't begin Big Ten play in football until the 1993 season. I would suspect that would be the case now if there was conference expansion.

[TravelingPanther]

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I believe Penn St. was added to the Big Ten in 1990 but didn't begin Big Ten play in football until the 1993 season. I would suspect that would be the case now if there was conference expansion.

Was Penn State in a conference or independent?

[UNI83]

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Was Penn State in a conference or independent?

I think they were Indy....

[96' Alum]

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Are you really trying to suggest that a school like Iowa would be kicked out of the Big 10 to add ND?

What I am suggesting is that this move changes all of the rules.

I think that Notre Dame would have jumped at this had the offer been formally extended a year ago. NOW they have a new coach that has a long track record of success. They know that the Big 10/11 will always want them. So why not see if Kelly can restore the program to prominence.

If in two years, they are contending for championships, they will have no need for the Fox er the Big 10/11, because NBC will back a truck full of money up to their door to keep them.

As far as basketball, they will end up in the conglomoration of teams that make up what is left of the Big East. They are safe there, and don't really care about it anyway.

Now say that the Big 10/11 becomes the Big 16...Notre Dame finally accepts that invite. Do you find another school and go to 18? 16 is going to be a logistical nightmare as it is.

So you eliminate somebody....How is it done? Nebraska doesn't come without assurances of safety. Plus they are adding roughly another 10 million TV's from Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, and the Dakotas (maybe even Montana) with their presence.

Minneapolis could save Minnesota. All of Wisconsin is basically UW fans. Pennsylvania is too big...NW and Illinois are safe. Indiana would have three schools in the league with ND, they are safe, as is Purdue...

Any of the east coast possibilities are safe due to population and basic cable subscriptions as well.

Who does that leave? In a state with declining population, and no major cities... Plus Fox already has the state saturated, and people have been trained to watch the Big 10/11...

This probably isn't anything that happens anytime soon. But it will be interesting to see if ND takes the offer now or waits.

[Newsbreaker]

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You can't just kick teams out (and it has only happened once in BCS history) - no team is in danger.

It sounds as if Nebraska is it for now (and it is a done deal). Now Delaney has 5 slots to threaten ND with, and I think it will ultimately work.

[06panther10]

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ESPN is now reporting that the B10 has formally invited Nebraska, and that Tom Osborne has informed them that they will accept the offer.

[Newsbreaker]

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ESPN is now reporting that the B10 has formally invited Nebraska, and that Tom Osborne has informed them that they will accept the offer.

This is everywhere now, and all at once. It appears that the Regents in Nebraska met informally today and will approve the move at their scheduled meeting Friday. Technically, they will apply Friday and the Big Ten will quickly vote to approve their application.

Now things get interesting. VERY interesting. Texas apparently believes that it only takes a majority to dissolve the league. That means that either Nebraska, plus the southern-6, make 7 and dissolve the league OR the southern six dissolve an 11 team league. This prevents ISU (and the other leftovers) from sitting back and collecting hefty exit fees. Life sucks in Ames right now.

What happens next will be fascinating. The Pac-16 looks likely. Then, the Big Ten sits back and lets Mizzou twist in the wind, but they can take their sweet time. Now adding ND means adding at least 1 other school - some say that ND will only come if Syracuse does, but who really knows.

I personally believe the Big Ten is responding to the urgency to their west, and will resume their previous timetable for the rest of their expansion plans. In the meantime, they have 12 and a championship game.

[GonzoCat]

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What happens next will be fascinating. The Pac-16 looks likely. Then, the Big Ten sits back and lets Mizzou twist in the wind, but they can take their sweet time. Now adding ND means adding at least 1 other school - some say that ND will only come if Syracuse does, but who really knows.

Well Chet Culver says he's going to strongly advocate for the B10 adding ISU and he expects that to be very effective. Because Iowa has two state universities you know, and they must both be taken care of in any conference realignment that takes place.

That's almost as funny as the disclosure yesterday that UNI has received $75 million in benefits from the sweet 16 run.

[Newsbreaker]

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Well Chet Culver says he's going to strongly advocate for the B10 adding ISU and he expects that to be very effective. Because Iowa has two state universities you know, and they must both be taken care of in any conference realignment that takes place.

That's almost as funny as the disclosure yesterday that UNI has received $75 million in benefits from the sweet 16 run.

That man is a never-ending embarrassment.

[Trapped in California]

Re: UNI to join a conference with Kansas and ISU?

Well Chet Culver says he's going to strongly advocate for the B10 adding ISU and he expects that to be very effective. Because Iowa has two state universities you know, and they must both be taken care of in any conference realignment that takes place.

Gov Culver - good luck with that. I know that there is nothing else going on in the state that needs the attention of the Governor's office.




BTW - does this fiasco, if it does in fact leave ISU without a life vest, take the heat off of UNI for a while with regards to using student fees to support athletics?

[Panther789]

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I personally believe the Big Ten is responding to the urgency to their west, and will resume their previous timetable for the rest of their expansion plans. In the meantime, they have 12 and a championship game.

Any word on how this is going to work? I assume it will be split into east and west divisions.

West: Nebraska, Iowa, Minny, Wisky, NW, Illinois

East: Purdue, Indiana, OSU, MSU, Michigan, PSU

Imagine if ND and Missouri join, putting ND in the east. If that were to occur, you would have 4 traditional powers in the east, with only 1 in the west.

As far as hoops is concerned, the majority of power right now would be in the east as well (I would argue that Purdue, MSU, and OSU are the top 3 programs in the conference right now)

[Newsbreaker]

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BTW - does this fiasco, if it does in fact leave ISU without a life vest, take the heat off of UNI for a while with regards to using student fees to support athletics?

I think it does.

Also, UNI is the team that knocked Kansas out of the BCS.