What if Texas ended up joining the Big Ten?
Now that there is going to be no Texas and company to the Pac 10, I think the Big 10 stays pat at 12. I think the Pac 10 adds one more team ( possibly Utah )to round out at 12 and give them a championship game and the SEC stays pat as well. I felt this was going to happen and I think we have seen all the conference jumping we will see this year. In fact I don't see the Big 10 adding anymore teams as long as there are no other "super conferences" of 16. And I don't think there will be anytime soon.
Yeah, Texas says they will stay in the Big 12 as confirmed by Texas. I still am not convinced that the Big 12 can get the money that Dan Beebe is stating.
I really hope the next time this all starts swirling around (probably next summer), everyone stops, takes a deep breath, and realizes that their "sources" aren't going to reveal anything of substance off the record, and are instead probably trying to advance their own agenda (i.e. trying to scare the crap out of Notre Dame). The amount of speculation and hype about one freaking school moving to the Big Ten has been ridiculous.
I mean, seriously, Maryland? In the Big Ten? Of all of the stupid ideas that have been reported as "news," that might have been the stupidest. I took a break from this board for awhile after that particular item was floated, and I'm really glad I've done. It's all been sound and fury, signifying nothing. And the next time someone tells me that four 16-team megaconferences are "inevitable" I'm going to punch them in the face.
Be prepared fellas...there is bound to be a big rush of Cyclone fans here to brag about how they survived. You would think they would have learned from all of this but with the acceptance of the deal the conference is taking...it proves some people never learn. I guess ISU didn't have a choice but Oklahoma did. They look like complete b*****s if they don't go to the pac-10 now. Wow Texas is the true pimp of the South.
Don't forget that some of the reports have been correct. The Colorado rumor started ages ago, and that ended up happening. And Nebraska was also mentioned in the early stages, with that we saw a nice build-up of reports that culminated in an official announcement. Laugh about Orangebloods.com but give those whose reports were true some credit.