NCAA Football '11-'12

[Valmy]

Oh well, on the bright side, it is the last year (likely) that the Mountain West will have two top 20 teams at the end of the season!  Bye bye, TCU...bye bye Boise!

TCU changes conferences more often then Oregon changes uniforms.

[PDH]

TCU is not gonna be top dawg in the Big Texas Conference...hell, they only beat Wyoming by 11.

[Valmy]

TCU is not gonna be top dawg in the Big Texas Conference...hell, they only beat Wyoming by 11.

Oklahoma will not let Texas turn it into the Big Texas though.  The condition for bringing in TCU was 'no more Texas teams'.  That's ok I never liked the University of Houston or SMU much anyway.  So instead we got West Virginia, it helps the Okies feel sophisticated.

[jimmy olsen]

TCU is not gonna be top dawg in the Big Texas Conference...hell, they only beat Wyoming by 11.

Oklahoma will not let Texas turn it into the Big Texas though.  The condition for bringing in TCU was 'no more Texas teams'.  That's ok I never liked the University of Houston or SMU much anyway.  So instead we got West Virginia, it helps the Okies feel sophisticated.

You guys gonna take Louisville and Cincinnati? They're pretty desperate to bail ship on the Big East.

[PDH]

I would love it if the Big East collapses just as Boise joins...serves them right.  Oh, TCU?  Ask Utah how that move to a power conference went.

[PDH]

You guys gonna take Louisville and Cincinnati? They're pretty desperate to bail ship on the Big East.

For all of Valmy's influence in the high-stakes world of college football, I do not think he is one of the guys making that decision.

[Valmy]

You guys gonna take Louisville and Cincinnati? They're pretty desperate to bail ship on the Big East.

If it were not the TV networks basically telling them not to destroy the Big East the Big 12 would have taken Louisville already.  I still think they will within the next couple years and Louisville seems to be telling their recruits they are going to be in the Big 12 soon.

As for Cincinnati I do not know.  The Big 12 is one of the conferences trying to lure Notre Dame so I think there is a bit of a wait and see on anybody who is not Louisville.  They can offer ND total control over alot of their TV content which the ACC and Big 10 cannot and I think the league thinks that might be a winning play.  But obviously it would be silly for other reasons.

So anyway almost positive on Louisville, as positive as one can be about this crazy re-alignment stuff.

I have to say though watching a 10 team conference with a round robin schedule has been great and when/if they go back to 12 I will miss it.

[jimmy olsen]

I would love it if the Big East collapses just as Boise joins...serves them right.  Oh, TCU?  Ask Utah how that move to a power conference went.

TCU still has the coach that made them great though, that counts for a lot doesn't it?

[jimmy olsen]

You guys gonna take Louisville and Cincinnati? They're pretty desperate to bail ship on the Big East.

If it were not the TV networks basically telling them not to destroy the Big East the Big 12 would have taken Louisville already.  I still think they will within the next couple years and Louisville seems to be telling their recruits they were going to be in the Big 12 soon.

As for Cincinnati I do not know.  The Big 12 is one of the conferences trying to lure Notre Dame so I think there is a bit of a wait and see on anybody who is not Louisville.  They can offer ND total control over alot of their TV content which the ACC and Big 10 cannot and I think the league thinks that might be a winning play.  But obviously it would be silly for other reasons.

So anyway almost positive on Louisville, as positive as one can be about this crazy re-alignment stuff.

Well, I don't think Notre Dame will join, so if not Cincinnati then who would be the 12th team?

[Valmy]

Well, I don't think Notre Dame will join, so if not Cincinnati then who would be the 12th team?

I do not think so either.  Supposedly ND will let them know soon though.  But BYU is another candidate.

[jimmy olsen]

Well, I don't think Notre Dame will join, so if not Cincinnati then who would be the 12th team?

I do not think so either.  Supposedly ND will let them know soon though.  But BYU is another candidate.

Wouldn't Cincinnati make more sense travel wise?

[Valmy]

I would love it if the Big East collapses just as Boise joins...serves them right.  Oh, TCU?  Ask Utah how that move to a power conference went.

Did Boise say yes to the Big Least?  I was under the impression that whole thing was still up in the air.

[PDH]

BYU, San Diego State (a real football power there), and Boise will make up the core of the Big East (west).  Just my opinion, Boise's only real problem has been finding a place for all the other, non-important sports.

[Valmy]

Wouldn't Cincinnati make more sense travel wise?

They both seem equally bad in that sense.

[jimmy olsen]

Wouldn't Cincinnati make more sense travel wise?

They both seem equally bad in that sense.

Cincinnati's at least close by to West Virginia and Louisville.