Pac 10 + Half the Big 12 = Galactic Intercollegiate Empire?

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pac10/2010/06/report_pacific-10_big_12_confe.html

I understand they why, and the how... But wow, this really would change the entire makeup of everything...

You'd almost HAVE to re-shape the BCS... I'm assuming a Pac 10 bball tourney would look more like the Big East's...

I just have to wonder how that would affect the Pilots with scheduling. I'm assuming it would mean a longer, and ultimately stronger in-conference schedule for Pac 10 teams... I"m not sure if this would hurt or help us, but... The first thing I though of when I read this was something along these lines:



(And Yes, I chose the biggest picture possible on purpose)

I could see pulling a team here and there as a realistic possibility, but half the Big 12? Seems unbelievable.

DaTruRochin wrote:I understand they why, and the how... But wow, this really would change the entire makeup of everything...

... The first thing I though of when I read this was something along these lines:



(And Yes, I chose the biggest picture possible on purpose)

You forgot the Sound Effects for the new conference!

pilotram wrote:I could see pulling a team here and there as a realistic possibility, but half the Big 12? Seems unbelievable.

It might be however if several teams (I've heard Mizzou and Nebraska mentioned) defect for the Big 10, as has been rumored for some time. Obviously a lot has to happen, but the Big 12 could go the way of the SWAC in very short order....

DaTruRochin wrote:

pilotram wrote:I could see pulling a team here and there as a realistic possibility, but half the Big 12? Seems unbelievable.

It might be however if several teams (I've heard Mizzou and Nebraska mentioned) defect for the Big 10, as has been rumored for some time. Obviously a lot has to happen, but the Big 12 could go the way of the SWAC in very short order....

Yea. I'm hearing a lot of speculation that there will be a sort of domino effect as soon as someone makes a move. (I'm hoping the MWC offers Donko State next week to preempt the gutting of that conference)

So when the music stops playing, and the Big 12 is down to 4, where do SMU Kansas, Baylor, Iowa St and Kansas St end up? I'm guessing the MWC, along with Boise St, and 2 teams from among Nevada, Utah St, Fresno St and NM St.

Funny....everyone wants to expand, but that means someone else has to contract. Hmm...

Big 6 doesn't have a ring of awesomeness for you?

Welp the first shoe dropped yesterday with the news about Nebraska to the Big 10... And now...
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438

To quote The Matrix.... "That is the sound of inevitability..."

Per The Fan: Colorado is officially in the Pac10! Let the chaos begin.

I guess the most immediate question I would have is, will this be effective immediately?? Because if so... Talk about a scheduling nightmare! I mean they have to completely re-design the entire league structures, now the BCS works (As if it did before...). I'm imagining the Pac 10 will switch to some sort of system like the Big East uses for b-ball... But for football, is this the era of a Pac 10 championship game? On top of that for basketball would the additions of new in conference opponents force teams into dropping other games? Yeesh, what a mess... (But an exciting mess, no less...)

For sure this answers the issue of will the Pac10 take Baylor ilo Colorado? Now the question becomes, will the rest of the Texas schools (UT, TA&M, TT) leave Baylor behind, or will they stay with Baylor and add TCU?

Next item to watch for is will Nebraska bolt for the Big10 tomorrow? If so, the musical chairs will begin in earnest, and some big name schools will be left behind.

DTR: the Pac 10 commissioner said any changes will be effective when the next TV contract begins, sometime like 2012-13.

Being a fan of a mid-major that doesn't play football I'm just looking at all this from a distance and am slightly amused at watching the big conferences slug it out with each other.

Just read that the membership for Colorado starts in 2012... And they will change the name to "reflect the membership of the conference" but wait until the total number is settled. On top of that not just the "10" maybe changed, the "Pac" may also change in order to reflect that the conference no longer just encompasses the Pacific coast.

Here's a rundown on a few things of note:
http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2010/06/10/ten-notes-on-the-pac-11/

It hasn't encompassed only the Pacific coast since the addition of Arizona and ASU. But I guess they are now crossing the continental divide.