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If Mizzou Had Joined B1G, What Would The SEC Have Done? - Big East - XII Merger?
Posted on 6/14/14 at 7:07 am
Posted on 6/14/14 at 7:07 am
Interesting fluff piece examines what could have happened with the conference realignment had Missouri joined the B1G instead of Nebraska.
Would the SEC have stayed at 13? If not, who would they have realistically tried to add with the goal of expanding the SEC footprint and potential TV subscribers for the SEC Network?
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And as an aside, the West Virginia AD dropped a mini-bomb about his secret phone calls to the XII dwarfs about trying to form a conference with the leftovers of the Big East and XII had Texas, Texas Tech and the Oklahoma schools joined the Pac-12.
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While conference expansion has slowed considerably, Luck revealed a plan he had three years ago that would have merged teams from the Big 12 and Big East conferences.
In September 2011, the Big East was stunned by the departures of Pitt and Syracuse, and the Big 12 was in danger of losing four schools to the Pac-12.
"My favorite story that hasn't been written," Luck said. "After Syracuse and Pittsburgh (announced they were leaving for the ACC), that was in the same time frame that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were playing footsie with (Pac-12 commissioner) Larry (Scott) and the Big East was a mess."
So Luck began cold-calling athletic directors at Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State with a proposal.
"I didn't know those guys from Adam," Luck said. "I knew the schools. I told them, 'Your conference may fall apart. You guys look like you might get left behind. Why don't we take all of you and TCU, which was kind of homeless."
Luck's plan, which also had the support of Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich, was also to add UCF for a 12-team Big East divided into two divisions: West: Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, TCU and Louisville; East: UConn, Cincinnati, Rutgers, West Virginia, South Florida and UCF.
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Posted on 6/14/14 at 7:15 am to Mizz-SEC
It's not too late. GTFO.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 7:30 am to Mizz-SEC
Grabbed NC State.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 7:44 am to Mizz-SEC
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It's not too late. GTFO.
We can only dream
Posted on 6/14/14 at 12:06 pm to Mizz-SEC
This thread will inspire refreshing and innovative thought.
Can't wait.
Can't wait.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 1:22 pm to Mizz-SEC
Brought in a school that's won a championship since 1964?
Posted on 6/14/14 at 1:33 pm to Mizz-SEC
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If Mizzou Had Joined B1G, What Would The SEC Have Done?
Gone right on with our lives and being the best conference in the country by far.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 2:40 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Would the SEC have stayed at 13? If not, who would they have realistically tried to add with the goal of expanding the SEC footprint and potential TV subscribers for the SEC Network?
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Pretty good link, esp for SECer's who aren't really aware of what was going on in the Bev12 before it started folding.
You add up all the pieces and players and then hear a BevobeakerOki-nub claiming Mizzou started the collapse of the conference and realize what the real meaning of fail logic is.
If we lifted our skirt to the B1G, the nubs slingshot their panties into Ohio, the dope smokers in Boulder quietly hooked up with their left coast connections and the PAC fell asleep while the wallflower(okies) were nip slipping all over the place.
Mean while, any Aggie who was concerned w/ what Mizzou did enough to worry about jumping conferences, please come forward, any Aggie at all will do, anyone?
*crickets*
Ok we admit it, we sent a carefully crafted schematic to ESPN explaining how the LHN would be the first domino that will kick off a chain reaction making them the biggest corporation player since Microsoft in the 90's.
Yep it was all us, all along, we did it all, Mizzou the kingpins of conference realignment.
and yes...
YOU ARE WELCOME!
Posted on 6/15/14 at 1:05 pm to Mizz-SEC
We're lucky to have gotten Missouri. I'm glad it worked out the way it did. I think it's good for both the SEC and Missouri.
Posted on 6/15/14 at 2:48 pm to Mizz-SEC
If Mizzou went to the Big Ten the only way the SEC would have been able to survive would have been to land Notre Dame.
It's science.
It's science.
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