re: Biggest Conference Realignment Regrets

Posted by Wolfhound45

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:14 pm to Sunbeam

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Get off my lawn.

Damn right.

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:27 pm to Sunbeam

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Love to see the Nebraska/Oklahoma game back.

Oklahoma vs Nebraska
Penn State vs Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh vs West Virginia
Missouri vs Kansas
Iowa State vs Missouri (crappy trophy but solid drinking)
Tulane vs LSU
Notre Dame vs Purdue
Notre Dame vs Michigan State
MTSU vs WKU (100 miles of hate from 1914 - 2018)
Cincinnati vs Louisville (Keg of Nails)
Alabama vs Tennessee
Florida vs Tennessee
Georgia Tech vs Vanderbilt (The Gold Cowbell)
Kentucky vs Indiana (The Bourbon Barrel)
Maryland vs Navy (The Crab Game)

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Posted by Wolfhound45

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:28 pm to Cheese Grits

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Tulane vs LSU

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:29 pm to Bench McElroy

Big 8 + Arkansas + texas + Texas A&M + TCU

Would have made the best Big 12

With only 3 votes it tames texas from the start.

Posted by Old Sarge

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:37 pm to Wolfhound45

What?

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:46 pm to Wolfhound45

You know how I know you are old!

Posted by FishFearMe

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:48 pm to BHMKyle

No expansion, no sec network, tv money a lot smaller.

Posted by texashorn

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:50 pm to Cheese Grits

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Big 8 + Arkansas + texas + Texas A&M + TCU Would have made the best Big 12 With only 3 votes it tames texas from the start.

Four votes from the Texas schools weren't enough to reach the 9 votes (75 percent) required to change rules and regulations. I'm assuming you mean conference headquarters and things like that.

The four votes could stop a vote from reaching the necessary majority for proposals, but they weren't enough to change existing rules and regulations, either.

Posted by Quantrillridesagain

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:53 pm to BHMKyle

Well eat a whole bag of d*cks, cause we ain’t going anywhere! Two East titles since we came over and they won’t be the last! Had Pinkel not had to retire because of cancer, and us having to start over with a new coach and a new system we would already have another! See you in a few weeks puddin!

Posted by TheTideMustRoll

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 6:56 pm to Cheese Grits

Throw Texas/Texas A&M on your list.

This post was edited on 9/25/19 at 6:57 pm

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:01 pm to texashorn

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I'm assuming you mean conference headquarters and things like that.

Correct, NCAA was HQ'd in Big 8 country, if the B12 kept thing there too I think the B12 is 2nd best conference behind the SEC and pisses off both B1G and PAC. NCAA probably never moves to IN.

KSU
KU = basketball and AAU
OSU
OU = football
Utx = football + baseball + AAU
TAMU = football + AAU
CU = AAU
UNL = AAU + football
UA = football + basketball
TCU = private school for FOIA exclusion
ISU = AAU
MU = AAU

Big 12 stats
8 state footprint (AR / CO / IA / KS / MO / NE / OK / TX)
2 basketball school KU + UA
4 football schools OU + UNL + Utx + UA
7 AAU schools

Lots of rivalries in multiple sports

Posted by Ag Zwin

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:05 pm to Bench McElroy

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To this day, I never understood why the Big 8 invited four Texas schools instead of just inviting Texas and Texas A&M. Baylor and Texas Tech are essentially dead weight. They don’t bring new markets and they didn’t have particularly great football or basketball programs. Plus adding four Texas schools gave Texas way too much power which ultimately caused the disintegration of the conference.

In 1996 (when this all went down):

Governor: Ann Richards (Baylor grad)
Lt. Gov.: Bob Bullock (Texas Tech undergrad, Baylor Law)

Clear now?

This post was edited on 9/25/19 at 7:16 pm

Posted by southernboisb

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:14 pm to BHMKyle

WV even qualified for B10 acceptance?

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:16 pm to southernboisb

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WV even qualified for B10 acceptance?

Nope, B1G are academic snobs and Morgantown has no chance at AAU membership

Posted by Ag Zwin

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:17 pm to Cheese Grits

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Nope, B1G are academic snobs and Morgantown has no chance at AAU membership

I’m not even sure they can spell AAU.

Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:20 pm to Ag Zwin

Keep burning the learning facilities

Posted by 1801

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:29 pm to BHMKyle

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Imagine Alabama and Georgia playing every year....

imagine if Georgia didn't run and hide from Alabama between 1966-91.

26 damn years and y'all only played 8 games. don't come on here whining about wanting to play Alabama more and can't because of the 1992 expansion.

Posted by John Milner

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Posted on 9/25/19 at 7:33 pm to BHMKyle

my guess is that the SEC makes much more money with the expansion, especially with A&M, than would be the case had it not happened, and money is always the bottom line consideration.