kind of lol but mostly sad how nobody gives a shit about the other sports this is gonna affect
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
tru
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
well pretty much basketball cuz no one pays attention until the tourney -- no one pays attention to the other sports anyway
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
also kinda funny how texas is totally at the center of this - they could save the big 12 or make 1 of 3 other conferences very happy - but they are gonna be in a great position (money + the players) no matter *what* happens. if I were UT I'd prolly stay put and continue the "if we beat oklahoma and a bunch of so-so teams, we go to the national championship game" strategy. money isn't everything.
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
This frees them up to continue developing LONGHORN TV, as well.
But surely the Big Ten will finally have to change their name, right? Eleven teams sort of provided an excuse to keep the old name, but now they have twelve. And now the Big 12 will have ten. Name swap?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
well, the game's not over yet and the big 12 might be more like the big 6 or the big 3 or the big 0. though it would be hilariously confusing if the two switched names.
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't see their potential Pac-10 competition being any tougher than the Big 12.
Pure speculation on my part, but they'd likely be in the Pac 10 east with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Utah/Texas A&M, Colorado, Texas Tech, Arizona, and Arizona State.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Well at least USC is fucked.
will be v. happy to see usc go through what my team went through.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 June 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
And my team.
(Daniel, I know you hate Bama for a variety of reasons, but solidarity in disgrace!!!)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
right, and in that scenario they'd be playing the schedule they already play + a harder championship game. pac 10 west is gonna field at least one legit challenger a year.
xp
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
and hell that's a harder schedule than they have right now
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
if the big 12 stays at 10 teams they'll obviously have to split up texas & oklahoma for there to be any sort of divisional balance, and that obv hurts both teams, as one can overcome a loss to the other when it happens early in the season (i.e. 2008) but def not when it happens in a potential conference title game
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
the big 10 will never change their name just cuz the big 10 is the big 10 is the big 10 -- bad "branding" or w/e
Jeremiah Masoli probably didn't singlehandedly sink Oregon's chances in 2010, but his fall from grace didn't help matters any. :(
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
nah, he pretty much singlehandedly sunk their chances
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
they were a bit overrated anyhow -- last year they got trounced by boise & stanford, lost to ohio st (who wasn't that good to begin with) & "made" their season by beating a usc team that was barely one of the 25 best in the country
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, but if anything, their 2010 Pac-10 competition would've been more of a pushover than last year. Now I guess it's Washington? Cal?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
god masoli is such an idiot
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
cal should be decent
they'll still probably win the pac 10 -- maybe oregon st? altho they're replacing their qb
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
it would be hilarious if oregon st won the pac 10, ohio st went to the nat'l title game, and the big 10 rep to the rose bowl was wisconsin
hilarious because the rose bowl people are massive dickbags
pac10 is gonna be really up in the air this year
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh, I wouldn't hate to see Iowa in the Rose Bowl Game.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Stanford is probably the team to beat this year if Luck is as good as people think he is.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 14 June 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
truth
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
that would be depressing
I can imagine the eventual champion having 2 conference losses
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe instead of courting Notre Dame, but Big Ten could go after the Detroit Lions. SUH VS. HUSKERS.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ESPN says they're likely to stay now.
I don't know what to believe!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 14 June 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
if texas stays, possible that nothing else at all happens?
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe utah to pac 10
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
If Texas stays, no one else moves (not even A&M to the SEC). Utah is pretty likely to go Pac-10, though.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Honestly I think the Pac 10 plus Utah and Colorado makes a lot of sense. Two good programs who make sense for the region, whereas Texas would be weird to me.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 14 June 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh, I would be happy with giving Arkansas back to the Big 12 if they want them. And South Carolina can go to hell somewhere too.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
hell vs. the acc
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i still wouldn't be shocked to see the SEC make a move for 2 more teams
― Youve Beenexposed (J0rdan S.), Monday, 14 June 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
florida state and miami would be logical (more than a&m...)
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd love it, specifically because all the rowdy Gator fans around me on a daily basis would get all *sadface* over their reduced recruiting dominance.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Fortunately, the SEC only requires 9 of 12 schools to approve new members instead of unanimous consent.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
would be hard to argue w/ that being the 'strongest conference' = could possibly lead to other dominoes falling?
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like:a. pac16 ain't gonna happenb. it's espn's fault
― iatee, Monday, 14 June 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
lol, yeah.
BTW J0RDAN S. SAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE DYNAMITE THIS YEAR SO I AM OPTIMISTIC.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 June 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
SO I EXPECT A 11-WIN SEASON. NO EXCUSES.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 June 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Now it's officially official. Texas, TAMU and Oklahoma all declined offers to join the Pac-10, and no one is moving now if they don't move.
So I guess we get a Pac-12 with Colorado and (in all likelihood) Utah being the new additions.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
colorado and utah? wow that's like a superconference.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 June 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Too many pictures to post, but go here for maximum LOLZ: http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/65557-The-Way-of-The-World-Conference-Realignment-Redux-in-MS-Paint
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
utah
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Vanderbilt interim coach Robbie Caldwell has had tougher jobs than the one he took over when Bobby Johnson abruptly retired last month. Caldwell's first job, at a turkey farm in Pageland, S.C., certainly wasn't glamorous. "I don't know if I could tell you what my job was, but I was on the inseminating crew," Caldwell said. "That's a fact. I worked my way to the top."
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like college football is gonna suck this year idk why
― iatee, Thursday, 2 September 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
hope not u_u
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 September 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link