As actual conference realignment news has taken a breather over the past week (although the speculation runs rampant everywhere), I sat down with Adam Jacobi and Patrick Vint of Black Heart Gold Pants last night for a podcast about what’s happened so far with various leagues and schools and where we’re headed. While Adam and [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Realignment Podcast with Black Heart Gold Pants
Posted: September 29, 2011 in Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, Sports672
The Rasputin 12 (Minus 1 Minus 1 Minus 1)
Posted: September 21, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, College Football, SportsTags: Big 12 Expansion, Big East Expansion, Longhorn Network, Oklahoma Sooners, Pac-12 Expansion, SEC Expansion, Texas Longhorns
As most of you all know by now, THE BIG 12 WON’T DIE. Let’s get right to it: (1) Pac-12 grants a stay of execution to Big 12 – Last year, I wrote the following about the Big 12: “While the Big 12 isn’t safe in a warm and fuzzy family way, it looks like [...]
Conference Realignment Chaos: It’s On Like Donkey Kong
Posted: September 19, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, SportsTags: ACC Expansion, Big Ten Expansion, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma to Pac-12, Pac-12 Expansion, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the Big Ten, Texas to the Pac-12
There’s obviously tons of conference realignment news out there from a lot of different fronts, so let’s get right to it (and I’ll warn you ahead of time that I’ll be jumping around a bit): (1) ACC officially adds Syracuse and Pitt – I don’t know if adding Syracuse and Pitt alone makes financial sense [...]
Boyz II Men, ACC, BBD: The Atlantic Coast Family Looks to Add Pitt and Syracuse (and What it Means for Texas, Notre Dame and the Big Ten)
Posted: September 16, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, SportsWhat have I kept saying for over a year now? The ACC is much stronger than what people give it credit for. Pete Thamel of the New York Times is reporting that the ACC is in discussions with Pitt and Syracuse. This rumor had been floating around in some circles for a couple of days [...]
ACC, It’s Easy as 1, 2, 3 Hundred Million for Texas
Posted: September 14, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, SportsTags: ACC Expansion, Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Pac-12 Expansion, Texas Longhorns, Texas to the ACC, Texas to the Big Ten, Texas to the Pac-12
In the past 2 weeks, we’ve seen stories that Texas is saving the Big 12, moving west with Oklahoma to the Pac-12, joining the Big Ten with Notre Dame and now the ACC is the new frontrunner for the Longhorns. The only constant seems to be that Texas wants absolutely nothing to do with the [...]
Conference Realignment: If I Was Richer, I’d Still Be With Ya
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, SportsTags: Big 12, Big Ten Expansion, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma to Pac-12, Pac-12 Expansion, SEC Expansion, Texas A&M to SEC, Texas to the Big Ten
It’s been a crazy couple of days to say the least. We saw the SEC vote to conditionally accept Texas A&M, Baylor and a bunch of other Big 12 schools holding up the A&M move by refusing to sign some legal waivers, rumors stating the Pac-12 doesn’t really want to expand but will still add [...]
Texas Longhorns: Going to California (Again)?
Posted: September 5, 2011 in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, College Football, SportsTags: Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oklahoma to Pac-12, Pac-12, Pac-12 Expansion, SEC, SEC Expansion, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas A&M to SEC, Texas Longhorns
When it comes to choosing a conference, the University of Texas has a choice: does it want the nicest house in Compton or an average house in Beverly Hills? The former is what it would have if it chooses to stick around the Big 12 to keep the Longhorn Network in a Big 12 that [...]
