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Post by a on Sept 18, 2011 14:07:16 GMT -5
I was unhappy when the Big 8 expanded, in fact, I didn't like it when Arkansas went to the SEC! Arkansas was always one of Texas' major rivals.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 18, 2011 20:34:13 GMT -5
IIF--It looks like the Big 12 is being dismantled. It seems to depend on what Oklahoma then Texas decide. I'm not sure what will happen to the Big East with Pittsburgh and Syracuse joining the ACC. Baylor and Iowa State have contacted it, but I don't know if they will actually join. Kansas would be a good fit, snce the Big East is such a strong basketball conference. So are you now a Pac-12 fan, with Coloraado now a part of that conference?
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Post by a on Sept 18, 2011 20:37:35 GMT -5
IIF--It looks like the Big 12 is being dismantled. It seems to depend on what Oklahoma then Texas decide. So are you now a Pac-12 fan, with Coloraado now a part of that conference?
Oh no, my roots are still in and with Missouri. And I'll always take the Cardinals over any other team in baseball!
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 18, 2011 20:38:41 GMT -5
So if Missouri joins the Big 10?
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 18, 2011 20:42:35 GMT -5
I liked things better when the Big 12 was the Big 8 and the Soutwest Conference still existed. This shuffling around with the conferences I don't like at all. I've always been a Syracuse fan and anti-ACC. Now they're going to be in the ACC and I don't like that at all!!
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Post by a on Sept 18, 2011 20:43:57 GMT -5
So if Missouri joins the Big 10?
I've not given that any thought at all! I'd think Missouri would go wherever Kansas and Kansas State will go, maybe an entirely new league with those two, Iowa State and Oklahoma State, whatever teams are left in the Big 12. I'd hate to have to root for the Big 10!
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Post by a on Sept 18, 2011 20:46:04 GMT -5
I liked things better when the Big 12 was the Big 8 and the Soutwest Conference still existed. This shuffling around with the conferences I don't like at all. I've always been a Syracuse fan and anti-ACC. Now they're going to be in the ACC and I don't like that at all!!
Oh I'm with you there! To think that the beginning of all this was Arkansas going to the SEC so many years ago.....
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 18, 2011 21:09:22 GMT -5
Frankly, I think ESPN is behind the whole thing. They keep talking about 4 big 16-team conferences. I think their ultimate goal is a playoff between the 4 superconferences with ESPN hosting all the playoff games, of course.
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Post by a on Sept 18, 2011 21:13:45 GMT -5
Frankly, I think ESPN is behind the whole thing. They keep talking about 4 big 16-team conferences. I think their ultimate goal is a playoff between the 4 superconferences with ESPN hosting all the playoff games, of course.
Money is most definitely the driving force behind everything football. The game has changed to suite TV.
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Post by Coldwarrior on Sept 18, 2011 21:52:10 GMT -5
Seems to me that the Big 10 is a little fussy when it comes to inviting new members. They seem to prefer a powerhouse school in football over anything else. Penn State and now Nebraska. Notre Dame has a standing offer to join but enjoys quite a following on their own and prefers to keep all the money rather than share it with a league. Northwestern is one school the Big Ten probably would like to see resign. They had a great season a few years back and are competitive in a multitude of other sports but they don't gather much national interest. The Big 10 won't kick them out regardless. When you look around the midwest and on the fringes, what schools have a national attraction that would enhance the Big 10's coffers? Maybe Colorado. No school south of Ohio, Indiana or Illinois has a chance. Arkansas has an outside chance but slim. Actually, Syracuse has a fair chance as well. All this conjecture ignores what these schools are presently involved in. It doesn't take in consideration that they might not want to join the Big 10. It's just a shopping list of schools that fit the catagory of the leagues mindset.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 19, 2011 16:57:29 GMT -5
CW--Unfortunately, Syracuse and Pitt which I thing would have been great for the Big 10 (they were natural rivals of Penn State) have applied and been accepted by the ACC. I much rather have seen them go to the Big 10. I have never liked the ACC. Thr rumor is Missouri will go to the Big 10 to make it the Big 12. And what will happen to the Big East is anyone's guess.
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Post by a on Sept 19, 2011 17:05:02 GMT -5
Missouri to the Big 10 has been floated since last year, even before Nebraska went. Now there is talk of Missouri and the SEC. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see. Seems that the Big 12 is definitely a thing of the past.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 19, 2011 17:20:09 GMT -5
MLB: 1. Reeling Red Sox lose, see wild-card lead shrink Boston's David "Big Poopy" Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia walk back to the dugout. The Red Sox lost game 1 of the day-night doubleheader. The reeling Red Sox lsot for the 12th time in 15 games when Jeremy Guthrie (who?) pitched the LAST-PLACE Baltimore Orioles to a 6-5 win in the opener of a day-night doubleheader, cutting Boston's AL wild-card lead to 1 1/2 games. The Red Sox had lead Tampa Bay by nine games on Sept. 3rd. I almost feel sorry for the Red Sox. They are having their injury-bug at the wrong time of the year. But as a Yankee fan, NAW. <metaphorically rubbing my hands>
2. Mariano Rivera becomes the all-time saves king.
Mariano Rivers moved past Trevor HOffman on the all-time saves list, pitching a 1-2-3 ninth inning gainst the Twins to close out a 6-4 victory and recod his 602nd career save (and all with one team). And let's not forget his 42 post-season saves with an under 1.00 ERA. So the best closer in baseball history is now the all-time saves leader. Congrats Mariano. You are definitely the best.
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Post by a on Sept 19, 2011 17:22:27 GMT -5
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Post by a on Sept 19, 2011 17:28:42 GMT -5
That should make a Yankee fan happy!
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 19, 2011 17:32:55 GMT -5
As this board's resident Yankee fan :)And he's a great guy too!!
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Post by Coldwarrior on Sept 19, 2011 20:17:27 GMT -5
Big 10 Members: Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Ohio State University, Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northwestern, and University of Iowa plus the newest members Penn State and Nebraska. That's 12 already. Missouri, and Syracuse would make 14. They sort of split the Big 10 into two divisions already so they probably have room for 2 more schools maybe 4. I just don't see how they would find more than 2 within they customary geography with competitive sports programs such as they are. But there is always Notre Dame, lurking in the shadows. So maybe Pitt has a shot if they want one. We don't hear much about them around here. Two of Notre Dames money maker games are against U of M and MSU each year. Should the Big 10 tell ND the games will be canceled if they don't join the league, they might change their mind. Coercion is a recognizable and admirable trait among Catholics, they wouldn't even get mad about it.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 19, 2011 21:59:54 GMT -5
Well, CW, we konw that Syracuse and Pitt won't be going to the Big 10 (now 12). They're headed south to the ACC. I wish they were jointing the Big 10. I've never been a fan of the ACC but have often rooted for Big 10 teams, especially Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 19, 2011 22:00:23 GMT -5
NCAA FOOTBALL
1. OU, UT presidents authorized to pursue all conference options. At separate Board of Regents meetings (and as expected) Oklahoma and Texas received authorization to take action regarding their schools' conference affiliation. Both votes were unanimous and given carte blanche by their regents to shift conference allegiance, although they will have to "rubber stamp" the choice. Oklahoma's Pres. Boren said he had had "informal talks" with the Pac-12 and was working closely with in-state rival Oklahoma State (holds its regents meeting Wednesday). It's believed that Texas would prefer to remain in the Big 12 but the departures of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State could force them also to look to the Pac-12. If Texas can resolve some issues regarding The Longhorn Network, they with Texas Tech are likely to follow the Oklahoma colleges.
2. AP source: Big East, Big 12 officials talk merger. The Big East and Big 12 might join together in a fight for survival. Officials from the two have been discussing ways to merge what's left of them if Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State leave. That would leave Missouri, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State scrambling for an affiliation. Without Syracuse and Pittsburgh, the Big East still has six football members (Cincinnati, Connecticut, South Florida, Rutgers, Louisville and West Virginia) with TCU to join in 2013 that gives the Big East a presence in Big 12 territory. The SEC has voted to accept Texas A&M as its 13th member, and speculation has Missouri and West Virginia as candidates to become No. 14. And the ACC may not be done adding Big East teams - UConn and Rutgers would complete the 16 teams in the ACC. So the musical chairs known as Division 1-A continues on its merry way.
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Post by Flying Horse on Sept 20, 2011 15:42:04 GMT -5
Monday Night Football: Giants' margin of victory can't conceal concerns as they beat the St Louis Rams 28-16.
If the preseason was a series of disastrous car crashes for the NY Giants' defense, then the offense was a group of rubbernecks, standing idly by as the wreckage piled up around them. Questions about the passing game were sloughed aside by season-ending injuries in the secondary and a crisis at linebacker. We are not worried, players and coaches said. The offense will be ready. Two games now and the defense is still the story and the offense -- well it is somewhere between inconsistent and nondescript. “I thought we played well,” QB Eli Manning said, before hesitating. "At times," he added. Well, they won, not prettily, but a win nevertheless. Let's hope it gets better as they go on.
Panthers' Newton exceeds expectations with fast start. Cam Newton leaping after a TD. Cam Newton, the No. 1 draft pick overall and Carolina's rookie quarterback from Auburn University and Heisman Trophy winner, stunned the NFL by throwing for over 400 yeards in his first two games as a pro., unfortunately the team is 0-2. What would Cam Newton have done with a normal off-season? We won’t know until next year, but for now, Newton, the rookie quarterback from Auburn who was supposed to need time to transition from the spread offense he ran in college to a more N.F.L.-friendly pocket game, has stunned the league with a record-setting first two weeks. On Sunday, Newton passed for a single-game rookie record of 432 yards against Green Bay, a blitz-heavy team. That was 10 more yards than he passed for last week in his pro debut, - the first N.F.L. player to begin his career with consecutive 400-yard passing games. Can he keep it up? Only time will tell but right now, congrats are in order ot a fabulous rookie.
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