I know it is all about money but Texas has not been relevant in basketball or football in about decade. Other than the money why would they want to go and get their asses kicked in the SEC in both sports.
If the Big Ten Adds Two Schools
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They were a No. 3 seed in the tournament this year. That's kinda relevant. Abilene Christian put it into their season on the first day tho.
They won the Sugar Bowl 3 years ago and finished ranked in the top 10.
They finished the 2021 season ranked in the top 10 in the coaches poll and the AP poll. They also won the Alamo Bowl . That's kind of relevant
Starting Aug. 2, Barry Alvarez will be a special adviser to the Big Ten Conference (read: Warren) for football.
Alvarez shouldve been Commissioner after Delany instead of Warren's clown ***. It shouldve been a natural passing of the torch from Delany to Alvarez.
Actually it should have been Jim Phillips .
Big Ten was more interested in winning the Press Conference than hiring the right guy.
Big Ten was more interested in winning the Press Conference than hiring the right guy.
This is the funniest of the Warren sucks crusade.
He sucks because two blue blood football schools located in the southwest want to join the best football conference which js located in the Southeast over a Midwest/NE conference.
Does anyone know for a fact that Warren is sitting on his butt doing nothing?
I ask you 2 questions:
1. Why was Barry Alvarez just hired as a “football consultant “? Has any other conference hired a “football consultant”?
2. Warren is being mocked universally. Please provide to me any justification of why this conference should be confident of his leadership.
He’s listening to Barry Alvarez - his recent ( uh appointed ) “ football consultant “
Oklahoma State and Kansas…blech. The B1G needs to think bigger than this…or stand pat.
No he sucks because of total lack of leadership which was on display way before Texas and Oklahoma situation. Highlighted bye his mishandling of the football fiasco with Covid last fall when schools were ready for mutiny and changing the rules midstream so that Ohio State could play in the championship game. Those are only two examples.
Kansas. Should go after Texas. Texas to the B1G is a better value prop for both the B1G and UT. Adds Houston, Dallas and Austin/SATX markets and given the reach of their alums, probably adds more minor ones. My only reservation is that they overestimate their current worth, this isn’t 2005…Vince Young is drunk at a bar in Houston, not putting up masterpieces, and they’re high maintenance…they basically set the Big 12 on fire and now that they house is collapsing, they’re just going to another house.
Don’t see UNC or UVA wanting to leave the ACC, their rivalries mean more than incremental cash to their fans.
I don't follow other conferences but I'm sure they have consultants working in some capacity to offer advice.
Alvarez has 30+ years in the B1G. Not utilizeing him in some capacity would be stupid. Regarding consultants.... There are fortune 500 companies that bring in tons of consultants to help. Colleges use consultants, Government agencies use consultants, the military uses consultants....the list goes on and on.
You need a better example.
ABSOLUTELY, some mistakes were made. Communication was horrible, other mistakes.
But, many of the things a Commish gets blamed for were voted on by the B1G Council of Presidents and Chancellor's. Plans regarding Covid were from the B1G Medical Council headed by the OSU lead doctor.
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I can’t imagine they would not make an AAU exception for Oklahoma if that was a possibility…I seriously doubt that it is….which is probably why they are saying this.
I sure do hope the B1G is thinking BIG right now. Adding Kansas and Iowa State / Oklahoma State would be an absolute joke.
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Let's hope Delany is on speed dial. That's the real consultant the B1G needs to do Warren's job.
If Nebraska isn't a AAU member yet, the talk about only allowing AAU members in, is a farce.
I understand Nebraska was voted out of that organization because it failed to meet all the qualification for membership
The B1G either tells them to get eligible again, or not hold an AAU membership as one of the qualifications to join.
I understand Nebraska was voted out of that organization because it failed to meet all the qualification for membership
The B1G either tells them to get eligible again, or not hold an AAU membership as one of the qualifications to join.
Nebraska was an AAU member when they were admitted I believe.
You're right about that , but their losing AAU status makes it hypocritical for the B1G to demand AAU status for new members if all the members aren't AAU schools.
If you want to act academically superior, make sure all your members are..
Nebraska joined when it was an AAU member but shortly after being admitted as a B1G program it lost its AAU accreditation because it didn't keep up all the standards that qualify Universities for AAU membership
Making a mockery of the B1G's demand potential members be AAU accredited
What to stop them from getting accredited and then not doing enough to keep their AAU status.
I'm all for the prestige of every member being AAU, but when one isn't, don't act so superior and refuse non AAU members admintance if you don't tell the member: get back being AAU accredit or leave. .
Better to just allow non AAU programs in and stop acting like it's a deal-breaker.
YEAH!!! KICK NEBRASKA OUT!!!
Add the four California schools and put them in a pod.
Kansas can join the Mountain West or the AAC. It's basketball team will still be dominant and get good talent kind of like Gonzaga does and its football team can be competitive in either of those conferences
Nebraska is rated number 306 in the world. Oklahoma is 392. Rutgers is the number 50 university in the world.
actually Russ, I meant the B1G shouldn't act so hypocritical when touting the Conference's AAU requirement to enter .( but appreciate your sarcasm , put a smile on my face
)If Nebraska lost their AAU accreditation after joining, being a AAU member isn't as much of a big deal as the B1G would have us think.
Like the bringing in California schools.
I'm glad you smiled, however, there was probably less sarcasm in my post than you think.actually Russ, I meant the B1G shouldn't act so hypocritical when touting the Conference's AAU requirement to enter .( but appreciate your sarcasm , put a smile on my face
If Nebraska lost their AAU accreditation after joining, being a AAU member isn't as much of a big deal as the B1G would have us think.
Like the bringing in California schools.
I really could care less what conference Nebraska is in.
It's fans complain about their football schedule every year. They act like it is still the 1990s. Last fall they were talking that good ****, as the kids say, that NU should go back to the B12. They are not keeping that same energy right now however.
NU fans are not as annoying to me as Connecticut fans are but they're pretty close.
I was 100% serious about the four California schools.
“Huge markets” … of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, LMAO.
OKC is under a million and smaller than the likes of Harrisburg, PA and Grand Rapids, MI. Tulsa is a little over 550k and only two spots higher than Lexington, KY…
3 reasons: 1) Money, 2) Money, 3) they believe they can recruit Texas better than A&M can with an Sec affiliation and certainly better than the rest of the taexas schools left in the Big 12. Thus, assuming better recruiting (see how BIG affiliation has aided GS here at RU) they believe they can compete with anyone in the SEC. I am not saying it will happen I am only saying that is a reason they believe they can compete with the blue bloods of the SEC.
UNC , Virginia , Duke , Georgia Tech
or
Pac 12 ---UCLA Stanford , Cal Berkeley, Washington
any two of the above
or
Pac 12 ---UCLA Stanford , Cal Berkeley, Washington
any two of the above
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