The MWC shouldn't be the one picking up the pieces of the Big XII. That is rather backwards. Everyone left should stick around, and start taking the few good schools from the minor cons. The Pac 10 is not going to allow Tex to do to their league what they have done in the past. They will be an equal player. They'll be a great addition, but at what price? The Big Nine should kick Texas out, and start trying to expand. The Big East should do the same exact thing, and split from the schools that do not have football instead of waiting until the Big Ten, ACC, and SEC raid them until their is not enough left over to keep Notre Dame around.

It's not that I'm mad. I just don't get why it is the only conference we are hearing about. I can't believe that there are not more irons in the fire for both our schools. I would also think that KU would have bigger aspirations than settling on the MWC.

I know I am belittling a conference I know little about but mid major is not where Kansas should be.

I was skimming the A&M boards and if the mood there reflects the official A&M position, I see A&M going to the SEC. They are furious at Texas and their "arm bending" tactics reportedly trying to coerce A&M into the PAC. The actual board seems evenly split at this time, but if sentiment breaks the tie, I think it is the SEC's gain.

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:D Sorry guys, I didn't mean to go overboard and don't want to offend anyone with Kansas ties. Like I said, I hear P10 talk all day on the radio and their slant is that CU has a much more solid football program than KU and that CU is also stronger in academics than KU.
Of course opinions can vary although if football and academics are not reasons the P10 selected CU and not KU then what do you believe their reasoning was?

Denver media market maybe???

The MWC is arguably better at football than the Pac 10, ACC, and Big East and it's better at basketball than the Pac 10.

:D Sorry guys, I didn't mean to go overboard and don't want to offend anyone with Kansas ties. Like I said, I hear P10 talk all day on the radio and their slant is that CU has a much more solid football program than KU and that CU is also stronger in academics than KU.
Of course opinions can vary although if football and academics are not reasons the P10 selected CU and not KU then what do you believe their reasoning was?[/QUOTE]

Denver market, previous flirtations, geography.

Nah, I think CU is stronger academically, but I don't see it as a stark difference. Though CU folks might fancy themselves as Cal-Berk lite, they're not.

The MWC can suck it.

And why would KU/MU folks be mad? Because, largely, the institutions that make up the MWC are third-tier.

Reports I hear say football, the Denver media market and academics but there are posts here saying Denver media market holds no advantage over Kansas.

Anything new, or are we still "jerkin' our gherkin's" up in here?

Maybe KU should pull a Texas on them.

I would stop thinking about the MWC immediately. Worst-case scenario, KU is in the Big East.

No worries.

Exactamundo. MWC is the booby prize.

Wonder if this means that KC is done hosting conference tournaments now.