****The official NEW new conference realignment thread.****

[Saul Good]

the second thread has been pronounced dead.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

The fighting oranges?

Oh yeah!

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

I think they are trying to rope in FSU and Notre Dame in which the contracts would be torn up and completely re-written.

I only think this because these are the only two schools that have been mentioned specifically by Big 12 administrators during the Big 12 meetings a couple months ago.

Those are the only two schools that add any real value to the Big 12 at this point. If ND cannot be convinced then the deal will be finalized and signed. Which is probably what will end up happening...I think.

Why do you "think" that UT would want those 2 power schools in their conference? I don't think a few extra million a year is as important to UT as it is to the other schools who would be all over adding those 2 schools.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan369

Why do MU fans seem so butt-hurt about everything everywhere at all times? Did Jerry Sandusky pay the whole fanbase a visit?

So whose ****ing mult is this?

[TLO]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

So whose ****ing mult is this?

I'm not a mult. I am not even going to participate in this thread.

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gigglepants

Why do you "think" that UT would want those 2 power schools in their conference? I don't think a few extra million a year is as important to UT as it is to the other schools who would be all over adding those 2 schools.

Its not UT's conference anymore, and they are the ones trying to rope in ND the hardest. UT just has a single vote now, not all the pull of the conference.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gigglepants

Why do you "think" that UT would want those 2 power schools in their conference? I don't think a few extra million a year is as important to UT as it is to the other schools who would be all over adding those 2 schools.

Who says UT is driving it? UT is one of the schools against expansion apparently. The thought was the Big 12 needed to expand to make the SEC happy with the whole Champions Bowl thing. But that doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Its not UT's conference anymore, and they are the ones trying to rope in ND the hardest. UT just has a single vote now, not all the pull of the conference.

UT is proxy voting for TT, and OU, who will always go along with UT, is proxy voting for OSU. UT has 4 votes.

Why would UT want ND in their conference when the B12 champion is guaranteed a spot at the table? I don't think the money is worth it to them. All the rumblings about how the conference is best left at 10 comes from UT. It's a much easier path to the playoff, which is all that matters now.

Now, if the Champions Bowl really does require the B12 to have a CCG all that will change. How much truthiness is there to that requirement by the SEC? I haven't really seen anything that would pass the Wickedson smell test, but that's the only scenario where I see any more teams coming to the league.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gigglepants

UT is proxy voting for TT, and OU, who will always go along with UT, is proxy voting for OSU. UT has 4 votes.

Why would UT want ND in their conference when the B12 champion is guaranteed a spot at the table? I don't think the money is worth it to them. All the rumblings about how the conference is best left at 10 comes from UT. It's a much easier path to the playoff, which is all that matters now.

Now, if the Champions Bowl really does require the B12 to have a CCG all that will change. How much truthiness is there to that requirement by the SEC? I haven't really seen anything that would pass the Wickedson smell test, but that's the only scenario where I see any more teams coming to the league.

"Requirement" and "making someone happy" are nowhere near the same thing.

The idea that the SEC would require anything of the Big 12 is laughable.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

"Requirement" and "making someone happy" are nowhere near the same thing.

The idea that the SEC would require anything of the Big 12 is laughable.

If the SEC included that requirement in negotiations, the Big 12 WILL do it.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

"Requirement" and "making someone happy" are nowhere near the same thing.

The idea that the SEC would require anything of the Big 12 is laughable.

Deals don't get done on "making someone happy" terms. If the deal says the CCG is required it will be required. If it doesn't say that a CCG is required then one isn't required. It either is or isn't, and yes the B12 will expand if it is required considering the stakes.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

If the SEC included that requirement in negotiations, the Big 12 WILL do it.

Or they tried, were denied...and signed it anyway.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gigglepants

Deals don't get done on "making someone happy" terms. If the deal says the CCG is required it will be required. If it doesn't say that a CCG is required then one isn't required. It either is or isn't, and yes the B12 will expand if it is required considering the stakes.

As far as I know the deal is signed. The SEC has good football teams but they obviously don't have that kind of pull. Otherwise they would have made it a requirement.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Better go tell ESPN and FOX. I don't think they got your memo.

Texa$$$$$$$ silly

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Why would FOX, ESPN, the SEC, etc all give the Big 12 so much money if it had any shitty football teams? Your statement makes no sense.

I assume you're talking about Kansas being that they had a couple really down years.

But we'e seen the potential Kansas has when it comes to football. There's no reason to believe what has once been achieved cannot come again.

For other schools, like say Missouri, you can say that because they've never accomplished anything the same level as say a KU.

So maybe you might want to chill until you guys actually show us something. You only come off as delusional.

everything in that post is epic fail. You outdid yourself this time. Brilliant.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by tredadda

everything in that post is epic fail. You outdid yourself this time. Brilliant.

I'd be bitter if my team was 0-3 in the BCS as well. But lets move on, there's football coming.