Colorado set to announce move to Pac 10

• gorocks99

  

  http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-06-10/colorado-set-announce-move-pac-10
  

  Colorado is now officially the first domino to fall in college football expansion. The Buffs will formally announce today that they are leaving the Big 12 for the Pac-10, according to a source close to the situation.

  Colorado already with an invitation: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5270048
• enigmaax

  So is this good or bad for the Pac 10 and/or Big XII?
  
  Will the three Texases leave Baylor behind or did this kill a major defection (meaning, the Big XII will simply add a couple more teams and remain intact)?
  
  If the Baylor issue is a deal breaker, was this a good move for the Pac 10 who would then probably add Utah. Was Texas/Oklahoma/anyone else a better move than Colorado/Utah?
• gorocks99

  

  This is bad for the Big XII. Once one moves, they're all gonna jump ship. That conference is as good as dead.
• enigmaax

  Interesting speculation from an ESPN article:
  
  "The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game."
  
  "The Pac-10 doesn't believe in a championship game," the coach said. "And coaches in the Big 12 don't like it anyway."
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5270048
• the_system

  gorocks99;385400 wrote:This is bad for the Big XII. Once one moves, they're all gonna jump ship. That conference is as good as dead.

  
  The only team that will ruin the conference from the North is Nebraska. Colorado looks like they are trying to one up Nebraska by trying to seem like they caused the conference collapse, and chaos in college football in general. Meanwhile people could give a shit less about them and just shake their heads to focus on what Nebraska and Texas are going to do. Colorado's domino isn't knocking over anything.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  enigmaax;385422 wrote:Interesting speculation from an ESPN article:
  
  "The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game."
  
  "The Pac-10 doesn't believe in a championship game," the coach said. "And coaches in the Big 12 don't like it anyway."
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5270048

  
  This is what I hope the Big Ten does. Screw conference championship games.
  
  I also expect the other Big XII left that don't move will get gobbled up by the MWC and WAC.
• krambman

  

  enigmaax;385397 wrote:So is this good or bad for the Pac 10 and/or Big XII?
  
  Will the three Texases leave Baylor behind or did this kill a major defection (meaning, the Big XII will simply add a couple more teams and remain intact)?
  
  If the Baylor issue is a deal breaker, was this a good move for the Pac 10 who would then probably add Utah. Was Texas/Oklahoma/anyone else a better move than Colorado/Utah?

  
  This definitely dooms the Big XII. You now have the two flagship teams in the North division bolting for other conferences and Missouri is sure to follow if they are offered by the Big Ten. Even though those in Texas would prefer to see all four Texas schools leave together they are not stupid enough to let Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech get left out because no one wants Baylor. The Big XII will be no more.
• FatHobbit

  

  enigmaax;385422 wrote:"The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game."

  
  So why even bother being in the same conference if you'll never play each other and can meet up in a bowl game?
• enigmaax

  FatHobbit;385451 wrote:So why even bother being in the same conference if you'll never play each other and can meet up in a bowl game?

  
  Because everybody still shares the total money from TV, bowls, etc.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  FatHobbit;385451 wrote:So why even bother being in the same conference if you'll never play each other and can meet up in a bowl game?

  
  Oh, I'm sure that they will have a round robin of each team in the other division. So, Oklahoma would play USC like every 3rd year and Texas would play Oregon every 3rd year. Something like that.
  
  I just like the fact that they are possibly not making a conference title game, which I've always been against and see no point than only to make more money.
• gorocks99

  

  Officially official:
  http://www.pac-10.org/genrel/061010aaa.html
• karen lotz

  

  "...we are proud to accept this invitation from the Pac-10 and join the most prestigious academic and athletic conference in the nation."
  
  That might make some of the natives restless.
• gorocks99

  

  Pac 10 is top notch when it comes to academics and full athletics.
• karen lotz

  

  gorocks99;385513 wrote:Pac 10 is top notch when it comes to academics and full athletics.

  
  Not in the eyes of some on this board.
• rock_knutne

  It's official:
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438
• sleeper

  

  gorocks99;385513 wrote:Pac 10 is top notch when it comes to academics and full athletics.

  
  It's second to the Big Ten, which isn't a bad thing.
• rock_knutne

  ^^^^^I about spit my drink all over the monitor after reading that!
• karen lotz

  

  gorocks99;385513 wrote:Pac 10 is top notch when it comes to academics and full athletics.

  karen lotz;385521 wrote:Not in the eyes of some on this board.

  sleeper;385549 wrote:It's second to the Big Ten, which isn't a bad thing.

  
  
  Didn't take that long at all.
• vball10set

  ...and the de-Big12ification begins
• sleeper

  

  rock_knutne;385577 wrote:^^^^^I about spit my drink all over the monitor after reading that!

  
  http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/page+2
  
  Here are the rankings.
  
  Ruined.
  
  The entire Big Ten is ranked in the top 71.
  
  The Pac - 10 not so much LOL
• gorocks99

  

  According the US News and World Report rankings:
  
  4. Stanford
  21. Cal
  24. UCLA
  26. USC
  42. Washington
  77. University of Colorado
  102. Arizona
  106. Washington State
  115. Oregon
  121. Arizona State
  Tier 3/Unranked. Oregon State
  
  vs.
  
  12. Northwestern
  27. Michigan
  39. Illinois
  39. Wisconsin
  47. Penn State
  53. Ohio State
  61. Purdue
  61. Minnesota
  71. Indiana
  71. Michigan State
  71. Iowa
  96. Nebraska
  
  Pac 10 has the higher end schools, with four in the top 26 (compared to one for the Big Ten) but Big Ten definitely has the better body of work.
• dat dude

  sleeper;385719 wrote:http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/page+2
  
  Here are the rankings.
  
  Ruined.
  
  The entire Big Ten is ranked in the top 71.
  
  The Pac - 10 not so much LOL

  
  That might make the native domers restless.
• LJ

  

  gorocks99;385736 wrote:According the US News and World Report rankings:
  
  4. Stanford
  21. Cal
  24. UCLA
  26. USC
  42. Washington
  77. University of Colorado
  102. Arizona
  106. Washington State
  115. Oregon
  121. Arizona State
  Tier 3/Unranked. Oregon State
  
  vs.
  
  12. Northwestern
  27. Michigan
  39. Illinois
  39. Wisconsin
  47. Penn State
  53. Ohio State
  61. Purdue
  61. Minnesota
  71. Indiana
  71. Michigan State
  71. Iowa
  96. Nebraska
  
  Pac 10 has the higher end schools, with four in the top 26 (compared to one for the Big Ten) but Big Ten definitely has the better body of work.

  
  Pac10 average ranking 69
  Big Ten average ranking 51
• LJ

  

  If you include Chicago, which is academically a Big Ten school, the big ten's average ranking drops to 48
• krambman

  

  Average Pac-10 rank with Colorado = 70.4
  Average Pac-10 rank without Colorado = 69.8
  Average Big Ten rank with Nebraska = 54.0
  Average Big Ten rank without Nebraska = 50.5
  
  The Pac-10 average included Oregon State at 136 because there are 135 schools above Tier 3. No one is arguing that California has the best college system in the country (both public and private) but outside of that state the rest of the conference isn't close to being on the Big Ten's level. In fact, half of the (old) Pac-10 conference is ranked below the entire Big Ten. Yes, they have a few top schools in the Pac-10, but as far as the top academic conference in the country, it's hard to argue against the Big Ten (and I'm just talking D-1A football conferences).