Big East and Big 12 Talking Merger

• GoPens

  

  Sorry if this was mentioned on one of the other threads but it looks like if Texas and Oklahoma bolt, then there are talks to merge these 2 leagues. Might be a mess with the different basketball teams in the Big East but it is interesting.
  
  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBC_CONFERENCE_REALIGNMENT_LEFT_OUT?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=SPORTS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
• bo shemmy3337

  This would only help the smaller market schools in those conferences so I doubt this will happen. The bigger schools like OU would be better off in the Pac 12
• GoPens

  

  According to the article, this would only happen if OU does leave. If they and Texas stay then this isn't happening.
• goosebumps

  

  Rumor floating around from a credible source that WVU is being denied by the SEC, reasons unclear right now.
  
  Cue everyone jumping on me for not listing my source... and go.
• jordo212000

  

  No big surprise about a merger. Makes perfect sense.
• SportsAndLady

  

  goosebumps;903520 wrote:Rumor floating around from a credible source that WVU is being denied by the SEC, reasons unclear right now.
  
  Cue everyone jumping on me for not listing my source... and go.

  I believe it
• goosebumps

  

  If they merge its a pretty decent conference, IMO better than the ACC.
• Ty Webb

  

  Listening to a radio station in Atlanta and they said the SEC is making a huge push for Notre Dame,TCU,and another un-named team
• GoPens

  

  Notre Dame will never join the SEC. Their academic standards won't permit it.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ND to the SEC..lmao
• Snoo

  I'm wondering where the leftovers will shed if they decide not to merge.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  goosebumps;903520 wrote:Rumor floating around from a credible source that WVU is being denied by the SEC, reasons unclear right now.
  
  Cue everyone jumping on me for not listing my source... and go.

  Reason is WVU brings nothing to the table.
  
  The Big 10 and SEC are the big boys, they aren't taking in squires just for the sake of doing it. A program has to bring something in. WVU ain't doing that.
• BigYtownRed

  When the SW conference folded years ago (in the 90s) Texas would not join the SEC because of their low academic standards they were considereing the Big 10 &/or PAC 10
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Ty Webb;903571 wrote:Listening to a radio station in Atlanta and they said the SEC is making a huge push for Notre Dame,TCU,and another un-named team

  It's more likely that Notre Dame moves their entire campus to Pyongyang.
• Iliketurtles

  

  LOL at ND to the SEC... gibby just please stop talking.
• karen lotz

  

  Iliketurtles;903780 wrote:LOL at ND to the SEC... gibby just please stop talking.

  
  eh to be fair to gibby, there was some talk about ND to the SEC probably back in August or so. Swarbrick has been in contact with a lot of people to keep any possible options open.
• wildcats20

  

  goosebumps;903556 wrote:If they merge its a pretty decent conference, IMO better than the ACC.

  For football I assume you mean.
• ts1227

  

  goosebumps;903520 wrote:Rumor floating around from a credible source that WVU is being denied by the SEC, reasons unclear right now.
  
  Cue everyone jumping on me for not listing my source... and go.

  Looks like the start of this rumor came from a Cincinnati message board.
  
  Tigerdroppings is refuting it, making it sound more like the SEC is sitting on it for a little bit (waiting for A&M, waiting for other moves, talking to Mizzou, god knows.)
• goosebumps

  

  wildcats20;903807 wrote:For football I assume you mean.

  Womens Field Hockey
• cats gone wild

  I dont know why the SEC would turn down WVU. They would be a good fit for football and basketball.
• justincredible

  

  cats gone wild;904039 wrote:I dont know why the SEC would turn down WVU. They would be a good fit for football and basketball.

  This is what I'm wondering. WVU is perennially in the top 25 in both sports. I'm not sure why Manhattan says WVU brings NOTHING to the table.
• ts1227

  

  I get where the WV market doesn't exactly add much to the footprint, but not the rest.
  
  It's the SEC, so academics don't matter, and the big money programs are good.
• justincredible

  

  Yeah, WVU's market may not be very big but the fans travel extremely well. I mean, what the fuck else is there to do in West Virginia?
• wildcats20

  

  justincredible;904348 wrote:Yeah, WVU's market may not be very big but the fans travel extremely well. I mean, what the fuck else is there to do in West Virginia?

  Family members?
• karen lotz

  

  justincredible;904348 wrote:Yeah, WVU's market may not be very big but the fans travel extremely well. I mean, what the fuck else is there to do in West Virginia?

  
  sisters.