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Omaha Herald Suggests B1G targeting UNC & Kansas.

  • Bruce Banner Ad said...

    Out of curiosity, I looked up the kansas football roster. They indeed have a bunch of kids from TX, (and ironically, a kid from Piscataway, NJ).

    But KU can currently tell recruits' parents that they'll get to see their kids four times a year: versus texas, TCU, TxTech, and Baylor. Big Ten recruiters couldn't use that pitch.

    Additionally, as bad as KU football is, they must be getting TX left-overs.

    I just don't see it translating into any Texas recruiting for MSU, which is all I care about.

    Do I think it would be a Texas recruiting boom for the B1G? no way. Big Ten will always get leftovers. Could it help improve? I think it could. But it would be the same thing with UNC and GT.

    Ps. does anyone know much about Google Fiber and BTN contracts?

    This post was edited by Black Dutch on 11/21/2012 at 1:18 PM

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    Black Dutch

  • Kansas doesn't really add anything that Nebraska didn't already add. And as others noted, Mizzou was throwing themselves at the B1G and got turned down.

    TX Sparty

  • Mizzou doesn't have any national reach and can't carry St. Louis or Kansas City...that's why they weren't added.

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    FORKS DOWN!!!

    Black Dutch

  • Ps. does anyone know much about Google Fiber and BTN contracts?

    No clue, but I do know I hadn't heard about the launch of Google Fiber until I started weighing job opportunities with one being in KC, which is where the first launch is. One giga data speed sounds pretty awesome.

    SanJuan ●

  • SanJuan said...

    No clue, but I do know I hadn't heard about the launch of Google Fiber until I started weighing job opportunities with one being in KC, which is where the first launch is. One giga data speed sounds pretty awesome.

    Eh, the RCMB would still crash.

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  • It's going to be a shame that we play half the original 10 schools only twice per decade.

    The conference division should be aligned "New" and "Old" divisions and we give the New Division Wisconsin.

    tTito

  • tTito said...

    It's going to be a shame that we play half the original 10 schools only twice per decade.

    The conference division should be aligned "New" and "Old" divisions and we give the New Division Wisconsin.

    Technically, we're not one of the original 10 schools.

    Go Green Girl

  • Go Green Girl said...

    Technically, we're not one of the original 10 schools.

    Damn lawyers.

    tTito

  • Eggy said...

    We messed up not getting Cuse adn Mizzou. No way UNC leaves the conference Duke is in. Kansas would be alright. Fun B Ball game recently

    I agree on Mizzou, but Cuse is a waste. Rutgers is 3X the add that Cuse would have been.

    jimmywalker

  • tTito said...

    It's going to be a shame that we play half the original 10 schools only twice per decade.

    The conference division should be aligned "New" and "Old" divisions and we give the New Division Wisconsin.

    That works out well, b/c wusconsin fans think football was invented in 1990, anyway.

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  • Wisconsin was an original member and was in the conference for fifty plus years before MSU came on the scene.

    Edit meant to quote Tito.

    This post was edited by Chitown_Badger on 11/21/2012 at 4:44 PM

    Chitown_Badger

  • Go Green Girl said...

    Can they replace Marlyand and Rutgers?

    This deserves to be nominated for POTY, but I'll never remember.

    Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx

    tGreenWay

  • Chitown_Badger said...

    Wisconsin was an original member and was in the conference for fifty plus years before MSU came on the scene.

    Edit meant to quote Tito.

    No one cares

    Haters gonna hate!

    TempleSpartan

  • SpartanHoops said...

    does kansas have a big tv market

    Delaney and Murdoch are going to parlay the BTN and the Royals cable to get into every home on the prairie.

    WBill19542 ●

  • Chitown_Badger said...

    Wisconsin was an original member and was in the conference for fifty plus years before MSU came on the scene and starting regularly kicking our asses like we owed them money.

    Fixed.

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  • spartan1998 said...

    Having to pick up Rutgers, Maryland and either Kansas or UNC just to get ND makes the whole end game not worth it. ND would be a great addition to the B1G, but not if you just gobble up everything and water the whole thing down.

    We're not talking about "Watering down" here. We're talking about $140 million or more to the BTN with only Rutgers and Md. Keep em coming. Back up the trucks for the piles of $$$$.

    Nίκη για MSU

    Bender

  • Bender said...

    We're not talking about "Watering down" here. We're talking about $140 million or more to the BTN with only Rutgers and Md. Keep em coming. Back up the trucks for the piles of $$$$.

    People complaining about watering down the conference only compare it to what it is right now. What if the move to 16-team superconferences is inevitable, and we wind up picking at leftovers like Louisville and WVU b/c we weren't pro-active? This is an academic conference first and foremost. I'd much rather my degree keep its value than go searching for stud football programs, (of which there aren't any available, anyway). We've got enough tough games on our schedule. I say a hearty welcome to our new doormat friends out east.

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  • The return of frontbutt to Spartan Stadium.

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  • Bruce Banner Ad said...

    People complaining about watering down the conference only compare it to what it is right now. What if the move to 16-team superconferences is inevitable, and we wind up picking at leftovers like Louisville and WVU b/c we weren't pro-active? This is an academic conference first and foremost. I'd much rather my degree keep its value than go searching for stud football programs, (of which there aren't any available, anyway). We've got enough tough games on our schedule. I say a hearty welcome to our new doormat friends out east.

    Delany will only pick the biggest TV markets left. UL and WVU will never get the call.

    SpartanHoops

  • SpartanHoops said...

    Delany will only pick the biggest TV markets left. UL and WVU will never get the call.

    My point is that if we wait, there might not be any big markets left. Much better to be pro-active.

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  • Missouri would have been a good get...plus they are in the Midwest even? Doesn't geographic location mean anything?

    vaspartan

  • vaspartan said...

    Missouri would have been a good get...plus they are in the Midwest even? Doesn't geographic location mean anything?

    Do we really want to play the TarHeels in basketball twice a year? Our record is something like 3-12....

    vaspartan

  • I firmly believe that we could still pull Mizzou if we want them.

    The B1G has the best TV arrangement with the fact that they own 49% of their conference network and the best academic consortium.

    The Pac-12 will possibly be comparable with the Pac-12 network eventually, but I think being on the East coast puts us in much better timezones as far as population goes (half the US lives east of the Mississippi alone).

    The fact remains, being in the SEC doesn't change the equation for Mizzou. They're better off in the SEC than they were in the Big 12, but that doesn't mean that the B1G isn't the best game in town.

    The farting birds will stop when the crappy topics do

    Seer

  • vaspartan said...

    Missouri would have been a good get...plus they are in the Midwest even? Doesn't geographic location mean anything?

    it shouldn't mean anything...maryland and rutgers may be "meh" but Mizzou is worse than them. If the B1G wanted Mizzou, they would have been members loooooong time ago.

    tVargMan Prime

  • Hondo is saying the same thing.

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