Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[ORD_Buckeye]

For what it's worth, SMU probably deserved the national title in 1982 when they went 11-0-1 and beat Dan Marino's Pitt Panthers in the Cotton Bowl (the title went to the Pedsters, and SMU finished #2 in both polls), and Houston came very close in 1979 (they finished 11-1 with a Cotton Bowl victory over Nebraska, and finished #5 in both polls).

You leave out the most tragic aspect of the voting. Two Dallas hookers were found beaten to death with a baseball bat the following morning. Coincidence?

 

[MaxBuck]

... SMU probably deserved the national title in 1982 when they went 11-0-1 and beat Dan Marino's Pitt Panthers in the Cotton Bowl

No more so than the Pittsburgh Steelers deserved the national collegiate title in 1979.

 

[BB73]

WVU will play in the Big 12 this fall, and the Big East will be getting $20 million,.

CBS

 

[LitlBuck]

No more so than the Pittsburgh Steelers deserved the national collegiate title in 1979.

 

[LitlBuck]

Did not know if I should put this here or Nick's thread:tongue2:

cbs

As of this moment, there is -- almost without question -- no more powerful coach in all of college football than Alabama's Nick Saban. But as it turns out, even Saban couldn't pull enough strings to get someone other than Missouri the coveted 14th invite to the SEC.

That's according to the account provided to the Charleston Daily Mailby West Virginia senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia University graduate, who said he and Saban had spoken and "were working toward" snagging that invitation for the Mountaineers before the league settled on the Tigers. Both Saban and his wife Terry are West Virginia natives, and Saban spent two seasons in the late '70s as a defensive assistant for the Mountaineers.

"I thought we could have been in the SEC," Manchin said. "I talked to my dear friend Nick Saban about that, and, like me, he said, 'I would like West Virginia in the SEC,' and we were working toward that."​

The Charleston Gazette also reported in October that Saban had been lobbying behind the scenes for West Virginia. But to no avail: Missouri was officially added as the SEC's 14th team in early November.

"They chose Missouri instead, and then you never heard a thing else about it," Manchin said.

That decision helped lead to a bitter political struggle between Manchin and Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell. McConnell, a Louisville graduate and Republican, reportedly attempted to block the Mountaineers' bid to join the Big 12 with the hopes of getting the Cardinals the invitation instead; Manchin, a Democrat, responded by publicly calling for Congress to hold hearings on whether McConnell had committed an ethics violation.

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[TooTall]

Oh god... WVU would be SO entertaining in the SEC! They'd get beat by 40+ every week.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Oh god... WVU would be SO entertaining in the SEC! They'd get beat by 40+ every week.

That is entertaining. Not like MIZZOU will be any better.

 

[TooTall]

That is entertaining. Not like MIZZOU will be any better.

They'll make more noise against WVU. Mizzou at least has enough talent to beat the likes of Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ole Miss. WVU, not so much.

 

[buckeyescott11]

It would be interesting to see how the teams play in the snow if they were at WVU, but still I've seen some games where it was snowing at Mizzou, at least I think I have?

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

They'll make more noise against WVU. Mizzou at least has enough talent to beat the likes of Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ole Miss. WVU, not so much.

Possibly, but I say the Moonshiners get 1/3 of those teams just because they would be at home.

I will be rooting for MIZZOU against the bottom feeders of SEC just because they are the SEC SEC SEC guys you get to meet at the airport that find it in their heart to tell me tOSU wouldn't win a game in their conference.

 

[TooTall]

Possibly, but I say the Moonshiners get 1/3 of those teams just because they would be at home.

I will be rooting for MIZZOU against the bottom feeders of SEC just because they are the SEC SEC SEC guys you get to meet at the airport that find it in their heart to tell me tOSU wouldn't win a game in their conference.

You kiddin me? I'm rooting for Mizzou to win the SEC every year. I don't mind the Gawja Bulldogs too much.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

It would be interesting to see how the teams play in the snow if they were at WVU, but still I've seen some games where it was snowing at Mizzou, at least I think I have?

I didn't even think about that aspect. As someone posted before with a pic. INTERDASTING!

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

You kiddin me? I'm rooting for Mizzou to win the SEC every year. I don't mind the Gawja Bulldogs too much.

UGA has been okay. I would say UK, UT, LSU, Miss St., Miss., and anything Bama State has been rough to be around. Almost as bad as the Juggalos a few years ago.

 

[TooTall]

UGA has been okay. I would say UK, UT, LSU, Miss St., Miss., and anything Bama State has been rough to be around. Almost as bad as the Juggalos a few years ago.

The SEC are the Juggalos of the South.

 

[knapplc]

C-USA, MWC dissolving to form new league

The institutions from Conference USA and the Mountain West are dissolving both leagues to create their own conference, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com.

The new conference will start in the 2013-14 academic year. Conference USA and the Mountain West would continue as is for the 2012-13 season.

The reason that the institutions are dissolving and forming their own league and not just merging is for legal reasons, sources said.

The new league ? which is yet to be named ? is expected to consist of Southern Miss, Marshall, East Carolina, UAB, Tulsa, Rice, UTEP and Tulane from C-USA and Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, Fresno State, Nevada and Hawaii from the MWC. Hawaii would be a football-only member, making a 15-team all-sports conference and a 16-team football conference.