BleedGopher
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per CBS:
If you're Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, or the SEC's Greg Sankey, aren't you wondering if now is the time to become that 16-school superconference we all envisioned being the future five years ago?
Don't you at least pick up the phone and ask?
I don't care what they say publicly, or what they now believe about expansion, you can't tell me that Texas and Oklahoma wouldn't seriously consider leaving for the Big Ten or SEC if the offer was out there.
Hypothetically, the Big Ten could call up Texas, bringing the Longhorns and Kansas Jayhawks into the fold. The conference would be adding one of the biggest brands in college football with the Longhorns, and it would bring in a Kansas basketball program that's one of the best in the country. Adding the massive Texas television market would be a huge coup for the Big Ten Network, and adding the Longhorns to the West would help balance the power in the Big Ten's divisions. Kansas' arrival wouldn't do much for football -- the Texas addition offsets that -- but it could put the Big Ten on par with the ACC as far as basketball is concerned, and the Big Ten cares about basketball.
The SEC could then follow up by going after the Big 12's other cornerstone program: Oklahoma. The Sooners would be yet another strong football program added to the SEC's arsenal, and if you get Oklahoma, you're probably getting Oklahoma State, too, a program that doesn't receive as much attention as it probably should when it comes to football success in recent years.
The SEC, already the strongest football conference in the country, would suddenly be even stronger.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...or-the-big-ten-sec-to-poach-the-big-12-again/
Go Gophers!!
If you're Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, or the SEC's Greg Sankey, aren't you wondering if now is the time to become that 16-school superconference we all envisioned being the future five years ago?
Don't you at least pick up the phone and ask?
I don't care what they say publicly, or what they now believe about expansion, you can't tell me that Texas and Oklahoma wouldn't seriously consider leaving for the Big Ten or SEC if the offer was out there.
Hypothetically, the Big Ten could call up Texas, bringing the Longhorns and Kansas Jayhawks into the fold. The conference would be adding one of the biggest brands in college football with the Longhorns, and it would bring in a Kansas basketball program that's one of the best in the country. Adding the massive Texas television market would be a huge coup for the Big Ten Network, and adding the Longhorns to the West would help balance the power in the Big Ten's divisions. Kansas' arrival wouldn't do much for football -- the Texas addition offsets that -- but it could put the Big Ten on par with the ACC as far as basketball is concerned, and the Big Ten cares about basketball.
The SEC could then follow up by going after the Big 12's other cornerstone program: Oklahoma. The Sooners would be yet another strong football program added to the SEC's arsenal, and if you get Oklahoma, you're probably getting Oklahoma State, too, a program that doesn't receive as much attention as it probably should when it comes to football success in recent years.
The SEC, already the strongest football conference in the country, would suddenly be even stronger.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...or-the-big-ten-sec-to-poach-the-big-12-again/
Go Gophers!!