Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

[MakeItRain]

This is gross and dumb.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15492344/wish-college-football-expansion-realignment-looked-like
Also someone should tell their graphic artist how to find New Orleans, Ames, and Iowa City on a map/

[michigancat]

The fact that these alleged academics are trying to cite this bullshit study by this consulting group as an argument for expansion is so infuriating.

[Shooter Jones]

Honest to god question because I have zero idea, but can the government step in when it comes to confy realignment?

[WillieWatanabe]

OU twitter is very fired up about this. They want out so bad.

[michigancat]

OU twitter is very fired up about this. They want out so bad.

why? because UT?

[Skipper44]

Honest to god question because I have zero idea, but can the government step in when it comes to confy realignment?

my hope on this that politicians from states that get demoted from the big time (like Kansas  ) will come hard after the tax benefit of donations. 

[WillieWatanabe]

OU twitter is very fired up about this. They want out so bad.

why? because UT?

they think the Big 12 is not around in 5 years and they want out. I think most would go with Texas wherever.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Honest to god question because I have zero idea, but can the government step in when it comes to confy realignment?

As long as K-State is ok, then I want the government to just mind its own business, but as soon as K-State gets midmajor status, they should just come in and destroy college football altogether, imo.

[michigancat]

OU twitter is very fired up about this. They want out so bad.

why? because UT?

they think the Big 12 is not around in 5 years and they want out. I think most would go with Texas wherever.

It seems like the only thing that would kill the Big 12 within 5 years would be them and/or Texas jumping ship.

[ksu101]

It's going to feel so good when the American and MWC are fighting over us.   

[DQ12]

OU twitter is very fired up about this. They want out so bad.

why? because UT?

they think the Big 12 is not around in 5 years and they want out. I think most would go with Texas wherever.

It seems like the only thing that would kill the Big 12 within 5 years would be them and/or Texas jumping ship.

Yep.  They just want to feel important.  Same reason any other fanbase wants to leave.

[wetwillie]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

[KITNfury]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

I won't care about sports of any kind on any level of K-State is left out.

[Rage Against the McKee]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

I won't care about sports of any kind on any level of K-State is left out.

I would watch Royals baseball and nothing else.

[wetwillie]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

I won't care about sports of any kind on any level of K-State is left out.

I would watch Royals baseball and nothing else.

I'm pretty much already there

[TheHamburglar]

In his interview with Kurtz, Currie mentioned 14 a couple of times.  First time was a "10, 12, or 14".  Just found that interesting. 

[Skipper44]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

I won't care about sports of any kind on any level of K-State is left out.

Questiioning why I live in KC will be no longer be limited to winter/Brucektball season

[scottwildcat]

It's funny how much 6 years has changed how I feel about potentially not being in a major conference.

I legit lost sleep over the idea of K-State not being in a major conference when this all started. Now idc and I'm at an all time low when it comes to my fandom of the Cats.

[MakeItRain]

Lifetime loser Royals fans acting like their newfound Royals fandom is some kind of time or emotional zero sum game cracks me up.

You dumbasses don't care because its rough ridin' May and you know we have no chance of being left out of a power conference, not because of a below .500 baseball team 6.5 games behind the White Sox

[scottwildcat]

Lifetime loser Royals fans acting like their newfound Royals fandom is some kind of time or emotional zero sum game cracks me up.

You dumbasses don't care because its rough ridin' May and you know we have no chance of being left out of a power conference, not because of a below .500 baseball team 6.5 games behind the White Sox

My statement has nothing to do with the royals. My statement is based on neither football or basketball having any sort of likability.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Lifetime loser Royals fans acting like their newfound Royals fandom is some kind of time or emotional zero sum game cracks me up.

You dumbasses don't care because its rough ridin' May and you know we have no chance of being left out of a power conference, not because of a below .500 baseball team 6.5 games behind the White Sox

My thoughts exactly. 

[DQ12]

I agree that it's very unlikely we ever get left out.  That said, if it did happen, I'd have a really hard time staying interested. 

[Shooter Jones]

I had a dream once that Colorado and Colorado State were in the Big 12 (I live in Denver, and cause drugs). Break up with WVU and bring back Missouri and I'd be alright with that confy. Would obvi never happen, but it'd be chock full of rivalries and kind make sense geographically.

Classic Nortards: CU, CSU, KU, KSU, ISU, MU
South: OSU, OU, TT, UT, TCU, BU

[Skipper44]

I am afraid we don't get formally left out but the Big 12 is a distant 5th in the power 5 without OU or UT.  I haven't listened to the whole thing but this podcast with oscar Feldman, Stewart Mandel and Dennis Dodd paints a not very exciting picture of the futurehttp://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/texas-longhorns-big-12-expansion-podcast-050916

[michigancat]

I am afraid we don't get formally left out but the Big 12 is a distant 5th in the power 5 without OU or UT.  I haven't listened to the whole thing but this podcast with oscar Feldman, Stewart Mandel and Dennis Dodd paints a not very exciting picture of the futurehttp://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/texas-longhorns-big-12-expansion-podcast-050916

You had to listen to a podcast to learn that?