So what are the chances of Louisville still joining the Big 12??

[Demo158]

Prob luked but the topic has even more relevance after tonight. They have a very good and relevant football program and a national championship team in bball. Since the geography's already effed up screw it, lets go get this school!!

[wetwillie]

Oh hello dax

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

This ought to wake the Beebe's of the world the eff up.

[kim carnes]

what does winning a b-ball game have anything to do with conference realignment?

[MakeItRain]

Prob luked but the topic has even more relevance after tonight. They have a very good and relevant football program and a national championship team in bball. Since the geography's already effed up screw it, lets go get this school!!

Pretty much none, we screwed up and rough ridin' took TCU.

[ksupamplemousse]

what does winning a b-ball game have anything to do with conference realignment?

It could be a tiebreaker if we are looking at other schools with comparable football programs and TV sets.

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

what does winning a b-ball game have anything to do with conference realignment?

They won the Orange Bowl!!!

[MakeItRain]

what does winning a b-ball game have anything to do with conference realignment?

They won the Orange Bowl!!!

Their athletic department is and has been a cash machine

[Demo158]

Prob luked but the topic has even more relevance after tonight. They have a very good and relevant football program and a national championship team in bball. Since the geography's already effed up screw it, lets go get this school!!

Pretty much none, we screwed up and rough ridin' took TCU.

Thanks, I hadn't heard anything about it since the TCU and West Virginia additions. I'd easily trade them for WV in a heartbeat

[kim carnes]

If Louisville had any class they would have fired Pitino for rough ridin' that waitress and this Nat'l title never would've happened.  Arkansas has more respect than them for God's sake.

[BWebbs0]

Louisville has generated nearly $30 million due to the BCS Sugar Bowl and the NCAA Championship. That isn't even counting their women's team.

TCU and WVU are jokes. They won't generate anything near that while they are in the Big 12.

[bones129]

If Louisville had any class they would have fired Pitino for rough ridin' that waitress and this Nat'l title never would've happened.  Arkansas has more respect than them for God's sake.

Pitino's indiscretion has been a bit lost in all this National Championship and Hall of Fame business. 

[Demo158]

If Louisville had any class they would have fired Pitino for rough ridin' that waitress and this Nat'l title never would've happened.  Arkansas has more respect than them for God's sake.

How is this relevant to them being a good addition to the conference? Part of the Big 12's history is coaching scandals! 

[MakeItRain]

Pitino's indiscretion has been a bit lost in all this National Championship and Hall of Fame business. 

Wait, you expect people to care about an affair that happened years ago? Are you advocating that people base their hall of fame votes on who has or hasn't reportedly had affairs dumbass

[kim carnes]

Pitino's indiscretion has been a bit lost in all this National Championship and Hall of Fame business. 

Wait, you expect people to care about an affair that happened years ago? Are you advocating that people base their hall of fame votes on who has or hasn't reportedly had affairs dumbass

Yeah, I actually do expect people to care about that, especially when its someone who is employed by a university.  I mean jfc.

[ednksu]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as long as Louisville has John Schnatter pumping money into football and Rick at the helm for basketball, lonely bird is a fantastic get.

[MakeItRain]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as long as Louisville has John Schnatter pumping money into football and Rick at the helm for basketball, lonely bird is a fantastic get.

I don't think that John Schnatter is some kind of high roller at Louisville, I know he isn't in the top 2 donors there. Papa Johns made paid $5 million dollars for naming rights back in 1998, I haven't seen any documentation of him giving money since then. Also DYK that Papa John's Cardinal Stadium only cost $198 million in 1998. That's not a renovation, that was the cost of a completely new stadium.

[ednksu]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as long as Louisville has John Schnatter pumping money into football and Rick at the helm for basketball, lonely bird is a fantastic get.

I don't think that John Schnatter is some kind of high roller at Louisville, I know he isn't in the top 2 donors there. Papa Johns made paid $5 million dollars for naming rights back in 1998, I haven't seen any documentation of him giving money since then. Also DYK that Papa John's Cardinal Stadium only cost $198 million in 1998. That's not a renovation, that was the cost of a completely new stadium.

He also donated 10 Million for the expansion.  And there are also other ties to the university which don't appear with a quick search.  I haven't heard that its changed, but Papa Johns being the official pizza is a relationship also worth a couple hundred thousand a year.  Being that Papa John's world hq is in Louisville I can assure you there is a strong relationship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John's_Cardinal_Stadium


I guess its here nor there.  When you have a number of rich benefactors ponying up millions of dollars to make you a football program with quality facilities and amenities, you should garner attention form top conferences. I think we can agree to that? 

[MakeItRain]

Yeah, my point was they have a lot of high rollers, some dude scratched a check for $25 million of his own money, not money routed from the company.

[PowercatPat]

Add them and FSU now.

[ednksu]

Yeah, my point was they have a lot of high rollers, some dude scratched a check for $25 million of his own money, not money routed from the company.

Well in the future I would suggest that guy run that money through his company for a sweet business expense write off.    

I wonder how long Rick stays around, the years do appear to be wearing on him a bit.  At least their football program is becoming 'big' enough to retain coaches like Strong (although the caller is going through some tough times).  I still wonder why people here were so against them joining the conference.  Maybe too many people had flashbacks to our all purple flat uniforms.

[Demo158]

Add them and FSU now.

Would definitely take this.. We would have a very good chance of being the most elite conference in the NCAA with those two added It would also be nice to actually have twelve teams again

[ednksu]

Add them and FSU now.

Would definitely take this.. We would have a very good chance of being the most elite conference in the NCAA with those two added It would also be nice to actually have twelve teams again

probably not going to happen as that would require the Big 12 to stop acting Big 12eO. 

[PowercatPat]

Add them and FSU now.

Would definitely take this.. We would have a very good chance of being the most elite conference in the NCAA with those two added It would also be nice to actually have twelve teams again

probably not going to happen as that would require the Big 12 to stop acting Big 12eO.

Ya I don't like it. 10 teams is great but for stability, we are going to have to expand before it's too late.

[deputy dawg]

We should invite Louisville this summer, along with FSU, and have plans to move that invitation earlier if rumblings are that other conferences will preempt the Big 12.  As it is, the conference seems to only react to other conference realignment moves.  Louisville would be a good counter to the idea that Big 12 basketball is KU and a bunch of other schmucks.