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[billybud]

The Dude has been hyping the Big 12 non stop for five years....and before he was the Dude of West Virginia, and Chris Lambert, he blogged under the title "Honus, the Dude, Sweed".

Some of Honus, the Dude, Sweed's swill from years ago...


" Honus "The Dude" Sneed comes down from the mountain (and off his mountain bike) to share his thoughts on Big 12 expansion rumors and the status of Clemson and FSU.

But before I “spill my beans” I want to give you the same warning I was given by my friend at WVU.

Realignment talks take place in the dark. They are sensitive and can fall apart at anytime and all the parties involved will deny their involvement.

Clemson and FSU have an agreement in principal to withdraw from the ACC and compete in the Big 12 starting in 2013.

The announcement will come shortly after the new BCS 4+1 playoff system is ratified.

If you would try and GPS the route of the road to the national championship of college football, you would see it runs through the SEC, Big 12, and the Pac 12 but doesn’t seem to have any on-ramps from tobacco road.

And that’s really not even open to debate as even wise sages and renowned ACC apologists admit the Big 12 is by far the better football league."

And the beauty of the internet is that so many of us are entertained by a guy like Honus Sweed (the dude, Chris Lambert, and other incarnations).

 

[billybud]

With apologies to the Statler Brothers.....

But the Kooks of Realignment had their dreams
They all thought they'd change the Big 12 with their predicted deeds
Or maybe they just thought the conference would change to fit their needs
But the Kooks of Realignment had their dreams

Flugaur's in The Boneyard
M-Hver needs a pair
Yoda's in a rubber room
the Dude is on welfare
Texbeerme is deep in cow pies
Buckanair is deep in debt
Where Doc and 2x ended up
Is anybody's bet

But the Kooks of Realignment had their dreams
They all thought they'd change the world with a bogus source
And stuck, they can't dismount the horse.
The Kooks of Realignment had their dreams

 

[The Viking]

I totally forgot we had a CR board

 

[dayooper]

The dude just can't keep well enough alone, can he. Flugar can't leave a Dude tweet alone, can he. Ridiculous.

#1. Where are these great time slots ESPM is going to give them? They already are paying big money for the SEC, ACC and Big10. They can't get enough money from the Big10 games to sell them. Is ESPN going to sell the rights to other networks? I know there are regional games, but they also have national games they want everyone to see.

#2. Why would ESPN/Fox pay $80 million to keep UT/OU in the Big12. ESPN doesn't want the Big12, wasn't willing to give them a network, wasn't willing to pay for expansion and has left them out of the majority of their national time slots. Now they are willing to pay more? Lunacy!

#3. Why do the networks want to avoid consolidation? Consolidation will give them better games more often. Instead of regional games, they would have a more national appeal. Sure, games with Minnesota, Purdue and the like wouldn't be popular, but you would get games with Michigan, OSU, PSU and Wisky to go along with the renewed rivalry with Nebraska. Oklahoma would get an even more national exposure.

#4. It was Wisconsin and Michigan that led the charge to kick-out Nebraska from he AAU. They would have held the vote a year earlier but thee wasn't enough support to get the votes. UofM and UW knew they wanted to vote Nebby out of the AAU, yet they voted them into the Big10.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

GREG SW AIM SHOW ‏@GSw aim 16h16 hours ago
Interesting rumor in Houston tonight. #Sooners, #OKState to #SEC, with #Bama, #Auburn to SEC East. Rumors only, but interesting scenario!!

 

[pj]

GREG SW AIM SHOW ‏@GSw aim 16h16 hours ago
Interesting rumor in Houston tonight. #Sooners, #OKState to #SEC, with #Bama, #Auburn to SEC East. Rumors only, but interesting scenario!!

OK. If that happens, then the exodus from the B12 is underway. Texas would be next up. Do they go B1G or independent/ACC with a ND-like deal?

 

[shizzle787]

OK. If that happens, then the exodus from the B12 is underway. Texas would be next up. Do they go B1G or independent/ACC with a ND-like deal?

If they go ND method, you have to think us and Kansas are on the inside track for the B1G.

 

[TGW93]

Just sayin' - it's interesting our "new" FB coach knows what it takes to succeed at UCONN and has experience coaching in the acc and B1G....

 

[Ldandy]

GREG SW AIM SHOW ‏@GSw aim 16h16 hours ago
Interesting rumor in Houston tonight. #Sooners, #OKState to #SEC, with #Bama, #Auburn to SEC East. Rumors only, but interesting scenario!!

Oklahoma/Oklahoma State Fans would LOVE this but I'm not sure how this is financially viable unless ESPN is willing to overpay on the next contract? Maybe they would just to control the rights to The Sooners? Moving Bama and Auburn would allow old rivalries like UT/Bama, and UGA/AU to be scheduled more easily. You could then move Mizzou to the west. The power would instantly swing back to the east, but if a few teams from the west step things up they could compete.

East- Bama, UF, UGA, AU, UT, USCe, UK, Vandy

West- OU, LSU, A&M, Ok St, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Miss St, Mizzou

This would be a beastly football league. While I don't necessarily see this happening in the near term, the probability of it occurring is far greater than schools like NW or Wisconsin allowing Oklahoma into The B1G without it being 100% stipulated as a condition for UT to also join.

 

[CL82]

If they go ND method, you have to think us and Kansas are on the inside track for the B1G.

Why? How does this move generate more revenue for the B1G schools?

 

[shizzle787]

Why? How does this move generate more revenue for the B1G schools?

TV. We are the most popular school in CT, eastern Long Island, parts of western Mass, southern NY, and western RI. That's 5-6 million people. Kansas is most popular in KS and surrounding states. That's likely 5-6 million people as well.

 

[CL82]

TV. We are the most popular school in CT, eastern Long Island, parts of western Mass, southern NY, and western RI. That's 5-6 million people. Kansas is most popular in KS and surrounding states. That's likely 5-6 million people as well.

Yep, but what do the B1G schools make without us like $50M? That is a big (pun not intended) hill to climb. We'd need to bring at least as much, plus some premium to make adding us worthwhile. Even with the BTN subscription increase in CT, I have a hard time seeing the math work.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Yep, but what do the B1G schools make without us like $50M? That is a big (pun not intended) hill to climb. We'd need to bring at least as much, plus some premium to make adding us worthwhile. Even with the BTN subscription increase in CT, I have a hard time seeing the math work.

Me too. I just don't see the attraction, sorry to say.

 

[SubbaBub]

I hope none of those are for FB television revenue. The east coast league would make for a good preseason BB tournament, but little else.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I hope none of those are for FB television revenue. The east coast league would make for a good preseason BB tournament, but little else.

It has plenty of schools with rich histories of supposed to be good at football!

 

[upstater]

I hope none of those are for FB television revenue. The east coast league would make for a good preseason BB tournament, but little else.

There are problems with these East Coast schools, and mainly it is a question of underperformance. But Penn., New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas have a lot of football talent. They are regularly pilfered. In Virginia's case, they are just not going to allow bad students to play for them. Maryland is a mess, they should be doing much better. In this scenario, Pitt and PSU get placed in another division so they may suck out all that Penn. talent.

All I'm saying is that given the talent in that northeast region, teams like North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia Tech, should be doing a helluva lot better. These teams should be on par with Clemson, but they keep stepping on their you-know-whats.

 

[tzznandrew]

There are problems with these East Coast schools, and mainly it is a question of underperformance. But Penn., New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas have a lot of football talent. They are regularly pilfered. In Virginia's case, they are just not going to allow bad students to play for them. Maryland is a mess, they should be doing much better. In this scenario, Pitt and PSU get placed in another division so they may suck out all that Penn. talent.

All I'm saying is that given the talent in that northeast region, teams like North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia Tech, should be doing a helluva lot better. These teams should be on par with Clemson, but they keep stepping on their you-know-whats.

Penn State, Pitt, and West Virginia instead of the NC schools and you have very good basketball and strong football. Problem solved.

 

[Exit 4]

I applaud the effort on the B12Fanatics plan, but I think its fundamentally flawed in that they ignored the fact that more tv $ would be generated for each region if number of schools in a common state is minimized. For instance, 1/2 of the NC schools should be moved to a SE conf and replaced with something like a PA and SC school to expand the state foot print further. Or consider the combination of WA, OR with the intermountain west might be a little financially weak compared to other regions....some CA schools should be shifted. Etc.

 

[ElGuapo]

While nice that the writer thinks we belong in this fantasy conference it is, in the end, a big circle jerk fantasy.

 

[huskymedic]

LOL... he's just throwing another log on the dying embers:

 

[The Funster]

I'm not sure why anyone would take the Big 12 seriously.

 

[jostar1]

MH3‏@MH3 · 22h22 hours ago
I know I left you all in shame months ago but thought I'd just step in to tell you that expansion rumblings are beginning anew.

For a laugh, read the replies to his tweet.

 

[jostar1]

1. Khristofór Lambert‏@theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
   @davidubben Is hearing the exact same as I am...
   

 

[coachcap]

Don't get my hopes up. I don't take rejection well.

 

[pj]

Don't get my hopes up. I don't take rejection well.

If you read the article you'll see it's B12 fans talking about raiding the Pac12 for Arizona schools. G5 schools are not good enough for the B12, but the Pac12 is not good enough for Arizona and Arizona State. The article concludes with the concession that nothing is actually going on.