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ohiotiger33

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Feb 11, 2010 7:07 PM
Way too much travel for Texas. If I were a fan, I would be pissed about this.
Feb 11, 2010 7:07pm
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Feb 11, 2010 7:30 PM
devil1197 wrote:
Strapping Young Lad wrote: Haha...yeah The Ohio State is The definition of pissed right now.

Whatdya mean we're gonna have to play a real championnship contender every year?!?!?!

Tressels lookin' for his the first plane outta Columbus when this goes down....
No, actually I guarantee he would be welcoming Texas right now.

OSU and Texas went 1-1 in their two game series. Then both teams played a great Fiesta Bowl two years ago when both teams held a lead late in the 4th quarter.

I highly doubt Tressel is worried about Texas and Mack Brown joining the B10.
I doubt it. Ohio State has enough trouble making it through a mediocre Big Ten schedule unflawed without having to deal with Texas every year or every other year.
Feb 11, 2010 7:30pm
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Feb 11, 2010 7:33 PM
And the B12 is something to write home about? No conference outside of the SEC has any room to talk right now unfortunately.

Oklahoma has lost 5 straight BCS bowl games including 2 NC's.

B12 in BCS bowl games: W-L 7-10 (or 41% 7/17)
Oklahoma: 2-5
Texas: 3-1
Nebraska: 1-1
Colorado: 0-1
Kansas: 1-0
KSU: 0-1
Texas A&M: 0-1

B10 in BCS bowl games: W-L 10-11 (or 48% 10/21)
OSU: 5-3
UM: 1-3
Ill: 0-2
Iowa: 1-1
PSU: 1-1
Wisconsin: 2-0
Purdue: 0-1
Feb 11, 2010 7:33pm
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Feb 11, 2010 7:53 PM
I think people are forgetting how this would affect Texas' only sport they are national contenders year in and year out...Baseball....Big 10 baseball not starting till when mid-march?.....


I also think this would hurt Texas football recruiting....


With that said....go get them horns.
Feb 11, 2010 7:53pm
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Feb 11, 2010 8:28 PM
devil1197 wrote: And the B12 is something to write home about? No conference outside of the SEC has any room to talk right now unfortunately.

Oklahoma has lost 5 straight BCS bowl games including 2 NC's.

B12 in BCS bowl games: W-L 7-10 (or 41% 7/17)
Oklahoma: 2-5
Texas: 3-1
Nebraska: 1-1
Colorado: 0-1
Kansas: 1-0
KSU: 0-1
Texas A&M: 0-1

B10 in BCS bowl games: W-L 10-11 (or 48% 10/21)
OSU: 5-3
UM: 1-3
Ill: 0-2
Iowa: 1-1
PSU: 1-1
Wisconsin: 2-0
Purdue: 0-1

How did my last statement have anything to do with the Big 12???? Point is why would OSU want any tougher of a road to get through the Big 10??? If you get through undefeated in the Big Ten you go to the Nat'l Championship. Why would they want more competition??? they have a hard enough time with Purdue.....
Feb 11, 2010 8:28pm
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Feb 11, 2010 8:48 PM
Texas will not join the Big 10.

1. When anyone thinks about the Big Ten they think about the midwest. This means Missouri or Pitt would be better options, and I would suspect it ends up being Pitt giving Penn State a legit rival.
2. Texas would not give up there rivalry with OU, A&M.
3. Also adds travel for the school being so far away and alot of school are complaining about the amount of travel right now.
Feb 11, 2010 8:48pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:11 PM
georgemc80 wrote: I think people are forgetting how this would affect Texas' only sport they are national contenders year in and year out...Baseball....Big 10 baseball not starting till when mid-march?.....


I also think this would hurt Texas football recruiting....


With that said....go get them horns.
While the Big10 doesn't play HOME games as early as Texas, everybody starts the season the same time now.
Feb 11, 2010 9:11pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:39 PM
Pitt brings ZERO to the Big Ten. Zip.

No new markets, no great facilities. Nada.

Yes, it's a school with very good academics like all of the Big Ten schools, but other than that...nada.

They aren't going to bring in a school simply because they'd be a good rival for another Big Ten school.
Feb 11, 2010 9:39pm
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Feb 11, 2010 9:51 PM
The more I think about it all this talk about Texas is nothing but leverage to land another large fish in the Mid-west.... you know, that school over in South Bend. The Domers have consistently insisted they will not join a conference. If Texas moves to the B10 and the Pac10 potentially expands the whole landscape of college football changes. ND might not be able to pass up the invite this time around.
Feb 11, 2010 9:51pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:09 PM
Strapping Young Lad wrote: Haha...yeah The Ohio State is The definition of pissed right now.

Whatdya mean we're gonna have to play a real championnship contender every year?!?!?!

Tressels lookin' for his the first plane outta Columbus when this goes down....
I dont know what you would call a championship contender, considering osu has played texas and usc the past 4 regular seasons. And now they have Miami who is back on the rise again.

You sir are an idiot about the Purdue statement. If you didnt know Oregon beat Purdue and slaughtered USC, so I guess they should have man-handled OSU?

Who is your team? Let me guess...Florida? Alabama?
Feb 11, 2010 10:09pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:15 PM
And who really gives a shit about Texas not being in the same region at the rest of the Big 10 teams.. A couple hour plane ride, big shit.

Here something suprising, with all of this talk about travel, the distance between washington state university and the university of arizona(who are both in the pac 10) is about 1500 miles, yet the distance from austin, texas to columbus is only around 1300 miles. Its not a big deal.
Feb 11, 2010 10:15pm
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Feb 11, 2010 10:27 PM
I would welcome this move, and I think it'd be great in Baseball too. Texas might run the table but with Michigan, OSU, and Minnesota year in and year out normally pretty good it brings the whole profile of the league up. Probably takes them from a one bid NCAA to a 2 bid NCAA league
Feb 11, 2010 10:27pm
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Feb 11, 2010 11:23 PM
Pick 6, i don't give a shit about your football math. I'm not making any claims about who should beat who...

My team is Colorado, FYI.
Feb 11, 2010 11:23pm
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Feb 11, 2010 11:27 PM
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote: 1.This makes NO SENSE AT ALL

2.Ohio State's run as the top dog in the Big 10 would be over
When Penn State joined the Big Ten everyone said they would dominate the conference. How has that worked out?

This would be a little bit different
devil1197 wrote:
Strapping Young Lad wrote: Haha...yeah The Ohio State is The definition of pissed right now.

Whatdya mean we're gonna have to play a real championnship contender every year?!?!?!

Tressels lookin' for his the first plane outta Columbus when this goes down....
No, actually I guarantee he would be welcoming Texas right now.

OSU and Texas went 1-1 in their two game series. Then both teams played a great Fiesta Bowl two years ago when both teams held a lead late in the 4th quarter.

I highly doubt Tressel is worried about Texas and Mack Brown joining the B10.
He should be
Feb 11, 2010 11:27pm
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Feb 12, 2010 12:50 AM
I doubt it will ever happen.
Feb 12, 2010 12:50am
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Feb 12, 2010 7:16 AM
gibby08 wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote: 1.This makes NO SENSE AT ALL

2.Ohio State's run as the top dog in the Big 10 would be over
When Penn State joined the Big Ten everyone said they would dominate the conference. How has that worked out?

This would be a little bit different

I'm not sure it would be that different. When Penn State joined the Big Ten, they came it with at least as impressive a resume as Texas has now. Actually, I think PSU came in with a better resume. Paterno had done more there than Brown has done at Texas.
Feb 12, 2010 7:16am
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Feb 12, 2010 9:29 AM
I don't think the travel for the teams is that big of a deal. However travel for the fans would be horrible.
Feb 12, 2010 9:29am
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Feb 12, 2010 9:55 AM
It wouldn't be terrible for most of the Big Ten fans to make a trip down there every other year or so... however for Texas fans to travel things would get pretty sticky... Minnesota, Iowa, Wisky, Illinois, and Northwestern aren't exactly close
Feb 12, 2010 9:55am
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Feb 12, 2010 10:07 AM
The travel wont be that bad. Hawaii travels to La Tech. If they can make money doing that than so can Texas and the Big 10 schools.
Feb 12, 2010 10:07am
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Feb 12, 2010 11:54 AM
Hawaii only travels to La. Tech once every other year. Plus, being a member of the WAC their travel budget is figured on travel to the mainland.
Feb 12, 2010 11:54am
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Feb 12, 2010 11:57 AM
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote: 1.This makes NO SENSE AT ALL

2.Ohio State's run as the top dog in the Big 10 would be over
When Penn State joined the Big Ten everyone said they would dominate the conference. How has that worked out?

This would be a little bit different

Paterno had done more there than Brown has done at Texas.
Oh really,sure about that??
These stats are since Mack Brown became the Texas coach

Texas
1998-2009
128–27 overall record
80–16 conference record
8-4 Bowl Record
4-1 BCS Bowl Record
2 BCS Title Game Apperances
1 BCS National Championship
2 Big 12 Titles
21 Consecutive Big 12 Wins fron 04-06
1 Heisman Trophy
3 Maxwell Awards
2 Davey O'Brien Awards
2 Doak Walker Awards
1 Butkus Award
2 Thorpe Awards
4 National POY Awards
23 All Americans
37 1st Team Big 12 Selections
9 Consecutive 10 win season


Want to rethink that statement
Feb 12, 2010 11:57am
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ytownfootball

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Feb 12, 2010 11:58 AM
If Ohio State was worried about Texas, they wouldn't have scheduled them, USC, Miami or the like during the regular season...

stupid
Feb 12, 2010 11:58am
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Feb 12, 2010 12:01 PM
They didn't have to play them every year
Feb 12, 2010 12:01pm
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ytownfootball

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Feb 12, 2010 12:04 PM
So what

Point is they don't shy away from competition and travel anywhere, unlike Florida et al.
Feb 12, 2010 12:04pm
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Feb 12, 2010 12:11 PM
gibby08 wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
gibby08 wrote: 1.This makes NO SENSE AT ALL

2.Ohio State's run as the top dog in the Big 10 would be over
When Penn State joined the Big Ten everyone said they would dominate the conference. How has that worked out?

This would be a little bit different

Paterno had done more there than Brown has done at Texas.
Oh really,sure about that??
These stats are since Mack Brown became the Texas coach

Texas
1998-2009
128–27 overall record
80–16 conference record
8-4 Bowl Record
4-1 BCS Bowl Record
2 BCS Title Game Apperances
1 BCS National Championship
2 Big 12 Titles
21 Consecutive Big 12 Wins fron 04-06
1 Heisman Trophy
3 Maxwell Awards
2 Davey O'Brien Awards
2 Doak Walker Awards
1 Butkus Award
2 Thorpe Awards
4 National POY Awards
23 All Americans
37 1st Team Big 12 Selections
9 Consecutive 10 win season


Want to rethink that statement
Paterno had 2 National Championships, 4 undefeated seasons, 4 National Coach of the Year honors, 228-63 record and a bowl record of 14-8-1. He also had a team ranked in the final AP top 10 16 years.
Feb 12, 2010 12:11pm