The conference realignment talk apparently isn't ready to die, and the latest rumor has the Kansas Jayhawks looking east.
Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls dropped two sentences in his Sunday column that has the University of Kansas being proactive and talking with the Big East about a jump.
From Bohls' column:
I keep hearing Kansas is talking to the Big East. Who would blame theNot sure I believe the rumor, but anything is possible after Nebraska and Colorado left the Big 12. Should Texas decide to go independent or bolt for the Pac-10(12), then the North schools like Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State will need to find new homes. That home could be -- and almost was -- the Big East.Jayhawks for looking since they were nearly left out in the last
realignment merry-go-round?
That's good news for the North schools that could have ended up in non-automatic qualifier conferences.To be honest with you, Kansas could have been making the same announcement today that TCU made. And Kansas State could have been in there too, because the feeling that we got -- or we had, when the conference realignment was going on, that if by chance, Texas would have gone to the Pac-10 and we would have stayed buddies with Kansas State and not separated and done all that stuff, then the Big East would have came and gotten us, and KSU, and Iowa State, and Missouri. Which, in theory, you say, 'Oh god, the Big East, bad travel.' They would have gone to divisions, so we would have had divisions with probably the teams that are close, and maybe Louisville and Cincinnati or whatever.
And I think that's smart on the Big East's part, because the Big Ten's still going to go poach somebody, and when they poach somebody it's going to be a football-playing school, and if that number goes beneath eight, then I believe -- I could be wrong -- but I believe then they're not eligible for the BCS bid. So they're covering themselves to make sure that whenever the Big Ten does whatever they do, they'll still have enough football-playing schools to make sure that they keep their BCS football bid alive. So I think it's a smart move, and probably great for TCU, so I see no problems with it.
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Look at the latest BB Polls...you add KU, KSU and Mizzou
That is a killer league and football would be decent
I imagine the Big East would welcome Kansas. I see no way the Big Ten would. If the Big East can grow its football group to 12, it would spin off from the basketball schools and select a new name. I am thinking THe Big Country would due.
Whatever happens, this sure makes things interesting.
For Kansas' sake, I hope they move and move fast. Texas only cares about themselves, as Nebraska's chancellor was able to prove this summer. Texas is setting themselves up to go independent, the rest of the conference be damned.
However, Kansas should get with Missouri and approach the Big 10 about membership. Would be an easier road for Basketball, and football wouldn't have to travel nearly as far.
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