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Analysis: With Big 12-SEC Game Comes Uncertain Ripple Effect

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

Less than a year ago, when conference realignment began to shift significantly, few could have imagined that Texas A&M’s decision to bolt the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference would eventually lead to Virginia Commonwealth’s move to the Atlantic 10..

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Big 12, SEC champs to play New Year’s bowl

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

Updated: May 18, 2012, 12:16 PM ET ESPN.com news services The champions of the Big 12 and SEC conferences will meet in a New Year’s Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season, the conferences said Friday in a.

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THE SEC AND BIG 12 CREATE THE RISEN BOWL

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

It’s not the Rose Bowl. Don’t think of it that way at all. Think of this as the Big 12 and SEC finally realizing they don’t need Blockbuster, and can in fact start streaming football wherever they like for whatever.

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Take Two: SEC-Big 12 partnership

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big 12, with 0 Comments

The days of the Rose Bowl being the bowl of bowls could soon be coming to an end now that the SEC and the Big 12 have agreed on a five-year bowl partnership. The new deal, announced Friday, will have.

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Take Two: SEC-Big 12 partnership

Posted on May 18, 2012, in SEC, with 0 Comments

The days of the Rose Bowl being the bowl of bowls could soon be coming to an end now that the SEC and the Big 12 have agreed on a five-year bowl partnership. The new deal, announced Friday, will have.

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SEC, Big 12 plant their own Rose

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

The Big Ten and Pac-12 have their Rose Bowl. And now, the SEC and Big 12 are trying to create something just like it. In a wildly interesting development, those two leagues announced today that their champions would meet annually.

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Imitation is the highest form of flattery

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Pac 12, with 0 Comments

SEC and Big 12 folks been tweaking the Big Ten and Pac-12′s love of the Rose Bowl of late. That made me grin because the primary motivation for those tweaks was jealousy. Don’t buy that assessment? Well, then what do.

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Big Ten chat recap: May 17

Posted on May 17, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

Some Big Ten chats are better than others, and today’s was one of the better ones we’ve had in a while. Kudos to you for participating and asking good questions. Midseason form. Good to see. For those who missed out.

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Big Ten Thursday mailbag

Posted on May 17, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

There’s a lot going on, even for May. Let’s get to your emails and talk about it all. Andrew from Brooklyn writes: I know you’ve been over this ad nauseum, but can you explain one more time, how [Jim] Delany.

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B1G aims ‘to not be the barrier’ any more

Posted on May 17, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

CHICAGO — Here’s one possible reason the Big Ten decided not to push harder for playoff games at campus sites. “We’re trying to not be the barrier,” Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke told ESPN.com. “We have strong values and strong.

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