Jim Delany never will be a contestant on "Top Chef," but the Big Ten commissioner frequently has used a cooking analogy when asked about the prospects of Big Ten expansion.
"A back-burner issue," he has called it.
Not anymore. According to a league official, the Big Ten will release a statement Tuesday saying the matter has moved to the front burner.
From the Chicago Trib.
3 months ago
RPT
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I just put up a fan post on this
Let me know what ya’ll think. (What you all think for you non-sweet tea drinkers).
"This looks like it could be gravy."
-Carl the Groundskeeper, Caddyshack
by MissouriMarine on Dec 15, 2009 11:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
So...
…remind me again why it would be so terrible for Mike Alden to talk to Beebe?
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Dec 15, 2009 11:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
oh good...this again
(I can see comments on my work computer, but have to respond via mobile, so this is likely my only response)
First, I never said Alden should not speak with Beebe. Far from. And In fact, I am quite sure they did. Why wouldn’t they have? But, once again, because there was no press release about it (hey…news guy..you do know things happen without releases all the time…right?), you seem to be stuck on the idea not enough was done to prevent what happened.
In this case with the Big 10, I think Mizzou is playing this exactly right. Let all the stories be written about how good a fit we might be, but do so without any official comment? You know why? Because there is nothing to comment on. Pressure is going to be (and already is all more than likely) brought simply through the news cycle. This way, no matter how it turns out, no bridges are burnt, but everyonne potentially sees how we should be treated (whether from the big 10 or big XII)
I realize this still won’t be good enough and you still want Alden to come out and voice his disappointment, but what happens then? Say he does that, and in turn, starts our full court press for the Big 10 (because…again…he would likely become the first AD of a BCS school to come out voicing disappoinment in their conference since no evidence was ever found to the contrary) But they take Pitt instead…then where are we? Did not get what we wanted, and now we need to crawl back to what we had, having given the big XII even more of the upper hand against us.
We get it. You did not like it and you wanted some answers, beyond of course what was already out there. But don’t think for a minute that either I did not want alden to talk to Beebe, or that it did not happen anyway. Stuff does happen without your knowledge :-)
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by The Beef on Dec 15, 2009 12:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Touchy, touchy.
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Dec 15, 2009 12:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As always...
Black Heart Gold Pants has all the WIN you will ever need:

by RPT on Dec 15, 2009 11:27 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I hope that if all of this goes through, that it you guys that join.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Dec 15, 2009 11:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think we can all agree on two things:
1. We all need more Black Heart Gold Pants in our lives
2. No one cares about Pitt or Rutgers.
by RPT on Dec 15, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
This.
It’s been rec’d.
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Dec 15, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we borrow the name Black Heart Gold Pants?
It’s classic, yet dangerously suggestive.
"Wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Bonzai
by brik on Dec 15, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What would that mean?
Would we have two Unholy Alliances? If we left the Big 12, would our current Unholy Alliance turn into a mere “’sup” head nod?
by Gummy on Dec 15, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorta like this
Sup dog? Crazy seeing you here at Appelbees.

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Dec 15, 2009 11:56 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Dec 15, 2009 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
wannstache sucks!
" If I had a gun on a boat I would shoot you right here, right now"
by pinkelposse on Dec 15, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If the Big 12 changed their supermajority clause, would you still want to leave?
My #1 biggest problem with the Big 12 is that in order to get ANYTHING of note changed it takes a 9/12 supermajority – aka nothing will ever change because it’s skewed toward a select few schools. If all of this smoke scares the Big Texas conference into dropping that to a simple 7/12 majority to change things of note, would you as fans be up for staying? I think I would, in order to preserve the historical rivalries and keep the Texas pipeline.
Of course if we just took ku, ksu, nub, and ISU with us to the Big 10 to form a super superconferene then we could have our cake and eat it too….
by shaffe on Dec 15, 2009 4:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Don't buy into the superconference idea
They tried that in the mid-90s with a 16-team WAC. It lead to the conference splitting and forming the MWC. Revenues split 16 ways makes for a very crowded playing field.
"Wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Bonzai
by brik on Dec 15, 2009 4:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs












