[Husker] Re: Baylor basketball gets the almost-death penalty (fwd)

[Jeff Volk]

> Of course since the only reason Baylor is in the Conference is Ann Richard's 
> (graduate) insistence. Maybe Baylor can be replaced with a stronger member.

This is just an ignorant statement. 

What do you mean by a stronger member? Are you talking about ONLY football and men's basketball? If you look at Baylor Athletics top to bottom, they run a very competetive department - especially in women's sports. A look at Baylor Sports with the Sport, B12 Ranking and National Ranking is:

Sport			B12	National
===========		===	========
Baseball		T-1	4
M-Basketball	12	NR
W-Basketball	1	1 (National Champions)
M-Cross Country	-	NR
W-Cross Country	-	16
Football		6(S)	NR
M-Golf		7	44
W-Golf		3	33
Soccer		9	NR
Softball		4	10
M-Tennis		1	2
W-Tennis		1	14
M-Track		9	T-17
W-Track		3	T-21
Volleyball		9	NR

Overall that looks like 1 National Champion and 8 of their 15 Varsity Sports ranked in that sport's national Top 25. Also keep in mind that Baylor has an athletic deparment budget that ranks in the middle to bottom of the Big 12. 

Now, compare that to Nebraska (Nebraska only provides Top 25 National Rankings for their sports)

Sport			B12	National
==========		===	========
Baseball		T-1	2
M-Basketball	8	-
W-Basketball	6	-
Bowling		-	1 (National Champions)
M-Cross Country	12	-
W-Cross Country	9	-
Football		3(N)	-
M-Golf		7	-
W-Golf		12	-
M-Gymnastics	4	10
W-Gymnastics	1	6
Rifle			1*	3 (*Great America Rifle Conference)
Soccer		5	22
Softball		7	25
Swimming/Diving	3	-
M-Tennis		8	-
W-Tennis		3	-
M-Track (I)		1	7
M-Track (O)		7	18
W-Track (I)		1	4
W-Track (O)		1	8
Volleyball		1	5
Wrestling		3	4 (Duals)

Overall that looks like 1 National Champion and 13 of Nebraska's 25 Varsity Sports ranked in that sport's national Top 25. Also keep in mind that Nebraska has an athletic department budget that ranks towards the top of the Big 12, number 2 only to Texas in overall spending if I am not mistaken. 

When you take a look at Big 12 Championships in athletics for 2004/2005 seasons, you find Nebraska is #1 and Baylor is #2. The championships are as follows, with the school, B12 regular season titles, B12 tournament titles and totals listed:

School		R	T	Total
==========		=	=	=====
Nebraska		6	1	7
Baylor		3	2	5
Texas			2	2	4
Ok State		2	2	4

So as you can see, unless the barometer is football and men's basketball, I don't think Baylor is embrassing itself when it comes to Big 12 athletics and if the barometer is football and men's basketball, then we aren't fairing much better as Nebraska and Baylor are the only Big 12 member institutions whose Men's Basketball programs LOST money is 2004/2005, Nebraska Hoops to the tune of -$475,000 or so. 

FYI.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Volk