[NU Sports] Big Twelve officially invites West Virginia

[Mark Ament]

Interestingly and a reflection of the last few days, the  Big 12 vote for WVU was not unanimous. I don't know the actual breakdown, although both Oklahoma and Texas Tech were said to favor Louisville while Texas favored the 'eers.  The announcement said the league was staying at 10 members "for now", which is one way of saying until ND decides what they want to do.  

Unlike the ACC or Big Ten, the Big 12 is prepared to take ND in a deal similar to the current Big East deal, leaving ND football NBC owned and operated.  In that event, Louisville would likely be invited and BYU may be invited in as a football only member to make up for ND.  That will await the outcome of the Big East's attempts to reconstitute itself yet again.  As Mike alluded to geography no longer matters and nomenclature became irrelevant with Penn State, so maybe Boise joining the Big East shouldn't be so strange.
Mark

 Mark S. Ament
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On Oct 28, 2011, at 4:59 PM, nolan at tssi.com (Mike Nolan) wrote:

> The Big Twelve issued an official invitation to West Virginia to
> join the Big Twelve conference, so the flirtation with Louisville
> is over.
> 
> It's an odd fit geographically, (but of course it is no longer about
> geography), as I think their nearest conference opponent will be 
> over 900 miles away, in Ames IA.  
> 
> Mizzou still hasn't officially announced it is leaving for the SEC,
> but apparently someone at the SEC goofed and their website temporarily
> had an announcement, dated 10/31/2011, welcoming Missouri to the
> SEC.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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