It could be mere rumor. It could be completely true. That's not really the point I'm interested in.
I am, however,
interested in this:
The issue no one seems to be commenting on here is how little anyone regards basketball in this decision. [...] I'm not mad about it. I get it. Basketball is always going to play second fiddle to football, no matter the level of the game. That's just how it is. Forget baseball, these days football is america's past time. I love it too.
Its just depressing to realize that something that I -- and countless others around the country -- care about so passionately is actually nothing more than an afterthought to the people that make decisions.
That's
Ballin' Is A Habit's Rob Dauster lamenting the notion that the Pac-10 and Big 12 would move in such an obviously football-heavy way when considering expansion. If the rumored Pac-10 southern raid worked out, the Big 12 -- or Big 6, or whatever -- would be left with Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa State. Missouri and Nebraska have been mentioned often in Big 10 expansion talks, too, so this might even be the Big 4. Either way, it's obvious that basketball isn't the concern here. Football is. And if a historical marquee program like Kansas' manages to get lost in the fray, so be it.
Lame, right? Lame. But it's worth reminding folks that this is the attitude conferences are going to take. College basketball barely registers on the list of major conferences' expansion concerns. It just doesn't matter.