Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Iowa State Wants Some Love

Where do you go when you just aren't feeling the love anymore? Why, Craigslist, of course.

Someone has posted a request for a new conference on behalf of Iowa State. See below. (Click to see better.)


Yeah, we've all got too much time on our hands now with three more months to go before football.

(Thanks to Michael for the heads-up.)

5 comments:

Plang said...

Brilliant!

boilerdowd said...

Love the pictures with the ad.

MattDSM said...

An ISU coworker of mine told me today that she "would die if ISU joins the Big Ten." Apparently, she thinks our conference is "money-grubbing."

Without missing a bit, I told her "Don't worry, you won't get in."

Michael R. said...

As always BS is welcome for my content although I had to search for the email, maybe make it a link available.

All the news today with NU joining and other stuff has been a series of rumors. This soap opera is evil and I wish it would conclude so a) I can celebrate, b) I can cry, or c) I can get angry.

MattDSM said...

I think it is A: Celebrate.

In most scenarios, we walk away with at least Nebraska and Mizzou. That gives us control over a big tv market (St. Louis) and a traditional powerhouse (Nebraska) and leaves us at 13 teams. The potential additions from there are most likely Pitt (in-state rival for PSU) or Syracuse (weak football, good basketball) or Rutgers (meh-everything, but kinda in NY) and ND (gratuitous vomit).

Of those choices, ND makes the most money, but brings the most hate. I personally hope they never find a conference and wither on the vine. I like Pitt for decent football/bball action, but it doesn't add much in terms of revenue. Any new member needs to pay for itself.

Personally, I think Texas is gone, so we grab for the sweetest plumb left, which is ND (extra vomit). The teams we are adding are good, but not great. Let the PAC-whatev slit each others' throats, while we are comfortable with revenue from a contiguous footprint of similar schools.