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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"That caught me off guard."
that caught the eye on campus.
Louisville basketball coach
Rick Pitino when asked about the Big Ten's addition of two more schools.
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Florida State has had 35 NFL first-round draft picks since 1951.
Q: What conference did Louisville play in prior to joining the Big East?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: Conference USA www.funtrivia.com
THE MORNING BREW Big 12 needs to be aggressive in recruiting more schools
Last week, college athletics were hit again by paranoia of conference realignment. The Big Ten's addition of Rutgers University and the University of Maryland will forever be known as the moment when college athletics shifted to super leagues.
Despite my hate for all that conference realignment represents, the Big 12 must not waste time in pursuing new members. If the conference fails to add teams, it risks collapse.
We witnessed this when the Big 12 seemed certain to collapse after the loss of Nebraska and Colorado to the Big Ten and Pac-12. Last year, Texas A&M and Missouri left for the SEC, leaving the conference once again on the verge of collapse.
By Andrew Morris amorris@kansan.com
be catastrophic to the conference's longevity
But today, with the additions of Texas Christian and West Virginia, the Big 12 is healthy and has the potential of becoming one of the best conferences in college athletics. However, this is only possible if the smart people sitting in Dallas at the Big 12 offices realize the need to add as many as four to six more teams. Ten teams can only last so long, and a failure by the Big 12 to add more could
Under the current television contract, each Big 12 team earns more than $20 million annually in guaranteed revenue. This is a large amount of money, which is why some schools in the conference have been against adding others. If the Big 12 conference includes more schools during the current television contract, current teams would lose some of their $20 million to new members.
Despite this loss of money, the Big 12 should already have a few candidates in mind for adding to the conference. Florida State and the University of Louisville have constantly been linked with moves to the Big 12.
Both schools would be fit perfectly into the current mold of the conference.
Florida State boasts great football, and it has a basketball program that has been to four straight NCAA Tournaments. The Seminoles are also always solid in track and field, baseball and volleyball. Taking Florida State from the ACC would represent a new future for the Big 12.
If the conference added an 11th team, it would also look at adding a 12th member to even scheduling. The most likely member seems to be Louisville. Rick Pitton leads a highly-ranked Cardinal basketball team, which could easily compete for a national championship this season. The football program has been a steady commodity, recording three-straight winning seasons, including a 9-2 record this season. Louisville also makes perfect geographical sense and would allow the conference to revert to its two-division format.
One thing the conference can't do — if it adds two schools like Florida State and Louisville — is stop looking for other teams. Things are always changing, and 14- or 16-team leagues may soon become common.
teams to add. The Big East and the ACC would likely crumble if Louisville and Florida State went to the Big 12. In this scenario, how awesome would it be for the Big 12 to go out on a limb and recruit schools like Duke, North Carolina, NC State and Clemson?
At this point, it is tricky to decide which
This situation may seem a little far-fetched, but the Big 12 must be proactive in the next round of conference realignment.
This week in athletics
Edited by Nikki Wentling
Monday
Men's Basketball
San Jose State
8:00 p.m.
Lawrence
Tuesday No events scheduled
Wednesday
Women's Basketball
Grambling State
7:00 p.m.
Lawrence
Thursday
No events scheduled
Friday
Volleyball Cleveland State 6:30 p.m. Lawrence
Men's Basketball
Oregon State
7:00 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
Saturday
Football
West Virginia
1:30 p.m.
Morgantown, W. Va.
Sunday
NFL
Women's Basketball
Minnesota
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence
Chiefs fall to Broncos, incur eighth straight loss
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs had the ball back late in the fourth quarter Sunday, and were facing fourth down in Denver territory with just over 6 minutes left on the clock.
Coach Romeo Crennel thought about going for it — indeed, thought hard enough that he called a timeout to give himself extra time to weigh his options. But he ultimately sent out the punt team, and Kansas City never had another
opportunity to take the lead.
Doomed the Chiefs to their eighth straight loss, too.
With four-time MVP Peyton Manning directing the offense, the Broncos kept picking up first downs as time kept melting away, and a field goal in the closing seconds sealed their 17-9 victory.
The late-game decision by Crennel was just one example of a conservative approach that still has not yielded a touchdown since Nov. 12, a span of 11-plus quarters and more than 173 minutes.
"I was considering going for it, but then I decided not to go for it and we punted the ball," Crennel said, before explaining why: "The fact that it ended up being fourth-6 (at the Denver 47), and we still had the time on the clock to go out there and make the stop."
Crennel also elected to kick a field goal in the first quarter, when they were leading 3-0 and facing fourth-and-2 at the Denver 4. His reasoning was that it was best to get certain points, even though the Broncos had scored at least 30 in
five straight games.
They didn't need nearly that many to overcome Ryan Succop's three field goals.
Manning threw for 285 yards with touchdown strikes to Jacob Tamme and Demaryius Thomas, and Knowshon Moreno added 85 yards rushing for the AFC West-leading Broncos (8-3), who won their sixth straight despite putting Willis McGahea on injured reserve this week with a knee injury.
Manning went over 3,000 yards passing earlier in the game and
rode the legs of Moreno into Chiefs territory. That's when he lobbed a pass over nickelback Jalil Brown and into the hands of Thomas for the go-ahead, 30-yard touchdown reception later in the third quarter.
The Chiefs twice had chances to overcome the 14-9 deficit late in the fourth quarter, but they failed to move the ball after taking over at their own 37, and then getting it back, punted on fourth-and-6 at the Broncos 47 after a series of penalties ruined the drive.
Denver tacked on a field goal by Prater in the closing seconds, and after Jacksonville held on to beat Tennessee, the Chiefs were left as the league's only one-win team.
"We're frustrated every week. Every time we get a loss, it's frustrating," Charles said. "I don't know when it's going to stop, but hopefully we can did deep down in our souls and find a way to get out of this."
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