What's the next realignment domino to fall?

[MSUDuo]

They really aren't anymore.

They ran into a cart before the horse situation with stadium funding, but that's been taken car of.

The vote was 9-4 in May against granting the state funding to expand the stadium to necessary requirements. Where are you seeing different?

You're way behind....
From over a month and a half ago....from a thread on a board you replied to after this was shared

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports ... 16977.html

Instead, Coastal Carolina ultimately found a way around the CHE, with the provisos – and the votes to override Haley’s vetoes of them – allowing the school to move straight ahead to the next step in the process, which is to seek approval from the state’s Joint Bond Review Committee.

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The first proviso was to allow Coastal Carolina to bypass the CHE and take its engineering study along with the total cost of the project straight to the JBRC for approval. And because it was attached to an appropriations bill, it had to include some nominal level of funding to withstand a possible state Supreme Court challenge by the CHE, thus the second proviso involved $100,000 the school would repay, Henderson said.

The override of Haley’s veto 26 and veto 27, as they were identified, passed 96-12 and 77-16 in the House, respectively, and more narrowly in the senate – giving Coastal Carolina the support it needed by one vote.

Now it's just a matter of getting a final rendering, and scope, turned in for approval. They are on the same timeline for that that they would have been on if the CHE approved the funding in May

*Face palm* on my part

[uniftw]

*Face palm* on my part

It's been a cluster out there, no doubt. CCU's move was poorly timed, poorly prepared for, poorly executed, and no real plan as to what happened after. They had no FBS plans just a month or two before they accepted an invite. Liberty was told "no" because of their extremist religious issues that no one wants to deal with. JMU said "no" to the SBC. CCU was, likely, a 6th option and CCU got scared someone else might take it and another invite might not come from the sound of it. Their HC was against the move.

This approval was something that slipped past most media outlets because it was a backdoor move and the CHE didn't want it reported how many reasons what they did was "wrong". The same type of bond they denied CCU initially had been approved for CCU numerous times before, and a couple for the Gamecocks were approved in the same session that one was denied.

The higher ups in SC don't want "more competition" for Clemson and USC.

[uniftw]

The state vote on funding CCU's move happened today. It passed 3-2. The two that voted against were the governor and state treasurer.

[isumvc1]

looks like North Dakota is looking to change conferences as well, so they'll possibly end up in the old Mid Con

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-worl ... filiation/

[MVCfans]

Not that it impacts the Valley, but it appears the Big 12 is not going to expand after all.

[Cdizzle]

It may impact the Valley. Or cause the Valley to not be impacted. It does mean that members of the B12 are on the clock to find new conferences.

[uniftw]

It may impact the Valley. Or cause the Valley to not be impacted. It does mean that members of the B12 are on the clock to find new conferences.

Basically, the same **** as 2010.

UT's ego almost ruined the conference and the conference decided to let UT do whatever it wanted so that the rest of the league had a home.

Same **** happened here.

Iowa Stat's AD came out and said that should UT leave the league Iowa State's best cases scenario is the MWC. Basically admitting the B12 would implode and be split between the B10 and SEC and acknolweding that Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska would never let them in the B10.

[UEACES80]

Why would Iowa, Minny and Nebraska block Iowa State? I believe it is a Research School which meets a Big10 desired trait and is in the geographically footprint. Sure no large TV market but a couple of other boxes are checked off as well as a natural rival for the 3 schools you mentioned.

[Cdizzle]

No one would let ISU in the B10. They have no football, a good basketball program, and a small (relatively) market and fanbase. That doesn't get you added to a P4 conference. Same as KState. Interested to see what happens with KU.

[UEACES80]

I somewhat disagree due to the fact that the Big10 School Presidents / Chancellors or whatever Grand Poohbah title they carry all salivate over Research Schools.