Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion College Demise of Big 12...Good for wrestling?

All the talk on football, but Nebraska adds a nice angle to Big 10 for wrestling. Now if OU and OSU get shipped out to the Pac 10, that essentially could be intriguing as well. 8 teams compete in the Pac 10 for wrestling (one of which is Boise State as a provisional member). Add in Oregon State, Cal Poly, Arizona State, Bakersfield, Stanford, Davis, and Fullerton and you would have a 10 team Pac 10.

Maybe super regionals are coming to DI? Division II and I believe DIII have them already. As for Missouri and Iowa State? Maybe they should join the MAC which has 6 teams with wrestling, and make an even 8 out there. They would join Central Mich, Kent State, Ohio, Buffalo, Northern Illinois, and Eastern Michigan.

Thoughts?

Now it's the Big 4 in wrestling.

Can you have an NCAA Qualifier in wrestling (as a conference) with only 4 teams? I was thinking surely a minimum of 5 was pushing it. Maybe the remaining 4 get pushed in with Air Force, Northern Colorado and Utah Valley for wrestling?

It will remain the Big 5 for the 2010-2011 wrestling season.

Nebraska will not become a member of the Big Ten until the 2011-2012 season.

Husker Wrestling - 2010-2011 Schedule

Buckeye Duals
Sun, Nov 21 Eastern Michigan at Columbus, Ohio All Day
Sun, Nov 21 Ohio at Columbus, Ohio All Day
Sun, Nov 21 Pittsburgh at Columbus, Ohio All Day
Sun, Nov 21 Ohio State at Columbus, Ohio All Day

Sat, Nov 27 Bucknell NU Coliseum 12 p.m.
Sat, Nov 27 South Dakota State NU Coliseum 2 p.m.

Fri, Dec 03 Northern Colorado at Greeley, Colo. 8 p.m.

Sat, Dec 04 Wyoming at Laramie, Wyo. 8 p.m.

Thu, Dec 09 Minnesota NU Coliseum 7 p.m.

Sat, Dec 11 Oregon State NU Coliseum 7 p.m.

Wed, Dec 29 - and Thurs, Dec 30
Midlands Wrestling Championships at Evanston, Ill. All Day

Sat, Jan 15
Lone Star Duals (Teams TBA) at Grand Prairie, Texas All Day

Fri, Jan 21 Wisconsin at Madison, Wis. 7 p.m.

Sun, Jan 23 Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa 1 p.m.

Fri, Jan 28 Oklahoma * at Norman, Okla. 7 p.m.

Sun, Jan 30 Missouri * at Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m.

Fri, Feb 04 Arizona State NU Coliseum 7 p.m.

Sun, Feb 06 Oklahoma State NU Coliseum 2 p.m.

Sat, Feb 12 North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. 11 a.m.
Sat, Feb 12 Duke at Durham, N.C. 6 p.m.

Sun, Feb 20 Iowa State * NU Coliseum 2 p.m.

Sat, Mar 05 Big 12 Championships * at Ames, Iowa All Day

Thu, Mar 17 - thru Sat, Mar 19
NCAA Championships at Philadelphia, Pa. All Day

* Conference Games

The chapter will close in Ames in March 2011....

Wit the additional revenue at both KSU and KU, it seems it would be a good time for them to add wrestling. They could add softball for the women to keep it balanced for Title IX.

I think it would be especially prudent on KU's part to add wrestling. I believe there is a good possibility that this conference realignment movement will come up again in a few years. KU's best option for another conference in my opinion would be the Big Ten. All the Big Ten teams have wrestling. KU should start a program and develop it over the next five years to make themselves a more attractive candidate to the Big Ten.

Kansas State and Wichita State both should also have a wrestling programs. Wrestling is very important part of the culture in both Wichita and Manhattan and they both need Division I college wrestling programs in those areas of Kansas.

Now the big ten has 12 schools and the big 12 has 10. I am confused again