IOWA STATE TO BIG TEN?!? Dave Wannstedt thinks so.
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After 3 years of winning and hearing "Well, we (Iowa) are always better at the end of the season anyway" -- beating those **** birds at the end of the season was incredibly satisfying.
If the Big 10 takes Kansas and Iowa State, I still feel the Pac 12 goes to 16 by taking Tech, OSU, KSU, and 1 other (maybe BYU). WVU to the ACC and I think Notre Dame finally joins. Everyone is at 16. Only teams left out are Baylor and maybe TCU. This would be best case scenario for us and college football.
Won't be BYU, PAC has been very clear on that. It will be TCU before BYU. That would give them Dallas/Ft Worth in their footprint.
Fair enough. In that scenario Baylor is the only one left out, and most would not care.
Not talking about the AAC, they can EABOD, I'm talking about the remaining Big 12 teams.
Lest us not forget who Dave Wannstedt's prior defensive coordinator was:
**** Baylor. It would really suck if they got left out in 120 degree heat without a tent.
Correct. If Fox drove this in some way, they could stick it to the SEC and ESPN a lot harder than the Texas/OU buyouts that everyone seems to think they are holding out for. If the Big 12 remnants go to other conferences and they have a scheduling agreement with each other, it would make it super difficult for the SEC to schedule any power 5 conference games and take some of ESPN's power from the ACC as well. Then ESPN would have less content to put out there and hurt them in a big way.
Being that the future of sports viewing is streaming services.... does it really matter much anymore about getting a certain "market" into a conference? College sports is more driven by alumni and rivalries. Streaming opens up viewership from around the world.
I wouldn't mind that from an ISU standpoint. Continuing to play West Virginia would make for another fun road trip and Riot Bowl Trophy ?
*ISU and KU to the B1G
*WVU and ND to the ACC
*Tech, TCU, OSU, KSU to the Pac-12
Each conference sets up four pods of 4 - play your pod every year plus 5 of the other 12 (figure out those details later), plus 1 team from each of the other two conferences, for a total of 10 games, plus two open school-controlled slots for buy games or whatever. And all Alliance leagues agree to not schedule the SEC.
Protecting rivalries, geography, and trying to maximize TV revenue:
B1G pods:
1. Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State
2. Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue
3. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa State
4. Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Northwestern
ACC pods:
1. Notre Dame, Florida State, Clemson, Miami
2. Georgia Tech, Louisville, Virginia, Virginia Tech
3. Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia
4. UNC, NC State, Duke, Wake Forest
Pac-16 pods:
1. Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State
2. Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC
3. Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State
4. Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, TCU
Tweet this out, Wannstedt!
If this happens (it won't) it will mean the current 65 P5 schools turn into 64, with Baylor being the sole odd man out who ends up in the American. Even better.
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It appears that way at first...But there is zero chance the PAC is taking Baylor or TCU..Never. That leaves just Tech..While Tech seems to be a better get..Kstate fball has been better over the years by far, is better academically, and I don't think the PAC wants to be affiliated with the State of Texas at all honestly.
I disagree. PAC wants their network in Texas, as does the ACC. ND still seems happy as an independent (probably will remain that way with expanded playoff). If WVU is going to ACC, then I can see ACC taking a TX school with them for network purposes. PAC takes the remaining four.
If these leagues are truly aligned, then you'd think they would work together on this.
Haven’t read this full thread, but I feel like the most likely way this actually happens is a Fox conversation saying they should plan for ISU/KU to B1G, KSU/OSU to PAC-12, and not sure where others fall right now. It’s not saying the moves happen, but that they would project those as most likely. It’s positive news, but it isn’t a sure thing the expansion actually happens
Regardless if Wannestedt is in the know or not, this is the first positive news, or any news really, that we've heard from the Fox camp throughout this whole thing. Noteworthy.