Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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If all 6 are available and agree to a long term arrangement then you take all 6. If Oregon and Washington baulk at the idea of long term leave them out because they're just waiting for a Big10 invite.
No need. The platforms and advertisers already know. How? Well, ever bought fan merch with a credit card? Did you watch Team A play last week, or did you watch Team B? Alumni of either school? Ever live in the same state as either school? Loads more examples of ways they can tell.
They do it in the Cave too.
I got tired, and have many, and just hit the ignore. Not worth it.
Is there a point at which the ADs or university presidents admit this is all nuts and bad for their departments and schools and petition for a system we can all belong to that makes sense?
There is just no mechanism to make it happen.
As of now, conferences are dead. We are in the process of figuring out what's next.
There is just no mechanism to make it happen.
As of now, conferences are dead. We are in the process of figuring out what's next.
If every thing starts from scratch, I could see your argument on us being included in the 48. But if we’re starting with existing B10/SEC members being grandfathered in, we’ve got no chance.
HoopsTournament
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Standford would be a long flight. That’s all the way over in Hampshire England, but Stanford might be a bit closer.
I appreciate your optimism, but I don't think there is any way we are Tier 1. As far as brand goes, we are lucky if we are even considered in the top half of the new Big 12. I don't see us making the cut for 48. Top 60 maybe, but not top 48.
Sure, privately they all think that. Some, like Pollard, complain about it publicly.
Then they look at their pay stubs, and weigh their odds of future pay stubs with even more zeros in them, and decide they can live with it after all.
If Oregon and Washington have a backroom deal, someone’s going to know about it. It is the worst kept secret as it is right now. If UC Regents are cool with the state of play, they have to have a good idea of where the pieces are going. No one is pulling the wool over anyones eyes here. More than likely the PAC isn’t the last domino for the B1G.
FOX drove this. They own 61% of BTN and are headquartered in LA.
The crazy thing is, whatever this jumbled up car wreck of college football is headed toward, is probably not anywhere close to a model designed to produce the most income across the board.
Yeah unless they kick out some of the lower teams in those 2 leagues which will never happen, we are a bubble team at 48, at best.
I like it better if those 2 just go to 32 teams each with 4 regional 8 team divisions. Like Ive said at that point we are just back to our perfect 8 regional 8 team conferences, just renamed as divisions of those 2 super conferences.
They will have the power and media deals like they want. Its just going to take a few more rounds and we will get there.
KidSilverhair
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Simpson isn’t very good now, but Central actually has the best winning percentage of any college football program in the state since 2016 (.825). Their coach was named national D3 football coach of the year. They went undefeated in the regular season last year and won two games in the D3 playoffs before losing in the quarterfinals.
(I went to Central in the 80s, I remember some of those Central/Simpson games you mean.)
And how much does this rely on UCLA then? If the UC regents demand Berkeley to be included, does this blow up? Or does the Big10 just take Stanford then and leave the state schools behind?
Cause if it's USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon then Berkeley is going to get left in the cold with WSU and OSU.