Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[Antihawk240]

Would you feel that same way if you were a West coast guy, and ran for USC? And now you must endure routinely longer fights to the Midwest, and beyond, in order to run your sport.

Maybe not for current members of the team who have no choice but to go along with the "schedule." But speaking for future recruits: I can only speak for myself, so for athletes like me, absolutely. If I was a west coast guy then I grew up in the west coast and here is an opportunity to travel to Ann Arbor, Columbus, New York City, and places I've never been to? You bet that would absolutely get me excited.
To be flat out honest, I was recruited by Iowa State, Minnesota and Missouri. Me and my parents- as part of the deciding factor pros & cons- Looked at where the track meets were going to be held and the travel experience I got with each. Iowa State was already a pretty heavy favorite so travel didnt "decide" it for me, but it certainly didnt turn me off. Their schedule of where I was going to run at was more appealing to me because it was to places I had never been to before so it excited me. So for me, and for other recruits who are like me, travel was a recruiting advantage. That's all I am saying.

 

[t-noah]

It’s not new. Look at Ohio State last year, 8 of their top ten recruits are from outside the Midwest. Florida, texas, San Diego, Carolina’s, etc. The elite recruits have been going all over the place for a long time.

Well sure, I get that. But it is new for entire teams to have to travel farther in order to play their games.

Besides, when an athlete goes across country, let's say, to play for a school far, far away, then that is their new home. At least for a while.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Well sure, I get that. But it is new for entire teams to have to travel farther in order to play their games.

Besides, when an athlete goes across country, let's say, to play for a school far, far away, then that is their new home. At least for a while.

Again it’s really not. Maybe not quite as severe as the LA schools but an extra hour on the plane with how these guys are treated is nothing. Now for the non revenue sports yeah I agree but that is often about the coach/program vs the location,

Again the elite athletes have been going to schools hundreds to thousands of miles away from home for awhile. Why do you think the facilities at the big schools are so important?

 

[t-noah]

It's July 9, the Pac 12 still doesn't have a media deal and we are talking whether Jesus can hit a curve ball on a Pac 12 thread. Must be summer.

Personally, I'm waiting for the next installment in the angry neighbor chainsaw saga!

I'm ready for some chainsaw drama!

 

[BigJCy]

 

[KnappShack]

Interesting

 

[RonBurgundy]

Interesting

When he first started talking, I thought it was pretty cringy. But then he started hitting the talking points really well. His comments on UT bailing because they would rather lose to Alabama than KSU or ISU was hilarious.

Bottom line, Brett Yormark is a GD genius. He sends his soldiers out to say the **** that he can’t. Just wish this dude wasn’t a KSU homer, but guessing this was a KSU podcast.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Again it’s really not. Maybe not quite as severe as the LA schools but an extra hour on the plane with how these guys are treated is nothing. Now for the non revenue sports yeah I agree but that is often about the coach/program vs the location,

Again the elite athletes have been going to schools hundreds to thousands of miles away from home for awhile. Why do you think the facilities at the big schools are so important?

They’ll just be using that extra hour on the plane to get their classwork done.

 

[CascadeClone]

Bottom line, Brett Yormark is a GD genius. He sends his soldiers out to say the **** that he can’t. Just wish this dude wasn’t a KSU homer, but guessing this was a KSU podcast.

Kurtz has zero intel or sources. He just re-reports what primary sources have already said elsewhere. And hopes to get enough hits to make money and get famous.

He is the guy who reads the powerpoint word for word and adds no insight, but someone else created the powerpoint. Just zero value add.

 

[Daserop]

Kurtz has zero intel or sources. He just re-reports what primary sources have already said elsewhere. And hopes to get enough hits to make money and get famous.

He is the guy who reads the powerpoint word for word and adds no insight, but someone else created the powerpoint. Just zero value add.

100 percent accurate. Don't waste your time on his "content". He isn't the only one who does this.

 

[NWICY]

Or would the Midwest recruits say to themselves, I'll just stay in the Midwest, and call it good?

Iowa City, Lansing Michigan, Champaign Illinois, Happy Valley PA or Los Angeles and Southern CA? L.A. would be pretty tempting to late teen to 20 something me.

 

[NWICY]

Recruiting is nationwide… well global really. And LA kids have their schools they want .. if they want USC/UCLA, they aren’t changing their mind because they are now in the BIG.

Personal anecdote, our scholorship athlete for USC didn’t care their first year on campus will be in the BIG, they wanted to be a Trojan because of the coaches, tradition, and environment.

Song girls.

 

[jcyclonee]

Iowa City, Lansing Michigan, Champaign Illinois, Happy Valley PA or Los Angeles and Southern CA? L.A. would be pretty tempting to late teen to 20 something me.

The neighborhood UCLA is in. Really tempting.

Five miles to the ocean. At the base of the mountains. Really, really tempting.

And it's one of the best schools in the country. And the baby blue uniforms.

 

[KnappShack]

Kurtz has zero intel or sources. He just re-reports what primary sources have already said elsewhere. And hopes to get enough hits to make money and get famous.

He is the guy who reads the powerpoint word for word and adds no insight, but someone else created the powerpoint. Just zero value add.

The man takes the power out of PowerPoint!

 

[KidSilverhair]

Song girls.

But you need to come to the Big XII and Ames for this.

 

[keepngoal]

But you need to come to the Big XII and Ames for this.

there's prolly a good reason why song writers haven't written a song called "Iowa girls"

 

[Al_4_State]

there's prolly a good reason why song writers haven't written a song called "Iowa girls"

In all seriousness, the syntax of the word "Iowa" is brutal to fit into a rhyming scheme.

 

[KnappShack]

But you need to come to the Big XII and Ames for this.

Still an all-timer

Night game. JTS rocking. Beating up on the Cows. Cheerleader.

Loyal
Forever
True

 

[NWICY]

But you need to come to the Big XII and Ames for this.

As good as this is the teletubbie clip is more college life.

 

[tman24]

The neighborhood UCLA is in. Really tempting.

Five miles to the ocean. At the base of the mountains. Really, really tempting.

And it's one of the best schools in the country. And the baby blue uniforms.

UCLA was my pie in the sky school. Its amazing. had to settle for ISU.