I've always said that Nebraska is the safety pin holding the Big Ten together...
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Diminished but with Oregon/Wash? Yes, without those two? I wouldn't count on it, at least not confidently. Add in whatever their buyouts are and the benefits get thin quick
I don't want this to happen because it means ISU isn't at the top, but those teams competing at the top of the Big 12 and either of them (likely Oregon) making the playoff may deter them from going to the Big 10 where they'll just be another team. Oregon can be "the team" in the 3rd best conference or they can be 4th-5th team in the 2nd best conference. But I guess at the end of the day that logic gets thrown out the window due to $$.
They'll stay in the B1G and keep the money and take their beatings, right now they are mediocrity personified. The are getting way more money then their on field performance is worth.
When you're catching strays from ******* QuickTrip, you should probably fire your commissioner lol.
You ain't wrong. It all hinges on Nebraska.
Right, but who has both enough money and a financial interest in putting that money towards a buyout?
Like we would have been able to outvote OU or TX before they jilted us?
I can see where the PAC would have done the same for USC - let them control the vote.
As we both saw, that strategy backfired eventually.
Article posted to several 247 boards. Nothing earth shattering but it did make the mistake of suggesting WV to the ACC. WV fans are having none of it.
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Who's next to take the realignment leap? Latest intel after Colorado jumps to the Big 12
Who's next to take the realignment leap? Latest intel after Colorado jumps to the Big 12
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Right now the Nebby brand is taking a hit and there is a small segment of Nebby fans getting restless. Nebby’s jump to the Big 10 came with a big price and now they have to deal with UCLA and USC. I doubt they do it now, but I can see in five or 10 years, IF Yormark can somehow close the gap a little.
I don’t know, but in my experience people/entities seem to come up with the money when the situation gets desperate. If FSU is looking at this time as the “survive or die” time and the only thing stopping them is money then they can probably come up with it. Just depends on their mindset.
Nebraska is a raindrop on the B1G Ocean, but the money is too good for them to even think about leaving.
He is on the top sports radio station here in DFW. He’s a Sooners fan but his sources are generally reliable
Seriously…. NO ONE IS LEAVING THE B1G. NO ONE.
While I don't disagree, if the money would be relatively close I could see the move being a little enticing. There's no arguing that Nebraska football has suffered form their move to the B1G. Losing that state of Texas connection was brutal for them.
$100 million reasons Nebraska would say "Go **** yourselves Big12" to that inquiry.
I don't think it's likely for Nebby to turn its back on an extra $30-$50 million/year, but even if it did happen, I'm pretty sure the B1G would see it as addition by subtraction.
I do feel like we are getting closer to the money smoothing out though. If the Pac 12 crumbles the ACC will be on deck. Not all of that money can go to the SEC and B1G. The networks will need the Big 12 too. I'm not saying we will be making the same money as those two but the gap won't be nearly as wide as most think. The networks can't afford it to be.
Yeah I agree the Big 12 is going to be behind both of those conference but at this moment it seems like the Big 12's value is skyrocketing. Again, not to the levels of the Big 10 and SEC, but to a level where it's not going to be as astronomically behind the other two as once thought.