If by some miracle there's only 1 or 2 ACC defections...it's a piece off the board for them.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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If by some miracle there's only 1 or 2 ACC defections...it's a piece off the board for them.
Right on time, chart boy with a chart I actually agree with except which is most likely: No more losses or 1 more loss is the Pac Surviving... at least another 3-5 years. Significant loss or nuclear option to me is Pac extinction.
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Am I reading that correctly that he says Colorado is the Pac's worst team like U of Chicago was the Big Ten's worst team a century ago when they left? And replacing them with Michigan State is identical to Pac adding San Diego State.
It's the lower left part of the "chart".
I’m not going to argue about attendance numbers again. VT wouldn’t get one to the big ten because they would just get Virginia. Both are good academic schools for sure but neither have much in the way of brand recognition or national appeal. VT has been nothing since beemer left.
There was a time? It’s still like that for Iowa State. I haven’t met a single T-shirt Cyclone fan
13 teams would be fine.
6 teams home and away, 3 teams home, 3 teams away for 18 games like we play now in basketball.
Go back to 8 conference games in football and play rotating 4/4/4. You get a team home, away, year off in a 3 year rotation.
I don't care about protected rivalries in football anymore.
6 teams home and away, 3 teams home, 3 teams away for 18 games like we play now in basketball.
Go back to 8 conference games in football and play rotating 4/4/4. You get a team home, away, year off in a 3 year rotation.
I don't care about protected rivalries in football anymore.
Correct me if wrong, but I think its just "six highest-ranked conference champions", so seems like PAC leftovers would still have a decent chance at that compared to who.... MW (maybe gone), AAC, Conf USA, MAC?
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No one has been a bigger a-hole and more delusional than him during this entire run.
Well I’m insulted lol. Also wild to reference a realignment move from 80 years ago which was also 19 years before SDSU even had a football team
I was certain of this at one point, but now I'm not so sure.
Case for MWC schools joining the PAC:
- PAC brand > MWC brand
- A few years left on the current CFP deal
- Better bowl agreements in place
- Taking the PAC + the top of the MWC would probably be a better and more lucrative conference, long-term
- At least the MWC has a media deal
- $35M buyout for MWC to join the PAC for 2024, $0 buyout for PAC to join the MWC. Most schools in both conferences are pretty strapped for cash right now. Even though it's short-term, this could be a giant hurdle
The PAC really backed themselves into a corner by delaying and delaying. If this all goes down in June or before, SDSU is probably voting today to join the PAC as a replacement for Colorado, with SMU the launching pad in case more schools bolt. UNLV, Boise St, Fresno St, CO St and others are all sitting by the phone.
Big Ten should have forgot about UCLA and added SDSU, they bring exact same cache as Michigan State.
Instability most certainly plays a part, because instability hurts the next TV deal, which isn't really that far away for the Big 12. This is where Yormark earns his money by looking into his crystal ball. What are the Big Ten's aspirations?
If the outlook is reasonably certain that that the Big Ten wants Oregon and/or Washington, but just not right now, then to me it seems foolish to add Oregon and/or Washington to the Big 12. Why? Because the three years before the end of the media deal will be a fiasco. Media partners will be hesitant to make good offers knowing two of the flaships are likely to leave, and with hesitant media partners, the other schools who may have a legit shot in the Big Two will start actively looking around (basically what the Pac-12 is going through now).
KU and CU are AAU and have some pedigree, and would fit into the Big Ten. OkSU would fit nicely into the SEC. The Big 12 doesn't need a situation where hesitant media partners/lack of good offers makes these schools nervous and actively pursuing other options.
On the other hand, if the crystal ball indicates that the Big Ten is looking eastward, then perhaps a gamble is warranted.
Honestly surprised sparty hasn’t been kicked out by SDSU. Hope the pac doesn’t decide to go shopping in the big ten lol
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Georgia is the land grant school of Georgia.
Play a conf team that isn't in the rotation that year and doesn't count in standings, isn't that what the B12 in Mexico will be? Also remember B10 teams playing teams in their conference that were already scheduled after joining that didn't count for standings.
I think ESPN would get more money from our conference ESPN+ subscriptions than fees to cable companies for a Big 12 network.
Not that this has any merits, but UConn baseball is actually really good as far as other sports. But yeah football they got a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG way to to.