Fair enough, but I don't think Adidas and Under Armor share that sentiment
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Well, in PA the state Us are Penn St and Penn (which is an Ivy League school)
In NJ it's Rutgers
NY has a system similar to California, such as SUNY-Buffalo, etch
ME, VT, and NH are all small states which would have small state universities
UConn and UMass are just weird outliers - perhaps because they were isolated from real competition before college sports went national so they weren't able to develop big rivalries with bigger powers.
Penn St came close to joining the Big East a while back. Wonder what a Northeast power conference could’ve looked like?
Penn St
Pitt
Syracuse
BC
UConn
Rutgers
WV?
VaTech?
Probably wouldn’t have lasted long, but could’ve been interesting
I’ve thought CU/AZ and wait for ACC to crumble is best for B12 and what I expect to happen.
Let Utah and ASU live their dream anchoring the WAC. Get ACC markets when available instead of doubling up a state with barely more people than Iowa.
Pitt and Temple are also public universities in Pennsylvania according to a Google search, while Penn is private.
Can’t believe I missed Pitt in that convo. Would‘ve never guessed Temple was public.
He did make note of that in the POD, that KU and TT would be the ones that have a problem with that. Also, it was said here, that KU would really be the main issue, because TTs deal is up in '25.
Im not sure how serious they were with the idea, it is definitely and outside the box idea, but in todays world it is not exactly insane, at least some version of it. Exactly the kind of outside the box thinking BY is good at.
The only thing public about Penn is the Vet College has some state funding. Penn has been private since it was started. Temple and Pitt are public.
Correct but New England is probably the most extreme with it. Especially because it’s not like people up here aren’t sports fans. They are and they are die hard. But it’s all professional sports here. Was the biggest tonal shift for me when I moved out here coming from the Midwest where college sports is massive.
Probabilities:
AZ, UO, UW 5%
AZ, UO, ASU or UU 30%
AZ, ASU, UU 1%
AZ, ASU or UU, UConn 4%
AZ only 50%
UConn only 9.9%
SDST only 0.1%
AZ, UO, UW 5%
AZ, UO, ASU or UU 30%
AZ, ASU, UU 1%
AZ, ASU or UU, UConn 4%
AZ only 50%
UConn only 9.9%
SDST only 0.1%
All conjecture here, but let's say this idea plays out. UO is in the Big 12 and Knight makes a huge sponsorship agreement somehow with the conference. Any teams not wearing Nike gear would have to be banished from the conference immediately!
Seriously, they would be allowed to have their apparel contract run its course without any problem. I would imagine they might want to sign with Nike on the next go around!
It wouldn't be a bad problem to have.
I am going AZ only. I think WAOR will decide to take the hit on the Pac deal. It'll be like a 4 year deal. Because WAOR is staying, Utah and ASU will stay.
I was wrong on any Pac teams coming over however.
All conjecture here, but let's say this idea plays out. UO is in the Big 12 and Knight makes a huge sponsorship agreement somehow with the conference. Any teams not wearing Nike gear would have to be banished from the conference immediately!
Seriously, they would be allowed to have their apparel contract run its course without any problem. I would imagine they might want to sign with Nike on the next go around!
It wouldn't be a bad problem to have.
Just do a Big10 and hide a Nike logo in the Big12 logo.
Just do a Big10 and hide a Nike logo in the Big12 logo.
I’m getting erect at the thought of actually having a large and premium collection of ISU Nike gear available to the public and I LOVE this logo idea. Why should Phil Knoght only have a team? He’s a legend he should have an entire conference.