Nah. There aren't people in Corvallis and Pullman. The league is much better off in large population centers.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
- Thread starter ISUcyclones11
- Start date
I think both can happen: regional rivalries & super conference money.
I look forward to ISU playing UCF, Cincy & Houston- but I'm OK if we play them every 4 years in FB. What's important to me is a large part of our schedule be regional rivals that fans can roadtrip to games.
My ideal Big12 schedule would be 5 rivalry games & 4 rotation games.
I look forward to UCF coming to play in Ames in November
Oh no, the soon-to-be-defunct PAC 12 is going to cut ties with us!
It appears that teams added to the Big 10 will be receiving a lesser share of the cash while teams added to the Big 12 will receive a full share, making the numbers fairly similar at least for a few years….and putting you on a level playing field with your conference competitors. I’m surprised that’s not talked about more.
I'll add to that from a non-athletics perspective.
The two coming enrollment cliffs are very real and very scary to universities as a whole. These presidents have to look at not only athletics but keeping their enrollment numbers high enough to cover expenses. The impact having 10 or 12 extra students paying out of state tuition can be pretty significant over 4 years and that's why it's important to be where there are regular/non-athlete students to draw from.
I don't get why some are down on adding UC and UH. They've both won basketball national championships. They've both had top 5 football teams. And they're both in top 25 media markets. What's not to like for the B12? Spotty attendance I presume is the main sticking point? You'd think that will improve once they become B12 regulars.
UCF, that one I get as a legit question mark. Outside of UF and FSU football, Florida isn't exactly known as a hotbed of sports fans. I'd bet that even today, half the kids enrolled at UCF for fall semester don't even know they're now in the B12 conference. And prolly don't care, either.
Except Hawkeye fans and those SOBs start it 1st anyway. I've never had problems with any other opposing team fans in either Trice or Hilton.
I gotta say, Yormark is the dude. I'm not sure he could've played any of this possibly better than he has so far.
BYU is actually a solid academic school and somewhat selective, they don't take you just because you're a practicing Mormon. I think there's another school in the area that has a majority-Mormon enrollment, but is for the lesser academic talent. I want to say Weber State, but I forget for sure the school offhand.
1 in 8 countries occupy less land than Houston. With increased revenue and a bigger brand, they have a chance to be a really good program.
Is it time for CF to have a Yormark emoji?
First, so many pages to read so I skipped a bunch. If covered already please direct me according.
What if the B10 add Oregon and Washington. That's 16 (damn I am good at math!), then maybe Stanford and Cal. Ok, now 18. Now if the ACC crumbles they will push for UNC and UVA. Twenty.
What does the SEC do?
Will the BixXII stop at 16? Will they go after Beavers and Cougars? Should they? Culturally those schools would be a good fit. Would they want to stop at 18 teams? We would want to have the same number of teams as SEC and Big10, right?
What if the B10 add Oregon and Washington. That's 16 (damn I am good at math!), then maybe Stanford and Cal. Ok, now 18. Now if the ACC crumbles they will push for UNC and UVA. Twenty.
What does the SEC do?
Will the BixXII stop at 16? Will they go after Beavers and Cougars? Should they? Culturally those schools would be a good fit. Would they want to stop at 18 teams? We would want to have the same number of teams as SEC and Big10, right?
Canzano on the DP show right now and he is saying how there is enthusiasm behind the scenes for the PAC as it sounds like Oregon might stay and then the Arizona schools will likely stay if that happens. Guy never gives up.
I see it as an arms race at this point. If you want to be one of the 3 surviving long term, you do exactly what the other 2 do. You maybe even consider jumping in front of them when it comes to volume of teams. I see three 20 team conferences in the near future.
Tell that to Stillwater, Manhattan, Ames, Morgantown