Sure because of the pandemic and BIG TEN almost cancelling the season. I think it was fairly well known then that OSU was thinking about disobeying.
Wait, tOSU almost went independent?
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Sure because of the pandemic and BIG TEN almost cancelling the season. I think it was fairly well known then that OSU was thinking about disobeying.
Big 10 hangers on when tOSU and Michigan eventually leave and their conference starts to dissolve
Please elaborate on when you say "fairly well known." Not message board chatter but something that would be comparable to Smith talking about it.
Then tOSU ended up benefiting - play only 6 regular season games, get CFP invite anyway.
Nebraska will go from demanding unequal revenue sharing, to leaving conference because they got the unequal revenue sharing they demanded, to joining a league with equal revenue sharing, to forced back into unequal revenue sharing knowing this time they are 8th or 9th fiddle at best, to possibly left behind for break away super league.
Honestly if you combine football and basketball prowess right now Nebraska might be the worst B1G school.
You might still be right.
There are only like 11 million people in Ohio and I don't think random people around the entire country wake up one day and say "I'm a Buckeye now!".
Lowest population state (By a significant margin) in a somewhat remote location that isn't a recruiting hotbed. Also lost their balloons.
Give it time, that is what will happen. Probably closer to 20 schools than 10 though.
I would guess top 24:
Mich, OSU, PSU, MSU, Wisky, Nebby
Bama, Auburn, Florida, GA, Tex, OU, Tenn, LSU, A&M, Arky
Clemson, FSU, Miami, ND
USC, UCLA, Oregon, UW
If the rest become the "real" college football with about 50 teams, regionally sorted out, I would be 100% ok with that.
There were all kinds of rumors out there back then that Ohio State was going to disobey and try to go it alone with the Big Ten cancelled the season. You can google, but it was well known and I have no doubt was part of the reason Warren then caved.
Well known that tOSU was going to leave the B1G, become an independent, and get their own TV deal?
When a major university states they won't obey the conference you can read heavily between the lines there. I am sure that was a major reason Warren eventually caved and allowed a season.
Nebraska and OSU still wanted to play football. That's a hell of a lot different than saying they are going to leave the conference, become an independent, and get their own TV deal.
I know what you're saying but Rutgers is the worst BIG school. In fact, Rutgers would be the worst SEC, BIG 12, and PAC 12 school. It would be bottom four in the ACC.