what do you think is going to happen to the rest of the old Big XII? Baylor and Ok St. to PAC? To the Big X?
College Football 2021/22
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The USC move is never going to happen. Leaving behind the fact that the administration has shown little to no care re: sports, they would also be leaving behind all of the rivalries they have in place and it would piss off the fanbase and alumni.
OSU and at least some of the Texas schools to the PAC12, assuming the conference wants to remain relevant in football. BYU and Boise St are lingering out there so some might get left in the cold. But they’ll surely need the DFW market with TCU and/or Baylor. KU & ISU will be scrambling to get into the BIG and praying it doesn’t make a serious run at ND.
KSU is boned; they’re getting relegated methinks.
BYU is an interesting one. They would have a natural rivalry with Utah if they joined the PAC. I was really confused when they joined the WCC.
As a wrestling coach, I would have to change my undies.
There's a Gym Jordan joke in here somewhere, but I am too mature to make it.
Ha. Nah feck Wisconsin and OhioSt. That would mean we’d get to see Okie St vs Iowa and Penn St every year
As someone who knows nothing about college wrestling I am going to assume this is good?
They’re the 3 best programs in the sport.
Okie St: 34 team national titles and coached by the greatest international wrestler in US history
Iowa: 24 team national titles and reigning national champs
Penn St: 10 team national titles, 8 of them since 2011, and coached by the greatest collegiate wrestler in US history
All 3 in the same conference =
A&M left the Big XII because of Texas. Tired of constantly being in the shadow of big brother, tired of Texas this and that, the TV deal, etc. A "no" vote would show them as the pricks they have always been. Feck 'em.
SEC was the first "power conference" shakeup when they grabbed Arkansas and South Carolina and created a 12-school conference. Texas and Texas A&M elected to remain in the SWC.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2011/1990-sec-expansion-southeastern-conference/
More chatter about the SEC going after other big schools. Finebaum believes this move is about eliminating the NCAA and basically creating a separate D1 football league/system. This is probably where D1A should forecast itself - a premier league system of 30-40 top schools and the rest in a lesser league competing internally, thus two champions each year.
Is it possible in say ten years we end up with something like the SEC having 24 schools in four divisions competing in a closed circuit?
Perhaps the SEC with 16/20/24 schools and another super conference merger with what's left of the ACC, Big Ten (plus four), and PAC-12?
https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/ohio-state-florida-state-clemson-michigan-sec-
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/foru...ohio-state-michigan-clemson-and-florida-state
This sucks, Im not a fan of super conferences.
I really don’t have a clue of where we’re headed. I’ve heard of that 32-40 team NFL-type setup instead of the 4x16 style that I mentioned earlier. Oddly enough, I think the smaller version would be more complicated because you’re leaving many more teams out of the pie.
After dwelling on it, I think it makes more sense for OU from a competitive aspect than it appears at first even though we can’t coast to a playoff spot via a conference championship. Where we get killed in recruiting is the South, because kids are the same as grown athletes: they want to play against the best, earn the most glory, and make the most money. Now we’ll be on their TVs regularly on the same ‘playing field’ as Bama et al, and SEC recruiters can’t use that against us.
Also I think the chaos that will ensue won’t calm down anytime soon, and until then the SEC is basically division II of the NFL.
I hate it for what it could mean for all the other college sports.
Whats the point though? Is it purely financial?
This SEC football thing absolutely is. They’re thinking they can make over $1 billion a year on it.
Surely thats up to the networks though? Im set against this just like I am with a super league
This is America. The networks are gonna eat it up.
Sigh
Never took you for a traditionalist
“nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’(A)because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
(In case you were wondering)
Thanks for clearing that up
so the kid's got zero confidence issues then
His throwing arm certainly doesn’t
And it’s getting messy now…the BigXII sent a ‘cease & desist’ letter to ESPN and accused them of conspiring with the AAC and SEC in order for the former to steal 3-5 of the remaining members after OU/TX leave. This would mean that ESPN orchestrated affairs in a manner that would implode the conference and thus reduce the cost of the big boys moving to the SEC whilst rewarding the AAC with an improved TV contract afterwards. Fun times…
CBS Sports
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A&M are apparently being portrayed as losers in all of this….
My mind went more toward Pink Floyd…
Money
It's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team
They aren’t happy. This was either leaked to the press by A&M in order to try and derail it, or leaked by UT at the same time as an A&M media conference in order to embarrass them.
I don’t know which is more petty and/or hilarious.
This all reeks of ESPN and their stranglehold of the SEC media rights and the bowl games they own for media rights purposes. Being in bed with huge universities and athletic departments, they rule the roost because they are the money makers.
It's all out of control now. With NIL, most top prospects will want to only go to major programs for their shot at money. So what better way to funnel these players to a select group of schools in an inclusive super conference?
With that, each network can own a major conference or two...with at least six major conferences, you'd have a natural playoff system with the winner from each confernece and then the top 6 based on merit,, aka from the SEC or big time schools.
Fox Sports and CBS will have their say as well, but the SEC has the traditional linear TV audience. Big up the two weekend headline games and everything else is on ESPN+ or streaming platform.
It's all out of control now. With NIL, most top prospects will want to only go to major programs for their shot at money. So what better way to funnel these players to a select group of schools in an inclusive super conference?
With that, each network can own a major conference or two...with at least six major conferences, you'd have a natural playoff system with the winner from each confernece and then the top 6 based on merit,, aka from the SEC or big time schools.
Fox Sports and CBS will have their say as well, but the SEC has the traditional linear TV audience. Big up the two weekend headline games and everything else is on ESPN+ or streaming platform.
my teenage years were the 90’s, my mind always goes to 90’s rap. Or bad puns. But mostly to 90’s rap.
There’s really only 4 major conferences now, and that number could shrink further. In a 12-team playoff you’re looking at like half of them being SEC schools. There won’t be six different conferences getting automatic bids in the end; it is going to be damn near a monopoly.
There is the Power 5, but Big 12 is disintegrating in real time, but I'm just throwing out the fact that being inclusive to four conferences with about 40 teams is a closed single entity type of structure almost like MLS, but ESPN in total control. Split into geographic regions (West, South, North, East).
If it's split into 4 regions, nice for TV, then top 2 make a playoff, with the best remaining 4 teams from any region plays a play in game. At minimum, that's 12 teams, 6 games (New Years Day Six). However the matchups are done, it can work...they'll make it work.
It's going the wrong way for the sake of more and more money. Business wise I'm interested, but the sporting aspect has been a turnoff for too long. Plus ESPN are arses.
tradition is dead
Haha yeah I figured some of y’all might be as curious as I was about what it was thereI had no idea what this was about until I saw the tattoo. Self confident much?
Forget the letter, what the feck is that signature? Did his robot assistant who signs for him glitch out on the "T"?