The Realignment in the NCAA

Alex

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I find this provocative as a past college athlete myself. Basically, the Big XII which is a huge conference is breaking up and teams are going all over the place. A lot of the movement is down to football, which is by far the biggest college sport by some distance. The crown jewel of the Big XII is Texas, which seemed as though they would be content to stay in the Big XII; however, with the recent move of Colorado to the Pac-10, it seems as though the wheels have been set in motion. Nebraska is the key player at this point as they seem to want join the Big 10, which if they do will effctively end the Big XII. Texas and Oklahoma will head to the Pac-10 with some other schools, and Missouri will join Nebraska in the Big 10. This will leave Kansas high and dry(and they have one of the most storied bball programs ever) and they will have to enter the Mountain West, which itself is expanding, recently adding Boise State. In related news, Notre Dame, an independent with the largest private tv deal is rumored to be contemplating a move to the Big 10. I find this whole thing fascinating as it just shows that college sports is all about the money, from the standpoint of the universities.

Any thoughts?
 
Well it looks like we'll see the first "super conferences" in the next couple years. What ever the Pac-10 becomes and probably the SEC next maybe followed by the Big 10. I'm really not sure what to think. I could see this being something to lead to a play off or the thing that kills it. If we end up with like 4 super conferences those leagues could dictate making the gap between the haves and the have nots even bigger.
 
Missouri is still considering the MWC along with Kansas and Kansas State. But they'd be fools to choose the MWC over the Big Ten (Plus One Now Two).

I hold out hope the remaining schools stick it out and find two more schools to replace Colorado and Nebraska (TCU and Colorado State perhaps?).

That said, I'd much rather Texas join the SEC than the PAC-10, though my Big Ten (Plus One Now Two) supporting mates want Texas. I just don't see the logistics of it. Too many long trips up north. Same out west. The SEC would make far more sense, especially considering Texas status in all sports.

The worst part of all this is the making of super conferences which probably ends any hope of a playoff system.
 
I think it helps the playoff system theory, that said it will hurt all the teams not in a super conference
 
If you end up with four super conferences, (Pac-10, SEC, Big 10, and probably the ACC,) it absolutely helps the playoff system. The super-conferences will almost certainly have two divisions, i.e. a two-team playoff for conference champion. Throw those four conference champions into a single elimination tournament and you've got a playoff.
 
Based on what previous realignments do you come to such conclusion?

What will happen is the super conferences will gobble up all the bowl bids. You'll have SEC East #3 versus PAC10-Northwest #4. Shit like that.

And conference championship games. They already exists amongst the big six conferences and yet no playoff format. Nothing will change. That's my two cents.
 
Alex said:
I think it helps the playoff system theory, that said it will hurt all the teams not in a super conference
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It's going to create such parity, it almost seems inreal this is happening at such a scale
 
The only real winners in this are probably Texas and Oklahoma who managed to get more tv money from what I've read. Probably still the best thing in my opinion. Wow though, the Big 12 North is now REALLY dreadful.
 
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