If we weren't going to drop the Hawks with 9 conference games, we're not going to drop them when we have 8.
I wouldn't mind the Big 12 staying at 9 teams, it is perfect for football. Regain stability and perhaps add teams to get back to 12 in a few years, and be selective, don't just add Houston for the hell of it.
The best recruits in Florida aren't watching the "directionals". (Who are the directionals anyway?) Plus it would cost more to travel to Florida every other year than Iowa City, and not as much money would be brought in when hosting "Directional Florida" than would be when hosting Iowa. It becomes a lose-lose money factor.My thought. First we drop the squaks. Next we do a home and home with the Florida directionals for recruiting. The other 3 games are always winnable home games. Thoughts?
I said this in the other thread like this. SEC has gone to 13, they are going to go to 14. B1G, ACC, and Pac-12 are now all in a race to get to 14. We will no longer be a top notch conference at 9 when everyone else is at 14.
Honestly, it works out alright for basketball, too. Instead of an 16-game conference slate where you play 2 teams just once, you can play everyone twice with the same number of games.
I said this in the other thread like this. SEC has gone to 13, they are going to go to 14. B1G, ACC, and Pac-12 are now all in a race to get to 14. We will no longer be a top notch conference at 9 when everyone else is at 14.
The best recruits in Florida aren't watching the "directionals". (Who are the directionals anyway?) Plus it would cost more to travel to Florida every other year than Iowa City, and not as much money would be brought in when hosting "Directional Florida" than would be when hosting Iowa. It becomes a lose-lose money factor.
Ah. Florida Atlantic and Florida International were the teams coming to mind, and all I could think is that Atlantic and International aren't directionals. I completely blanked out on UCF and USF.Central Florida and South Florida I believe.
Central Florida and South Florida I believe.
Since when did Central become a direction? Only one would be South Florida.