Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[Trice]

What amazing timing for this story.

Can't wait for all the "Kliavkoff should have prevented this" hot takes. It'll be great entertainment.

A lucrative TV deal, CFP invites and the rest of the to-do list for George Kliavkoff's Pac-12

As George Kliavkoff approaches his first anniversary as Pac-12 commissioner, ESPN spoke to university presidents, athletic directors and coaches about the past year and the most critical goals remaining for the conference.

www.espn.com

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Seattle will end up with the B1G more than likely.

 

[Triggermv]

I'd think you'd go after Oregon, Washington, either Arizaon/ASU, and maybe which ever one has a good consistent ratings.

There would definitely be some culture shock if somehow Oregon and Washington ended up in the Big 12

 

[KnappShack]

He has a point

 

[Trice]

#RIP to The Alliance

 

[jdoggivjc]

Say this all plays out. The B12 could be very selective. We could gain the bay area, Seattle, PHX, basically Vegas after we added Houston, Orlando, Cincy, and Salt Lake.

A lot of eyeballs.

I doubt you get Bay Area - if Cal and Stanford were cool with being in a conference that contained Baylor and BYU, they would have let BYU into the Pac ages ago.

 

[NorthCyd]

This isn't good for us, even if the Big XII can pilfer some PAC schools. If all the biggest brands consolidate into 2 conferences it gets us that much closer to a collegiate "pro" league between the B1G and SEC members. Hope it's not true.

 

[MartyFine]

I think it more likely that the remaining Pac-12 schools try to bring in SDSU and Boise or something, and then they approach the Big 12 about negotiating together (as the NFL does and all of college football should do).

That BIG/Pac-12 alliance did not last as long as the Nazi and Soviet alliance of 1939...

 

[DSM4Cy]

Big 12 should approach Pac-12 for a complete merger. 22 is a weird number and I know Wash St and Oregon St aren’t quite at the level of the rest, but I don’t see B12 schools excluding land-grant state universities. But I don’t think Cal or Stanford will have anything to do with the B12. The problem for the remainder of the P12 is that there aren’t schools that fit their academic standards. They’re going to either have to change that or go independent. Or they could stick with 10 like the B12 did, but then they clearly become the 5th best league.

 

[LLCoolCY]

I'd feel better about this if the New Big 12 (sans OUT) had a few years to establish and are locked into the new media deal. I think ISU should be safe if the top 64 teams break out of the NCAA to the eventual super conference. Thinking and knowing it is a big line with ISU's history will always have me worried conference shakeups would end badly for our school.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Grab Colorado, the Arizona schools, and Utah.

That would be awesome.

 

[Hoggins]

I hope the Big 10 takes 6. The 6 leftovers join the 6 original Big 12 leftovers and we start a new conference.

Fool's hope, but maybe not

 

[BCClone]

Four best would be Oregon, Wash, Colorado, and ASU. Those four with BYU and I’m guessing the Kansas schools and us. Or somehow ACC grabs WV and we add another pac 12er, which could keep us on the east side.

 

[Darius Bieber]

Dang, this could really help the Big 12. Should we pick up the geographically best fit schools like Colorado/Utah/the Arizona schools? Or go for the academically-minded schools like Washington, Oregon, Cal, Stanford?

The losers will definitely be the likes of Washington State and Oregon State unfortunately.

 

[FerShizzle]

But I thought they had a non poaching alliance? ACC bholes just clenched up a bit.

 

[Triggermv]

I'd feel better about this if the New Big 12 (sans OUT) had a few years to establish and are locked into the new media deal. I think ISU should be safe if the top 64 teams break out of the NCAA to the eventual super conference. Thinking and knowing it is a big line with ISU's history will always have me worried conference shakeups would end badly for our school.

I get nervous no doubt during any type of conference shake-up for ISU

 

[Gunnerclone]

I doubt you get Bay Area - if Cal and Stanford were cool with being in a conference that contained Baylor and BYU, they would have let BYU into the Pac ages ago.

New forces at work. If it gets down to only having one option/choice they might think differently.

 

[Trice]

Others have already said similar things, but put me in the “this is good news for Iowa State” camp (assuming it happens).

Personally I'd probably categorize it as "this is not bad news for Iowa State, for once" more than "good news." Does our situation fundamentally change, aside from speculation about our situation finally dying down? Are we going to end up getting paid more per team than we would have yesterday? Seems unlikely.

 

[Gorm]

 

[BCClone]

Dang, this could really help the Big 12. Should we pick up the geographically best fit schools like Colorado/Utah/the Arizona schools? Or go for the academically-minded schools like Washington, Oregon, Cal, Stanford?

The losers will definitely be the likes of Washington State and Oregon State unfortunately.

You take the best brands. Geography is worthless when you have Florida and Wav already.