Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[Cyhig]

What is this crazy feeling? There is conference realignment, yet I’m not overcome by existential dread? In fact, I’m eager to hear of more teams switching conferences.

So weird.

Right now, I think we can sympathize with Washington State and Oregon State fans. They must be wondering what will happen to their programs, much like most of us were dreading the thought of going to the MAC back only about 13 years ago. The likely landing spot may be the Mountain West for them if the PAC crumbles.

But for once, it’s nice to be able to be in a position of “who wants to join us” rather than “who wants us”

 

[Cytown12]

Agree. Cal would be a logical choice to bring access to Bay Area.

Would think Stanford is still hoping for a Big10 invite.

I would be fine with not having Cali schools in the Big 12

 

[CysRage]

Update on how Iowa fans are handling the news that the Big 12 isn’t going away….they are just coming out and basically admitting they don’t understand TV deals now. View attachment 114846

Many hokroach fans aren’t very smart. Barber fits the boomer Hawkeye fan stereotype perfectly.

 

[BCClone]

Were they big rivals with other old BXII/B8 schools? I’ve only been an ISU fan since college, 2011

Nebraska was theirs for football.

 

[BCClone]

Big 14 showed up on USPTO website as being abandoned by the Big 12 conference and owned by someone else now

Maybe some porn star?

 

[knowlesjam]

The cascade of even lower PAC payouts will begin with Colorado parting ways. Definitely a negative feedback loop that only drives the prime teams out faster, continuing the drop in payouts. I'm assuming two more teams pretty quick (if UCONN is the third) or three more teams (if UCONN is a no). Should be a entertaining next few days/weeks.

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

In all of this, I feel the worst for Oregon State and Washington State. We were them when Missouri, Colorado and Nebraska left. It’s awful. I remember listening to every podcast I could find about realignment to get the varying opinions hoping for some good news for Iowa State. They have the exact leadership we had in place at that time and they have to feel helpless.

 

[BCClone]

George Kliavkoff at the PAC12 conference...

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George Kliavkoff today...

 

[Dr.bannedman]

conference of Tractors & Tacos

come on Arizona

 

[Pope]

Colorado is going to get the sh*t treatment from the rest of the PAC this season. Every team in the league is going to try to run up the score on Prime as much as possible while he's trying to resurrect the program. Also, fortunately for them, it's the TV networks, not the conference, who decide kickoff times for their games.

 

[BCClone]

conference of Tractors & Tacos

come on Arizona

We raise a lot of pork and beef so I would say sausage and taco conference.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

We raise a lot of pork and beef so I would say sausage and taco conference.

but everyone has tractors..... not everyone raises hogs for the maschhoffs

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[clonedude]

In all of this, I feel the worst for Oregon State and Washington State. We were them when Missouri, Colorado and Nebraska left. It’s awful. I remember listening to every podcast I could find about realignment to get the varying opinions hoping for some good news for Iowa State. They have the exact leadership we had in place at that time and they have to feel helpless.

I don’t feel bad for anyone…. nobody ever felt bad for ISU…. f’em!

 

[Yaz]

I don’t feel bad for anyone…. nobody ever felt bad for ISU…. f’em!

#true

 

[Yaz]

LOL

 

[BCClone]

but everyone has tractors..... not everyone raises hogs for the maschhoffs

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Believe the maschoffs sold out to seaboard, at least the ones I know.

 

[CysRage]

LOL

Big 12 fans were told the last several years by Pac 12 media that an OU/UT less Big 12 was no greater than the AAC in terms of media revenue.

Guys like Stewart Mandel danced on the Big 12s grave 2 years ago and now he is dealing with the things he said 2 years ago. He essentially laughed at people (like Chris Williams) for suggesting the Big 12 still has value. He truly could not fathom in any universe a OU/UT less Big 12 has more value than a USC/UCLA less Pac 12 hence the “beaches” comments.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Just thinking out loud - I had wanted Arizona and ASU for that rivalry, but I wonder if the idea would be go to 16 (Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Washington) and then having every team in the conference schedule a non-con rivalry week, which then lets Arizona still play Arizona State.

I realize Arizona State would have to agree to it, but they got their own asses into this mess. Probably the only school I don't feel bad for.

 

[bradcyclone]

Eventually, give it a few years, OU and Nebraska will figure out that losing sucks in Big 10 and in SEC and may want to return.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Eventually, give it a few years, OU and Nebraska will figure out that losing sucks in Big 10 and in SEC and may want to return.

You can put up with a lot of sucky losses if you’re hauling in the kind of bucks the B1G and SEC hand out.