Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[drmwevr08]

From Thamel's ESPN+, interesting take on M. Crow:

"Crow has been at ASU since 2002 and has played a central role in keeping the school's sleeping giant of an athletic department, asleep. As former commissioner Larry Scott's staunchest supporter, Crow was a central figure in the league's failures during his tenure. ASU leaving would mark a Crow failure, something he's expected to be hesitant to do because of his role in the downfall."

The guy and much of his sycophant staff are fairly insufferable. When I mentioned to him that I was an ISU guy too, he almost scoffed. I think he wishes he wasn't.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Always loved this video. Nothing says “MURICA!” like this video.

 

[HoopsTournament]

It's a special paint that can only be produced with the tears of orphans.

When I first read this I thought it said tears of Mormons.

 

[06_CY]

The more it looks like the Pac will basically be done after this season, the more excited I get for my Vegas trip and going to the Pac football championship game in December.

 

[KidSilverhair]

ND will only join a conference if they don’t have a seat at the same table as the conference commissioners.

Or if their only path to the playoff is via a conference

 

[HouClone]

Not watching this bozo.

 

[bosco]

I’m okay with that. Forcing them to play defense is when mistakes get made.

There is possibly a silver lining since the BIG and SEC per school payout is so large only a few select schools that can justify the cost. With the B12 being substantially lower the pool of schools that move the needle for us is much larger.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Anyone read this column?

Yes it’s empty

 

[HoopsTournament]

So what are we gonna do someday when Iowa State plays Iowa in the Rose Bowl?

It would be a CFP game if that happens

 

[crs8975]

First off, I love this video. 2nd, how big was that damn box of fireworks they had hiding over there?

 

[LancelotClone]

It's too bad the Big 12 Football Championship is locked into AT&T Stadium until 2030. Allegiant Stadium in Vegas will soon have an open date.

 

[Gonzo]

If there's 18 teams, it might happen again.

If there's 20 teams, it will probably happen again.

I don't disagree but if the conference does go back to divisions or pods, there's no way they're going to make them as unbalanced competitively as they have been.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

It's too bad the Big 12 Football Championship is locked into AT&T Stadium until 2030. Allegiant Stadium in Vegas will soon have an open date.

After that crap the UNLV athletics department pulled when we were out there, not sure Pollard would want anything to do with that stadium for a while

 

[gipper2001]

From Thamel's ESPN+, interesting take on M. Crow:

"Crow has been at ASU since 2002 and has played a central role in keeping the school's sleeping giant of an athletic department, asleep. As former commissioner Larry Scott's staunchest supporter, Crow was a central figure in the league's failures during his tenure. ASU leaving would mark a Crow failure, something he's expected to be hesitant to do because of his role in the downfall."

I have lived in the Phoenix area since 1992. After the Rose Bowl season of 1996, national and local media constantly talked about the "sleeping giant" of ASU football and that they could be the west coast version of Florida State. ASU has never been back to the Rose Bowl and their record since '96 is 171-145 (.541), pretty mediocre. There is simply no excuse why they have not become a consistent Top 25 team at the very least. Arizona has become a great recruiting state and is nestled between talent rich California and Texas. And with the "talent" of the student body, I don't see how they don't consistently get Top 15 or Top 20 recruiting classes.

 

[cyman05]

Don’t know if this is a joke or not but if conferences start going to 20-24 teams they will make bowl games intraconference to keep more money in-house

 

[Shawker]

I don't disagree but if the conference does go back to divisions or pods, there's no way they're going to make them as unbalanced competitively as they have been.

A 20 team conference is actually super easy for scheduling purposes. For football you have two divisions and play the other 9 teams in your division plus your 3 non-con games. Division winners play for the title. You just have to balance the divisions by talent and not by geography. For basketball no divisions and everyone plays everybody else once.

 

[FerShizzle]

After that crap the UNLV athletics department pulled when we were out there, not sure Pollard would want anything to do with that stadium for a while

I think it’s the Raiders stadium.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I think it’s the Raiders stadium.

Yes but it has the ick to Pollard now

 

[cycloneML]

After that crap the UNLV athletics department pulled when we were out there, not sure Pollard would want anything to do with that stadium for a while

What happened? Was it payback for their perceived screw job vs ISU football in Ames about 15 years ago?

 

[DarkStar]

My humble opinion, we take Arizona and stand pat at 14. I don't see how duplicate schools in AZ and Utah add any real value.

Wait for the ACC to blow up and grab some of those schools.