Prediction for USC/UCLA postmortem.

[clonestuckincedarrapids]

This whole "second tier" thing is complete BS and something Hok fans are trying to say to belittle Cyclone fans. No matter what happens, there are still just as many high school football players who want to play college football. It's not like the talent pool is going to shrink. SEC and Big 10 teams can still only start 22 guys per team. Cincinnati made the college football playoff last year as a "second tier" league.

It won’t be immediate, I certainly agree with that. But the difference of money between the top tier conferences and everyone is going to be staggering. They’ll act as a semi pro league scooping up much of the talent. What drives me the most crazy is that teams like Northwestern get grandfathered in because of dumb luck.

 

[Allikat]

It won’t be immediate, I certainly agree with that. But the difference of money between the top tier conferences and everyone is going to be staggering. They’ll act as a semi pro league scooping up much of the talent. What drives me the most crazy is that teams like Northwestern get grandfathered in because of dumb luck.

For now.

 

[cayin]

For now.

It seems so weird that schools with a good football history like Okie State and Virginia Tech will not be playing big boy football but Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, Indiana, and Vanderbilt will. Something is not right.

 

[Cyclone27inQC]

It seems so weird that schools with a good football history like Okie State and Virginia Tech will not be playing big boy football but Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, Indiana, and Vanderbilt will. Something is not right.

One thing we have to remember is that half of teams in these conferences aren't that good but they just happen to be in big population areas or already have history with that conference.

 

[HoopsTournament]

One thing we have to remember is that half of teams in these conferences aren't that good but they just happen to be in big population areas or already have history with that conference.

And the big boys need teams to take L’s so they can have more W’s.

 

[Lexclone]

It won’t be immediate, I certainly agree with that. But the difference of money between the top tier conferences and everyone is going to be staggering. They’ll act as a semi pro league scooping up much of the talent. What drives me the most crazy is that teams like Northwestern get grandfathered in because of dumb luck.

Cannon fodder… just like FCS teams they’ll be making bank for taking huge losses year in and year out. Paid handsomely for allowing mid-capability teams (cough: Iowa) to have some wins.

 

[NWICY]

North Carolina is on the big ten list also. They fit in.

It's all about FB until it's N.C. they aren't terrible but their only claim to fame if MBB.