Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Utah fans call BYU TDS. Not sure what it means. Maybe some take on LDS.
The kind who say "TDS" are usually the kind who are positive the MWC is better than the Big 12.
Think we will get to players as employees and players unions in near future. That will impact a lot of things.
I have seen in this thread someone said "Team Down South" similar to the clever people here who refer to U of Iowa as TOE
What's worse is all we did was reshuffle some teams around and pay them more. And then we left out 2 or 4 teams altogether.
What's the damn point. We rearranged geography, increased travel time/costs, ****** up a ton of longstanding rivalries - all for a few more bucks with a lot of chaos. In the end, some teams were big losers (OSU/WSU/Cal/Stan), some held serve (Big 12), some teams were big winners (Big 12 additions, BIG, SEC) which pissed off another entire league (ACC).
If everyone kept their damn hands off of things, we could have kept college football the way everyone loved it, added more money for teams, and went on with common sense CFB.
I think ASU is probably coming but thinking long term ACC it makes me really want UConn with them instead of Utah. I'd love to know if AZ/ASU are lobbying for Utah behind the scenes or if it's totally one on one talks with Utah and Yormark.
We are what we are in football and we don't have an opportunity to add Ohio State or Alabama the way we have an opportunity to add the #1 basketball program, let's be a no doubter second best basketball in USA behind only NBA. Extend the lead in the sport where we can control our fate.
The existential threat has passed, now let's capitalize what we can. Utah football isn't going to make or break the now 14+ team Big 12 in a post Pac and soon post ACC world.
idk... at least the 12 team playoff helps widen that to 10. and i would imagine in the first 5 years of the 12 team playoff that at least 20 different teams will participate. thats got to help start to spread out the talent a bit because there is a chance at more schools.
right now with the 4 team playoff and the same 6 teams rotating into those 4 spots, the top talent has all coalesced to those few schools.
Since it looks like Oregon & Washington are heading to the BIG, it would seem we can get anyone of the remaining PAC 6 that we want. That being said, I think it would be awesome if we took ASU and then invited UCONN to get to 16.
First, we would be the best bball conference by far, even though UCONN doesn’t add much for football…it would be fun to give Utah the conference they deserve.
First, we would be the best bball conference by far, even though UCONN doesn’t add much for football…it would be fun to give Utah the conference they deserve.
And poor ranking. Then a miracle happened - their ratings went up while the aau kicked them out. Why? Because 13 schools (big tin) voted them higher than they ever did when they were members of the big12. Us News rankings - generally ignored now.
We're effectively at 15.
Is Utah football going to propel us to football greatness or keep the MWC or depleted ACC from passing us?
Would UConn basketball cement that every other conference is basically a joke in hoops in comparison?
Yeah an individual Utah fb game on cable tv might bring more eyes than one UConn basketball game...would it bring more than 2.5 UConn basketball games and would it bring more than the annual UConn run through the big dance?
I'm talking myself into ASU/UConn to finish it off at 16 by the minute. Add PItt and VaTech when
This would be the right thing to do but not the smart thing
While ASU and Utah were bashing us, UA was tickling our balls behind the scenes.
Building relationships matters in the business world.
Building relationships matters in the business world.
The player in this is likely less about ASU and AZ and more about ESPN and FOX (because FOX needs to agree on pro-rata shares and ESPN will need to agree to waive the G5 exception).
If both partners see more potential media value in Utah, Utah is the preference and visa versa.
I think if Yormark has his preference it would be UConn due to exposure in the NorthEast. We have the four corners covered and he is about the show.
The problem is, each conference and school is looking out for themselves and their own best interests. Same could be said for the networks. The NCAA doesn't provide a framework by where it's looking out for the overall interest of the sport(s).
To get that, first, conferences are going to have to give up some of their power. By which I mean the bluebloods that have outsized influence in their conference would have to cede it. Second, they're going to need an anti-trust exemption, because the third thing they'll need is a single college football media deal. It's not going to work of schools can jump conferences or conferences can poach from each other.
If the media companies weren’t interested in the PAC before , why split them up in to other conferences and pay more?
