Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

Cmonwhatarewedoinghereman

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Utah is one more bad season away from being a MW team if they keep up the antics. Teams have to prove they can compete in the NIL era. I'm looking at you Utah, Arz., and Oklahoma State. it also isnt a good look when Scott Frost at UCF has to kick in 500000 of his own money to retain a player.
I think it’s a little early for a West Virginia flex
 
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CyDude16

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Let's rank the schools 1 through 16 based on how attractive they have been in their first year.
1. Colorado is at the top based on TV ratings, which drive everything. Its commitment to NIL and its football success get them here.
2. Arizona State has to be 2, with its Big 12 title in football, and it is also the Big 12's best team in baseball so far this season.
3. Iowa State? 2nd in football, very solid in hoops, but no baseball. Baseball can be a money-making sport. WVU had over 4600 fans for a weeknight game this week.
4. BYU. BYU argues for 1. Good at football, basketball, and has a decent baseball team. Also the very top of the NIL heap. Not only has it signed the top basketball player, but it's also going toe-to-toe with Oregon, Michigan, and USC for the top QB.
5. Texas Tech. NIL is elevating Tech's sports across the board.

16. Utah or Cinn?

What Colorado football success? 13-12 in two years of Deion, sure this year was good for them but I wouldn’t say they’ve been successful. Next year will be interesting to see how they do, but I’m leaning they’ll be back to being under .500 for the season.

Also baseball will never be a money maker.
 
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What Colorado football success? 13-12 in two years of Deion, sure this year was good for them but I wouldn’t say they’ve been successful. Next year will be interesting to see how they do, but I’m leaning they’ll be back to being under .500 for the season.

Also baseball will never be a money maker.

Yeah, taking a terrible team and finishing in a four way tie for first your second season would not be considered success per Colorado standards. NC or bust.
 
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Yeah, taking a terrible team and finishing in a four way tie for first your second season would not be considered success per Colorado standards. NC or bust.

Will he be able to sustain it? Especially without his son and Hunter? To be determined.

And I literally said sure this season was good.
 

cykadelic2

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Great input here from Cody Campbell re' aggregation of CFB media rights and rational, geographic realignment that would bust up the existing mega-conferences spanning 3 or 4 time zones. Campbell will be working with Nick Saban on both issues:

 
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Great input here from Cody Campbell re' aggregation of CFB media rights and rational, geographic realignment that would bust up the existing mega-conferences spanning 3 or 4 time zones. Campbell will be working with Nick Saban on both issues:


Love it - It will never happen but he's right. If it makes sense and cents it will never happen because the SEC and BIG won't allow it. There are only 6-10 highly profitable powers in football the others in the SEC and BIG are riding their coat tails. so no need for them to change .
 

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Great input here from Cody Campbell re' aggregation of CFB media rights and rational, geographic realignment that would bust up the existing mega-conferences spanning 3 or 4 time zones. Campbell will be working with Nick Saban on both issues:


I see him butting heads with Saban day 1. Saban wants to preserve the mechanism allowing for the Big 10/SEC dominance, Campbell wants more equality.
 
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cykadelic2

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I see him butting heads with Saban day 1. Saban wants to preserve the mechanism allowing for the Big 10/SEC dominance, Campbell wants more equality.
Saban has previously indicated a preference for round robin scheduling in a 10 school SEC. The issue now with him is being an ESPN employee and obviously ESPN wants to continue to run the sport along with Fox. He has attempted to minimize his influence in recent days as it relates to the so called Commission and I am willing to bet his affiliation with ESPN may have something to do with that.
 
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I see him butting heads with Saban day 1. Saban wants to preserve the mechanism allowing for the Big 10/SEC dominance, Campbell wants more equality.
Yep those oil billionaires are known for promoting and endorsing equality lol.

I don’t necessarily hate the ideas behind it but these two are amongst the worst people you could have running it and their proposals have no basis in reality
 

cykadelic2

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What happens in 2030?
TV deals are up.

ESPN and Fox will no longer hoard billions of TV dollars than can be used to fund more athlete opportunities, reduce taxpayer/student burden on AD funding, and prevent additional relegation and destruction of more ADs like what has already been done to Oregon St and Wazzu.

Cody Campbell gets this:
 
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