Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[clonedude]

I was talking about the conference.

You mean like adding Maryland and Rutgers? Is that the kind of "adapting" the B1G did? The B1G has always been in a great spot with the teams they have and the location of the schools. They haven't had to do much to remain one of the two biggest and best conferences.... and Iowa was very fortunate to be a part of it all this time.

I'm not sure what else the Big 12 was supposed to do? I think they did about the best they could by adding the teams they did. What should the PAC 12 do now? The B1G and SEC are going to ruin college sports.... plain and simple.... don't blame the lesser conferences for not "adapting". There's not much they can do. What should the PAC 12 do now? Add Boise St? Yeah, that will make a big difference for them!

 

[HFCS]

It's gonna be Pac 6 to the Big Ten or 5 to the Big Ten if Stanford decides it wants to back away from the two professional sports.

There's no way this is going to be just the two socal teams, it might slow it down a year but it'll be 4-6 for sure.

Big 12 adds remaining 6 because it feels charitable, or just AZ/ASU/Utah/Colorado to erase any doubts it's not at least on par with pre-raided ACC. It was already #1 in basketball so I'm actually hoping some of the pac schools suck to ease up the schedules.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[alarson]

Obviously USC can do this quietly on their own, but wouldnt the regents usually have to approve such an application?

 

[clonedude]

Obviously USC can do this quietly on their own, but wouldnt the regents usually have to approve such an application?

Sounds like the regents will not allow UCLA to go without also taking Cal.

 

[Gonzo]

You mean like adding Maryland and Rutgers? Is that the kind of "adapting" the B1G did? The B1G has always been in a great spot with the teams they have and the location of the schools. They haven't had to do much to remain one of the two biggest and best conferences.... and Iowa was very fortunate to be a part of it all this time.

I'm not sure what else the Big 12 was supposed to do? I think they did about the best they could by adding the teams they did. What should the PAC 12 do now? The B1G and SEC are going to ruin college sports.... plain and simple.... don't blame the lesser conferences for not "adapting". There's not much they can do. What should the PAC 12 do now? Add Boise St? Yeah, that will make a big difference for them!

Dude I didn't blame anyone for not adapting. My point was that I'm an older guy and a purist who has always loved the way college football was structured regionally with longtime rivalries. But that's not the world we're in, and I get these moves by the SEC, Big 12, B1G, to do what's necessary. We're not going back to the way it was. I do think Bowslby shot the conference in the foot by reacting so quickly with the additions last summer, the Big 12 would be in much better shape if they were able to take some of the other PAC schools without having taken the four they did. I think Warren played it smart.

 

[BigJCy]

Sounds like the regents will not allow UCLA to go without also taking Cal.

I think the B1G is going to end up taking USC, UCLA, Cal, Washington, Oregon, and maybe Stanford, Think they want to do that many so the LA teams won't have to travel so far so often for at least a few games.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

It's gonna be Pac 6 to the Big Ten or 5 to the Big Ten if Stanford decides it wants to back away from the two professional sports.

There's no way this is going to be just the two socal teams, it might slow it down a year but it'll be 4-6 for sure.

Big 12 adds remaining 6 because it feels charitable, or just AZ/ASU/Utah/Colorado to erase any doubts it's not at least on par with pre-raided ACC. It was already #1 in basketball so I'm actually hoping some of the pac schools suck to ease up the schedules.

Basketball-wise, we know Arizona is good, Colorado has been very solid under Tad Boyle, Utah just hired a really good coach in Craig Smith and we'll see what Arizona State does after they finally fire Bobby Hurley.

Sure not going to make the league any easier.

 

[Rods79]

Lol, no. Lots of scenarios and projections and predictions and guesses. But I'm guessing that when B1G leaders got into a room with FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, Amazon, Apple, etc., to determine the value of the conference's media rights for the next decade they needed something a little more concrete than "well this could happen."

Yeah, I don’t mean to be flippant, I just don’t think this was being driven by Conference Commissioners, so I wouldn’t be heaping praise on Warren. But it was widely known they were running numbers on multiple scenarios with a Big 10 acquisition of multiple PAC teams.

 

[Gonzo]

Yeah, I don’t mean to be flippant, I just don’t think this was being driven by Conference Commissioners, so I wouldn’t be heaping praise on Warren. But it was widely known they were running numbers on multiple scenarios with a Big 10 acquisition of multiple PAC teams.

Warren's not been great as a commish, gotten plenty wrong. I think he got this one right.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[isuno1fan]

I hope the dominos fall fast, but we all thought that after the OU/TX announcement and crickets.

Would be nice for once if the band aid just got ripped off and then we can get on to more important things.

 

[isucy86]

I dont like super leagues, I liked it when each conference had a couple top dogs. It's fun to play David to like the UT/OU goliath back in the day

I don't like super conferences either. Ideally, all conferences would have 10 teams and a strong geographic alignment.

But the idea that its important that teams within a conference play each other is the ideal, but not reality. IMO fans just want equivalent SOS within conferences if that impacts playoff potential.

IMO the Big10 & SEC know that the best way to dominate a 12 team playoff field is to eliminate the competing conferences from the discussion.

 

[HFCS]

Basketball-wise, we know Arizona is good, Colorado has been very solid under Tad Boyle, Utah just hired a really good coach in Craig Smith and we'll see what Arizona State does after they finally fire Bobby Hurley.

Sure not going to make the league any easier.

I'm convinced the Big 12 could win 15 basketball national championships in a row and the national media would still slobber over Big Ten and ACC while ignoring the Big 12.

Bring on the weaker basketball schedules! We know @CU was always tough even when we were solid and they sucked.

 

[7Got6]

Sounds like the regents will not allow UCLA to go without also taking Cal.

Frankly I’m not sure that UCLA is a “must” have for the B10. They might prefer just USC.

 

[SCNCY]

We’ll, looks to be official. Everyone ready for an exciting 4 of July weekend!?

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Rods79]

Warren's not been great as a commish, gotten plenty wrong. I think he got this one right.

Ha…pretty hard to get this one wrong when FOX brings you a scenario that gets your members $100m per…but ok.

 

[isucy86]

I hope the dominos fall fast, but we all thought that after the OU/TX announcement and crickets.

Would be nice for once if the band aid just got ripped off and then we can get on to more important things.

The difference is TV Contracts. The Big10 is in the final stages of negotiating its new agreement AND the Pac12 TV ends summer of 2024. USC & UCLA plus will be in the Big10 sooner than UT and OU to SEC

 

[HFCS]

I don't like super conferences either. Ideally, all conferences would have 10 teams and a strong geographic alignment.

But the idea that its important that teams within a conference play each other is the ideal, but not reality. IMO fans just want equivalent SOS within conferences if that impacts playoff potential.

IMO the Big10 & SEC know that the best way to dominate a 12 team playoff field is to eliminate the competing conferences from the discussion.

It's to the point now where a 4 team playoff probably should have 3 or 4 "power 2" teams.

An 8 team playoff should probably have 5-7.

12 is now the number where some other conferences get some significant bids.

Other than Clemson/ND/FSU the vast majority of teams that have played an NC game or 4 team playoff in the past 20 years are slowly being gobbled up.