Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

KennyPratt42

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There’s a really high probability Rob Mullens and Pollard are communicating today. (To be clear that’s not an Oregon to the Big 12 rumor, but those two are certainly allies.)
 

Cyclonepride

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Are we sure the opposite doesn’t happen and Big 12 schools get poached?
I suppose not completely sure, but their league has already been struggling and I don't think it gets decidedly better after suddenly losing two of the top draws and adding back a couple current Big 12 teams.

IMO, from most likely to least likely:

1. Big 12 takes some of the PAC 12 schools
2. Big 12/PAC 12 merge in some fashion
3. PAC 12 takes some of the Big 12 schools
 

FriendlySpartan

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If somehow only two schools end up moving (and again nothing has been finalized but it looks that way) then some schools are not going to survive this. Rough situation to walk into for the new commissioners for the PAC and Big12
 

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I suppose not completely sure, but their league has already been struggling and I don't think it gets decidedly better after suddenly losing two of the top draws and adding back a couple current Big 12 teams.

IMO, from most likely to least likely:

1. Big 12 takes some of the PAC 12 schools
2. Big 12/PAC 12 merge in some fashion
3. PAC 12 takes some of the Big 12 schools

#2 is such an intriguing option because there are now 22 schools across these two leagues and I bet there could be calls about trying to get the 12 or 14 most valuable to stick together and drop the rest. That would not be a clean "League A absorbs some of League B" but rather schools from both leagues merge and leave behind other schools from both leagues. Will be fascinating to see.
 
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#2 is such an intriguing option because there are now 22 schools across these two leagues and I bet there could be calls about trying to get the 12 or 14 most valuable to stick together and drop the rest. That would not be a clean "League A absorbs some of League B" but rather schools from both leagues merge and leave behind other schools from both leagues. Will be fascinating to see.

They should've already just merged at several points.
 

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This would blow.

I would rather the original Big 8 members just go to the PAC-12. The only small Ray of hope I have is getting the **** away from Baylor, TTU, TCU and just Texas schools in general. Houston is slightly more palatable than those other schools but that will probably change rapidly. Being a Texan/Texas entity is like being a brain eating amoeba.
 
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Yep. Nothing about realignment since the formation of the B12 has been good for the sport overall. You see it in dwindling attendance numbers. Concentration of all the athletes at fewer schools will give those teams incredible depth, but also locker rooms that are nasty to manage. Good luck. Iowa State will continue to exist but we’re going to be the equivalent of FCS now, along with everyone else outside of the SEC and B1G.

The fact that due to geography and dumb luck, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and Rutgers will somehow have more of a piece of the pie than us, or Oklahoma State, or now most of the Pac-12 schools, is just ludicrous.

Not to mention, if anyone actually thinks the Big 12 was bad for ISU, the old Big 8 would have been picked apart by the other major conferences a long time ago. ISU only has a chance of survival now because we were part of the Big 12.
 
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I suppose not completely sure, but their league has already been struggling and I don't think it gets decidedly better after suddenly losing two of the top draws and adding back a couple current Big 12 teams.

IMO, from most likely to least likely:

1. Big 12 takes some of the PAC 12 schools
2. Big 12/PAC 12 merge in some fashion
3. PAC 12 takes some of the Big 12 schools

Here is why I think the Big 12 is in a better position than the PAC right now and why I think the PAC is screwed.

They basically lost their two biggest brands, and their TV rights negotiations are already happening for 2024. We've seen with OuT how hard it is to get out of the grant of rights and actually exit the conference. Even 1 year is a huge huge number.

The Pac 12 schools can leave in 2024 and do so free and clear. Big 12 schools would still owe that GoR to the rest of the league for at least the 1 year.
 

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