Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[Acylum]

 

[Triggermv]

USC, UCLA moving from Pac-12 to Big Ten in 2024

USC and UCLA were notified Thursday night that their application to join the Big Ten has been accepted.

www.espn.com

 

[JP4CY]

I just want to say that the excitement of realignment is a pretty unique feeling in sports. It’s like war-gaming.

 

[Kinch]

Wonder if part of Riley agreeing to go to SC was knowing the move to big 10 would be imminent.

 

[Cyclonepride]

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.

Yep, and there's a reason that they are leaving: the conference footprint in the western time zones makes it really hard to capture TV viewership (and therefore, money). Absorbing a couple midwest schools won't help that enough.

 

[BCClone]

Like I mentioned before. The Cali schools go east, they send Rutgers and Maryland to the west. The big 10 gets 80 MM each school average. The east tells they west the split will be 100/60 east/west. If the west doesn’t like it, they can go elsewhere.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Grab Colorado, the Arizona schools, and Utah.

Yes, perfect timing.

 

[BigJCy]

Sounds like could happen fast according to Ross:

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Lincoln Riley absolutely knew and 1000000% made the right choice.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

I just want to say that the excitement of realignment is a pretty unique feeling in sports. It’s like war-gaming.

This is such an interesting comparison, and as a wargammer maybe its why it fascinates me so much

 

[MartyFine]

The easy starting points for who gets left out are the new additions to the Big 12 plus Washington State and Oregon State. That’s 16 already. I would probably drop West Virginia solely for geographic reasons, and then screw Baylor. Thats 14. BYU probably deserves to be in based on financial value but the Pac-12 schools we are taking here likely don’t want them in so we can go with that.

So the league is Iowa State, Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, Cal, Stanford, Oregon, and Washington. 14 schools.

I don't see anyone being left out of this. And I still see two separate conferences, but only with the two leagues negotiating TV/media deals together.

Unless West Virginia winds up with whatever remains of the ACC after Florida St. and Clemson bounce, and the B1G takes UNC/Duke or something.

 

[ripvdub]

They're only taking USC and UCLA bc we dropped out of the AAU.

 

[keepngoal]

Rose Bowl Committee gonna be pissed .....

 

[bluestarcyclone]

**** it. Merge the big 12 and pac 12 into a 22 team superleague

 

[ripvdub]

Wonder if part of Riley agreeing to go to SC was knowing the move to big 10 would be imminent.

How else were they going to pay him? It wasn't with their current tv contact

 

[Gunnerclone]

This is such an interesting comparison, and as a wargammer maybe its why it fascinates me so much

I like to think of this as an amphibious operation by the B10 rather than a land invasion west.

 

[CloniesForLife]

BIG10 will be such a weird conference geographically. I hate this **** but glad it isn't Big12 for once

 

[1UNI2ISU]

**** it. Merge the big 12 and pac 12 into a 22 team superleague

Go 20. Washington State and Oregon State should be in the Mountain West.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

BIG10 will be such a weird conference geographically. I hate this **** but glad it isn't Big12 for once

Geography is out the window officially now. The SEC may well try to add Washington and Oregon at this rate.

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

Getting rid of that AAU status is going to kill Iowa State isn't it?