Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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I'm just glad that Iowa keeps falling further and further down the Big 10 pecking order in that cupcake of a Western
Division they used to have. Relegate them to nothingness.
Division they used to have. Relegate them to nothingness.
They should have done that 6 months ago, instead of days before the football schedule started. Good strategy, poor timing. Should have done this before USC/UCLA left also!
Not to be cruel, but this is a reason NOT to simply extend lifelines to any school. Who the Big 12 brings in must add value to the organization.
WSU and OreSU may be fine schools that we can empathize with, but it will be survival of the fittest in five years. If they add value - great. If we are just giving them a lifeline - they have every chance to dominate the MWC/PAC and get a seat at the table. It worked for TCU who once was in the SWC, got demoted, and is now back.
Do we really need ASU? Pull the offer. I guarantee every other school takes you seriously after that.
I kind of lean that OU or Wash leaked it, maybe backed by some P12 admin. Because along with the leaks that all P9 are expected to sign GOR, there were also reports that the OU/WA to Big 10 negotiation “lost momentum overnight” and they were not expected to move. That wouldn’t have come from ASU, Stanford, etc.
I think it’s exciting. CU is a legacy and I’ve always felt the desert schools would be a good fit. The outlier that I’m not excited about is UCF. Everything else is good. Our “make the playoff in the next 25 years” odds just went from 0% to 10% in about 12 months.
Big picture- this strengthens us. Be happy we’re at the party- even if you’re not excited about everyone at the party.
Yeah, adding OSU and WSU would come back to bite the Big12 in the next contract cycle. There is a reason that the Pac couldn't get a contract this time and OSU and WSU are two of the reasons why. Adding them devalues the B12 as a whole.
Prime getting a laugh out of other Pac teams moving today after they got mad at Colorado.
www.espn.com
Deion Sanders: I don't care about conference realignment -- we're trying to win - ESPN Video
Deion Sanders sounds off on the restructuring of the Pac-12 and what that means for his program at Colorado.
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Running interference like that only works with the clock running out. They hoped everyone would get cold feet at the last minute.
Here is where I’m at after all this craziness. Get to 16 with the 4 corner schools in football. Go to 18 in basketball ONLY. Add Gonzaga and Uconn. Make them both a basketball only school. Wait until ACC falls apart and then reevaluate.
Sure, ORWA had something to gain from it and easily could have also been involved.
Sad but true. Could have been ISU once so we just have to feel pretty fortunate.
Money ruins everything eventually.
The biggest advantage ASU has in academics, which they've leveraged smartly, is that the school is HUGE. Size brings with it certain perks that smaller sized schools can't match. Diverse and specialized faculty. Research grants from all manner of sponsors. Students, students, students. Granted, size doesn't correlate completely with quality, but the association is definitely positive. It's fair to say that all 4 of the apparently new B12 refugees from the PAC10 will immediately become the best overall academic schools in the new B12.
Though in specific specialty areas, others come into play of course. ISU engineering is comfortably #1. ISU and KSU ag programs. KU medical, UH law, etc...
No hoops only schools. Hold for now, scoop up some ACC schools later if the right opportunities come available.
Gonzaga and UConn will always be available to us. No rush.
