Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Jim Johnson]

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by Jim Johnson

[Jim Johnson]

Jeff Ermann broke the news on Maryland to the Big Ten... so he has some well-placed sources.

Edited July 1, 2022 by Jim Johnson

[USFBULL_08]

4 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

Do those lawmakers know that Oregon doesn't care about money?

[USFreak]

21 minutes ago, USFreak said:

Two that matter. 

I think what we end up with is 4 Super-Conferences but only 2 of them are super.

The SEC and Big20 round themselves out with Miami, FSU, Notre Dame, Washington, Oregon, Clemson, and one or two others.  Maybe even kick out a Mizzou or some po-dunk non TV contributor to the curb.  

Then an East Coast and a West Coast catch-all.  Hopefully they make it regional to create some rivalry.  The eastern and midwest factions of the ACC/Big 12 (West Virginia, UCF, USF?, etc) would hopefully form the East faction and then the Arizona schools, California schools, Colorado (and Colorado State), and the tornado alley schools form the West faction.

Some formerly "safe" schools like Georgia Tech or Baylor now get to look up at what USF has been looking up at in the ACC.  Not great for football in a power sense.  It wouldn't be terrible though if a 16 team playoff emerged and these Power2 schools got a few seats (3-4) at the table with 11-1 and 10-2 records.  Who knows.

If there was ever a time for USF to announce an on-campus stadium it would be in the next week or two.

What the Power2 East/West conferences should theoretically look like:
 
EAST CONFERENCE - 16 teams (possibly add cast-off from Big 20 or SEC if occurs)
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(11 remaining)
Boston College 
Duke University  
Georgia Institute of Technology 
University of Louisville  
University of North Carolina  
North Carolina State University  
University of Pittsburgh
Syracuse University 
University of Virginia 
Virginia Tech 
Wake Forest University

Add:
Iowa State
Cincinnati
West Virginia
USF
UCF

WEST CONFERENCE - 18 teams total
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7 Remaining (assuming Colorado gets picked up too...)

University of Arizona   
Arizona State University  
University of California 
Oregon State University 
Stanford University 
University of Utah 
Washington State University 

Add:

Baylor University 
University of Kansas 
Kansas State University 
Oklahoma State University  
Texas Christian University  
Texas Tech University
Houston  
San Diego State
Colorado State
BYU
Boise State     
 

[Friscobull]

6 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

Good luck with that, Oregon State and Wash State are screwed, “emphasize they do not want”?That is some pretty weak ass language.   

[Jim Johnson]

2 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

Good luck with that, Oregon State and Wash State are screwed, “emphasize they do not want”?That is some pretty weak ass language.   

 

6 minutes ago, USFBULL_08 said:

Do those lawmakers know that Oregon doesn't care about money?

A handful of Florida lawmakers are the reason why UCF on the way to the Big 12.  They forced USF to stop blocking entrance to the Big East... don't dismiss the ability of lawmakers to interfere with what public institutions do.  (Also sixty years ago lawmakers forced Florida to start playing Florida State)

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[Brad]

13 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

We’re learning the hard way (again) the alleged value of a geographical rivalry.  

[Friscobull]

8 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

A handful of Florida lawmakers are the reason why UCF on the way to the Big 12.  They forced USF to stop blocking entrance to the Big East... don't dismiss the ability of lawmakers to interfere with what public institutions do.  (Also sixty years ago lawmakers forced Florida to start playing Florida State)

I just don’t see them blocking their best state school from going to a super conference to preserve a rivalry in a conference destined for ruins.  Your other two examples were small potatoes, this is serious money we are talking about, I am dismissing them.

[USFBULL_08]

13 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

A handful of Florida lawmakers are the reason why UCF on the way to the Big 12.  They forced USF to stop blocking entrance to the Big East... don't dismiss the ability of lawmakers to interfere with what public institutions do.  (Also sixty years ago lawmakers forced Florida to start playing Florida State)

You'll have to connect those dots for me in regards to UCF to the big 12 or did you mean AAC?

60 years ago there was no TV money to sway fans --> politicians.

Edited July 1, 2022 by USFBULL_08

[Friscobull]

8 minutes ago, Brad said:

We’re learning the hard way (again) the alleged value of a geographical rivalry.  

We have one however we started it about 100 years after most of the others.