Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[NewEnglandBull]

13 minutes ago, Brad said:

Agree.  I watch only one team. It is South Florida.  I’m in the aggregate, and you’re correct, I don’t care about a single team from the Big10 or SEC.  For professional football, I watch the NFL.  

I am almost ready to bounce away. I just have no confidence that we will be more than what we are now. I still can’t get over how we have been left behind. It just boggles my mind with the bad decisions.  My distance from Tampa makes it impossible to say I’ll keep buying tickets because I love USF and support them. 

Edited July 8, 2022 by NewEnglandBull

[Brad]

Take a deep breath.  Wait and see.  But these are strange and likely dangerous times.  

[Gatorbull325]

19 minutes ago, dclenden said:

The law of unintended consequences of this hyperopic consolidation of big school names is that while intending to pool the ‘big money’, they neglect to acknowledge the negative influence of unpairing decades of intermediate football rivalries attempt to disrupt the Goliath (Duke vs FSU, et al).  An attempt to only pool the perennial schools underscores the power brokers misunderstanding of the essential cog that makes the NCAA system appeal to so many outside of Austin and Gainesville.  The lack of David vs Goliath stories will have a greater effect than they give credit to.  
 

Seeing only the big winners play each other will be attract many, though over time the elimination of the chance an up and coming to excel against a Goliath is essential in the NCAA system of appeal and will tire the average consumer.  America likes the undergoes- always has.   I believe this missing key element will eventually come at a cost. Most in the US don’t watch college football from Ann Arbor, Gainesville, Austin or Big Bend.  Instead the majority of college football is watched from an aggregate of places like Boise, Duluth, Memphis  and Lubbock.  Over time this will result in a greater cost than originally intended IMO. 

I agree except, I feel it people would lose interest a lot faster if the "Haves" were to really break away from the "Have nots". 

[dclenden]

The law of unintended consequences of this hyperopic consolidation of big school names is that while intending to pool the ‘big money’, they neglect to acknowledge the negative influence of unpairing decades of intermediate football rivalries attempt to disrupt the Goliath (Duke vs FSU, et al).  An attempt to only pool the perennial schools underscores the power brokers misunderstanding of the essential cog that makes the NCAA system appeal to so many outside of Austin and Gainesville.  The lack of David vs Goliath stories will have a greater effect than they give credit to.  
 

Seeing only the big winners play each other will be attract many, though over time the elimination of the chance an up and coming to excel against a Goliath is essential in the NCAA system of appeal and will tire the average consumer.  America likes the undergoes- always has.   I believe this missing key element will eventually come at a cost. Most in the US don’t watch college football from Ann Arbor, Gainesville, Austin or Big Bend.  Instead the majority of college football is watched from an aggregate of places like Boise, Duluth, Memphis  and Lubbock.  Over time this will result in a greater cost than originally intended IMO.

The MLB recognized this aggregate value in the 1990’s when they instituted revenue sharing nearly 3 decades ago with great success.  College football has decided to go instead into left field by aggregating the equivalent of LA Dodgers, Yankees and Astros into a single division.  It will blow up in their face- not immediately, but slowly over time through apathy and attrition.  Even the MLB recognized this.

[dclenden]

2 minutes ago, dclenden said:

The law of unintended consequences of this hyperopic consolidation of big school names is that while intending to pool the ‘big money’, they neglect to acknowledge the negative influence of unpairing decades of intermediate football rivalries attempt to disrupt the Goliath (Duke vs FSU, et al).  An attempt to only pool the perennial schools underscores the power brokers misunderstanding of the essential cog that makes the NCAA system appeal to so many outside of Austin and Gainesville.  The lack of David vs Goliath stories will have a greater effect than they give credit to.  
 

Seeing only the big winners play each other will be attract many, though over time the elimination of the chance an up and coming to excel against a Goliath is essential in the NCAA system of appeal and will tire the average consumer.  America likes the undergoes- always has.   I believe this missing key element will eventually come at a cost. Most in the US don’t watch college football from Ann Arbor, Gainesville, Austin or Big Bend.  Instead the majority of college football is watched from an aggregate of places like Boise, Duluth, Memphis  and Lubbock.  Over time this will result in a greater cost than originally intended IMO.

The MLB recognized this aggregate value in the 1990’s when they instituted revenue sharing nearly 3 decades ago with great success.  College football has decided to go instead into left field by aggregating the equivalent of LA Dodgers, Yankees and Astros into a single division.  It will blow up in their face- not immediately, but slowly over time through apathy and attrition.  Even the MLB recognized this.

Sorry fellas that I accidentally abbreviated then duplicated my post trying to fix it.

[Triple B]

23 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I am almost ready to bounce away. I just have no confidence that we will be more than what we are now. I still can’t get over how we have been left behind. It just boggles my mind with the bad decisions.  My distance from Tampa makes it impossible to say I’ll keep buying tickets because I love USF and support them. 

The decision with forethought that did the most damage was waiting so long to get a football program going, especially in a football state ..... although there were numerous other decisions that turned out bad. And as someone else pointed out, there was bad timing and bad luck.

[OhioBull]

1 hour ago, Peatearpan said:

What’s the difference between tier 3 and FCS?

Very little. These changes are mere formalities except for pruning the trees of dead wood 

[NewEnglandBull]

12 minutes ago, Triple B said:

The decision with forethought that did the most damage was waiting so long to get a football program going, especially in a football state ..... although there were numerous other decisions that turned out bad. And as someone else pointed out, there was bad timing and bad luck.

I agree 1000%. John Allen really F’d us over. He set the trend that would be followed by the next two presidents. 

[Jim Johnson]

2 hours ago, BullsFanInTX said:

No it won't.  If the Pac 12 ACC alliance comes to fruition, the ACC will have no need to add anyone.

The number of scholarships ... and bowl games.

[Bull Matrix]

5 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I agree 1000%. John Allen really F’d us over. He set the trend that would be followed by the next two presidents. 

Let’s be honest. We really have not been left behind. We just have not caught up yet. Besides the two conferences that were desperate were and are sinking ships.  Both the Big East & now the Big 12. Feel bad for Cincy they are about to go through Big East pt 2 lol