Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Outlaw]

19 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

The last win vs a ranked "power house", blue blood team was probably against Notre Dame in Holtz second year. Perhaps we can beat Alabama this year?

I would probably have better odds to win the powerball unless some crazy happens like all of their starters get suspended/ sick or we trade coaches a  a few months before the season starts.

Edited March 17, 2023 by Outlaw

[CousinRicky]

3 hours ago, Outlaw said:

I would probably have better odds to win the powerball unless some crazy happens like all of their starters get suspended/ sick or we trade coaches a  a few months before the season starts.

Brings up an interesting conversation. If you kept the same players and switched coaches how good a coach would Saban be?

[olafberserker]

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

Brings up an interesting conversation. If you kept the same players and switched coaches how good a coach would Saban be?

He doesn't get the players by accident

[TRUTH D. Antagonist]

i have 2 questions/comments:

 

1) WTF has SMU done that makes them so attractive to the Big 12 or Pac-? A few years ago they were in a ****** mid-major and “moved up” to the somewhat less ****** mid-major they currently share with us after we moved down & out of a BCS (read: “Power”) Conference?

it’s gotta be something off the field cuz the product on the field hasn’t been consistently good the way Boise, Houston or even UCF have been?
 

2) why does ANY of this even matter if the SEC & BIG10+ are the only conferences worth a squirt? if USC & UCLA head to the B10+ and both the SEC & B10+ eventually move from 16 to 20 teams, that makes 2 conferences and 40 teams worth a **** & 80+ teams in a bunch of random conferences that nobody cares about.

at that point if it’s two 16+ team Power Conferences making it into the B12 or ACC or PAC is little more than a superficial consolation prize cuz those conferences will simply be the new mid-majors.

RIGHT NOW every single Bulls fan would eagerly jump at the chance to be a replacement for FSU or Clemson in the ACC, but who would actually GAF about *THAT* ACC? who is really going to GAF about the Big12 in a year & a half when UT & OU are gone?
 

it’s like trying to stay afloat in a whirlpool that is inevitably going to suck us down the drain anyway.

no matter where USF moves we will NEVER be one of the “Big Boys.” that Good Ol’ Boys club is closed. we moved “up” from CUSA to the Big East as the best teams in the BEast fled so despite having “made it” to a BCS “power” conference that conference was NEVER considered part of the club & an undefeated BEast champion ALWAYS lost out to a 1-loss SEC/B10/ACC/PAC/B12 team & would likely not even get in over a 2-loss SEC squad. 

we were climbing a ladder in quicksand & the quicksand won. Welcome to the AAC.

now we’re on the verge of more expansions hoping & praying to be the best of the rest that gets invited to a gutted B12 or PAC or (eventually) ACC, only to have those 3 conferences booted from the P5 in favor of a P2.

this cycle is never going to change short of a complete overhaul of CFB as we know it, & there is too much old money involved for that to ever happen.

so why do we care at this point? just play football & win the games on the schedule. all this effort just to impress people that will never even look in our direction

[WoolyBully]

5 hours ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

i have 2 questions/comments:

Why care? 'Cause fantasy feeds the bulldog. Failure to pine for a seat at the Big People's Table means accepting that fact that we are, and will always be, a mid-major. We have to pretend that the gulf between the haves-and-have-nots can be bridged, in our case, if we build a stadium and miracle ourselves into being the tallest midget. Is a little bit better than nada? Just because you wish and pray and hope for a miracle doesn't mean one is in the offing.  

[Bull Matrix]

12 hours ago, belgianbull said:

The last win vs a ranked "power house", blue blood team was probably against Notre Dame in Holtz second year. Perhaps we can beat Alabama this year?

For some reason I just can’t see USF beating Bama this year. Maybe I am wrong. We shall see!

[Bull Matrix]

6 hours ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

i have 2 questions/comments:

 

1) WTF has SMU done that makes them so attractive to the Big 12 or Pac-? A few years ago they were in a ****** mid-major and “moved up” to the somewhat less ****** mid-major they currently share with us after we moved down & out of a BCS (read: “Power”) Conference?

it’s gotta be something off the field cuz the product on the field hasn’t been consistently good the way Boise, Houston or even UCF have been?
 

2) why does ANY of this even matter if the SEC & BIG10+ are the only conferences worth a squirt? if USC & UCLA head to the B10+ and both the SEC & B10+ eventually move from 16 to 20 teams, that makes 2 conferences and 40 teams worth a **** & 80+ teams in a bunch of random conferences that nobody cares about.

at that point if it’s two 16+ team Power Conferences making it into the B12 or ACC or PAC is little more than a superficial consolation prize cuz those conferences will simply be the new mid-majors.

RIGHT NOW every single Bulls fan would eagerly jump at the chance to be a replacement for FSU or Clemson in the ACC, but who would actually GAF about *THAT* ACC? who is really going to GAF about the Big12 in a year & a half when UT & OU are gone?
 

it’s like trying to stay afloat in a whirlpool that is inevitably going to suck us down the drain anyway.

no matter where USF moves we will NEVER be one of the “Big Boys.” that Good Ol’ Boys club is closed. we moved “up” from CUSA to the Big East as the best teams in the BEast fled so despite having “made it” to a BCS “power” conference that conference was NEVER considered part of the club & an undefeated BEast champion ALWAYS lost out to a 1-loss SEC/B10/ACC/PAC/B12 team & would likely not even get in over a 2-loss SEC squad. 

we were climbing a ladder in quicksand & the quicksand won. Welcome to the AAC.

now we’re on the verge of more expansions hoping & praying to be the best of the rest that gets invited to a gutted B12 or PAC or (eventually) ACC, only to have those 3 conferences booted from the P5 in favor of a P2.

this cycle is never going to change short of a complete overhaul of CFB as we know it, & there is too much old money involved for that to ever happen.

so why do we care at this point? just play football & win the games on the schedule. all this effort just to impress people that will never even look in our direction

Exactly! I am still shocked that they announced a 12 team playoff with having the top 6 rated conference winners. I believe it will still be stacked against us but at least we have that going for us lol 

[puc86]

7 hours ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

i have 2 questions/comments:

 

1) WTF has SMU done that makes them so attractive to the Big 12 or Pac-? A few years ago they were in a ****** mid-major and “moved up” to the somewhat less ****** mid-major they currently share with us after we moved down & out of a BCS (read: “Power”) Conference?

it’s gotta be something off the field cuz the product on the field hasn’t been consistently good the way Boise, Houston or even UCF have been?
 

2) why does ANY of this even matter if the SEC & BIG10+ are the only conferences worth a squirt? if USC & UCLA head to the B10+ and both the SEC & B10+ eventually move from 16 to 20 teams, that makes 2 conferences and 40 teams worth a **** & 80+ teams in a bunch of random conferences that nobody cares about.

at that point if it’s two 16+ team Power Conferences making it into the B12 or ACC or PAC is little more than a superficial consolation prize cuz those conferences will simply be the new mid-majors.

RIGHT NOW every single Bulls fan would eagerly jump at the chance to be a replacement for FSU or Clemson in the ACC, but who would actually GAF about *THAT* ACC? who is really going to GAF about the Big12 in a year & a half when UT & OU are gone?
 

it’s like trying to stay afloat in a whirlpool that is inevitably going to suck us down the drain anyway.

no matter where USF moves we will NEVER be one of the “Big Boys.” that Good Ol’ Boys club is closed. we moved “up” from CUSA to the Big East as the best teams in the BEast fled so despite having “made it” to a BCS “power” conference that conference was NEVER considered part of the club & an undefeated BEast champion ALWAYS lost out to a 1-loss SEC/B10/ACC/PAC/B12 team & would likely not even get in over a 2-loss SEC squad. 

we were climbing a ladder in quicksand & the quicksand won. Welcome to the AAC.

now we’re on the verge of more expansions hoping & praying to be the best of the rest that gets invited to a gutted B12 or PAC or (eventually) ACC, only to have those 3 conferences booted from the P5 in favor of a P2.

this cycle is never going to change short of a complete overhaul of CFB as we know it, & there is too much old money involved for that to ever happen.

so why do we care at this point? just play football & win the games on the schedule. all this effort just to impress people that will never even look in our direction

You seriously don’t know why someone would want to move out of their single wide trailer and into $500k home just because it’s not a $50 million dollar mansion?

[puc86]

On 3/15/2023 at 11:40 PM, Bull Awakening said:

Who was the AD when USF lost their home opener to McNeese St by around 30 pts? Can’t get any lower than that.

If you jump in a 0 degree body of water and get right back out that’s going to be a lot worse than being in a 32 degree body of water for 15 hours. Duration has to play a big part in the worst times of anything and the entirety of MKs reign have been the worst stretch in our history by a wide margin. 

[puc86]

21 minutes ago, puc86 said:

If you jump in a 0 degree body of water and get right back out that’s going to be a lot worse than being in a 32 degree body of water for 15 hours. Duration has to play a big part in the worst times of anything and the entirety of MKs reign have been the worst stretch in our history by a wide margin. 

That first sentence was supposed to have a question mark , not a period