Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Outlaw]

13 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

Boise State would not have made it in the first iteration of the BCS. 

The "non-AQ" conferences (including the WAC at the time) raised a stink so the 4 bowls went to five, and a spot was reserved for the top non-AQ team.

I would trade their programs leadership and results any day of the week ending in y.

[GoBulls84]

24 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

The value in bowl games isn't the game.  It's the extra practices the team gets.

Except (IMO) for the BCS games that everyone was watching. That was 3+ hours of free marketing and brand development. Especially for schools like Boise State, TCU, Utah etc. But the average "Quick Lube Oil Change Bowl," I tend to agree, the real value came from extra work for the team.

[Brad]

1 hour ago, Jim Johnson said:

The value in bowl games isn't the game.  It's the extra practices the team gets.

Correct.  

[Brad]

I think some of us are saying the bowl games don't have value when calculating the "power" of the team.  Of course there is value in the practices, exposure, etc.  But when a G5 beats a P5 that doesn't want to be there, with nothing on the line, and half the team either declaring for the draft or portaling out, it's a meaningless game.  Yes, you still want to participate in them.

[Bull Matrix]

2 minutes ago, Brad said:

I think some of us are saying the bowl games don't have value when calculating the "power" of the team.  Of course there is value in the practices, exposure, etc.  But when a G5 beats a P5 that doesn't want to be there, with nothing on the line, and half the team either declaring for the draft or portaling out, it's a meaningless game.  Yes, you still want to participate in them.

Yup!! Which is why I’m hyped about the expanded playoffs starting in 2024. And yes, I will be rooting for that 6th rated conference champion to make some noise 

[Peatearpan]

1 minute ago, Bull Matrix said:

Yup!! Which is why I’m hyped about the expanded playoffs starting in 2024. And yes, I will be rooting for that 6th rated conference champion to make some noise 

Same, can’t wait to watch Liberty be the 6th team in every year!

[Outlaw]

3 minutes ago, Peatearpan said:

Same, can’t wait to watch Liberty be the 6th team in every year!

It will be interesting to see how they do with the former coastal coach and  how hugh freeze does at Auburn. I hear liberty is always looking  pool boys Paid for by the nil.

Edited July 17, 2023 by Outlaw

[John Lewis]

11 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

And yes, I will be rooting for that 6th rated conference champion to make some noise 

So, you'll be rooting for the PAC12?

[Outlaw]

2 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

So, you'll be rooting for the PAC12?

Pac12 still has solid teams there. I think the 6th best conference is a toss up between the aac, mwc, sunbelt,  and independent. 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Outlaw

[John Lewis]

Just now, Outlaw said:

Pac12 still has solid teams there.

They certainly do.

I can envision a scenario where that league champion from the PAC12 has 2 or losses each year like they did a few seasons ago when they would have missed the 12 team playoff (Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina would have been the 5th and 6th rated Conference Champions that year).