Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Bull Gooner]

2 hours ago, TallyBull said:

FSU’s strategy, such as it was, may have failed. Always thought it was a play for leverage. Anyways, this should put the Stanford/Cal to ACC rumors to rest. 

 

[Cubanbull]

7 minutes ago, Gismo said:

I don’t think USF makes sense just because of geography. What would this new conference look like? 
 

 

If they are adding 4-6 teams from the AAC for an Eastern Wing. We would fit and go along probably: SMU,Tulane,Rice or Memphis.

WEST: Oregon State,Washington State, California,Stanford,SDSU, Colorado State

EAST: SMU,Tulane,Rice,Memphis, USF, UAB

[Rocky Style]

Would it be weird if the AAC randomly died because the PAC died?

[Rocky Style]

56 minutes ago, Gismo said:

I don’t think USF makes sense just because of geography. What would this new conference look like? 

Apparently geography, fans, tradition, and rivalries do not matter at all now.

[Bull Matrix]

20 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

Would it be weird if the AAC randomly died because the PAC died?

Yeah. Maybe FIU can take USF’s AAC spot whenever it becomes available…

[Outlaw]

1 minute ago, Bull Matrix said:

Yeah. Maybe FIU can take USF’s AAC spot whenever it becomes available…

I'd Almost  be sad if the aac died.

[Cubanbull]

7 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

I'd Almost  be sad if the aac died.

I wouldn’t count on it yet. The longer Stanford keeps trying to find other places to land and waits to go forward with rebuilding the harder it will be to get teams to move.

At Four they need to add at least 4, I would say 5 for next year to have at least an 8 game conference schedule.

MWC schools would have to pay 34 million to exit. Don’t see that option for year 1

So really they need to raid AAC, those schools would have to pay an 18+ million exit fee.

Does anyone take that jump without a media deal? How about a GOR or some type of proof that Stanford and others don’t bail after first year?

So the longer this goes the most likely they have to merge with AAC.

[Bull Matrix]

12 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

I'd Almost  be sad if the aac died.

I don’t think AAC will die. They will just multiply. They will probably still be around like C-USA or SunBelt. Both those conferences survived after USF left them for dead. USF may have killed the Metro & Big East football but they did not kill off C-USA or the Sunbelt yet…

[TheUpperHand]

19 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

I don’t think AAC will die. They will just multiply. They will probably still be around like C-USA or SunBelt. Both those conferences survived after USF left them for dead. USF may have killed the Metro & Big East football but they did not kill off C-USA or the Sunbelt yet…

USF went 8-8 in CUSA after being in the conference for only 2 seasons and finishing no better than fifth. Saying we left them for dead is overestimating our worth considering teams like TCU, Louisville, Houston, and Cincinnati were our conference mates.

Similarly, our 3-28 conference record over the past 4 seasons suggests our value to the conference is not high outside the academic profile. We haven’t done a good job of maintaining our brand and raising the profile of the conference nationally — hopefully Coach Golesh can rectify that.

[I like GOOOOLD (and green)]

2 hours ago, Cubanbull said:

Starting to look like the PAC4 are going to poach at least 4 from AAC. Kelly and our President better be on the phone with Stanford. Looks like the Tree is making the decisions.

Not really looking like that at all.  Wouldn’t want to leave guaranteed money for that mess anyway.