Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Cat941]

1 minute ago, bullieman08 said:

As much as I want to be in the ACC I hope it fails so SMU is left with nothing.  I wouldn't have mind that they got accepted for what they have done but what exactly have they done more than us in 40 years since they were giving the death penalty.  Id hope NCAA looks at this and thinks that it can't be right that someone is willing to play essentially for free for 9 years in order to be with the big boys.

It can really paint a negative picture for the ACC.  That they are adding a team not based on their merit but on their willingness to pay to join.  I'm surprised that that is known publicly.  

[USFBULL_08]

25 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

I understand what he was trying to do. What I'm saying is that it was a bad idea. He could have added UNT, FAU, and Charlotte later. 

Sadly, CFB is all about branding. You either brand up, or you brand down. We chose to brand down under the mistaken impression that we needed to. Those three schools would have joined in the future if SMU, USF, or ECU left. For example, we now know that SMU is leaving. We could have waited and invited UNT tomorrow. They still would have been available and accepted the invite.

Yep and I don't disagree with any of that. The best thing for this conference would be a merger of sorts.

When the top ACC teams leave this conference is likely DOA.

[M50_BULL]

AAC no longer looking west for schools. Shocker...

Must mean MWC picking up leftovers.

[USFBULL_08]

2 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

It can really paint a negative picture for the ACC.  That they are adding a team not based on their merit but on their willingness to pay to join.  I'm surprised that that is known publicly.  

I think the surprising thing is that it hasn't happened sooner. I have to imagine this how some of the schools get into the P2.

[Triple B]

4 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

It can really paint a negative picture for the ACC.  That they are adding a team not based on their merit but on their willingness to pay to join.  I'm surprised that that is known publicly.  

Not sure many of these aftershock moves were based on merit ..... Colorado, UA, ASU to the Big 12 certainly weren't.

[USFBULL_08]

6 minutes ago, 350_BULL said:

AAC no longer looking west for schools. Shocker...

Must mean MWC picking up leftovers.

For the love of god where is the "MWC is looking at eastward expansion in addition to picking up WSU and OSU"

[Cat941]

3 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Not sure many of these aftershock moves were based on merit ..... Colorado, UA, ASU to the Big 12 certainly weren't.

Don't you think that move was to kill off the PAC and add legitimacy to the B12 as a power conference?

[Bull Matrix]

Hopefully AAC adds Georgia State 

[Triple B]

3 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

Don't you think that move was to kill off the PAC and add legitimacy to the B12 as a power conference?

Absolutely ..... you're not adding them to pad your football resume as a conference.

[Rocky Style]

13 minutes ago, 350_BULL said:

AAC no longer looking west for schools. Shocker...

Must mean MWC picking up leftovers.

Yep the Beavers are now the Bulls.  Welcome to the club.