Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[GaUSFBull]

30 minutes ago, footnfan1 said:

Skipper was the commencement speaker this year.

Correct, I read that in the article as well.  

[SpeedyBull]

I agree with 2 or 4 schools not being the end of re alignment. Not fully sold that B12 is the right solution for USF. B10/ACC is where we need to be. It will be interesting where the Chips fall. USF/UCF to the BIG12 would probably mean the BIG12 won't look as it does now and that some B12 schools would find themselves in the SEC or the PAC and the BIG12 would become a hybrid of what is the best of the AAC. Very interesting to see how the dust settles on this. 

[Sellular1]

42 minutes ago, SpeedyBull said:

I agree with 2 or 4 schools not being the end of re alignment. Not fully sold that B12 is the right solution for USF. B10/ACC is where we need to be. It will be interesting where the Chips fall. USF/UCF to the BIG12 would probably mean the BIG12 won't look as it does now and that some B12 schools would find themselves in the SEC or the PAC and the BIG12 would become a hybrid of what is the best of the AAC. Very interesting to see how the dust settles on this. 

As long as we're not left holding our own **** in the AAC

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, jasonb56 said:

The local take on B12 expansion...

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/sports/article.html/content/news/articles/bhsn/2016/5/10/ucf_and_usf_in_the_c.html

 

Definitely a Kanigit lean to that "local" take ... among other things:

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Another reason – and an obvious one – is sheer size of the crowd at Bright House Network Stadium. On any given day the Knights could have a size of 30,000 in attendance.

Crowing about a 30K attendance level? If you want to use "sheer size" and stadiums in an argument, you use it for RayJay ...

 

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Attendance is also a factor: In 2014 the Bulls only averaged just over 19,000 fans at their home games. In 2015 the Bulls averaged over 26,500 fans at home games. Ticket sales and attendance continue to rise for USF. It also does not hurt that the Bulls play at Raymond James Stadium (home of the Buccaneers).

In 2014, we averaged just over 30K fans, the third year in a trilogy of horror .... and hopefully some dumbass doesn't chime in talking about announced versus actual attendance.

[Skingraft]

Was that announced or actual?

Edited May 10, 2016 by Skingraft

[Rizman]

3 hours ago, jasonb56 said:

The local take on B12 expansion...

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/sports/article.html/content/news/articles/bhsn/2016/5/10/ucf_and_usf_in_the_c.html

 

Written by BHNS reporters.  Gee I wonder who's name is on the UCF Stadium.   

Thumping.  Key words show the bias of the writers.   

The Big 12 also does not forget. It was at the 2014 Fiesta Bowl when Blake Bortles and the Knights thumped then #5 Baylor 52-42.

 

 

[ArmyBull]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15502359/documents-show-big-12-flirting-houston-memphis-ucf-colorado-state-expansion

But I thought Harlan said he was doing what he could!  

[JTrue]

5 minutes ago, ArmyBull said:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15502359/documents-show-big-12-flirting-houston-memphis-ucf-colorado-state-expansion

But I thought Harlan said he was doing what he could!  

****. BYU and UConn are out. Neither of them were mentioned in that article either.

[jasonb56]

500 million dollar promise by FedEx for Big12 inclusion of Memphis... must be nice to have such a rich benefactor!! 

[Dogma]

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