NotIThatLives Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 11 hours ago, KoB2011 said: I think we need to get to 22 teams and have essentially two separate conferences as divisions. Possibly something like: B1G: Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin PAC: Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Notre Dame, Colorado (maybe?) Could play the football championship every year in Pasadena as the winner of each division. Not sure if anyone has thought of something like this before, but I think it could work. Gotta break into Florida and Texas somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 At the rate this is going, I think football is going to eventually kill whatever I like about college athletics. I hope I get to see one more championship team (in basketball) before that happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUALUM03 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 13 hours ago, KoB2011 said: I think we need to get to 22 teams and have essentially two separate conferences as divisions. Possibly something like: B1G: Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin PAC: Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Notre Dame, Colorado (maybe?) Could play the football championship every year in Pasadena as the winner of each division. Not sure if anyone has thought of something like this before, but I think it could work. Why two? I like the idea of 3 division, maybe four depending on final number, but if three, do the champions of each with a wild card, the you can do a two game football championship for the conference and then get even more creative with the basketball maybe doing a mini march madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 13 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Be done with it already, have 2 super conferences of 120 teams and 60 divisions and subdivisions of 30 teams 15 other divisions. I'm so tired of money perverting everything in this world. Jesus Christ can anyone leave anything alone anymore! Nope! Not when there's money involved...big $$$. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, NotIThatLives said: Gotta break into Florida and Texas somehow. Agreed. All the growth is down south. The Sunbelt States is where the future lies. I'd like ASU, TX, GA Tech and Fl St for those reasons. Of course you bring one, and then others want to come. See USC and UCLA.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoyeCowbell Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 The farce and irony of a bi-coastal conference wanting to add more teams to better organize and preserve regional/divisional affiliations makes my head hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 https://www.outkick.com/big-ten-oregon-washington-expansion-financial-offers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU247 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 RIP pac-12... will the last school left please turn off the lights 19 minutes ago, Reacher said: https://www.outkick.com/big-ten-oregon-washington-expansion-financial-offers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbp4IU Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 I have a feeling Big Ten isn’t done yet…. I think they go aggressive this week to see if they can’t get an ACC team or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUaic Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Reacher said: https://www.outkick.com/big-ten-oregon-washington-expansion-financial-offers/ Interesting that they are offering a lower share than the rest of the members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, IUaic said: Interesting that they are offering a lower share than the rest of the members. whats more interesting is that they seemingly accepted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgenhoosier Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Cbp4IU said: I have a feeling Big Ten isn’t done yet…. I think they go aggressive this week to see if they can’t get an ACC team or 2 There are rumors of Cal and Stanford as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, thirdgenhoosier said: There are rumors of Cal and Stanford as well. With adequate exposure on the west coast now, not sure Cal and Stanford make sense. Maybe as backups. I'd prefer schools from AZ, TX or the southeast for geography reasons. But you probably need at least a pair from a region for it to make sense. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say Edited August 4, 2023 by Reacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUALUM03 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 56 minutes ago, ledies22 said: whats more interesting is that they seemingly accepted it. They really don't have a choice and it will still be more than they would have received in the PAC or Little 12. They will have to wait until the next deal to get fully vested, unless some conversations are allowed prior to new media contract being up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUALUM03 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Reacher said: With adequate exposure on the west coast now, not sure Cal and Stanford make sense. Maybe as backups. I'd prefer schools from AZ, TX or the southeast for geography reasons. But you probably need at least a pair from a region for it to make sense. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say I want Stanford and Cal strictly for Academics and San Francisco/Silicon Valley, although Stanford is no slouch at sports (including Football) and Cal could be built up more with right investment a la Rutgers. Bonus would be them helping attract further Notre Dame. Arizona appears to be only a vote away from joining little 12, although they would have been nice with the Phoenix area. With all of this, I also love that it will provide B1G with almost all day content regardless of timezone and up the ante in Baseball and some of the Olympic sports. Edited August 4, 2023 by IUALUM03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Reacher said: With adequate exposure on the west coast now, not sure Cal and Stanford make sense. Maybe as backups. I'd prefer schools from AZ, TX or the southeast for geography reasons. But you probably need at least a pair from a region for it to make sense. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say in my biased opinion they should get FAU to join so i can attend games regularly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, Reacher said: With adequate exposure on the west coast now, not sure Cal and Stanford make sense. Maybe as backups. I'd prefer schools from AZ, TX or the southeast for geography reasons. But you probably need at least a pair from a region for it to make sense. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say Arizona just announced they are heading to the Big 12..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, IUALUM03 said: They really don't have a choice and it will still be more than they would have received in the PAC or Little 12. They will have to wait until the next deal to get fully vested, unless some conversations are allowed prior to new media contract being up. I completely understand them jumping ship. I meant the B1G is going to get them as cheap as possible. so them accepting is more interesting than the offer. If it was a an issue there wouldnt be a deal. Edited August 4, 2023 by ledies22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 There is going to be so many teams in these conferences, no way you can play everyone. There will never be a clear conf. winner going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Notre Dame, Stanford, UNC and Virginia are next. Why beat around the bush just add everyone now, get it over with and move on. Edited August 5, 2023 by Indykev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Indykev said: Arizona just announced they are heading to the Big 12..... From the Picked Over 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUALUM03 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Indykev said: There is going to be so many teams in these conferences, no way you can play everyone. There will never be a clear conf. winner going forward. The same could be said about National Championships in some regards. Once again, I look at this more PAC and B1G merging versus realignment. So you can still have multiple (or at least 2) sub-leagues under the B1G banner with some cross league plays, then play it out in the post-season prior to the larger national championship events. Edited August 4, 2023 by IUALUM03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 minute ago, IUFLA said: From the Picked Over 12 Who is left? Standford, Cal, Wash.St., Or.St, ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Watching the Pac 12 implode is something. They had decades to fix this and now their all being left behind. Schools like Washington St, Oregon St...all left behind without a chair left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Indykev said: Who is left? Standford, Cal, Wash.St., Or.St, ? ASU and Utah... But I think they'll both follow Colorado and Arizona to the Big 12... Edited August 4, 2023 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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