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Conference Realignment Thread: New B1G divisions

Any ACC, SEC, PAC100 or Big Twelenven team who would join the Texas' bitch league isn't worth keeping.
 
bym051d said:
Any ACC, SEC, PAC100 or Big Twelenven team who would join the Texas' bitch league isn't worth keeping.
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The article is pretty far out there, but the Big 12 is in a prime position to expand right before their tv contract is up for negotiation. I don't think they have the power to lure half the ACC away, but they could make a splash somewhere.
 
What kind of splash could the Big XII possibly make?

Will they get an SEC, Big Ten, or PAC 10? Obviously the answer is no.

Will they get an ACC team? I really don't think they're capable of pulling this off.

Will they land Notre Dame? As a full member, football included? Not a chance in Hades.

Notre Dame as a partial member with no football? That's possible but unlikely. If the Big XII takes Louisville, Cinncinatti, Rutgers and UConn in an effort to collapse the Big East, then they can offer Notre Dame a home for everything minus football.

BYU? Yes if they're willing to meet some tv demands and Sunday scheduling conflicts.

Big East? They can take any team they want from that conference.

The best they can hope for is to raid the Big East for Louisville, Rutgers, UConn, South Florida and make an eastern division. Then add BYU out west.
 
Why would an ACC team go to the Big 12? What do they possibly have to offer? They don't have more money, more exposure, or better academics. It's worse in possibly every single way. If Clemson and others don't like the power dynamics of the ACC (regarding UNC) then they aren't going to want to shack-up with Texas.

ETA: well, the football is better, but, oddly enough, that's pretty much irrelevant.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
What kind of splash could the Big XII possibly make?

Will they get an SEC, Big Ten, or PAC 10? Obviously the answer is no.

Will they get an ACC team? I really don't think they're capable of pulling this off.

Will they land Notre Dame? As a full member, football included? Not a chance in Hades.

Notre Dame as a partial member with no football? That's possible but unlikely. If the Big XII takes Louisville, Cinncinatti, Rutgers and UConn in an effort to collapse the Big East, then they can offer Notre Dame a home for everything minus football.

BYU? Yes if they're willing to meet some tv demands and Sunday scheduling conflicts.

Big East? They can take any team they want from that conference.

The best they can hope for is to raid the Big East for Louisville, Rutgers, UConn, South Florida and make an eastern division. Then add BYU out west.
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They made it clear that they're not interested in USF and expanding this far east.
 
DeacKillsaDevil said:
Interesting tweet on why Navy joined the Big East

https://twitter.com/#!/murphsturph

Brian Murphy @murphsturph
Takeaway from Big East call: Navy officials made it clear that they didn't feel independence has a future in college football.
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Memo to Notre Dame: Just come on over to the ACC. We'll get a nice GOTW deal with NBC similar to what the SEC has with CBS and everybody will be happy.
 
Haha...KA just sent me a PM calling me a moron for pointing out the obvious regarding the ACC versus the Big 12.

He thinks the quality of play is one of the most important factors here. If it was then the Big Ten wouldn't be the top dog here.

I don't know how you could possibly argue that the Big 12 and the Big East haven't been the losers of the conference shuffle. The SEC, Big Ten, and Pac 12 being the clear winners while the ACC basically ensured survival.
 
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Notre Dameo, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through football all alone
 
Clay Travis is an idiot. If the SEC was capable of adding those teams, then they wouldn't have wasted their time even considering West Virginia last fall.
 
Why would the SEC need in-state teams to have their network in that state? There are enough SEC fans in NC and VA to justify it without a hometown team. I get the freakin Big Ten network in South Carolina.
 
JGDeac said:
Why would the SEC need in-state teams to have their network in that state? There are enough SEC fans in NC and VA to justify it without a hometown team. I get the freakin Big Ten network in South Carolina.
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The difference is in the rate you can charge for the network. The Big Ten network in states that don't have Big Ten teams pay something like 10 cents for it. But they can charge 70 cents for it in Big Ten territory.
 
I'm not sure who's stupider: the blogger or all of the facebook idiots who think he's onto something.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
The difference is in the rate you can charge for the network. The Big Ten network in states that don't have Big Ten teams pay something like 10 cents for it. But they can charge 70 cents for it in Big Ten territory.
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I'd pay them 35 cents to take it off my TV.
 
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