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Conference Expansion: Stanford, California and SMU Join the ACC

Yeah. I like that setup. It could rotate between Big Ten/Pac-12, ACC/Big Ten, and ACC/Pac-12. They could call the Big Ten/Pac-12 one the Rose Bowl Crossover. The others could be the Pinstripe Bowl Crossover and Sun Bowl Crossover. Of course, one goal of this alliance would be to get some better bowl ties.
 
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Interesting thoughts from Saban on the changes in college football over the last year, NIL, conferences, playoffs: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32039439/nick-saban-qa-college-football-playoff-expansion-nil-vaccines-more

I think his comments on Power 5 versus Group of 5 are really interesting. I think this is further evidence that we are trending toward having 4 main conferences and the Group of 5 teams are just going to be on their own malnourished island. In other words, the 4 main conferences are going to be NFL lite.
 
Thought this part of the article is interesting:

Schools within the three conferences believe they are like-minded, that they want to continue to prioritize broad-based sports offerings and that the academic profile of their institutions matters — as does graduating athletes. For example, Big Ten schools sponsor an average of 24.8 sports per campus, with the ACC (23.8) and Pac-12 (22.9) not far behind. SEC schools offer an average of 19.9 sports.

It has long been said that the top two sports in the SEC are football and Spring Football. Further, the concern is that Olympic sports will be squeezed as the college sports evolved. So, the SEC myopic focus on football alone is 100% accurate.

Good to see that the future of other sports are at least being considered by the ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 (fwiw, a very underrated consideration and benefit of other sports is that often the most generous and consistent fund-raising sources for universities are former athletes and families of particular sports; David Couch's incredible gifts in support of the baseball program, the WF golf program has produced some of WF's most generous donors as well, are examples). Football is hugely important, but these other sports can play a big role in the college experience, while also building a school's brand, alumni connections and fund raising.

Also, would note that WF offers only 16 intercollegiate sports, which I believe is at or close to the minimum for ACC membership.
 
Pilchard said:
Thought this part of the article is interesting:

Schools within the three conferences believe they are like-minded, that they want to continue to prioritize broad-based sports offerings and that the academic profile of their institutions matters — as does graduating athletes. For example, Big Ten schools sponsor an average of 24.8 sports per campus, with the ACC (23.8) and Pac-12 (22.9) not far behind. SEC schools offer an average of 19.9 sports.
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Water polo, ice hockey, wrestling, and lacrosse. Shit like that. Is that really a thing anyway? How many sports a conference offers? All this NIL stuff was started over hoops and football. Those are the two sports that matter. When you're talking about 24 sports versus 20, that's a difference of 2, assuming women and men get one each. Why is that even a thing to consider? This just comes off as haughty bluster by east and west coast elites. "Ooooh, we offer a polo and fencing team. Does your universitaaay?" *sips tea*
 
it will be sad to lose bifftannen and his posts in this realignment of schools and fans
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
it will be sad to lose bifftannen and his posts in this realignment of schools and fans
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Biff I love the back and forth. Especially how you come up with a reply to a post to defend the SEC and then think of a better one two minutes later and post it too. It’s like we get to witness your stream of consciousness in real time. Anyway, you definitely make this place more interesting.
 
DeacDaddy said:
Biff I love the back and forth. Especially how you come up with a reply to a post to defend the SEC and then think of a better one two minutes later and post it too. It’s like we get to witness your stream of consciousness in real time. Anyway, you definitely make this place more interesting.
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This guy gets it.
 
Any word yet on how the Rebel Alliance is going to destroy the sec death star??
 
[h=1]Big Ten, Pac-12, ACC expected to formally announce alliance on Tuesday: Sources[/h]https://theathletic.com/news/big-ten-pac-12-acc-expected-to-formally-announce-alliance-on-tuesday-sources/kCDEJFjp3qdu

[h=2]What could this mean for scheduling games?[/h]The scheduling piece will likely be the most complicated, considering how many programs are locked into future game contracts — and that the Big Ten and Pac-12 both currently require that members play nine conference games apiece. The appeal of cross-country (and cross-conference) scheduling is particularly enticing for the Pac-12, which would then be able to play games in the Central and Eastern time zones, more major markets and fertile recruiting regions.
One scheduling option could be that the Big Ten would drop from nine conference games to eight and each school would play one game with each of the Pac-12 and the ACC annually, sources say.
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I'd like to see September used as a conference vs conference challenge (like in bball) to set the strength of the conference that season. This would not only provide marquee matchups for viewing, but help in ranking teams later.
 
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