Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[cincibuck]

Oh no, Fuck no.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Just sayin': I can actually see three 20 team so called "super conferences". The B1G & SEC takes who they want from the ACC and PAC-12 to get to 20, and the BIG 12 picks over what is left to full up their conference. I really think that the BIG 12 screwed up royally by by prematurely adding BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston; I wonder if it is too late for the BIG 12 to negate that deal......

Not sure there would be anything super about that third conference....and Stanford won't join (or allow a team in) any conference with "religious" affiliation. Pretty sure Berkeley won't either ($ changes a lot but those two could easily settle for a whatever is left west coast league).

 

[OregonBuckeye]

I think 2006 was the beginning of the downfall of college football. The conference wars kicked into high gear after that and espn decided to side with the sec. It hasn't been remotely the same since.

 

[BuckyKatt]

I can remember when the real goal was to get to the “Granddaddy” and play USC or UCLA, and that was what mattered to most people…now it’s a conference game. I just can’t…

I love Ohio State. I will always love and root for Ohio State. But I hate these super conferences. Hate them.

Agree 110%!!!!!!!

 

[5 STAR U-G-A]

I could picture the B1G and the SEC eventually ending up with a set up like the AFC and NFC, with each having their own "playoff" and the winner of each would play in the national title game.

 

[5 STAR U-G-A]

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

When it comes time to negotiate the new tv deal, Kevin Warren can walk in the room three hours late and sloppy drunk, unzip his pants and say “who’s first?”, and still come away with a deal that makes him look like a hero.

 

[Dryden]

I think 2006 was the beginning of the downfall of college football. The conference wars kicked into high gear after that and espn decided to side with the sec. It's hasn't been remotely the same since.

In my mind this is more a response to the upstarts that are diluting the product and sucking at the teat of the college football money spigot that the blue bloods invested in 50 to 100 fucking years ago to build. Ohio State didn’t spend millions building the Horseshoe during the roaring 20s for a fucking commuter school that didn’t have a foosball team 20 years ago to complain about how the system is unfair.

When every Fortune 500 company that considers itself a media conglomerate is spending billions on content for their streaming startups, it’s a really good idea to stockpile inventory of unscripted live sports content, already fully produced and ready for broadcast, featuring teams that tens of millions want to see compete in de facto high stakes elimination games.

Conferences, as we knew them, are dead. The Big Ten and SEC are solely in an arms race to stockpile more inventory.

 

[colobuck79]

I would take Stanford and Cal instead of Oregon and Washington. And under no circumstance, no matter what, no to Notre Dame. Never.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Not sure there would be anything super about that third conference....and Stanford won't join (or allow a team in) any conference with "religious" affiliation. Pretty sure Berkeley won't either ($ changes a lot but those two could easily settle for a whatever is left west coast league).

Then why do they play Notre Dame every year?

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Then why do they play Notre Dame every year?

Sleeping with someone is different than marrying them, no?

 

[ScriptOhio]

In its statement, the Pac-12 said it will "continue to thrive" despite the departure of the two colleges.

"We've long been known as the Conference of Champions, and we're unwavering in our commitment to extend that title," the Pac-12 Conference said in a statement. "We will continue to develop new and innovative programs that directly benefit our member institutions, and we look forward to partnering with current and potential members to pioneer the future of college athletics together."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/sport/usc-ucla-big-ten-spt/index.html

Apparently all remaining 10 teams aren't committed to the "Conference of Champions"; Oregon and Washington are looking to join the B1G too.

 

[Dryden]

Opinions on Kevin Warren now?

Building the TV network and adding Penn St will always be feathers in Jim Delaneys cap, but nabbing USC and UCLA seems a helluva more seismic shift in the broadcasting landscape than bagging Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers — none of which appeared to be wanted by the conferences they were actually already members of short of their buyout money and penalties.

 

[scarletmike]

Opinions on Kevin Warren now?

Building the TV network and adding Penn St will always be feathers in Jim Delaneys cap, but nabbing USC and UCLA seems a helluva more seismic shift in the broadcasting landscape than bagging Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers — none of which appeared to be wanted by the conferences they were actually already members of short of their buyout money and penalties.

Depends if he really did much more than say "Yes, let me go through the formality of calling the presidents for a vote." From the sounds of things, this was initiated by the two schools, so I'll give him that he was smart enough to not say no right away in that sense. Keeping it all quiet (because there's no way the conversation started just this morning) is something big I'd give him credit for, though, and I consider that no small factor here considering the implications it will have immediately and over the next two years. His real measuring stick is what happens from here, in my IMO. Does he actually have UW and maybe Oregon lined up waiting for another formal gesture once the dominos start to fall? Who are the other teams he's considering?

 

[dragurd]

Depends if he really did much more than say "Yes, let me go through the formality of calling the presidents for a vote." From the sounds of things, this was initiated by the two schools, so I'll give him that he was smart enough to not say no right away in that sense. Keeping it all quiet (because there's no way the conversation started just this morning) is something big I'd give him credit for, though, and I consider that no small factor here considering the implications it will have immediately and over the next two years. His real measuring stick is what happens from here, in my IMO. Does he actually have UW and maybe Oregon lined up waiting for another formal gesture once the dominos start to fall? Who are the other teams he's considering?

Yeah he's great at keeping a lid on things if anything else. We'll get more of the story eventually so we'll know about that