Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[maximumblitz]

SoCAL market seems like it will add NIL

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Id call that bluff. "Oh, you want to join the SEC? Good fit. :thumbs up: OK. See you later"

 

[Abenaki]

Id call that bluff. "Oh, you want to join the SEC? Good fit. :thumbs up: OK. See you later"

Change that thumbs up to a double bird and exactly this.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Bad news guys. ND is about to dictate terms.




To recap:
They are demanding a greater percentage of revenue sharing by leveraging a non-existing SEC membership offer against the B16

I am 100% for ND joining the SEC. Actually, yes and please. It may be the absolute worst thing that they could do for / to themselves.

B16 had Got Damn better hold on this point.

UNC, UVA and two of Stanford / Cal or Oregon / Washington.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

That the domers haven't smugly proclaimed their commitment to independence, says that they thinking about joining. That they haven't yet tells me that they are trying to play the B1G and SEC off each other to see if one will give them special treatment.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Bad news guys. ND is about to dictate terms.




To recap:
They are demanding a greater percentage of revenue sharing by leveraging a non-existing SEC membership offer against the B16

Actual recap: Message board guy demands a greater percentage blah blah blah

There are two major conferences now. Not five... two

One of them cares about academics

ND cares about appearing to care about academics

ND would go the University of Chicago route before they joined the SEC

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

Bad news guys. ND is about to dictate terms.




To recap:
They are demanding a greater percentage of revenue sharing by leveraging a non-existing SEC membership offer against the B16

Isn’t this just a talking head saying what he thinks the domers should be demanding?

 

[CincyInterloper]

Dear baby Jesus, please put ND and Texas in the same conference. Amen

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

And since we have gone from a Power 5 to a Power 2 that are gazing over the college football landscape and the "pick-me" programs that are left; who among the pick-me programs is worth taking from a football standpoint? How many legit football powers are outside of the Power 2 right now?

In the ACC you have:

• Clemson - not much history, but recent history is undeniable. They're a power right now; who knows what they'll be in the future
• FSU - They had a 15 year run that was one of the most impressive in CFB history. Haven't been much lately. Facilities are a joke
• Miami - Better school with better facilities, but otherwise they're FSU. A has been that keeps claiming they're back. Probably better chance at actually getting back than FSU.
• Notre Dame - Still have a huge following and Freeman is recruiting well. They're the biggest football power outside of the Power 2 right now, and yes, to me they're in the ACC bucket, even if they're walking around with that bucket stuck on one foot like a big goof.
  
• Sorry, but no one else. One of my criteria is that you have to have been a legitimate threat to win a national title at some point apart from having purchased one in the 70s (looking at you, Pitt).

In what's Left of the PAC-N--

• Washington - Been a power off and on throughout much of my life. Probably belong with the big boys
• Oregon - What happens when Phil Knight dies and Nike is run by someone who doesn't care about them? - Right now, they bring interest; what will they bring in 2050?
• Colorado - They've been good in the past, but they've been a dumpster fire for so long, can they be taken seriously?
  
• Sorry, but no one else. Stanford has been to a few Rose Bowls, but has never been a legitimate threat to win a national title. ASU is a notch below them in the football history department, but came closer to a national title on one occasion. Still no. No one else is worth a mention.

What's left of the Big-XII

• 

There you have it. You can talk about basketball and academics, but it is football and tv sets that are driving this. On the football side, there are 7 schools that I would be willing to entertain as legitimate powers, and even among those there are some questions. After the first three or four of those remaining 7 are taken, the rest might all come down to tv sets and streaming devices.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I wonder what the domers are asking for. I don't think they'll be so crazy as to ask for uneven revenue splits, but I'm pretty sure that they're asking for things like:

• Their own separate NBC broadcast window and dedicated announcing crew
• Other conference teams using their home games with ND to play neutral site games in NFL stadiums
• Probably some say over their schedule above and beyond the dedicated rivalry games that other teams will have

Any others?

And, oh yeah, they should be told to shove all of it up their ass.

 

[BuckTwenty]

Bad news guys. ND is about to dictate terms.




To recap:
They are demanding a greater percentage of revenue sharing by leveraging a non-existing SEC membership offer against the B16

Notre Dame can make like Mark May and eat a bag of dicks

 

[Honor&Glory]

Notre Dame can make like Mark May and eat a bag of dicks

or blow 5 guys at Pittsburg

 

[Zurp]

I wonder what the domers are asking for. I don't think they'll be so crazy as to ask for uneven revenue splits, but I'm pretty sure that they're asking for things like:

• Their own separate NBC broadcast window and dedicated announcing crew
• Other conference teams using their home games with ND to play neutral site games in NFL stadiums
• Probably some say over their schedule above and beyond the dedicated rivalry games that other teams will have

Any others?

And, oh yeah, they should be told to shove all of it up their ass.

They'll want to set their division. Notre Dame, Indiana, Ball State, South Bend High School, and Muncie Junior High School.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

They'll want to set their division. Notre Dame, Indiana, Ball State, South Bend High School, and Muncie Junior High School.

Absolutely. I left that off only because I think the Big Ten will go without divisions when the new teams join.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I don't know. I'm actually a little worried. Those fucking priests have some weird ju-ju that they do with conferences to get their way. I mean, for fuck's sake, we not only took in their hockey program, but we allow them to televise their home games on NBCSN and Peacock rather than on the BTN. I won't rest easy until the details are released, and it's clear that they're getting no special treatment.