Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Oregonbuck]

NIL and the transfer portal (i.e. free agency) has already erased what use to be "the traditional college experience".

Gotta be honest, there are aspects of the portal I like. I didn't like that a school could "store" players to keep them from other schools. And NIL just legalized what already existed. What happened to the Bucks because of tats was absurd. In fact, it's possible NIL could enable a kid to stay at school a little longer.

By "college experience" I was thinking of marching bands, student sections, and school mascots, etc. The true student athlete is a thing of the past. NIL and the portal are the present reality

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

A long read. The comments are full of people comparing FSU/Clemson academics to tCun and a huge market win for the B1G. CFB fans are dumb and don't understand AAU membership or that the B1G is not run by the jocks and they chase money. The B1G members aren't giving up big wads of cash to right the wrongs for FSU.

 

[knuckifyoubuck]

A long read. The comments are full of people comparing FSU/Clemson academics to tCun and a huge market win for the B1G. CFB fans are dumb and don't understand AAU membership or that the B1G is not run by the jocks and they chase money. The B1G members aren't giving up big wads of cash to right the wrongs for FSU.

Give me FSU over AAU member Miami any day.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Give me FSU over AAU member Miami any day.

Nah, they can both stay away from the B1G.

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

A long read. The comments are full of people comparing FSU/Clemson academics to tCun and a huge market win for the B1G. CFB fans are dumb and don't understand AAU membership or that the B1G is not run by the jocks and they chase money. The B1G members aren't giving up big wads of cash to right the wrongs for FSU.

Our favorite shitter account “got the scoop”

 

[CMic]

Our favorite shitter account “got the scoop”

 

[Steve19]

They are just not in the same university academic league as a Big Ten school.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

They are just not in the same university academic league as a Big Ten school.

This

And it’s not just about academic standards.

The most unique distinction between B1G schools and the rest of FBS is the quality of the Engineering departments in the B1G. The B1G dominates engineering the way they dominate women’s volleyball… maybe even more so

FSU’s engineering department is uniquely bad. In an odd arrangement borne of politics, the engineering department is actually shared with a local lower-division school. While some think that this shared-arrangement is a limiting factor and others contend that the politics behind that arrangement are the real problem; the sad result regardless of cause is that the engineering college at FSU is a laughing stock

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

This

And it’s not just about academic standards.

The most unique distinction between B1G schools and the rest of FBS is the quality of the Engineering departments in the B1G. The B1G dominates engineering the way they dominate women’s volleyball… maybe even more so

FSU’s engineering department is uniquely bad. In an odd arrangement borne of politics, the engineering department is actually shared with a local lower-division school. While some think that this shared-arrangement is a limiting factor and others contend that the politics behind that arrangement are the real problem; the sad result regardless of cause is that the engineering college at FSU is a laughing stock

What it lacks in engineering acumen, it more than makes up for with its elite collegiate circus program

FSU is widely known as “The Harvard of Circus Arts”

 

[Jaxbuck]

Agreed that it's a community college on steroids but I think that will be a good litmus test for just how far down the tracks we are (or aren't) with this football driven, super league stuff.

If they somehow see their way to letting FSU in the B1G academically then boy howdy, we have jumped the shark. If it's just a step before the big jump to some football superconference for tv contracts only thing then it would also be a pretty big milestone down that particular road.

My bet is they don't do anything and FSU fans just stay salty for a year.

 

[gmen6981]

Our favorite shitter account “got the scoop”

This might be a minor technicality, but wouldn't they have to be invited first?

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

This might be a minor technicality, but wouldn't they have to be invited first?

The source, BlueBloodBias, also crowned Deion Sanders “Coach of the Decade” after leading the Buffs to a 4-8 record.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

FSU is just simply nowhere close to getting the nod for academic reasons. Their USNWR ranking (53) is pumped up simply because they're the #2 public school in a state with massively favorable demographics and get to reject a lot of students (25% acceptance rate). OTOH, major metrics such as medical school reputation, research dollars, depth and quality of their doctoral programs and faculty distinction markers such as National Academy members are so far behind any current B1G school not named Nebraska.

If the B1G raids the ACC it will be for UNC, UVA and (if we're pushing past 20) maybe Duke.

 

[CincyInterloper]

Our favorite shitter account “got the scoop”

All they need now is an invitation from the B1G and $120 million to pay off the ACC.

 

[dragurd]

FSU is just simply nowhere close to getting the nod for academic reasons. Their USNWR ranking (53) is pumped up simply because they're the #2 public school in a state with massively favorable demographics and get to reject a lot of students (25% acceptance rate). Medical school, research dollars, faculty distinction markers such as National Academy members are so far behind any current school not named Nebraska.

If the B1G raids the ACC it will be for UNC, UVA and (if we're pushing past 20) maybe Duke.

It think they'd go after GT before Duke