Conference realignment talk

• dlazz

  WebFire;1392341 wrote:Get used to to. They want the southern grab.

  I hope the Big Ten offers FAU. Hit them where it hurts.
• sleeper

  

  WebFire;1392341 wrote:Get used to to. They want the southern grab.

  Get used to it? We are at 14 teams, 16 is about as manageable as you can get. I don't want a 32 team conference.
• dlazz

  I'm really shocked that they turned Missouri away. I think they'd be a better fit than Buttgers or Maryland. I think that was an example of them putting cash ahead of everything else.
• WebFire

  sleeper;1392347 wrote:Get used to it? We are at 14 teams, 16 is about as manageable as you can get. I don't want a 32 team conference.

  From some of what I've read, they possibly won't stop at 16.
• Fly4Fun

  

  WebFire;1392360 wrote:From some of what I've read, they possibly won't stop at 16.

  So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?
• sleeper

  

  Fly4Fun;1392371 wrote:So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?

  lol this. 16 is probably the max I'd want. You go to a 3 game non conference schedule. Play everyone in your division(7 games) and 2 rotating crossovers from the other division.
• sleeper

  

  Honestly if they go to 20, they won't even bother with separate divisions. They will go to a 9 game conference schedule; 2(or 1) fixed rival(s) per team that they play every year and a rotating schedule against 7(8) teams.
• WebFire

  Fly4Fun;1392371 wrote:So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?

  I have no idea what the plan is. I am not the commish.
• WebFire

  sleeper;1392407 wrote:lol this. 16 is probably the max I'd want. You go to a 3 game non conference schedule. Play everyone in your division(7 games) and 2 rotating crossovers from the other division.

  Not saying I do either. I don't even like 14 or 16. I like many smaller conferences.
• Fly4Fun

  

  WebFire;1392426 wrote:I have no idea what the plan is. I am not the commish.

  I wasn't directly soliciting a response from you. I was quoting you as the base for my post concerning moving past 16, which already is getting too large to manage for football in my opinion.
• WebFire

  Fly4Fun;1392445 wrote:I wasn't directly soliciting a response from you. I was quoting you as the base for my post concerning moving past 16, which already is getting too large to manage for football in my opinion.

  And I agree with that.
• Midstate01

  

  I think they'll try to get to 20. I have no basis for that. Just my opinion.
• mucalum49

  

  ohiobucks1;1392336 wrote:UNC is a great program to add. Medicority in what? Football? Yeah maybe, even though they are a decent program . Hell of a basketball school. Great academics. Perfect fit.

  Larry Fedora has recruited well in his first two years at UNC. They would have been in the ACC title game (not saying much) if they weren't sanctioned. Great? No, but I see them in the same tier as Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan State.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  If NC goes, I wonder if UVA will go with them?
  
  Yeah, it's at best a sidewise move for football, at least for now, but both schools would be a perfect fit for the Big Ten in every other measure. I don't see us ever becoming the SEC equals in football - better to establish our own products and profile.
• sleeper

  

  Cat Food Flambe';1392740 wrote:If NC goes, I wonder if UVA will go with them?
  
  Yeah, it's at best a sidewise move for football, at least for now, but both schools would be a perfect fit for the Big Ten in every other measure. I don't see us ever becoming the SEC equals in football - better to establish our own products and profile.

  UVA makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't mind having UVA in the B1G.
• sleeper

  

  I think a solid play at Vanderbilt is worth considering as well.
• Classyposter58

  

  Lets go back to where the conferences were in 2003 please
• jordo212000

  

  sleeper;1392995 wrote:I think a solid play at Vanderbilt is worth considering as well.

  
  Why would Vanderbilt leave the SEC?
• sleeper

  

  jordo212000;1394635 wrote:Why would Vanderbilt leave the SEC?

  Because let's face it, the SEC is becoming synonymous with academic standards that even community colleges are starting to laugh at. Vanderbilt isn't good at sports, but they are an academic powerhouse so they fit in nicely with every B1G school not named Nebraska.
• the_system

  mucalum49;1392702 wrote:Larry Fedora has recruited well in his first two years at UNC. They would have been in the ACC title game (not saying much) if they weren't sanctioned. Great? No, but I see them in the same tier as Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan State.

  Wat?
  
  Michigan State maybe. Not Wisconsin and Nebraska.
  
  UNC has lost at least 5+ games 14 out of the last 15 seasons. Sparty 11 of 15. Wisconsin 5 times in 15 years. Nebraska only 4 times, with 3 of those under the Callahan Catastrophe. Nebraska's "down" years the last decade are still much better than UNC has probably ever achieved.
• mucalum49

  

  the_system;1398874 wrote:Wat?
  
  Michigan State maybe. Not Wisconsin and Nebraska.
  
  UNC has lost at least 5+ games 14 out of the last 15 seasons. Sparty 11 of 15. Wisconsin 5 times in 15 years. Nebraska only 4 times, with 3 of those under the Callahan Catastrophe. Nebraska's "down" years the last decade are still much better than UNC has probably ever achieved.

  You're right. I meant going forward I think they could be. UNC has shot themselves in the foot in recent years with getting their best talent suspended. With the way Fedora has started off his career there I think he could get them to that tier permitting he stays. Some SEC teams were already courting him for their openings..
• sportchampps

  From an article I read a few years ago before most of this even started happening it stated we would end up with 4 16 team super conferences. He also said these super conferences would eventually split off from the NCAA.
• ts1227

  

  old Big East will be called the American Athletic Conference as of 7/1/13
  
  http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference
• Sonofanump

  ts1227;1419305 wrote:old Big East will be called the American Athletic Conference as of 7/1/13
  
  http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference

  Makes sense, AKA Conference USA.
• WebFire

  According to WVU sources, Bigger 10 was actually a consideration.