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  • Fly4Fun
    WebFire;1419349 wrote:According to WVU sources, Bigger 10 was actually a consideration.
    I know I'm a little late in the game in responding to this post. But there is no way they would have tried to go through with "Bigger 10" as there certainly would have been legal battles over that name with the Big 10.
  • vball10set
    http://btn.com/
    It’s official: The Big Ten Conference will have new division alignments set to begin in 2014 and nine-game Big Ten Conference schedules for 2016 after the recommendations were unanimously approved by school athletic directors and supported by the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors. In a statement released by the conference, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said, “Big Ten directors of athletics concluded four months of study and deliberation with unanimous approval of a future football structure that preserved rivalries and created divisions based on their primary principle of East/West geography.”
  • Bigdogg
    Horizon just added Oakland University.

    http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2013/05/cleveland_state_glad_oakland_u.html
  • killer_ewok
    As I was on twitter following the Everett Golson stuff, I found that Rutgers is quite a mess.

    http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=9312798&city=newyork

    http://deadspin.com/rutgers-has-a-problem-beyond-its-lying-and-allegedly-ab-509915597?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
  • SportsAndLady
    Rutgers can't do anything right
  • Azubuike24


    LOL. Stupid conference name follows with a really cheesy logo.
  • ohiobucks1
    Azubuike24;1450902 wrote:

    LOL. Stupid conference name follows with a really cheesy logo.
    Would be way cooler if it was just a Flag and said "We Are Most American"
  • Sonofanump
    Azubuike24;1450902 wrote:
    LOL. Stupid conference name follows with a really cheesy logo.
    Yeah, might as well of gone back to CUSA. Cincy should dominate FB & be always top 3 in BB.
  • Mohican00
    Sonofanump;1451112 wrote:Yeah, might as well of gone back to CUSA. Cincy should dominate FB
    No
    Sonofanump;1451112 wrote: & be always top 3 in BB.
    Yeah
  • Sonofanump
    Mohican00;1451115 wrote:No
    I looked again. No other teams stick out to me.
  • Mohican00
    Sonofanump;1451142 wrote:I looked again. No other teams stick out to me.
    Cincy is not strong enough of a program to trump USF, UCF, UCONN, and even Houston and Navy on yearly basis. Should be a competitive league for them, though
  • goosebumps
    Mohican00;1451143 wrote:Cincy is not strong enough of a program to trump USF, UCF, UCONN, and even Houston and Navy on yearly basis. Should be a competitive league for them, though
    do you even watch football? UC has won at least a share of the conference title 4 out of last five years. They've won ten games five out of last 6 years. When you're ignorant on a subject its best to just keep your mouth shut.
  • Azubuike24
    UC will be one of the best, but it's a stronger conference than the old Big East. Tulsa, Houston, SMU, ECU and UCF are all solid football teams.

    The team that is going to get buried on a yearly basis in both sports is Tulane. Thank goodness they are in a big market...
  • Mohican00
    goosebumps;1451158 wrote:do you even watch football? UC has won at least a share of the conference title 4 out of last five years. They've won ten games five out of last 6 years. When you're ignorant on a subject its best to just keep your mouth shut.
    Wow, the butthurt......so winning in the Big East means they're going to dominate their new conference? Do you even know their record during that time? Did they dominate their conference during that time? No. Did you forget the embarrassing 4-8 season of 2010? Since when did the the fucking bearcats become an elite BCS team? You lost to a MAC school last year

    Fucking do something on the field before chest thumping your school
  • Pick6
    Mohican00;1451164 wrote:Wow, the butthurt......so winning in the Big East means they're going to dominate their new conference? Do you even know their record during that time? Did they dominate their conference during that time? No. Did you forget the embarrassing 4-8 season of 2010? Since when did the the fucking bearcats become an elite BCS team? You lost to a MAC school last year

    Fucking do something on the field before chest thumping your school
    He never said the Bearcats were an elite BCS team. They should be the favorites to win the conference most years. The conference is shit when comparing it to other BCS conferences and not much better than most mid-majors. Not sure why thats a crazy statement.
  • Mohican00
    Pick6;1451167 wrote:He never said the Bearcats were an elite BCS team. They should be the favorites to win the conference most years
    Hyperbole.......And, again, why should they be favorites to win their conference? They were behind Ohio U in offense and defense last year.....

    Point is, they are not better than the schools in their conference to be considered favorites. They have been an average team, are an average team, and will continue to be an average team.
  • goosebumps
    Mohican00;1451171 wrote:Hyperbole.......And, again, why should they be favorites to win their conference? They were behind Ohio U in offense and defense last year.....

    Point is, they are not better than the schools in their conference to be considered favorites. They have been an average team, are an average team, and will continue to be an average team.
    Do you just make up stuff to make your points?


    Cincinnati scored 32.31 pts/game (#39)
    Ohio scored 31.69 pts/game (#42)


    Cincinnati allowed 18.46 pts/game (#14 in the country)
    Ohio allowed 24.77 pts/game (#46)


    I really don't need to argue anymore, just need to show everyone that you're full of shit when you speak.
  • SportsAndLady
    goosegumps gets so butthurt when someone brings up UC lol.

    Anyways, UC is a good program right now...but I agree w/ Mohican on this. UC isn't a dominant program by any means, and that is what they'll need to be to say they'll dominate a conference for years. (is the American conference a BCS conference? If so, his comment about being an elite BCS team is valid.).

    Tulsa, Houston, SMU, ECU, UCF...those aren't great problems, but they're good enough. UC isn't light years above them.
  • Mohican00
    goosebumps;1451455 wrote:Do you just make up stuff to make your points?


    Cincinnati scored 32.31 pts/game (#39)
    Ohio scored 31.69 pts/game (#42)


    Cincinnati allowed 18.46 pts/game (#14 in the country)
    Ohio allowed 24.77 pts/game (#46)


    I really don't need to argue anymore, just need to show everyone that you're full of shit when you speak.
    lel, points per game. That's funny

    http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/football/ncaaf/stats/team-total-offense

    http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/stat/ncaa-team-totaldef.htm (note, they were 1 spot ahead of OU in defense....congrats! :rolleyes:)

    To recap, Cincy sucks and this crusade to make them out to be a decent program makes you look stupid

    Maybe a more suitable conference for Cincinnati would be the MAC as the burrcats have a 44-42 lifetime record against MAC foes.....that's pretty competitive for them
  • goosebumps
    Mohican00;1451475 wrote:lel, points per game. That's funny

    http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/football/ncaaf/stats/team-total-offense

    http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/stat/ncaa-team-totaldef.htm (note, they were 1 spot ahead of OU in defense....congrats! :rolleyes:)

    To recap, Cincy sucks and this crusade to make them out to be a decent program makes you look stupid

    Maybe a more suitable conference for Cincinnati would be the MAC as the burrcats have a 44-42 lifetime record against MAC foes.....that's pretty competitive for them

    I forgot that yards win football games.... You win.
  • goosebumps
    In 2007 when OSU lost to LSU 38-24, they really won and were the better team since they had 353 yards and LSU only had 326

    /Mohican
  • j_crazy
    Mohican00;1451143 wrote:Cincy is not strong enough of a program to trump USF, UCF, UCONN, and even Houston and Navy on yearly basis. Should be a competitive league for them, though

    Obviously doesn't know how bad Houston is
  • Pick6
    [QUOTE=SportsAndLady;1451467(is the American conference a BCS conference? If so, his comment about being an elite BCS team is valid.).

    [/QUOTE]
    No. Not an AQ. They will be on the same level as the mid-majors, with the highest ranked of non qualifiers getting an auto bid to a BCS game, I believe.
  • Sonofanump
    Pick6;1451667 wrote:No. Not an AQ. They will be on the same level as the mid-majors, with the highest ranked of non qualifiers getting an auto bid to a BCS game, I believe.
    Don't non-AQ need to be top 16 to get a BCS game invite?
  • Pick6
    Sonofanump;1451716 wrote:Don't non-AQ need to be top 16 to get a BCS game invite?
    Well thats the old rules, and its still not correct. A non-AQ has to be top 16 AND ranked higher than the highest ranked team in an auto bid conference to receive the auto bid (see NIU this past year who ended up ranked higher than the Big East and Big Ten champ).

    Im not exactly sure with the new rules with the playoffs and the conference realignment, but the post you quoted should be pretty accurate if my memory didnt fail me. I remember the rule change being better for all mid-major, as there are only 5 non-AQ and it gave everybody a better shot not in the old Big East at making a BCS game. Not sure what the rule would be for another Non-AQ to qualify.