posted by Laley23There will not be a Pac-12 without USC and UCLA. Arizona and Oregon probably next to go. Colorado and the lesser schools make sense for Big 12 expansion.
I’d put Washington and Oregon ahead of anyone else for also joining the big ten
As an NFL/Browns fan, the favorable thing about this will be seeing how USC/UCLA players perform in the dead of winter in places like Columbus, Lansing & Ann Arbor in not ideal conditions. Will likely be a pretty small sample size though.
I hate that we’ll be losing more regional rivalries for these cross sectional matchups. I love when Ohio State plays Purdue, MSU, Illinois, Iowa because there is so much history and tradition there. Those teams are from similar places where football has a similar value. Those are the traditions that made college football unique and different than the NFL. They’re gone with night game extravaganzas featuring two teams from opposite sides of the country.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieIt erodes the regional nature of CFB, but it’s just the way things are going.
Who’d have ever thought while watching a Rose Bowl between Ohio State and USC in the 1980s that they’d one day end up in the same conference.
If not for their natural rivalry with Rutgers and Maryland….never would’ve got them
posted by Ironman92If not for their natural rivalry with Rutgers and Maryland….never would’ve got them
True. The Rutgers and Maryland additions have been great.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieI hate that we’ll be losing more regional rivalries for these cross sectional matchups. I love when Ohio State plays Purdue, MSU, Illinois, Iowa because there is so much history and tradition there. Those teams are from similar places where football has a similar value. Those are the traditions that made college football unique and different than the NFL. They’re gone with night game extravaganzas featuring two teams from opposite sides of the country.
It will be interesting to see how they organize the schedule and the rotation of teams that you don't play yearly.
posted by Al BundyIt will be interesting to see how they organize the schedule and the rotation of teams that you don't play yearly.
It seems like two super conferences is the end game. College football always had the tradition and local peculiarities of close by games over the NFL. The NFL does intersectional, cross country and playoffs way better than college football. So if you take away the advantage CFB had over the NFL and then add to it the fact that the actual product in the field in the NFL is far superior to CFB ever since CFB went all in on pro-style offenses in the mid naughts, and I don’t see CFB standing a good chance of staying as strong in the long term.
Heard someone on the radio today talking about relegation in college football - the European soccer system.
This guy was saying that maybe we end up with two power conferences. That would be 40 or so teams. The other 90 teams would be in the tier below. Every year the bottom 5-8 teams from the power conferences would go down to be replaced by the top tier 2 teams.
Seems like an interesting way to give all teams, including non SEC or B1G something to play for.
I like that. Indiana may be able to win something for once!
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieHeard someone on the radio today talking about relegation in college football - the European soccer system.
This guy was saying that maybe we end up with two power conferences. That would be 40 or so teams. The other 90 teams would be in the tier below. Every year the bottom 5-8 teams from the power conferences would go down to be replaced by the top tier 2 teams.
Seems like an interesting way to give all teams, including non SEC or B1G something to play for.
I'd be shocked if that happens because this is all run by money. TV market size of schools has more influence than the quality of their football.
posted by Al BundyI'd be shocked if that happens because this is all run by money. TV market size of schools has more influence than the quality of their football.
But it’s likely the top 25-30 schools (which would include those that draw the largest tv audiences) would never be in danger of relegation. Also, it would give the tier 2 games perhaps a bigger attractiveness to average viewers since a group of them would be plying for promotion.
Lol
Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and then Texas getting 1st place votes in the coaches poll. pic.twitter.com/M26qQ3DmaS
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) August 8, 2022
Today is the 15th anniversary of App State putting the beatdown on UM. WHat a great day for the leaders and the best.
Prediction on OSU/ND:
Ohio State 35
Notre Dame 24
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogiePrediction on OSU/ND:
Ohio State 35Notre Dame 24
Looks reasonable
Yeah too many things won’t allow this to be a blowout
Old Dominion, picked to finish last in the Sun Belt….just beat Virginia Tech
posted by Ironman92Old Dominion, picked to finish last in the Sun Belt….just beat Virginia Tech
Love it, pretty solid game. Now for the real ones today.
posted by Ironman92Yeah too many things won’t allow this to be a blowout
Catholic Refs?
posted by Devils AdvocateCatholic Refs?
Refs were Big12
My comment was based on traffic sucked all day…driving in to hotel, then from hotel to stadium, then trying to park. My patience for that was shot….so I knew damn well the game would be down to the final play to keep 70,000 people trying to get out of the parking lot at the same time.
In a thrilling Iowa-South Dakota State game, the fourth quarter score currently is 5-3 in favor of the Hawkeyes, which might be the most Iowa thing ever.
UNC and App St is a defensive display
Holy Crap the App St QB.
What a choke job
posted by Ironman92Holy Crap the App St QB.
What a choke job
The final minutes of that thing were just insanity in the form of football. Who would have thought returning an onside kick for points would almost be a huge blunder?