Expansion

Reports incoming. Washington and Oregon to accept Big Ten invites. They would take a smaller revenue share versus other members.
 
I know I'm preaching to choir here but regional appeal has always been what makes college football unique and fans extremely loyal. The B1G and SEC in their greed are killing the golden goose by killing off the have nots. The have nots are as much a part of the big picture as the big boys. The whole has always been greater than the sum of the parts so by knocking off these lesser pieces, the whole is much degraded.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
I know I'm preaching to choir here but regional appeal has always been what makes college football unique and fans extremely loyal. The B1G and SEC in their greed are killing the golden goose by killing off the have nots. The have nots are as much a part of the big picture as the big boys. The whole has always been greater than the sum of the parts so by knocking off these lesser pieces, the whole is much degraded.
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Without the ‘have-nots’, the ‘haves’ can look forward to just beating up on each other. Let’s see how that comports with their visions of grandeur.
 
College football could use a single governing body that has the interests of all stakeholders in mind. It’s essentially the 5th (or 4th) major professional sports league in the US; and should start operating like one. Can you imagine every NFL team operating 100% independently to try to make the best situation for themselves

Also, this is all really bad for non football sports. If anything, legacy conferences should have been retained, and football should have just aligned independently.
 
I think U of Arizona and Utah are soon to follow.

Then the Big Ten moves to swallow some ACC teams for the South then gets back to regional divisions/rivalries.
 
GTJay said:
Without the ‘have-nots’, the ‘haves’ can look forward to just beating up on each other. Let’s see how that comports with their visions of grandeur.
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What are you talking about? Everyone uses the old paradigm to view the future. The days of having 1 or 2 losses and not making a playoff are soon to be over. We just went from a 2 team playoff to a 12 team playoff in the blink of an eye. We will be at 32 before you get settled into the 12 team version. The money is just to great for a December Madness. Nobody is worried with losing a few games here and there as long as they get in. Now sure, the purists will scream about how the regular season is now ruined but so what. The stupidest thing in all of sports is having one play in early September possibly keeping a team from chance at a title - and D1 football has been stupid for 100 years thanks to the bowl system.
 
ACC staying put isn't a bad thing in this situation. I'd rather stay put with what we have than to reach and add garbage pieces.

Big12 getting praised for adding Arizona, Colorado, UCF, Houston, Cincy, BYU while losing Texas and OU. Those brands combined don't make up for what they are losing, let alone on a revenue slice. Is anyone pumped for a Arizona vs. Baylor matchup? WVU - Colorado really move the needle for anyone? Adding a bunch of mediocre programs does nothing.

What good move was there available to the ACC that wasn't made this cycle? If there isn't a good move to be made, which it looks like there isn't, then roll with what you got. Just get better.

FSU needs to shut their face and win games and elevate their play before they start beating their chest like they are OSU or Bama.
 
jts1207 said:
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And the SEC will try to spin it into a 16 team playoff where 10 teams are from the SEC.

The next phase of this is the SEC booting Vandy, Missouri, Arkansas. Hell, I could see them eventually öööö canning South Carolina for Clemson
 
And for the life of me I don't understand what makes the Big 12 more appealing than the PAC teams. Is it just the Big 12's contract isn't done like the PAC's currently is?
 
JJacket said:
And for the life of me I don't understand what makes the Big 12 more appealing than the PAC teams. Is it just the Big 12's contract isn't done like the PAC's currently is?
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That was my question pages ago. The PAC has (had) teams that were actually desirable to other conferences.
 
JJacket said:
And for the life of me I don't understand what makes the Big 12 more appealing than the PAC teams. Is it just the Big 12's contract isn't done like the PAC's currently is?
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Same thing as we are facing. Lack of money (comparatively) and instability.
 
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