USC and UCLA to Big Ten

77GTFan said:
I think we are headed to two. The Big 10 and SEC will become two super conferences with about 24 teams each. That means there are about 16 spaces left in the heavyweight division. Our chances are not good, but not impossible, to be a part of this.

I think Washington and Oregon get in, Baylor and Oklahoma State, Clemson and FSU, Notre Dame and UNC. Who the next 8 might be will be a real Darwinian contest. Our history and location helps. Our recent football success and fan base size hurts.

The great question will be whether this extends to all sports. This could end up a football only move. Or, this could extend to all sports. If I were the left out schools I might play hardball and tell the Super 48 to do their own championships in all sports. A tournament without Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, Villanova among others is a hard sell to TV.
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Maybe. But I don't think it would include Baylor.

Probably not with Washington, either. And it will be tough for Oregon. Same reason the ACC was forced to take Virginia Tech. Lots of politics involved in these states, and I do not see pols in Oregon let them dump Oregon State overboard, and same for Washington.

Anyway, better selections IMO would be Utah and Colorado. No natural in-state rivalries being abandoned to stir the politicians, and cover the huge swath of the country between Nebraska and Kalifornia. Alternatives would be Arizona and ASU. But Utah and Colorado are stronger programs with better fanbases.
 
ricejacket said:
www.cbssports.com

USC, UCLA to leave Pac-12 for Big Ten in 2024: College sports begins its latest seismic shakeup

A second round of power conference realignment in as many years is officially underway
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com

Didn't see that coming
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Maybe those schools Duke-UNC, UVA-VT who just can’t let go of their precious instate rivals will get left out in the cold opening the door for us to slide right in.....I think they will probably realize that this is the one and only chance to get out of the ACC and agree to play OOC
 
THWG247 said:
Maybe those schools Duke-UNC, UVA-VT who just can’t let go of their precious instate rivals will get left out in the cold opening the door for us to slide right in.....I think they will probably realize that this is the one and only chance to get out of the ACC and agree to play OOC
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Should have jumped to the Big Ten when we had the chance but I don’t think we’re beneath begging them for another shot.
 
GT65_UGA89 said:
Clemson, Florida State, Miami, and maybe Syracuse will be gone from the ACC within the next three years, prior to the 2025 season.
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If the B10 is gonna grab two, then SEC needs to grab four to one up them.
GT should replace syracuse in that group
 
I think we're extremely well-positioned to slide into one of the super leagues. We're a perfect package compared to a lot of other contenders for both the SEC and Big Ten:


1: Very strong academics. The Big Ten has a huge boner for academics and isn't going to dumpster dive for the Oklahomas of the world like the SEC will. This alone gives us an automatic massive leg up over a lot of the field.

2: Location. The epicenter of the entire southeastern TV market. Capital of the SEC. Probably not a major factor, but an extremely convenient and enjoyable road trip for enormous numbers of SEC fans and Big Ten grads in Atlanta/the south, of which there is a massive number.

3: History with the SEC. I've always gotten the impression that a lot of the SEC wants GT back in, which gives us an obvious advantage over other competitors.

4: No state/political baggage like a lot of other schools have. UVA may have a hard time ditching VT, UNC may not enjoy going to a conference where they're the little fish in the pond. GT has zero issues like that.

5: All of our problems are temporary/easily solvable. We're a cash infusion and a good coaching hire away from being a legit top 25 football program. We don't have bad academics, we're not in a small market, we're not in a bad recruiting area, we're not located in the middle of nowhere. Our drawbacks are a lot less foundational than like, Washington State's are.

We should really be hoping for more seismic changes like this. It's either we get more major changes and (try to) get absorbed into a super league with a ton of money, or we continue our descent in the ACC with no way out.
 
Tech’s really messed up 15 years ago when we had an opportunity to get to the Big-10. The ACC is going to be completely irrelevant in the future landscape of college football. Georgia Tech needs to get the hell out of there.
 
The answer here, if usc and ucla goes Big Ten, is to leave the ACC and create the third superconfetence:
GT
Clem
FSU
Miami
oregon
Washington
stanford
unc
duke
Uva
Baylor
ok
state
Kansas
Notre dame

I am rooting for the Usfl now.
 
midatlantech said:
The answer here, if usc and ucla goes Big Ten, is to leave the ACC and create the third superconfetence:
GT
Clem
FSU
Miami
oregon
Washington
stanford
unc
duke
Uva
Baylor
ok
state
Kansas
Notre dame

I am rooting for the Usfl now.
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Notre Dame is going to go to the Big Ten for money and rivals. They won’t have to pay a penalty for football but will for all their other sports…but that’s only if the ACC doesn’t collapse…which will happen when the SEC and Big Ten finish gutting the top half of the conference…we’re headed to 2 major conferences
 
Was it ever confirmed that we actually had a chance to join the Big X?
 
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