What the....? USC and UCLA in negotiations to join B1G

[UMFan83]

What the hell? lol If so, welcome Raisin!

 

 

Edit: I see this was posted in the CFB offseason thread right before this but I think its noteworthy enough news that will lead to more realignment that its worth its own thread, but mods can delete if they'd like

Edited June 30, 2022 by UMFan83

[Old Style]

Just posted about this in the college football thread.

 

About a decade ago I went to a luncheon with Jackie Sherrill as the guest speaker. He called this realignment down to 4 conferences back then. The additional prediction he made was that the 4 super conferences would leave the NCAA and govern themselves.

[UMFan83]

Just posted about this in the college football thread.

 

About a decade ago I went to a luncheon with Jackie Sherrill as the guest speaker. He called this realignment down to 4 conferences back then. The additional prediction he made was that the 4 super conferences would leave the NCAA and govern themselves.

 

Agreed, but I think it will just be 2 super conferences. This is a seismic move for college football, probably bigger than OU and Texas just because it gives us a second super conference

[jersey cubs fan]

USC at Rutgers noon on Fox

[minnesotacubsfan]

didnt Nate Silver make the argument like 5-10 years ago that the B1G was likley to become the more successful conference due to its massive schools and therefor following/

 

https://archive.nytimes.com/thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+nyt/rss/Sports+(NYT+%253E+Sports)&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimessports

[SouthSideRyan]

FDB

[Tryptamine]

Hey great, 2 more teams to stomp on the lifeless carcass that is Illinois football.

[UMFan83]

USC at Rutgers noon on Fox

 

Cant wait to see this at the end of Michigan's schedule

 

@ Rutgers

@ UCLA

vs. Ohio State

[UMFan83]

More details

 

[OleMissCub]

Eventually going to be something similar to the AFC and NFC but with the Northern and Western schools against the Southern and Eastern schools.

[Derwood]

In related news, Fresno St., San Diego St, Utah St and New Mexico St. to join the Pac 12

 

 

Probably

 

[CubinNY]

Just posted about this in the college football thread.

 

About a decade ago I went to a luncheon with Jackie Sherrill as the guest speaker. He called this realignment down to 4 conferences back then. The additional prediction he made was that the 4 super conferences would leave the NCAA and govern themselves.

I think it's an evolution that is going to happen. When they do leave the NCAA they will probably realign again into geographic regions/leagues and have some type of 8 or 12 Team playoff system.

 

Where does this leave ND? lol, they may have their own league and just make the playoffs every year.

[Old Style]

Just posted about this in the college football thread.

 

About a decade ago I went to a luncheon with Jackie Sherrill as the guest speaker. He called this realignment down to 4 conferences back then. The additional prediction he made was that the 4 super conferences would leave the NCAA and govern themselves.

I think it's an evolution that is going to happen. When they do leave the NCAA they will probably realign again into geographic regions/leagues and have some type of 8 or 12 Team playoff system.

 

Where does this leave ND? lol, they may have their own league and just make the playoffs every year.

I'm sure ND will be included. They are a big enough draw.

[Andy]

Never forget that Notre Dame is the greedy ones, though, not the mega conferences just adding whatever schools they want for no reason other than to Hoover up more money.

 

I'm guessing this ends with whatever you call the SEC and B1G just taking the rest of the programs they want (Clemson, FSU, et al to SEC, Oregon, etc. to B1G) and walling themselves off from everybody else, and yes, ND will have to join one of them, presumably the latter as much as I hate that.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

They better have a provision in there that those fuggwads cannot host night games.

[UMFan83]

[Andy]

Probably went without saying but:

 

[Old Style]

[NewUserName]

I would assume that the remainder of the PAC 12 and Big 12 have got to be talking merger of some sort....after the BIG and SEC pick some more of their scraps

[Soul]

I hate this. That is all.

[Derwood]

I would assume that the remainder of the PAC 12 and Big 12 have got to be talking merger of some sort....after the BIG and SEC pick some more of their scraps

 

Those Oregon St. vs. Kansas St. games are going to be LIT

[Derwood]

This would certainly cut the legs out from under The Rose Bowl

[stitchface]

Probably went without saying but:

 

 

 

Oregon.

 

Is this just football?

[SouthSideRyan]

This would certainly cut the legs out from under The Rose Bowl

 

Rotate title game between there and Indy?

[Ding Dong Johnson]