No, 8 is too many.
A play-in for the 4th spot between the 4th and 5th ranking team with the best of G5 (13-0) getting one of a play-in or ND (12-0) if not then you have all 5 champion from 5 power conference have another opportunity in the playoff. This game must before New Year and after...
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/84783/take-two-possible-sec-expansion-teams
UVa and UNC is the most valuable in the ACC that covet by the SEC and the B1G.
If you want to make it difficult for independent programs make it mandatory for every conference game to be play in October and November without exception and all OOC games in September and/or 2nd week of December with the first week of December reserve for conference championship week. I think...
After they invited TCU they shouldn’t wait months and months for Nova to make up their mind. They should just go to twelve. It’s the nature of the hybrid with sixteen basketball teams moving forward quickly is hard.
SOUTH BEND — With the current landscape of college football in disarray, The University of Notre Dame has decided to end its independence and join the Big Ten Conference. Under condition of anonymity, a high-ranking Big Ten official has confirmed that the Fighting Irish have applied to join the...
Being the king of the sand box by default is a very simple logic.
It’s easy to understand but in sport having regional rivalry especially with population density in this region brings a lot of eyeballs.
The football-only idea or solution is most likely come from basketball-only school where it doesn’t affect the size of basketball conference. Let be honest, sixteen basketball teams are too big and when you suggested eighteen or even twenty basketball teams that too much but that what the Big...
another post by Maize ( a UL fan)
Also, it appears that the BIG EAST did not have to votes to expand with Kansas, Kansas State and or Missouri because of lead by Providence had secured the no votes of Seton Hall, Georgetown, Saint John's and Notre Dame leaving it 1 short of full membership...
According to an insider on the Louisville board what happened started back @ the June BIG EAST Meetings.
I (Maize) did copy & paste what he said but since it premium I will paraphase it:
Basically the gist of it is this, Pitt along with WVU & Rutgers threatened to leave the league if the...
It’s not about who speak the loudest but who matter the most in the league.
The question is still the same whether Notre Dame stay behind in the Big East or not when UConn, SU and Pitt are not there. I believe they will not.
Do you know who the Big East is?
Georgetown, Villanova, St. John’s, Seton Hall, and Providence were here back in the Big East back in 2003 but Notre Dame went and talks with the ACC for place to park their other sports. In the 80’s that was true but in the BCS era Syracuse, Connecticut and...
The problem with the B1G is they are really big schools even with UConn and Rutgers providing the B1G with a presence in the Northeast/New England they still don’t fit in culturally with much of their fans base in the northeast.
The ACC already made a move to strengthen their case why ND should...
Culture wise they belong in the ACC with large number of their fans in the northeast.
They need 5-6 open spots for their tradition which can be work out.
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