Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[Husky25]

Don't think they wouldn't. They already did it to the Big East.

 

[billybud]

Josh is a sympathizer....

 

[CL82]

Don't think they wouldn't. They already did it to the Big East.

Oh, they would do it, if they thought it was in their interest. Still, I don't see them not exercising the option, because it is a lot of relatively inexpensive content.

Let's say for a second, they do pull the trigger, then, in order to make the math work, they would have to pay the "ACC leftover league" next to nothing. Perhaps less than 20 million per team per year? Would it be in Connecticut's best interest to join the leftover league and get, say $18, million per year? Probably, but joining that conference wouldn't ill innate the core problem of the ever escalating cost of college athletics funded by the inordinate amount of media money that the P2 receives.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I mean sure but it realistically could look like that. And is USF any better than Memphis? And do we really want to travel to the West Coast for basketball 5-6 times a year during conference play? The travel in the AAC killed us.

If Duke, Pitt, Louisville, Syracuse and BC are the core leftovers then you can make it work and it would be a fun conference. If even one of the first four aren't available then it falls off real quick.

USF is in Fla that will bee a priority
The ACC will need a Fla presence if they lose both Miami and FSU .
FAU may be ahead of us . In that case

 

[Kolumbo]

USF is in Fla that will bee a priority
The ACC will need a Fla presence if they lose both Miami and FSU .
FAU may be ahead of us . In that case

Stetson will be ahead of us, in that case.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[MilliniumPrince]

All Aboard!!

 

[Ha Who]

All Aboard!!

More like AC/DC

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[UConnTrumbull]

UNC is in trouble. No way anyone’s taking NC State in a package deal…maybe the Big 12 but that’s a lateral move

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Vowelguy]

This is such an awful idea.

 

[Ha Who]

This is such an awful idea.

The cartel has destroyed college athletics

 

[jostar1]

"The remaining three bids would go the highest-ranked teams still available, regardless of whether they’re in a conference and/or independent Notre Dame."

UConn has fallen off the face of the earth.

 

[Gburyhusky]

This is why we should just embrace independence and stop focusing on trying to get into a football league. What's the point? All the power is concentrated in 2 leagues, which we have no chance at getting invited into. The other leagues will get a token but the reality is nobody but the upper echelon of the Big 10, SEC, Big12 and ACC will have a realistic shot at a football championship. The whole thing stinks.

 

[metsfan2323]

This is why we should just embrace independence and stop focusing on trying to get into a football league. What's the point? All the power is concentrated in 2 leagues, which we have no chance at getting invited into. The other leagues will get a token but the reality is nobody but the upper echelon of the Big 10, SEC, Big12 and ACC will have a realistic shot at a football championship. The whole thing stinks.

Nope, either get into a league or we eventually drop football altogether, Independence is a complete disaster.

 

[John]

This is why we should just embrace independence and stop focusing on trying to get into a football league. What's the point? All the power is concentrated in 2 leagues, which we have no chance at getting invited into. The other leagues will get a token but the reality is nobody but the upper echelon of the Big 10, SEC, Big12 and ACC will have a realistic shot at a football championship. The whole thing stinks.

Points
1) scheduling
2) rivalries
3) playing for something
4) stability

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

"The remaining three bids would go the highest-ranked teams still available, regardless of whether they’re in a conference and/or independent Notre Dame."

UConn has fallen off the face of the earth.

No conference title to play for. No path to a national title. Serious question: why keep the sport?

 

[CL82]

This is why we should just embrace independence and stop focusing on trying to get into a football league. What's the point?

 

[JohnFSilver]

The college presidents, who are not businessmen, have absolutely destroyed college athletics.

The football and playoff/invitational is going to be awful.

The obsession wit having. A college football tournament is dumb. The games aren’t gonna be competitive.

 

[Husky25]

14 is to many teams.
Notre Dame is given too much deference
"G5," too little

So much money breeds corruption and the only reason for a committee is to deflect blame from any one individual, yet backslap and take credit when it goes smooth. The old bowl system would work better at this point.

Personally I don't think I've intentionally sat down to watch a non-UConn game, beginning to end, in the last 4 years.

Make the model the top 2 G5 teams country fill the rest out according to the "BCS" formula or simply the AP poll.

 

[UConnJim]

Presidents make the decisions. The board makes the decisions. The ADs have a lot of lee way as senior managers, but this is a CEO level decision in many cases.

And, they are ill informed

Supposedly, the Big 10 Presidents wanted to add Stanford and Cal, but Fox said no.

 

[Vowelguy]

the only reason I can see for so many autobids is they still plan on relying on a human committee rather than a mathematical formula.

Uh no. The reason is always $$$.

Even if your conference has a bad year, you get guaranteed slots. AND perhaps more importantly you limit the ability of G5 teams to break in, even in their best of years.

This year it would been
1 2 7 from BiG - Mich wash ohst
3 4 6 from SEC - Tex Al Ga
5 15 from ACC - FSU Lou
14 20 from B12 - Ariz OkSt
19 G5 —OreSt
8 9 10 AtLarge — Ore Mo PSU

 

[Drew]

 

[Drew]