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

[Chin Diesel]

I know its not realistic. but since the Big10 and SEC are eventually going to try and take everything. Does it make sense for everyone else to break off first. ACC, Big 12 and Big East makes for damn fine basketball along with all the other mid major conferences that would easily dwarf what the BIG 2 can do and the football isnt all that horrendous either and would at a minimum take some of the legitamacy of the Big2. Just set up a separate football division and do their own bowl games etc. Pretend the Big2 doesnt exist.

More likely is the SEC and B1G become the leagues. SEC is aligned with Disney/ABC/ESPN and B1G aligned with FOX. They'll keep their existing teams and absorb the rest as associate or affiliate members. Each side will run their own championships and the winner of the B1G and SEC will then play for a national championship. Rotate the championship game between FOX and Disney every other year.
64 teams. Each side takes 32 and has four divisions of 8.

 

[BigTenFan]

My brother went to IU, their coach literally wrote the same letter last week.

It’s a good, smart move.

Doesn't hurt they are 6-0 with an on campus stadium

 

[Ha Who]

Doesn't hurt they are 6-0 with an on campus stadium

Here we go again

 

[Urcea]

While I don't want to see the MAC randomly cut up by bottom tier MWC, and don't think it'll happen, maybe it will induce Buffalo to finally look east for conference affiliation

 

[xclamations]

I called Hawai'i for all sports and someone said i was wrong. Ha. Love that

 

[TRest]

While I don't want to see the MAC randomly cut up by bottom tier MWC, and don't think it'll happen, maybe it will induce Buffalo to finally look east for conference affiliation

What eastern conference? They are closer to the MAC than the Sunbelt or others.

 

[Rufus]

I called Hawai'i for all sports and someone said i was wrong. Ha. Love that

Me too!!! Just waiting for them to post they were wrong.

 

[Rufus]

More likely is the SEC and B1G become the leagues. SEC is aligned with Disney/ABC/ESPN and B1G aligned with FOX. They'll keep their existing teams and absorb the rest as associate or affiliate members. Each side will run their own championships and the winner of the B1G and SEC will then play for a national championship. Rotate the championship game between FOX and Disney every other year.
64 teams. Each side takes 32 and has four divisions of 8.

But there aren’t enough programs that make the money worth it to invite that many teams to join the P2. There are only a handful of teams now that would make sense.

 

[Drew]

 

[How Sway?!]

UConn to LIV, here we go!

 

[Patman]

I know its not realistic. but since the Big10 and SEC are eventually going to try and take everything. Does it make sense for everyone else to break off first. ACC, Big 12 and Big East makes for damn fine basketball along with all the other mid major conferences that would easily dwarf what the BIG 2 can do and the football isnt all that horrendous either and would at a minimum take some of the legitamacy of the Big2. Just set up a separate football division and do their own bowl games etc. Pretend the Big2 doesnt exist.

No. Same problem with a g5 tournament. You're legitimizing your own split.

 

[Chin Diesel]

But there aren’t enough programs that make the money worth it to invite that many teams to join the P2. There are only a handful of teams now that would make sense.

The two conferences will control close to 100% of CFB money. They need some dregs on the bottom to keep the Auburns and the Iowas happy with 8-4 records.

 

[UCFBfan]

That’s the thing though. The SEC/B1G are already angling for 4 auto berths per year (8 out of 12). This scheduling alliance will not harm them against other conferences.

It's this right here. They can do these big money games and earn even more cash because after this season they'll change the CFP so that each conference gets 2-3 autobids each

 

[jostar1]

We got to hope he stays with the Big 12.

 

[jostar1]

SEC, Big Ten considering blockbuster scheduling agreement for college football's new frontier
Matt Hayes
USA TODAY NETWORK

The SEC and Big Ten are discussing a potential scheduling agreement that could lead to a significant increase in media rights revenue, further distancing the two super conferences from the rest of college football, four people with knowledge of the discussions told USA TODAY.

The people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversations say the two super conferences could face off in as many as 12 to 16 regular-season nonconference games a year – or more – to determine the extent of the increase in media rights revenue.

The potential scheduling agreement is an answer to billions in lost revenue from the House legal case settlement of more than $2 billion to former players, and future revenue sharing with players of at least $20 million to $23 million annually beginning as soon as the 2025 season.

It’s also being done within an environment that clearly favors the two super conferences. Both have pulled away financially from the rest of the FBS conferences and would move further away with a nonconference scheduling agreement.

But the last thing the Big Ten and SEC want is the optics of collusion. It’s no coincidence that both brought legal teams to last week’s meetings to steer clear of those potential problems.

SEC, Big Ten considering blockbuster scheduling agreement for college football's new frontier

The SEC and Big Ten are considering a blockbuster scheduling agreement that would create marquee games and align conferences for new TV revenue deals.

www.usatoday.com

 

[JohnFSilver]

Rutgers vs. Vandy.

Let the good times roll.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Here we go again

I can’t fathom getting 40k into stores for a football game and tailgate. Impossible .

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I can’t fathom getting 40k into stores for a football game and tailgate. Impossible .

John, hate to disagree with someone I respect, but building a football stadium in Storrs is not only possible, it is needed!

 

[Muddler]

I can’t fathom getting 40k into stores for a football game and tailgate. Impossible .

Amazingly, 110,000 make it into Ann Arbor....not exactly the easiest place to get in and out of on a Tuesday.

 

[NE Football]

It's this right here. They can do these big money games and earn even more cash because after this season they'll change the CFP so that each conference gets 2-3 autobids each

Make that 4 bids each and a 14 team playoff. B1G and SEC champ get byes. ACC, Big 12 and G5 get one automatic bid each and there will be 3 at large open to any conference, thus the SEC and B1G could get more than 4 teams in.

I think ND might have to join the ACC to have a better shot at the playoffs.

 

[CL82]

I can’t fathom getting 40k into stores for a football game and tailgate. Impossible .

Don't poke the bear

 

[WestCoastHusky]

SEC, Big Ten considering blockbuster scheduling agreement for college football's new frontier
Matt Hayes
USA TODAY NETWORK

The SEC and Big Ten are discussing a potential scheduling agreement that could lead to a significant increase in media rights revenue, further distancing the two super conferences from the rest of college football, four people with knowledge of the discussions told USA TODAY.

The people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversations say the two super conferences could face off in as many as 12 to 16 regular-season nonconference games a year – or more – to determine the extent of the increase in media rights revenue.

The potential scheduling agreement is an answer to billions in lost revenue from the House legal case settlement of more than $2 billion to former players, and future revenue sharing with players of at least $20 million to $23 million annually beginning as soon as the 2025 season.

It’s also being done within an environment that clearly favors the two super conferences. Both have pulled away financially from the rest of the FBS conferences and would move further away with a nonconference scheduling agreement.

But the last thing the Big Ten and SEC want is the optics of collusion. It’s no coincidence that both brought legal teams to last week’s meetings to steer clear of those potential problems.

SEC, Big Ten considering blockbuster scheduling agreement for college football's new frontier

The SEC and Big Ten are considering a blockbuster scheduling agreement that would create marquee games and align conferences for new TV revenue deals.

www.usatoday.com

Why don't they just merge and get it over with? They can divide up into divisions just like the NFL.

Why even pretend at this point?

 

[jostar1]

Why don't they just merge and get it over with? They can divide up into divisions just like the NFL.

Why even pretend at this point?

I'm hoping that somehow it forces the Big 12 to focus on basketball and adding UConn. They are getting pushed aside by the Big10 and the SEC.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Why don't they just merge and get it over with? They can divide up into divisions just like the NFL.

Why even pretend at this point?

Ding, ding.

Night be closer to the MLB model when the AL and NL had separate commisoners and slightly different rules.

 

[Urcea]

What eastern conference? They are closer to the MAC than the Sunbelt or others.

My point was that Buffalo, arguably Midwest, is still basically an eastern city and locals probably have more cultural ties to Toronto than Akron. It wasn’t a fully formed though admittedly; my brain was saying A10 and figure it out in football, but the A10 is pretty bad now. My dream of a northeastern low end G5 is continually dashed!

 

[JohnFSilver]

John, hate to disagree with someone I respect, but building a football stadium in Storrs is not only possible, it is needed!

I just dont know how the infrastructure can support it. It would be great, but they need new roads for 195 and 44 aren’t gonna do for football traffic.

Remember, it’s CT, everything is a PIA in this state.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Night be closer to the MLB model when the AL and NL had separate commisoners and slightly different rules.

interleague play killed that illusion of two distinct leagues .
As a kid you picked a side then argued who was better :
Williams vs Musial Hitter
Mantle vs Mays / Snyder CF
Rizzuto vs Reese SS
Ford vs Spahn Pitcher

 

[CL82]

Why don't they just merge and get it over with? They can divide up into divisions just like the NFL.

Why even pretend at this point?

Because they can?

 

[Waquoit]

Amazingly, 110,000 make it into Ann Arbor....not exactly the easiest place to get in and out of on a Tuesday.

They have six traffic lanes leaving the stadium. UConn would have one.

 

[CL82]

I just dont know how the infrastructure can support it. It would be great, but they need new roads for 195 and 44 aren’t gonna do for football traffic.

Remember, it’s CT, everything is a PIA in this state.

Lol, you have to be trolling. I refer you to virtually every football or conference realignment thread on this board ever. Blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, six games a year, blah blah blah feathering traffic by tailgating, blah blah virtually very other school in the nation manages it without building a highway to the front gate… blah blah.