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

[Ldandy]

I don't think the BigTen would want Stanford or Cal anymore. 20 years ago, sure. Great academic schools with lots of cable boxes. Rutgers got the cable box invite, but it's too late for Cal and Stanford. Nobody cares about the schools' football teams, and that's what gets you an invite nowadays.

The only hope Stanford has of making The B1G is as ND's +1. That said with The CFP affording ND special privileges, that could be many years in the future if ever. My gut feeling is that The B1G would probably move to poach UNC and FSU if at all possible. Most of the Southern ACC Schools would realistically prefer The SEC, but who knows how many would actually have a spot in the conference outside of UNC? Would the SEC adopt a defensive posture and take schools like Clemson, GT, and FSU just to keep The B1G out of the region? As great of a school as UVA is, much like Stanford, academics alone will not carry the day for any new B1G Selection. TV Rankings and potential streaming dollars will likely be the driver.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Chin Diesel]

I realize it isn't on most of y'alls eyes, but Sun Belt Conference football, basketball and baseball are a blast to watch in-person.

 

[Hoophound]

I realize it isn't on most of y'alls eyes, but Sun Belt Conference football, basketball and baseball are a blast to watch in-person.

It’s my favorite conference for watching games on tv (not including the Big East). Very entertaining, good crowds and I’m not supporting the P4 when doing it.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It’s my favorite conference for watching games on tv (not including the Big East). Very entertaining, good crowds and I’m not supporting the P4 when doing it.

I live out on the western part of the Florida panhandle and plenty of our friends have kids enrolled at South Alabama and at Troy. Plus, I have a niece from CT who's a Chanticleer. And none of our friends' kids or my niece went to those schools due to grades or financial restraints. Kids can have fun there without the pressure of going to a bigger name school.

 

[Rufus]

It's so ironic that the Sun Belt is a better conference than CUSA when CUSA at one time raided the Sun Belt. Turns out CUSA was raided more than it could raid, which is part of how it ended up like this.

 

[Rufus]

Speaking of the Sun Belt....

Matchups Announced for First Round of 2025-26 MAC-SBC Challenge

NEW ORLEANS – A scheduling alliance in men’s and women’s basketball, the MAC-SBC Challenge enters its third season and will tip off on opening night of the 2025-26 campaign on Monday, November 3 with 13 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) women’s basketball programs hosting Mid-American Conference (MAC)...

sunbeltsports.org

 

[ZooCougar]

It's so ironic that the Sun Belt is a better conference than CUSA when CUSA at one time raided the Sun Belt. Turns out CUSA was raided more than it could raid, which is part of how it ended up like this.

The Sun Belt actually had a strategy to only take schools that took football very seriously, had fanbases and were in the right geographical footprint. Kind of surprised they didn’t want Delaware too.

CUSA and the AAC seem like the dregs to me.

 

[Rufus]

I'm surprised that both the Sun Belt and MAC weren't talking to Delaware. CUSA seems like the worst option out there.

In CUSA, the only "close" team is Liberty.

In the Sun Belt, they would have had James Madison, Old Dominion, and Marshall.

In the MAC, they would have had Buffalo and UMass from the northeast and the eastern Ohio schools (Ohio, Kent State, Akron).

I don't know if the Sun Belt makes more money than the MAC or not, but here is something to think about....

Ohio University is only 79 miles from Marshall University. They have a historic rivalry that is currently dormant. If the Sun Belt ever made a play to get into the State of Ohio, that would be the move. I'm not sure the money would be any more for the Bobcats to justify the extra travel and the loss of historic rivalries, particularly Miami.

 

[Jetskies]

unrelated to anything i suppose, but is anyone else foaming at the idea of the Northern midwest FCS schools making the jump one day?

I am in love with the idea of montana state, Montana, North Dakota, ND State, South Dakota, & SD State, all coming to FBS and joining the mountain west. Maybe even convince Idaho to come back to the big boys, even though I suspect they wouldn't.

other than Idaho, I think those schools would make the transition beautifully. They are already at least as good as any CUSA/Sun Belt team, in my opinion.

 

[Ha Who]

This thread has certainly gone downhill

 

[CL82]

This thread has certainly gone downhill

There's nothing going on with Connecticut and realignment, thus, there's no key tweets to post in this thread.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Ummm… now that’s an interesting wrinkle. Feels very super league-esque

 

[ScottVib]

So who is it going to be, the ACC Football "super-league" or a second-tier league. It could actually be brilliant if the ACC secures 2 auto-bids in the 16-team playoff and then their second-tier league becomes the highest G5 league; may allow for them to steal and extra share of money.

 

[ZooCougar]

So the earliest you will see departures is ‘31-if they even depart.

The six teams is about the possibility of a super league. The ACC doesn’t even have 6 teams that deserve to be in such a league so that’s precious.

 

[UConnJim]

The ACC agreement defines the exit fee, the timeline to leave the conference, the ability for a group to exit for a super league, new rev share model, and the ability for a school to leave with their media rights. So, we won’t have to argue about Grant of Rights anymore.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

So who is it going to be, the ACC Football "super-league" or a second-tier league. It could actually be brilliant if the ACC secures 2 auto-bids in the 16-team playoff and then their second-tier league becomes the highest G5 league; may allow for them to steal and extra share of money.

I envision the “super-league” to be more of an NFL-lite between the SEC/B1G and some also-rans. Not sure that there are even 6 ACC teams worth a super-league invitation. Maybe FSU, Clemson, UNC, UVa, Miami based on history?

 

[CL82]

The ACC agreement defines the exit fee, the timeline to leave the conference, the ability for a group to exit for a super league, new rev share model, and the ability for a school to leave with their media rights. So, we won’t have to argue about Grant of Rights anymore.

At least in the ACC

 

[CTFaninCali]

I live out on the western part of the Florida panhandle and plenty of our friends have kids enrolled at South Alabama and at Troy. Plus, I have a niece from CT who's a Chanticleer. And none of our friends' kids or my niece went to those schools due to grades or financial restraints. Kids can have fun there without the pressure of going to a bigger name school.

Sorry man, but you 100% land at Souuth Alabama for grades and/or money.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

JMU leapfrogging us would be the most Rule 1 thing ever.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

The Sun Belt has more than one Executive? Who knew.

 

[Drew]

 

[RitzLuce1]

Yawn. Put up or shut up. Besides BYU, the additions haven't brought much to the league.