Big 10 is at 18. SEC is at 16. I don't see how the SEC has any reason to have any agreement with the Big 10. Whether it stays at 16 or wants to add 2, 4, 6, 8. I'm pretty sure the SEC can do whatever it wants without having to play patty cake with the Big 10.
I can see it being more efficient to say hey we'll take this region you take that region. That way they don't end up in in bidding wars or reading each other. I'm not saying that's what's going on, but I've yet to see the Big Ten and SEC overlap each other or compete for a school.
I would have believed this fully until I saw BB's behavior during spring practice.
They will need to be exceptionally stealthy about this as the one thing that would damage the P-2 would be getting caught in collusion.
Idk - he’s 73, has a system. As long as he hires the right people to run the ops and sits as a key figure in recruiting and decision making, it may be enough. Bar is low at UNC and his name alone will attract talent. Not a college FB fan but I’ll be tuning in for UNC.
It’s also how VaTech got the ACC bid that was offered to Syracuse.
Nice to have state politicians that support their schools, unlike in Connecticut.
I wouldn't say exceptionally stealthy, I would say reasonably stealthy. (Is collusion a crime?)
As the saying goes, "if you have to ask, you can't afford it". The BIG is an ideal but wholly unrealistic dream. UConn should still try to attain AAU status if possible (and may need to play nice with BIG schools to that effect), but we will never be on the BIG's radar unless one of our teams beats one of theirs in a tournament...ah, that's right, it already happened, then we dropped off their radar. Our path to survival does not involve the BIG as savior.
True. Bear won titles sitting in a tower eating pudding.
And the way Virginia Tech got in the ACC ahead of Syracuse.
Virginia is a very large fan base. It is also precisely the kind of flagship state university that the BIG covets.
Chicken or the egg a bit too - they will become a better program when in the B10 in all likelihood. Let’s not forget the DC market.
They pretty much stink now. Will never sniff a championship in the Big 10. Just another Rutgers.
Everybody claims stepping up a league will bring improvement. The Big is still waiting on Nebraska, Maryland and RU.
Are there any schools out there right now that have a chance of winning the SEC or B10? Doubtful.
I wouldn't say Virginia has a large fan base. They're in a large, important market. And they have other important credentials.
Welp, Indiana and Illinois finished 2nd and 5th in the Big Ten and there are plenty of programs out there better than those 2. The SEC seems more difficult to crack
