Old Weitzel piece about demise of Big12 and BE comes true

[gars44]

Coming true for big east and almost for the Big 12. Thesis is that playoff system (opposed by Big East) would have generated so much money that none of the conferences would have had to worry. Now it looks like in 2014 there will be a playoff, but only for the big 4 conferences . . .

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-expansion060610

I really don't get why admins aren't listening.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba...top_realignment_start_football_playoff_092211

 

[Stinger92860]

In reading this, it occurred to me that the NCA could take the bull by the horns and announce an 8 or 16 team playoff system. Allow only one team from a conference and have a selection committee select the balance. However, is appears it would require a vote by the existing conferences.

If they go with 8 teams now they can take the 4/5/6 AQ's and leverage indies and non BCS schools (still only one from any conference). Funny but if they ever went to 16 (with the caveat of only one team per conference) you would see the conferences go smaller very quickly.

 

[whaler11]

In reading this, it occurred to me that the NCA could take the bull by the horns and announce an 8 or 16 team playoff system. Allow only one team from a conference and have a selection committee select the balance. However, is appears it would require a vote by the existing conferences.

If they go with 8 teams now they can take the 4/5/6 AQ's and leverage indies and non BCS schools (still only one from any conference). Funny but if they ever went to 16 (with the caveat of only one team per conference) you would see the conferences go smaller very quickly.

Yeah, they should announce that. It would be quite humorous that an organization which has no say in how the sport is administered decided that they were making up rules.

 

[arnie3]

Wow! Great find, Gars! Reading this makes you see how things could have been. I knew that UConn lost a lot of money in that BCS bowl game, but not that much.

 

[gars44]

In reading this, it occurred to me that the NCA could take the bull by the horns and announce an 8 or 16 team playoff system. Allow only one team from a conference and have a selection committee select the balance. However, is appears it would require a vote by the existing conferences.

If they go with 8 teams now they can take the 4/5/6 AQ's and leverage indies and non BCS schools (still only one from any conference). Funny but if they ever went to 16 (with the caveat of only one team per conference) you would see the conferences go smaller very quickly.

Nice thought, but the NCAA does not have any power anymore over football. The only type of power they have is over the fairness rules, which the presidents of universities still want. They may not want it forever, but for now, that's what they say they want. Fairness to the student athletes.

 

[uconNYC]

Wonder if a somesort of alignment with the B12. Here are possible pods:

East:
UConn
RU
WVU
USF

North:
UL
UC
Mizzou
ISU

West:
KU
KSU
Baylor
TCU

South:
UT
TT
OU
OSU

 

[uconNYC]

Guess you could aslo do KU, KSU, OU, OSU in one pod and UT, TT, Baylor, TCU in another. but I think UT and OU want to make sure they play every year.