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Rose Bowl matchups now take a turn to the potentially very weird.
 
huskymedic said:
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U-dub seriously needs a good financial advisor. Did they think they'd never need to pay down the principal? If yes, why didn't they just enter into an interest only note (especially as a few years back rates were historically low)?

Having financial difficulty due to principal payments kicking in at a future date is complete lack of foresight.
 
John said:
Rose Bowl matchups now take a turn to the potentially very weird.
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Yeah, it will be kind of like the Orange Bowl (1980?) when Nebraska played Oklahoma after the two schools finished the season against each other five weeks earlier.
 
Welp. Just came back from a funeral and see this. We are done aren't we?
 
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BlueandOG said:
This move generates chaos, which may work well for us. All of UCONN's strengths are still in play. Perhaps the large size of the B1G motivates the Big XII to expand to 20, which would mean we are in (Colorado, AZ, ASU, Utah, UCONN, and another PAC school)
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Why would Big 10 and Big 12 want to overload their conferences with so many west coast schools? Are they not now national conferences?There’s a reason that the PAC is folding. Take 3 or 4 and add UConn.
 
superjohn said:
The insane addition of UCF by the Big 12 looks more and more insane as all of this unfolds.
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it's a toehold into Florida with a large school that's sustained success over multiple coaching regimes. Really no other choice if the desire was to get into the Florida market.
 
That Guy said:
Nebraska football is now at risk of getting completely buried in the Big Ten. Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, and USC all above the Huskers in the pecking order.
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That's what makes no sense about this consolidation to 2 or 3 super duper power conferences. Teams that traditionally were winners are going to lose. Nebraska has had 6 losing seasons, mostly with very negative records, in a row. How much longer will they sell out Memorial Stadium if that continues? As it is, the actual gate count on a cold but clear day for last year's Wisconsin- Nebraska game was about 46K, meaning nearly 40,000 empty seats in a giant stadium. There are reports they are looking at a stadium renovation that will significantly reduce capacity. One would think TV interest is also falling with each losing season.
 
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John said:
it's a toehold into Florida with a large school that's sustained success over multiple coaching regimes. Really no other choice if the desire was to get into the Florida market.
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We heard the same exact thing about USF years ago. UCF is a huge school but it's basically an online school. No matter how hard they try and polish that turd it's still a turd.
 
superjohn said:
We heard the same exact thing about USF years ago. UCF is a huge school but it's basically an online school. No matter how hard they try and polish that turd it's still a turd.
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perhaps? But it's a gateway into Florida that makes more sense than the other available options and there's been sustained success athletically.
 
I think it's bad for the future of all College sports.
Traditions and regionality mean absolutely nothing
My analogy is Dr Seuss ( I know I am old) The Lorax. Pretty soon all the trees will be cut down and we will wonder what happened to the forest of a once vibrant landscape.
 
BigTenFan said:
I think it's bad for the future of all College sports.
Traditions and regionality mean absolutely nothing
My analogy is Dr Seuss ( I know I am old) The Lorax. Pretty soon all the trees will be cut down and we will wonder what happened to the forest of a once vibrant landscape.
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I'm thinking it will be closer to Soylent Green
 
kibblesnbits said:
That's what makes no sense about this consolidation to 2 or 3 super duper power conferences. Teams that traditionally were winners are going to lose. Nebraska has had 6 losing seasons, mostly with very negative records, in a row. How much longer will they sell out Memorial Stadium if that continues? As it is, the actual gate count on a cold but clear day for last year's Wisconsin- Nebraska game was about 46K, meaning nearly 40,000 empty seats in a giant stadium. There are reports they are looking at a stadium renovation that will significantly reduce capacity. One would think TV interest is also falling with each losing season.
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Bingo, it's like they haven't thought any of this stuff through.

And now people are talking about them getting rid of the tournament and starting their own tournament or their own version of the NBA playoffs with a bunch of cr@ppy teams in their conferences and leave out Duke, UConn, UNC, Nova, Gonzaga, Memphis, Stanford, Georgetown, UVA, Xavier, Louisville, Syracuse, Marquette, Creighton etc.

How does any of this make any sense?
 
superjohn said:
Bingo, it's like they haven't thought any of this stuff through.

And now people are talking about them getting rid of the tournament and starting their own tournament or their own version of the NBA playoffs with a bunch of cr@ppy teams in their conferences and leave out Duke, UConn, UNC, Nova, Gonzaga, Memphis, Stanford, Georgetown, UVA, Xavier, Louisville, Syracuse, Marquette, Creighton etc.

How does any of this make any sense?
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Because if it makes them 1 penny richer on their balance sheet, they do not care.
 
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superjohn said:
Bingo, it's like they haven't thought any of this stuff through.

And now people are talking about them getting rid of the tournament and starting their own tournament or their own version of the NBA playoffs with a bunch of cr@ppy teams in their conferences and leave out Duke, UConn, UNC, Nova, Gonzaga, Memphis, Stanford, Georgetown, UVA, Xavier, Louisville, Syracuse, Marquette, Creighton etc.

How does any of this make any sense?
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ACC should have grabbed all the BE football schools when they had the chance
 
Khal Drogo said:
ACC should have grabbed all the BE football schools when they had the chance
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Well they pretty much did except for us Rutgers and Temple.
 
aburks41 said:
Because if it makes them 1 penny richer on their balance sheet, they do not care.
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That’s all it’s about. The product could be 10x worse, but it’ll make them richer not giving the ncaa and the lesser schools their shares. Some of those schools that @superjohn named will make into the super conferences anyways, like UNC.
 
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Khal Drogo said:
South Florida Cincinnati West Virginia
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I Dont Care Shrug GIF by Puss In Boots
 
superjohn said:
The insane addition of UCF by the Big 12 looks more and more insane as all of this unfolds.
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Colorado leadership said during their Press Conference that part of the appeal of the Big 12 was access to Texas and Florida.
 
Khal Drogo said:
ACC should have grabbed all the BE football schools when they had the chance
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It was suggested at the time that they add Louisville, Connecticut and Cincinnati and their leadership passed on it.
 
superjohn said:
We heard the same exact thing about USF years ago. UCF is a huge school but it's basically an online school. No matter how hard they try and polish that turd it's still a turd.
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superjohn said:
We heard the same exact thing about USF years ago. UCF is a huge school but it's basically an online school. No matter how hard they try and polish that turd it's still a turd.
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And I want our football team to flush that turd down the toilet Z
 
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