Rumor flying about here in Huskerland

InGoodCo

InGoodCo

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Greetings from the West side of the state.

This article is sparking a lot of talk today on the local Omaha stations, then I got it confirmed from a couple other people I know that follow it a lot closer than I.

Would this fucking nuts? Is this all to get ND in? Probably, I can't imagine them not joining if these 4 pieces fall to the BT foot print along with USC.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...arheaded,Florida State, Oregon and Washington.
 
I have lost track of how many teams we even have, or where these new hypothetical additions would put us. I would have to sit down and make a list to figure it out. That seems bad for branding.

What is the idea here, they would eventually make a B1G East and a B1G West?
 
I still think ultimately, they want ND as well. I saw a tweet from an TOSU affiliated account last week that had Buckeye Badger and the Oregon duck arm in arm and looking at the sunset and that caught a lot of eye balls, now there are swirling reports that this is close to a done deal. This is all TV driven and the ACC and Pac 12 are going to be on the ouside looking in, the Big 12 is trying to stay in the game, just not sure that's going to be realistic.
 
So what I'm getting from this is that everyone wants in the Big Ten. I think the conference needs to change the name. I'll throw out the name FBS. This is ridiculous.
 
This article says it ain’t happening according to insiders unless ND makes a move.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/col...kes-move-interest-adding-pac-12-teams-reports

For those of you who don’t like this, what the hell’s the difference actually?

This type of thing isn’t going to stop, and it’s better that the B1G gets these teams than the SEC. Eff the SEC. Big Ten needs to be the aggressor and start the hostile takeover process. They shouldn’t be waiting for teams to ask to join, they should be out there pitching good teams why they should be joining and making it attractive for them.

Again, eff the SEC. Go B1G.
 
I am surprised this story is getting a lot of attention. It does not have a credible source and most of the plan seems far-fetched. The Big Ten has stated they are done expanding for now. FSU and Clemson trying to leave the ACC sounds like a legal nightmare. And even if the could somehow escape the ACC, the SEC seems like better fits. I would rate the odds of this happening as extremely low.
 
Fryowa said:
This article says it ain’t happening according to insiders unless ND makes a move.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/col...kes-move-interest-adding-pac-12-teams-reports

For those of you who don’t like this, what the hell’s the difference actually?

This type of thing isn’t going to stop, and it’s better that the B1G gets these teams than the SEC. Eff the SEC. Big Ten needs to be the aggressor and start the hostile takeover process. They shouldn’t be waiting for teams to ask to join, they should be out there pitching good teams why they should be joining and making it attractive for them.

Again, eff the SEC. Go B1G.
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I think there are 2 camps. One is the one that likes having the teams we have and can continue to win 8-10 games every year and have a chance to win the conference every few years. Adding those teams may take us to a 6-8 win team and keep us from ever having the chance to do it.

The other camp is one that wants to go to a game and hates looking at a home schedule and but sees Illinois, Rutgers, MSU, Purdue, Western Michigan, Utah State, and Minnesota or one like it seemingly every year and would like to see a schedule with a chance to watch us play Clemson, USC, FSU, etc instead. I can see it both ways.

Of the 5 BIG schools I listed, which of those would you cry about losing off our schedule every other year? That's what would happen if we added a bunch of teams. Those teams above are very stale and don't get me excited to drive to IC for anything other than the gameday experience.

If this is going to happen and we have a 20 team conference, it would be tough to having divisions of 10 teams because of a 9 game conference schedule. What the heck will they do? Not a clue.
 
This is basically game of throwns, knife in the back exits, teams going back to their previous conference, one conference just falling apart…. Teams basically facing no win situations and making jumps. Conferences fighting for eyes balls and finding where they rank on the totem pole. It’s nuts, don’t think we’re close to the end lol. Who knows what happens, but I’m with Hayden - may the B1G be victorious and strike with force and fast!
 
Norte Dame
North Carolina

Get those 2 schools and I am good. Really don’t care about the rest of it as long as Iowa is “protected”. I am a middle aged guy, so none of this matters to me. I will be entertained before I am shitting in diapers at some hospice somewhere.
 
InGoodCo said:
This is basically game of throwns, knife in the back exits, teams going back to their previous conference, one conference just falling apart…. Teams basically facing no win situations and making jumps. Conferences fighting for eyes balls and finding where they rank on the totem pole. It’s nuts, don’t think we’re close to the end lol. Who knows what happens, but I’m with Hayden - may the B1G be victorious and strike with force and fast!
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Game of Throwns

Quite Nice
 
Seth53 said:
Just go to the NFL model already.

Poaching goes away.
Regionalism remains intact.
More money on the table than ever before.

It's really not that complicated.
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That's what the NCAA or the governing body for Division 1 should be pushing. They about to lose money if these two conferences split off.
 
I would think scheduling games for 2 or 3 monster conferences would be a shit show. Attempting to maintain rivals and parity would be damn near impossible. You're still going to go years with schools not playing teams within your conference. At some point too many is too many and I'm afraid we're about to find out what that number is.

I'm not going to pretend to know what the right move is when the arms race of all all arms races is going on for TV money. But where this is going to end up probably isn't something most fans are going to like. If the BIG does nothing more and lets the others purge each other they'll still be the monster conference that they are with great tv contracts. To be a fly on the wall amongst those decision makers talking about this would be wild.
 
trj said:
Norte Dame
North Carolina

Get those 2 schools and I am good. Really don’t care about the rest of it as long as Iowa is “protected”. I am a middle aged guy, so none of this matters to me. I will be entertained before I am shitting in diapers at some hospice somewhere.
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From some podcasts I've heard the BIG seems to want to get into FL. Touch all corners pretty much. Clemson is the ACC school that probably has wandering eyes. ND is such a wild card. I think they'd join the BIG if they ever do decide to but I'll believe it when it happens. Duke and UNC should be a package deal I would think. But who knows
 
99topdawg said:
Of the 5 BIG schools I listed, which of those would you cry about losing off our schedule every other year? That's what would happen if we added a bunch of teams. Those teams above are very stale and don't get me excited to drive to IC for anything other than the gameday experience.
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I wouldn't miss any of those teams personally.

I'm all for anything that makes the B1G stronger than the SEC. Georgia and Alabama won't be the two big dogs forever...Alabama is already starting their slide from the top. It's inevitable.

The B1G needs to go on the offensive looking for strong teams to add. It's not enough to wait for schools to ask.
 
Fryowa said:
Get rid of ISU :)

Dumbest game in college football.
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This. I hate it.

Along with having a 9 game conference schedule, there would never be any crossovers which would suck. Could they mix up the divisions every couple of years to solve that? It seems like there would have to be some creativity because there's never been a situation like this. I hate the idea of not playing everyone from your division. Don't want another 2002.
 
99topdawg said:
This. I hate it.

Along with having a 9 game conference schedule, there would never be any crossovers which would suck. Could they mix up the divisions every couple of years to solve that? It seems like there would have to be some creativity because there's never been a situation like this. I hate the idea of not playing everyone from your division. Don't want another 2002.
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Could go to a system like the NFL with more than 2 divisions. Could do 4 divisions of 5 pretty easy with 20 teams. The only thing would be that there isn't as much parity as the NFL (the best and worst NFL teams are ridiculously close in talent) so you'd have to be pretty careful how you divided it up.
 
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