yea, why should they ? the PAC gonna tell them to leave if they dont ? hahahahaI'll be pretty surprised if Washington, Oregon and Stanford sign away their media rights even for a relatively short time (~5 years).
M opinion with a few tweaks.West:
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Cal
Stanford
Midwest:
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Mideast:
Ohio St
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
East:
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke (or Virginia or Ga Tech)
Clemson
The Big Ten and SEC have already won. They don't need to expand anymore. They have all of the control they need already.btw, I think if the BIG can pull that off they’re leaving scraps to the SEC. Who are the next best 8 teams SEC can add to keep up?
I posted the exact same lineup in the previous thread, except I had Virginia and Florida State as the final two teams in the east.West:
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Cal
Stanford
Midwest:
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Mideast:
Ohio St
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
East:
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke (or Virginia or Ga Tech)
Clemson
I agree with you for the most part, but I think the real value these CFB teams provide to ESPN and FOX is that there are no pure streaming alternatives. Sure, you can buy YouTube TV or Hulu Live, but that’s just the bundled cable model via internet. You can’t just get the CFB version of NFL Sunday Ticket, or MLB.TV, etc.The Big Ten and SEC have already won. They don't need to expand anymore. They have all of the control they need already.
TV dollars are still driven from playing on the "main" channels until a streaming service joins the party. Just for arguments sake, assume there are three primary timeslots (noon, afternoon, and primetime), five main (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, ESPN) channels and two lessor (ESPN2, BTN) channels today. This is 21 total timeslots. Give 8 to the Big Ten, 8 to the SEC, 1 to Notre Dame, and something to the ACC (already have ESPN deal). Adding more teams to these conferences will just push content to FS1, FS2, ESPNU, ESPNNEWS, etc or to a weekday. This assumes each of these channels even want to show college football instead of NASCAR, MLB playoffs, or a non-sports show. This also assumes you don't actually have more inventory because of non-conference schedules.
My assumption is that the Big Ten has the leverage now to say something along the lines of "If you want to show a game like Wisconsin vs. Iowa or Ohio St. vs. Nebraska in primetime then the lead-in afternoon game will be Indiana vs. Maryland or Purdue vs. Rutgers instead of Oklahoma St. vs. TCU and if you don't like it maybe your competitor station will.
*only a personal opinion...i reserve the right to change my mind tomorrow...
Love it. And lol. That's only four fewer teams in the BT conference than the entire NFL had, and one more than the entire NBA had, in 1988 when I graduated from UIUC.West:
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Cal
Stanford
Midwest:
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Mideast:
Ohio St
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
East:
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke (or Virginia or Ga Tech)
Clemson
but that’s just the bundled cable model via internet. You can’t just get the CFB version of NFL Sunday Ticket, or MLB.TV, etc.
Sports, and specifically NCAA sports since pro leagues offer their own TV-free streaming packages, are the final anchor keeping people subscribed to the bundled TV model. I think the BIG is trying to be as big an anchor as possible so that the value they provide to TV providers is keeping as much of the country subscribed to bundled deals. In that context I think expansion still makes sense, and the real competition is between the SEC and B1G to who will have the more valuable portfolio.
I am not going to beef about your proposal.West:
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Cal
Stanford
Midwest:
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Mideast:
Ohio St
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
East:
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke (or Virginia or Ga Tech)
Clemson
Narrator: The author made up the rumor for clicks.Conference realignment rumors have officially entered the silly zone.
Conference realignment rumor goes off the rails with this wild idea
This Big 12 expansion rumor involving a Big Ten team is ridiculoussports.yahoo.com
Conference realignment rumors have officially entered the silly zone.
Conference realignment rumor goes off the rails with this wild idea
This Big 12 expansion rumor involving a Big Ten team is ridiculoussports.yahoo.com
No, on the surface and deep deep down inside there is a 0% chance that Minnesota walks away from the B1G. Even if they weren't a charter member. MSU, PSU and Maryland are not charter members. None of them would walk away from the upcoming payday to join a lesser conference.On the surface, this is a rumor that probably deserves very little credit. At the very least, it has about a 1% chance of ever happening.
If a team has to leave, let it be Indiana.Minnesota would be leaving $75 million per year on the table AND STILL never even sniff 3rd place in football or basketball standings
If a team has to leave, let it be Indiana.
Iowa works for meIf a team has to leave, let it be Indiana.
It was a difficult choice but Indy has been more of a pain over the past 30 years. Iowa is next.Iowa works for me
Rutgers?? (Could be "paired" with West Virginia.)Iowa works for me