They'll have to. 6 hour flight times for conference games is too much. Even the NBA limits this. But then that could lead to imbalanced schedules.
USC, UCLA to join the Big Ten in 2024
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217sports
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Positives: it means we (the Big Ten) aren't getting left behind. Negative: two superconferences sucks and its likely we're at the bottom of it for a while.
Really hope football does its own thing but basketball/other sports stay as they are with the current conference set ups/rivalries with the NCAA.
Really hope football does its own thing but basketball/other sports stay as they are with the current conference set ups/rivalries with the NCAA.
redwingillini11
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I know Oregon and Washington have to be in consideration, but I would hope that Stanford and Cal get added too. Those would be good B1G brands, and hey maybe ones we could beat in football every now and then!
Stanford and Cal are huge rivalry schools... I think they'd have to go together.
Does this put a damper on the ACC, PAC12, Big ten alliance?
Joel Goodson
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Dollars to donuts, it'll be 6 PAC schools moving to the BIG.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
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What about USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and.... NOTRE DAME.
Notre Dame is suddenly in a conference with rivals USC, Stanford, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue with signature games against Ohio State, Nebraska and Penn State. This could finally be the move that makes this happen.
Notre Dame is suddenly in a conference with rivals USC, Stanford, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue with signature games against Ohio State, Nebraska and Penn State. This could finally be the move that makes this happen.
sacraig
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Phoenix is much more closely tied to ASU (though tons of Arizona fans still live there) but ASU is a less desirable school for the conference, IMO.
I'm not sure it has to be 6 PAC schools to be honest. I think Stanford and Cal are desirable and would fit the mold academically from the PAC, but I think this could spur wider change and the Big Ten would look at everything again.
For the sake of the students, I hope this does not go through. Adding the east coast schools introduced 2.5 hour flights. Flying to LA is 4.5-5 hours. For the LA schools, it is even worse, they lose 2-3 hours on time zones on the way to the game. You are effectively giving up a day before each game and most of day upon return.Report USC/UCLA leaving PAC -12 for B1G
USC, UCLA to leave Pac-12 for Big Ten in 2024: College sports begins its latest seismic shakeup
A second round of power conference realignment in as many years is officially underwaywww.cbssports.com
True. I think Arizona still does plenty to get you into that market and like you said is a better overall fit for the conference.
Joel Goodson
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As long as ND has a path to the playoffs, they'll never join a conference.
I still find this hard to believe. Sure, TV revenue increases, but that's a lot of miles (time and money) between LA and the rest of the Big Ten.
And what's the benefit to the Big Ten to adding half of the PAC 12? Are there really that many dollars added to split among 14 schools? And future revenues will get split by 20.
And what's the benefit to the Big Ten to adding half of the PAC 12? Are there really that many dollars added to split among 14 schools? And future revenues will get split by 20.
It makes the most sense for Notre Dame. But, with the Domers heightened sense of $elf, sensible thinking is sometimes sacrificed.
How hard would it be for them to leave the ACC, not only in their mini-football alliance but also in basketball? Does ND belong to the ACC for the Olympic sports too?
That would be great for the conference financially, but could we really handle the Michigan fan base and ND fan base in the same conference? (Don't tell my wife, an ND alum, that I equated those things, even though between you and me they are pretty much the same).
Good grief that’s a lot of distance and traveling.
sacraig
- The desert
I'd be willing to bet that someone at the league office has run that math and has a pretty good idea about what sort of increased revenues to expect by adding certain schools.
Realignment is inevitable. Best to get some choice programs before another conference snaps them up.
If the B1G does end up pulling from the Pac-12, I wonder if they'll go after Oregon and Washington too. They'd fit in terms of academics, athletics, and desirable markets (Seattle and Portland).
The fact it’s happening means there already are two mega-conferences.
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