dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Not so much in western Oregon (Eugene) or western Washington (Seattle). Certainly not like the Midwest. But a lot of rain.
USC, UCLA to join the Big Ten in 2024
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
San Francisco is the 6th largest TV market in the USA. I agree, no way Stanford or Cal (or both) get ignored in this.
Very interesting. Since the realignments are all driven by football I think some schools would not make this list
Cal (not great at either football or basketball)
Kansas (only basketball)
Duke (only basketball till recently)
Gtech (not great at either football or basketball)
Schools that might replace them
Arizona State (brings AZ market PHX)
Florida State (bring FL market)
Oklahoma State (good at football)
University of Miami (going to be big football due to NIL)
Texas Tech/Houston (start to go after TX market)
Pittsburgh (help lock down PA market)
At risk if B10 starts relegating teams
Nebraska (not football power anymore)
Rutgers (not really bringing east coast market, no history of football success)
Anyone have thoughts on Georgia Tech? AAU member, located in a huge media market. And could be good to peel off a school right in the SEC's backyard, to show they are regional while B10 is national.
Thoughts on scheduling in a 16-team league.
A way to do relegation without actually doing relegation would be to have weighted scheduling every year the way the NFL used to do it.
Thus the 1st place team would have the hardest schedule the next year based off of the previous season’s records, the 2nd place team would have the second hardest and so on.
Don’t worry about divisions or protected rivalries or whatever. You get the schedule you earn.
A way to do relegation without actually doing relegation would be to have weighted scheduling every year the way the NFL used to do it.
Thus the 1st place team would have the hardest schedule the next year based off of the previous season’s records, the 2nd place team would have the second hardest and so on.
Don’t worry about divisions or protected rivalries or whatever. You get the schedule you earn.
Seattle is NOT nearly as cold as Chicago is ... More rain perhaps, but temp wise not as cold...
It's pretty run down actually... Needs to be completely re-built...
GA Tech would be a fantastic fit. Great research institution in a huge media market in a growing state. I’d love an eastern expansion with Tech, UNC, and UVA.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
its basically free for PAC schools to leave after this coming year. no exit fees. no delays in effective membership date
not so much for ACC schools.
I think all thoughts right now about any other schools are westward
anyone who was going to tatoo the 2023 B1G football schedule on their forearm needs to re-think that
not so much for ACC schools.
I think all thoughts right now about any other schools are westward
anyone who was going to tatoo the 2023 B1G football schedule on their forearm needs to re-think that
Now-a-days I think it's more about streaming than tv... jmho
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
ACC: not with the GoR til 2036. With time, the cost of bolting decreases. So, at some point, it's game on. But not now.
This is incredible. I actually didn't believe you. For the last 8 years, ND at USC has been in November. USC at ND has been in October.
I don't know who the bigger wimps are. USC for not coming to Indiana in November or ND for allowing them to get away with it.
Miami has plenty of academic heft. Just gets lost in their bad boy football program.
A lot of people still consume their sports on cable. I saw somewhere that 56% of households still use cable service. Streaming prices have been increasing and are getting pretty close to cable prices too, which may reduce the bleeding of cable subscribers.
And streaming is about adding users. Being relevant in a large market still helps attract users from said market.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
ND almost always does those west coast games USC/Stanford on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, so as to allow alums to travel there on a 4-5 day weekend
I think in return they agree to play USC or Stanford in mid October
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
We can finally watch PAC 12 teams in AZ now
haven't had their crappy network forever.sacraig
- The desert
I live in Tucson and one reason I'd be happy if Arizona joined the B1G is so that I could actually watch the local games.We can finally watch PAC 12 teams in AZ now
The Pac-12 is such garbage. Didn't keep up with changing times and about to be relegated to the trash heap.
If the Big10 still requires academic excellence for league admission, then the likely Pac12 candidates are UCLA, USC, Stanford and Berkeley. All of the rest are a substantial academic step down from the current Big10 schools, Nebraska excepted.
Nebraska is far worse than any other BIG10 or Pac12 school academically. Nebraska promised to improve during the talks to join. Ten years later, I think they are regarded even worse. All in favor of punting them for failure to meet league academic membership requirements? Hell, they even make Iowa academics look good.
This is just another step towards the abyss . . . the death of college athletics.
Imagine adding USC, ND and Miami all in one round of realignment.
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