sacraig
- The desert
This is where I'm at. We can kick and scream about the good ol' days or we can accept that things change and work to make sure that our position within that changing ecosystem is as strong as possible.
USC, UCLA to join the Big Ten in 2024
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sacraig
- The desert
As long as they keep calling it the Big Ten then I am fine with that.
This is huge for both basketball, football, womens volleyball and baseball.
krushalot2005
- Chicago, IL
I guess this seems to be the way that the conference realignment is going (mega-conference, adapt or die) but the purist in me really doesn't like this at all. It seems like having Rutgers, Maryland, and Penn State in the same conference as USC and UCLA makes zero sense, let alone the travel would be absolutely brutal (think I saw someone mention the Big Ten should just buy an airline). Shoot, let's just grab Oregon too and really make traveling a cluster.
Speaking of Rodney Dangerfield, the ACC has got to be tugging at their collar like Dangerfield. They’re clearly the next conference in the crosshairs.
AAU options: Stanford, Cal, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Duke, UNC, Virginia, GaTech
They might add Mens volleyball too then
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
An absolute coup. Giddy.
Add Notre Dame to the list and that will be the pool the Big 10 pulls from to create the 20 or 24 team mega-conference they eventually end up as.
Why ignore Miami and FSU? I would think the Florida market would be a good one
ND might be the only non-AAU they might take
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
You have got to be kidding me…
Logistically, it makes zero sense.
Logistically, it makes zero sense.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
ACC is off limits for a looooong time, but when the time comes, I expect us to be very, very selective. Much more so than before this PAC assimilation. The only automatic is NC.
Here is what I wrote on August 18, 2021 in post 741 in conference realignment.
ere is my "dream" scenario:
Have the following schools from the PAC 12:
West Division (all AAU schools):
USC
UCLA
Stanford
California
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Arizona
The Central Division is:
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kansas
Notre Dame
The East Division
Michigan
Michigan St.
Ohio St.
Penn St.
Maryland
Indiana
Purdue
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Division
Duke
North Carolina
Clemson
Virginia
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
FSU
Rutgers
Have each division winner play a qualify for a conference playoff.
Play each team in your division and then play the corresponding same place team in the other divisions from the following year. Two non-conference games.
The Great BIG Conference
ere is my "dream" scenario:
Have the following schools from the PAC 12:
West Division (all AAU schools):
USC
UCLA
Stanford
California
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Arizona
The Central Division is:
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kansas
Notre Dame
The East Division
Michigan
Michigan St.
Ohio St.
Penn St.
Maryland
Indiana
Purdue
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Division
Duke
North Carolina
Clemson
Virginia
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
FSU
Rutgers
Have each division winner play a qualify for a conference playoff.
Play each team in your division and then play the corresponding same place team in the other divisions from the following year. Two non-conference games.
The Great BIG Conference
I haven't exactly been paying attention but I can't recall hearing anything about this until now, and I've read that they want to announce in the next 24 hours. That's a tight ship.
The Nebraska thing is going to sting more than ever. Maybe the rest of the conference can pool some resources and buy them some research facilities or something.
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