ACC, PAC-12, and BIG alliance / conference realignment

[HRE Otto IV]

Lots of moving parts there.

The MVC will have 11 teams which is great for round robin play, but it also leaves bye weeks which you do not want. So I can see one of those two getting an invite. For both, they may need a 14th school to come along.

 

[longtimefan]

The MVC will have 11 teams which is great for round robin play, but it also leaves bye weeks which you do not want. So I can see one of those two getting an invite. For both, they may need a 14th school to come along.

Again--lots of ifs.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[oldpinepoint]

Oh wow that actually a real university and not made up.

 

[TexanMark]

Oh wow that actually a real university and not made up.

Fun fact: they have more students on campus than SU

 

[sutomcat]

Fun fact: they have more students on campus than SU

They expect to have over 125,000 students in 2024 with over 25,000 actually on their campus in Phoenix.

That is insane.

 

[kcsu]

They expect to have over 125,000 students in 2024 with over 25,000 actually on their campus in Phoenix.

That is insane.

wow no idea

 

[texascpa]

Oh wow that actually a real university and not made up.

Another fun fact, they've been in a March Madness tournament more recently than SU. In fact, it was last year and they won their first game.

 

[SUfaninAZ]

Fun fact: they have more students on campus than SU

And a way better BB student section than Syracuse

 

[qdawgg]

Another fun fact: their cousin is Full Sail University

* not to be confused with FSU who actually have lower academic standards.

 

[texascpa]

Another fun fact: their cousin is Full Sail University

* not to be confused with FSU who actually have lower academic standards.

IIRC, Full Sail was borne out of game programming and design curriculums. It's considered the best university in the country for video game programming and degrees close to the industry. I looked into going when I was younger, but difficult to get into.

 

[DoctorBombay]

IIRC, Full Sail was borne out of game programming and design curriculums. It's considered the best university in the country for video game programming and degrees close to the industry. I looked into going when I was younger, but difficult to get into.

Went to Orlando and toured Full Sail w/ my son who was interested in attending. Great school, excellent curriculum, very exclusive. And the presentation they give to prospective students was the best I've ever seen
He ended up going to NC State, but Full Sail is an awesome school

 

[Toga]

Another fun fact: their cousin is Full Sail University

* not to be confused with FSU who actually have lower academic standards.

I've been to Full Sail.

 

[phreddie]

I've been to Full Sail.

Home - Full Sail Brewery ?

 

[qdawgg]

Well I guess my joke wasn’t as funny as I hoped

 

[Grabberorang]

 

[Cheriehoop]

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Hmm no Notre Dame? Probably not good.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Hmm no Notre Dame? Probably not good.

They have a top 4 ranking in the CFP and the ACC could end up with just one rep in the playoff. They probably think they are well positioned to be a regular CFP pick without a conference. We can only hope they get drubbed by the ACC teams that play them next year. I think Fran already has a bullseye on them.

 

[Reilly35]

These two guys

 

[HRE Otto IV]

The only was you get the B1G/SEC to the table is if you create a system that 1. heavily favors the major teams and 2. favors the rest of the B1G/SEC.

If you break off to a new sub division that has 9 conferences of 10 teams maybe go with...

45% of Tier 1 money goes to each conference evenly
36% of Tier 1 money is divided by number of games on Tier 1 your conference played
18% of Tier 1 money is divided by number of games on Tier 1 your school played

For example...

Tier 1 (network TV) contract is $2.5B
-each conference gets $125M, so each school $12.5M
-SEC is on the most where each school gets $37.5M ($50M total)
-Bama is on the most where they get an additional $30M ($80M total) while Mississippi State is never on and only gets $50M and the AAC is never on so those schools only get $12.5M.

Then do the same with Tier 2 (cable TV), Tier 3 (streaming), Tier 4 (conference networks), and the playoffs.

I would sell games at 12-2-4-6-8-10 on Tier 1 then 12-2-4-6-8-10 on Tier 2 then 12-2-4-6-8-10 on Tier 3 and the rest on the conference networks (3 games each).

So maybe FOX gets the 12 and 10, ABC the 2 and 6, CBS the 4, and NBC the 8.

ESPN/2 the 12/4/8 and FS1 the 2/6/10

Peacock 12/4/8 and ESPN+ 2/6/10

Conference networks 12/4/8 (PAC would be 2/6/10)

Under this system Bama would get a lot more money than the other SEC teams. The SEC teams would get a lot more money than the non SEC teams. Similar for the B1G.


Otherwise you need the B1G and SEC to come together and agree to expand to 30 teams each and break away. Where the B1G is the NFC and the SEC is the AFC.

Those silly proposals where the B1G and SEC are not involved are DOA.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Also the neat thing of going to 9 x 10 is...

That leaves 46 teams in FBS. If they add 44 from FCS they too can go 9 x 10. Which leaves 85 in FCS who can add 5 more teams to also get to 9 x 10.

So DI FB would have three sub divisions of 9 x 10.

 

[BigNastyJon]

I will continue to follow the realignment bs, but I no longer get stressed about where Syracuse ends up. Chips will land where they should fall. No point in getting worked up about it.

 

[All4SU]

I will continue to follow the realignment bs, but I no longer get stressed about where Syracuse ends up. Chips will land where they should fall. No point in getting worked up about it.

A very pragmatic view, and one with which I largely agree. Though I admit, I’ve become increasingly pessimistic about the whole thing. I expect it to all collapse - at least by my definition. The only real question is how long it takes, and whether or not I have the desire to ride it to the end.

 

[SWC75]

I'm still hoping the football factories leave us and many of our traditional rivals behind and the left behind, the Group of 5 and FCS, (from which the Group of 5 emerged), get together to put together new conferences that make geographical sense and we wind up with conference titles and national championships we can win.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I'm still hoping the football factories leave us and many of our traditional rivals behind and the left behind, the Group of 5 and FCS, (from which the Group of 5 emerged), get together to put together new conferences that make geographical sense and we wind up with conference titles and national championships we can win.

And all our games will be on The CW and Tru-TV.