If they close at 40 teams, half the teams will have losing records. It won't take more then 5 or 6 years for most of America to tune out.I agree with a lot here. Although, quite a few of those future "pay for play" schools currently have higher academic ratings than SU. In the end, SU will be where its applicable "seat on the bus" is based upon the only...okay best option it has left.
Just as many of us may wish we could have a seat in a particular hedge fund, etc., however, lack the necessary requirements/means in order to do so.
Aye - a union-ish movement where schools can try to be pay-for-play or not take TV money.
If you want to play a game, there has to be rules. Otherwise it’s no longer a game, it’s just chaos.
Interesting speculation about Cuse eventually going back to the Big East.
Shot Takers mailbag: Gonzaga to the Big East? What now for the Pac-12's basketball future?
Brian Hamilton and Dana O'Neil answer your college basketball questions, including predictions on Virginia and Maryland.theathletic.com
Brian: As our friend Andy Staples has astutely said on all things realignment: The only limit to any of this is the imagination of a commissioner or president or administrator. It’s foolish to wave off any potential outcome. I’m not inclined to believe Gonzaga is in any rush to change anything. But if I’m the Big East, I’m keeping the lines of communication open, if not red-hot with negotiations. Logistically, I’d imagine adding Gonzaga requires adding another West Coast-ish travel partner to have this make any sense from an athlete-welfare perspective; it doesn’t seem altogether sensible to do this and make teams fly three time zones away and back for one game. Finding said partner is probably one of the easier parts in this pretend (for now) version of reality, though. Money talks.
Here’s where I would really apply the pressure, if anyone in the Big East is inclined to do so: reconnect with some old friends who are absolutely going to be left behind in any Football Megaconference Structure and offer a lifeline. Under those circumstances, does the UConn model look so bad to say … Syracuse, especially? Or Pittsburgh? Or even Boston College? No one is arguing any of them should drop football. That’s a non-starter. But if you’re not playing football in one of the two or three leagues that matters — according to this thought exercise, anyway — why not play your hoops and other sports in a conference that definitely matters and put the gridiron product in the American or Conference USA or some such?
I’d love to say this is entirely my idea, but it’s generated by conversations with people in the sport, so I wonder how many legs it could have.
And also call Duke. Because why not?
Brian Hamilton makes zero sense.Interesting speculation about Cuse eventually going back to the Big East.
Shot Takers mailbag: Gonzaga to the Big East? What now for the Pac-12's basketball future?
Brian Hamilton and Dana O'Neil answer your college basketball questions, including predictions on Virginia and Maryland.
Brian: As our friend Andy Staples has astutely said on all things realignment: The only limit to any of this is the imagination of a commissioner or president or administrator. It’s foolish to wave off any potential outcome. I’m not inclined to believe Gonzaga is in any rush to change anything. But if I’m the Big East, I’m keeping the lines of communication open, if not red-hot with negotiations. Logistically, I’d imagine adding Gonzaga requires adding another West Coast-ish travel partner to have this make any sense from an athlete-welfare perspective; it doesn’t seem altogether sensible to do this and make teams fly three time zones away and back for one game. Finding said partner is probably one of the easier parts in this pretend (for now) version of reality, though. Money talks.
Here’s where I would really apply the pressure, if anyone in the Big East is inclined to do so: reconnect with some old friends who are absolutely going to be left behind in any Football Megaconference Structure and offer a lifeline. Under those circumstances, does the UConn model look so bad to say … Syracuse, especially? Or Pittsburgh? Or even Boston College? No one is arguing any of them should drop football. That’s a non-starter. But if you’re not playing football in one of the two or three leagues that matters — according to this thought exercise, anyway — why not play your hoops and other sports in a conference that definitely matters and put the gridiron product in the American or Conference USA or some such?
I’d love to say this is entirely my idea, but it’s generated by conversations with people in the sport, so I wonder how many legs it could have.
And also call Duke. Because why not?
To have a top 40 college sports brand with storied history and an entree into the NY market.
The premise is unlikely. If we end up with a P2 one of them will want a bigger NE footprint than Rutgers. I don’t think we’ll end up with only a P2. There’s enough talent for a P5 to have entertaining football across the country - and that strikes me as ultimately more important than the SEC and B1G.Interesting speculation about Cuse eventually going back to the Big East.
Shot Takers mailbag: Gonzaga to the Big East? What now for the Pac-12's basketball future?
Brian Hamilton and Dana O'Neil answer your college basketball questions, including predictions on Virginia and Maryland.
Brian: As our friend Andy Staples has astutely said on all things realignment: The only limit to any of this is the imagination of a commissioner or president or administrator. It’s foolish to wave off any potential outcome. I’m not inclined to believe Gonzaga is in any rush to change anything. But if I’m the Big East, I’m keeping the lines of communication open, if not red-hot with negotiations. Logistically, I’d imagine adding Gonzaga requires adding another West Coast-ish travel partner to have this make any sense from an athlete-welfare perspective; it doesn’t seem altogether sensible to do this and make teams fly three time zones away and back for one game. Finding said partner is probably one of the easier parts in this pretend (for now) version of reality, though. Money talks.
Here’s where I would really apply the pressure, if anyone in the Big East is inclined to do so: reconnect with some old friends who are absolutely going to be left behind in any Football Megaconference Structure and offer a lifeline. Under those circumstances, does the UConn model look so bad to say … Syracuse, especially? Or Pittsburgh? Or even Boston College? No one is arguing any of them should drop football. That’s a non-starter. But if you’re not playing football in one of the two or three leagues that matters — according to this thought exercise, anyway — why not play your hoops and other sports in a conference that definitely matters and put the gridiron product in the American or Conference USA or some such?
I’d love to say this is entirely my idea, but it’s generated by conversations with people in the sport, so I wonder how many legs it could have.
And also call Duke. Because why not?
The TV guys know that they need a national game. SU and all of the other schools who are currently in a P5 are going to be ok. We won't be as rich as the other schools, but we never have been. I actually believe that the portal will work in our favor. Kids are not going to go to a factory and sit. We will be fine and with a 12-team playoff we might just sneak in once in a blue moon.
He's no different than Frank the Tank or the Dude from WV
Clay Travis: ACC Schools All Want Out of the ACC
While most college football media and fans have been chasing Big 12 and Pac-12 expansion and realignment rumors, the truth of the matter is this: the future battles in college footwww.outkick.com
As the world turns…..
I agree with this and like the following ACC/PAC merger.
Eh - maybe? I think Penn St and ND gets some of the way - but if that's the offering, CFB has decided to abandon all hope of reversing the trend here despite it being a huge market. It's just really unlikely that BC/Syr/Pitt get relegated IMO.
Actually that would be a good mix West. Virginia and Cincinnati would be back where they both belong.
love how everyone always assumes the 'state' schools in the NW will get dropped in any realignment.
The Big East was at it's best when it was close in $ and tightly regional. Those days are gone.
the Big East stopped being the Big East everyone pines for when it became a 13 team behemoth in the 2nd half of the 90s. more than anything we pine for winning.
I really don’t see Oregon and Washington going anywhere without Oregon St and Wash St.
