Winners and Losers

[All4SU]

We've seen an unbelievable amount of conference shifting...some for the good, some not so much.

Winners:
Utah (The big winner so far, from non BCS to the Pac12)
Colorado (Found a better fit, especially with Nebraska off to the B10)
Texas A&M (Out of the shadow of Texas)
Syracuse & Pitt (Out of the BE, 'Nuff said)

Losers:
Missouri (More money in the SEC to be sure. But they were a better fit in the B12 or B10)
Boise State (No future for them with the Big East)

 

[texascpa]

I think you can throw in Rutgers and UConn in the losers section, as well, especially if the new BE TV contract comes in much lower than they anticipated.

 

[Scooch]

I'd argue TCU has been the biggest winner of all, given their leap to Big XII coupled with tiny-private-school status.

 

[ConnectiCuse]

I'd also put WVU in the winners column and Louisville in the losers column (for now).

 

[Scooch]

Nebraska was a big winner too. Their fanbase really embraced the move to the Big Ten, they joined an elite academic consortium, and got more $ in the process.

 

[44PRIDE]

To me, the biggest loser in all of this is Louisville...

They went from the cusp of a B12 invite...to being "c*ck-blocked" by WVU...to being the "next one in" for B12 entry...to hardly getting a mention with the FSU-Clemson-Miami B12 sweepstakes.

The biggest winner in all of this is Kansas. They went from a Midwestern BBall powerhouse that no one wanted...in a league on the verge of collapse, to sitting at the table of a pseudo-stable "Big 4" conference.

 

[Noexcuse]

Hard to believe that the Big East fb onlies were in a position to merge with the Big12 leftovers when Texas, Okla , Missouri, A&M, etc. were moving/rumored to be moving last year at this time.

 

[All4SU]

I'd argue TCU has been the biggest winner of all, given their leap to Big XII coupled with tiny-private-school status.

Right. Forgot TCU. Absolutely in the winner category. Not naming UConn or Buttgers, because they are where they were.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

To me, the biggest loser in all of this is Louisville...

They went from the cusp of a B12 invite...to being "c*ck-blocked" by WVU...to being the "next one in" for B12 entry...to hardly getting a mention with the FSU-Clemson-Miami B12 sweepstakes.

The biggest winner in all of this is Kansas. They went from a Midwestern BBall powerhouse that no one wanted...in a league on the verge of collapse, to sitting at the table of a pseudo-stable "Big 4" conference.

The biggest winner in all this is IOWA STATE. Mediocre football and basketball school sitting out there in left field all by themselves in a crumbling conference. No one wants them. No one even thinks about them. Now they are sitting pretty at the table of a pseudo-stable Big (4) Boy conference.