Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[Bondgirl0072]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

MWC to request BCS automatic bid for 2012-13

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7346774/mountain-west-conference-request-bcs-automatic-bid-2012-13

[coogrfan]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

Me neither, there used to be a football game in Japan every regular season...

[dickey1331]

MWC to request BCS automatic bid for 2012-13



http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ic-bid-2012-13

Lol. Once Boise leaves there isn't gonna be any good teams left. TCU is already gone.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[sportzbro]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

I thought MWC/C-USA were merging....?

[mercalnd]

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I thought MWC/C-USA were merging....?

With TCU gone to the Big XII and Boise, San Diego State, Houston, UCF and SMU going to the Big East, even a MWC-CUSA merger doesn't produce a good wnough conference to get AQ status IMO.

[fsquid]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

no different than Notre Dame playing in Ireland in a couple of seasons

[He1nousOne1]

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The move by the MWC making a bid for BCS status to me has to be the biggest sign of denial in this whole realignment business we are experiencing.

How the hell do they feel they deserve such when they have lost every single possible BCS buster program that they had?

I have struggled at times to understand some moves made by some of these conferences but there was always still a shred of understanding there. This is a different case altogether.

Are the MWC administrators living on the same planet as the rest of us? They are just asking for a slap to the face and a heavy dose of know your place.

Are they trying to set up a possible future lawsuit against the BCS? That is the only outcome of this I could see as being a possibility. They know it will be turned down and then they can raise a lawsuit afterwards to try and break up the BCS.

Without their BCS breakers the MWC has nothing now that could land in a BCS game so they might as well try to break it up and take their chances with individual bowls.

[dickey1331]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

Navy preparing to join the Big East

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16444530/navy-prepared-to-join-big-east-just-not-for-a-while

Air Force staying in the MWC

http://www.denverpost.com/afa/ci_19491419

[Cardot]

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Not sure where all this will land, but there may be some positives if all FBS teams end up in 6 or so super conferences. At least it would provide some opportunity to end the debates about mid-majors not playing anyone vs. mid-majors not being ABLE to play anyone tough.

[untrugby]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

Not sure where all this will land, but there may be some positives if all FBS teams end up in 6 or so super conferences. At least it would provide some opportunity to end the debates about mid-majors not playing anyone vs. mid-majors not being ABLE to play anyone tough.

i think that would create just as many problems as it would fix. if you have 6 power conferences with 16 teams each thats still only 96 teams you would need to go to 8 and that would require some big time teams moving conferences which they probably wouldnt want to do. and then theres scheduling even if you went to 10 conference games theres still 5 teams you dont play every year and you can end up with crazy things like 4 10-2 teams tied in one division with the "winner" playing a 7-5 team for the conference championship and the right to go at a possible 8 team playoff

[Cardot]

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i think that would create just as many problems as it would fix. if you have 6 power conferences with 16 teams each thats still only 96 teams you would need to go to 8 and that would require some big time teams moving conferences which they probably wouldnt want to do. and then theres scheduling even if you went to 10 conference games theres still 5 teams you dont play every year and you can end up with crazy things like 4 10-2 teams tied in one division with the "winner" playing a 7-5 team for the conference championship and the right to go at a possible 8 team playoff

I agree with you. And I am completley confident in the NCAA's ability to screw up anything anyways. It is too bad that they couldn't "Flex" a couple weeks of games toward the end of the season, but I know that would also be complicated, and College Football games have to be scheduled 7 years in advance.

[Bondgirl0072]

Re: Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

Mizzou Chancellor, A.D. Talk SEC Move; Football Schedule Coming Next Week

http://www.mrsec.com/2011/12/mizzou-chancellor-a-d-talk-sec-move-football-schedule-coming-next-week/

[rspencer86]

Can't wait to see next year's schedule... Gotta plan a road trip or two.

[lonewolf371]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

So, Iowa State fan...how will you feel if your teams game against Texas is on that stupid Longhorn network? That will really have a fair and "neutral" feel to it commentator wise, conference wise, etc.

A&M absolutely should leave for the SEC. Texas has a monopoly on the Big XII and I'm stunned Oklahoma(the more prestigious and historical program) is taking it like they are.

A&M moving to the SEC would work well for them. They have a rival in Arkansas already in the division they'd be in. Then the SEC could add a 14th team and move to 9 conference games...more money, more awesome matchups, etc. You'd play 6 division, 1 protected rival and 2 other division opponents a year over a 6 year period and then rinse and repeat. I know, cause I'm doing it on NCAA 12 and love the set up.

I'd just have no idea who the SEC would add to put in the East. Then again, they could add another Big XII team like Missouri, but then I have no clue how they'd decide who goes East. That said, I bet none of this happens but its fun to speculate

You think it would be on the Longhorn Network and not ESPN? And Oklahoma may be the more prestigious and historical program, but Texas makes about 1.5 times the amount of money as Oklahoma and that talks a lot louder.

Also, someone asked for a list of where all the teams are going. This is the best thing I could put together:

Teams to the SEC:
Texas A&M (from the Big 12)
Missouri (from the Big 12)

Teams to the ACC:
Pittsburgh (from the Big East)
Syracuse (from the Big East)

Teams to the Big 12:
TCU (from the Mountain West/Big East)
West Virginia (from the Big East)

Teams to the Big East:
Houston (from C-USA)
SMU (from C-USA)
Central Florida (from C-USA)
Boise State (from Mountain West)
San Diego State (from Mountain West)

[Noble Evildoer]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

You think it would be on the Longhorn Network and not ESPN? And Oklahoma may be the more prestigious and historical program, but Texas makes about 1.5 times the amount of money as Oklahoma and that talks a lot louder.

Also, someone asked for a list of where all the teams are going. This is the best thing I could put together:

Teams to the SEC:
Texas A&M (from the Big 12)
Missouri (from the Big 12)

Teams to the ACC:
Pittsburgh (from the Big East)
Syracuse (from the Big East)

Teams to the Big 12:
TCU (from the Mountain West/Big East)
West Virginia (from the Big East)

Teams to the Big East:
Houston (from C-USA)
SMU (from C-USA)
Central Florida (from C-USA)
Boise State (from Mountain West)
San Diego State (from Mountain West)

Additionally

Mountain West
Hawaii (from WAC)
Nevada (from WAC)
Fresno State (from WAC)

WAC
Texas State (from FCS)
Texas-San Antonio (from FCS)

The WAC is also picking up some non-football schools:
Seattle (from West Coast)
Denver (from Sun Belt)
Texas-Arlington (from Southland)

Sun belt
South Alabama (from FCS)

MAC
UMass (from FCS)