Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[Perfect Zero]

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ACC fans are going to enjoy having Notre Dame steal their best non-BCS bowl bids for the foreseeable future, assuming they get included in the bowl contract somehow.

I do believe this is the case.

[jamie1981]

ACC fans are going to enjoy having Notre Dame steal their best non-BCS bowl bids for the foreseeable future, assuming they get included in the bowl contract somehow.

Unfortunately, I believe that this will happen. I don't get how they can be so biased to a team like that.

[This Is Michigan]

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I think that eventually, more problems are going to arise in the Texas conf...I mean the Big "12" and OU and Okie State are going to want out of there much like Texas A&M did. I think that someday, we will see OU & Okie State in the B1G along with two east coast schools like BC and Uconn.

[Perfect Zero]

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I think that eventually, more problems are going to arise in the Texas conf...I mean the Big "12" and OU and Okie State are going to want out of there much like Texas A&M did. I think that someday, we will see OU & Okie State in the B1G along with two east coast schools like BC and Uconn.

The BigXII is not in the best position, but they are not hurtin. As long as Texas throws a bone to the Okie and northern schools, they will be just fine. The only BigXII school that I see moving to the Big Ten at any time is Texas.

[Blue]

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Big East may finally have its divisions set up, the Red and Blue. They plan on adding a 14th team.

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The Big East is divided over whether to pursue Air Force or BYU as its 14th football member, while another option the conference is considering is creating a 16-team football league by adding Army, Air Force and BYU, industry and league sources told ESPN.
On Thursday, recently hired Big East commissioner Mike Aresco reiterated in Tampa, Fla., that the conference will add a 14th football member, echoing comments that former commissioner John Marinatto made months ago that it would add another member from out West to get to 14 teams.

In 2015, Navy will become the Big East's 13th football member.
Whether Air Force, BYU or Army ultimately join the Big East could be determined by how much the Big East's new media rights deal, expected to be completed in the coming months, brings the league. At least one Big East source remains confident.
"They'll crawl back once the TV deal is done," the source said.
On Sept. 1, the Big East began a 60-day exclusive negotiating window with ESPN. If a deal isn't reached before Nov. 1, the league will negotiate with other networks such as NBC/Comcast and Fox Sports.
The amount the Big East receives for its new media deal could be a huge factor in attracting BYU, Air Force or Army, sources said. Media estimates have projected the Big East's deal annually will be worth between $60 million to $130 million. Those figures would translate to between $3 million to $6.5 million for each football-only member and $4 million to $8.7 million for each full member.
BYU, Air Force and Army are being sought as football-only members.
The Big East's current six-year media rights deal is worth $3.125 million for each full member.
Air Force, BYU and Army all have been approached by the Big East in the past about membership, but didn't join for various reasons.
Among the holdups for Air Force has been the Falcons' loyalty to the Mountain West, especially Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Gould. However, Gould is scheduled to retire next year. Air Force coach Troy Calhoun also said he wasn't in favor of joining the Big East.
"You feel an affiliation, not just in terms of proximity but in terms of mutual respect among the institutions that are part of this league," Calhoun told the Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette in July. "You take guys out of school, leave on Thursday and miss all day Thursday and Friday -- sure, the revenue part of it, you might say maybe or maybe not -- I just think there's more to it."
BYU was close to joining the Big East last November, until the deal blew up essentially at the last minute when the Cougars refused to relinquish their home television rights. This issue would have to be resolved for BYU to have a chance to join the Big East.
BYU and ESPN also have an eight-year television deal worth nearly $4 million a year through 2018 with an option for 2019, sources said. The deal also allows BYUtv, which reaches 55 million homes, to broadcast one home game and rebroadcast every home game and every game ESPN has the rights for.
The Big East obviously would want BYU before its ESPN deal expires, and the Cougars may get out of the contract by joining a "BCS AQ conference." However, after the 2013 season, there technically will no longer be any "BCS AQ" and non-AQ conferences.
But until Navy and a 14th member are on board, Aresco said Thursday that the league would be split into two six-team divisions, most likely East and West. The Big East will hold a conference championship game next season at the site of the league's top team based on best record or highest BCS ranking.
When the Big East grows to 14, league officials already have had discussions how to split the divisions. The most popular 14-team model, sources said, would be "Red" and "Blue" divisions that are non-geographic.
The Red Division would consist of Louisville, South Florida, Connecticut, San Diego State, SMU, Navy and Memphis. The Blue Division: Cincinnati, Central Florida, Rutgers, Boise State, Houston, Temple and the 14th team.
Each team would play six league games within its division and two games against the other division, including one permanent cross-division rival game. Those annual cross-division matchups would be: Louisville-Cincinnati, USF-UCF, UConn-Rutgers, San Diego State-Boise State, SMU-Houston, Navy-Temple and Memphis versus the 14th team.
Those division lineups also could be tweaked, if necessary, to appease the Big East's future TV partners and increase the worth of the media rights deal.
While a 14-team model appears the most likely, the league is open to a 16-team league with BYU, Air Force and Army, placing the three service academies in the Big East.
"Having all three academies is pretty big with their national following," a source said. "If Army says yes, maybe it makes sense to have 16."
Army was in Conference USA from 1998-2004, but wasn't competitive. The Big East has approached Army in the past but it hasn't been interested. Could that change when the Big East signs its new media rights deal or the new playoff format revenue distribution is determined? Possibly. This year, Army and BYU will only receive $100,000 each from BCS revenue because they're independents, while the Big East schools split $23.6 million.

[cdawg44]

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Big Easy may finally have its divisions set up, the Red and Blue. They plan on adding a 14th team.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=222...till-wants-byu

The Big East may be interested in BYU, but BYU may not be interested again. BYU wants to maintain their home TV rights because ESPN is giving them 8 million a year.

[dickey1331]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=222...till-wants-byu

The Big East may be interested in BYU, but BYU may not be interested again. BYU wants to maintain their home TV rights because ESPN is giving them 8 million a year.

It will all depend on what happens with the new tv deal.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[Blue]

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http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=222...till-wants-byu

The Big East may be interested in BYU, but BYU may not be interested again. BYU wants to maintain their home TV rights because ESPN is giving them 8 million a year.

Article says the 14th team will play Memphis every year. It be weird to see a team no where near Tenn play them. That part alone makes it sound like they are finally considering ECU which makes so much more sense.

[Caveman24]

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idk bout you guys but I never liked the conference re-alignment it doesn't make since geographically at all Colorado in the Pac-12 or some of the other moves being made it turned into a "business" and took away from the tradition of the game some rivals that will never happen again such as Texas a&m and Texas it just takes away from me personally

[Tovarich]

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idk bout you guys but I never liked the conference re-alignment it doesn't make since geographically at all Colorado in the Pac-12 or some of the other moves being made it turned into a "business" and took away from the tradition of the game some rivals that will never happen again such as Texas a&m and Texas it just takes away from me personally

Colorado makes perfect sense in the PAC. Geographically, they might be closer to Ames, Iowa than Seattle, but culturally and academically, Colorado couldn't fit in better.

Southern Cal is no longer a methodist school. BYU's Sunday rule is irrelevant. Football is on Saturday, and there is maybe one men's basketball game on Sunday each week? Not a big deal. Playing Thursday-Saturday baseball isn't a big deal either, it happens several times during the season. The reason BYU isn't in is because they're not a research institution. IF they were, then move to Cal's serious opposition to a religious institution. This is irrelevant though, because they aren't a research institution. Boise State is a junior college, academically speaking. Moving to the business side, they play in a dinky 30K stadium that they can barely fill up in a small town in a small state that offers nothing to a TV contract. Too many people in this topic apparently think that conference alignment works like it does in the NCAA series. It's not about football success. That helps in some instances, but regardless of whether Colorado is miserable in football for the next 8 years, they are a PERFECT cultural and academic fit, and along with Utah, they give the conference a CCG, which is part of why each school now makes 20.6M per year from television contracts, which is more than twice what we had before. Their additions couldn't be working out better.

[LionsFanNJ]

Of all the teams to pick why pick the service academys? I figure some of the other CUSA teams they didn't pick would be better more competitive options I.E. Southern Miss, ECU or Tulsa. Hell even some MACtion teams would be better options it seems. Of course I'm not privy to the other reasons why though.

[Blue]

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Of all the teams to pick why pick the service academys? I figure some of the other CUSA teams they didn't pick would be better more competitive options I.E. Southern Miss, ECU or Tulsa. Hell even some MACtion teams would be better options it seems. Of course I'm not privy to the other reasons why though.

ECU makes perfect sense, Southern Miss would fit but it's a extremely small market, although ECU isn't much bigger, idk about Tulsa they really need to slip into the Big 12 they already rival OK St sometime down the road they could get to that point. Ohio would be a good choice.

[TDenverFan]

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ECU makes perfect sense, Southern Miss would fit but it's a extremely small market, although ECU isn't much bigger, idk about Tulsa they really need to slip into the Big 12 they already rival OK St sometime down the road they could get to that point. Ohio would be a good choice.

Ironically, your OS name is Half of the future Big East.

Now we just need 'Red'

[Blue]

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Ironically, your OS name is Half of the future Big East.

Now we just need 'Red'

Yes sir, my last name, it's even funnier because I plan on attending UCF next year(application pending) and they are in the Blue division

[superjames1992]

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Wait, is the Big East seriously considering naming their divisions "Blue" and "Red"?