Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[Andrews85]

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I love how a couple of TV deals are ruining college football.

[Hooe]

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I love how a couple of TV deals are ruining college football.

Conference realignment is ruining college football? Not sure that I agree, though my opinion is that it won't really get consequentially better until the BCS is discarded in favor of a playoff.

[Andrews85]

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Conference realignment is ruining college football? Not sure that I agree, though my opinion is that it won't really get consequentially better until the BCS is discarded in favor of a playoff.

Rivalries like The Backyard Brawl, The Red River Rivary and Lone Star Showdown ending would be a huge loss to college football.

-The Backyard Brawl: PITT / WVU = 103 meetings since 1895.

-The Red River Rivary: Texas / OU = 105 meetings since 1900

-Lone Star Showdown: Texas / A&M = 116 meetings since 1894

I don't know about you, but to me college football is all about pageantry tradition.

[Redacted01]

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Rivalries like The Backyard Brawl, The Red River Rivary and Lone Star Showdown ending would be a huge loss to college football.

-The Backyard Brawl: PITT / WVU = 103 meetings since 1895.

-The Red River Rivary: Texas / OU = 105 meetings since 1900

-Lone Star Showdown: Texas / A&M = 116 meetings since 1894

I don't know about you, but to me college football is all about pageantry tradition.

Umm, you are aware Texas and OU were in different conferences for nearly all of the rivalry, correct? Teams being in different conferences is no guarantee that a rivalry dies.

[DonkeyJote]

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Rivalries like The Backyard Brawl, The Red River Rivary and Lone Star Showdown ending would be a huge loss to college football.

-The Backyard Brawl: PITT / WVU = 103 meetings since 1895.

-The Red River Rivary: Texas / OU = 105 meetings since 1900

-Lone Star Showdown: Texas / A&M = 116 meetings since 1894

I don't know about you, but to me college football is all about pageantry tradition.

Those rivalries can still exist OoC. And you can make new rivalries and new traditions.

[Andrews85]

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Umm, you are aware Texas and OU were in different conferences for nearly all of the rivalry, correct? Teams being in different conferences is no guarantee that a rivalry dies.

Yeah and with a 14 team conferences you're gonna be playing like 9 or 10 conference games a year, which leave only 2 non-conference games. 1 of those 2 are going to be a cupcake school in the beginning of the year.

[Redacted01]

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Yeah and with a 14 team conferences you're gonna be playing like 9 or 10 conference games a year, which leave only 2 non-conference games. 1 of those 2 are going to be a cupcake school in the beginning of the year.

You won't see 10 conference games. 9 max. The WAC managed just fine with 8 conference games in a 16-team conference. Don't use EA's whacked out schedules as an indication of what will happen with larger conferences. And only the Big Ten would suffer since they have to reach their quota of 3 MAC opponents a year.

[superjames1992]

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You won't see 10 conference games, for one thing, because all of these big schools want home games against cupcakes to gain revenue.

[Cusefan]

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apparently john Marinatto found out about SU and Pitt going to the ACC in the Maryland press box and started crying.

[peteykirch]

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I hope the Big East dissolves because the higher ups are completely braindead, but damn I hope RU catches on in the ACC or B10.

[superjames1992]

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Classic. WVU fans (and Pitt haters) will like this.

[peteykirch]

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Classic. WVU fans (and Pitt haters) will like this.

I enjoy the fact that the day they announce about starting the process to go to the ACC, Pitt completely collapses and blows a huge lead against Iowa.

[Redacted01]

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I enjoy the fact that the day they announce about starting the process to go to the ACC, Pitt completely collapses and blows a huge lead against Iowa.

But Syracuse is going to go 3-0 when they take out the condoms tonight

[superjames1992]

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Supposedly, it is official.

http://www.wvillustrated.com/story/1...o-join-the-acc

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11260/1175549-100.stm

[Redacted01]

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Supposedly, it is official.

http://www.wvillustrated.com/story/1...o-join-the-acc

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11260/1175549-100.stm

It's not official. I find it hard to believe we find out they submitted applications this morning and before the day is over, they are in? It's just good as gold; ACC isn't going to turn down schools when there is the chance they get raided by the SEC, and don't baffle me with the bull**** about how Clemson and FSU will never get in. ACC is just being smart and proactive in all this. But I'm not buying that the two schools are already officially in. Maybe in the morning haha.