Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[superjames1992]

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The Big East’s exit fee is $5 million, though schools wanting to leave must provide 27 months’ notice.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ug=ap-acctalks

That was only in effect through 2010. It no longer applies, or so I've heard for the last month. From what I understood, Big East schools could leave when they wanted with no buyout whatsoever. I think the author may be wrong.

[Ziza9Noles94]

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Yeah, NYC is not a college football market-and the Cuse' showing of fans in the Pinstripe Bowl last year confirmed what we already all knew to be true. Pitt is a nice market, but West Virginia owns a sizable chunk of Pitt's market. Rutgers and UConn rumors wouldn't excite me either-UConn hoops is great, but New Jersey and UConn markets probably don't do a ton for a TV contract. The SEC will get an enormous contract with 16-if the PAC could get Texas, it would get an even more enormous deal than it has. If the Big 10 got Notre Dame, it would be a huge deal too. The ACC though, I don't know if they're adding enough to expand the current per-school amount or if they're just watering down the league and each school will get less money because the 4 new schools don't bring in enough. The basketball side will be great, but football, this is just ok.

I agree with everything you've just said. It just seems like the conference is adding more bodies and the NC schools get to flex their control by making a basketball decision in the midst of "football expansion season." (Quotes are mine). I'd rather have Texas or WVU and Pitt. The rest, just get to share in revenue but add nothing. Are Cuse fans or Rutgers fans going to travel to Doak or Death Valley to fill seats during September or October? And alas, my bumbling President agreed to the $20mill buyout so we're stuck. Yay.

[TheGamingChef]

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I think Kansas State would have the benefit of attaching itself to Kansas. If I recall from these discussions last year, Kansas and Kansas State share a BOR? In order to save Kansas State, they might play the 'you can't have Kansas basketball unless you take Kansas State too' card. And that could work.

I don't see this working for a school like KU... they would not be in a position of power to demand that the Big Ten accept a "partner" of theirs. It doesn't help that Kansas State's academic standards are severely lower than the Big Ten's... and that a suitable team over K-State (namely Iowa State) meets those standards. But we'll see.

[sportzbro]

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I don't see this working for a school like KU... they would not be in a position of power to demand that the Big Ten accept a "partner" of theirs. It doesn't help that Kansas State's academic standards are severely lower than the Big Ten's... and that a suitable team over K-State (namely Iowa State) meets those standards. But we'll see.

I'd like to see it be ISU, KU, Mizzou and ND/K-State make up the rest of the B1G. Makes sense to me.

[Cusefan]

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Well its official: syracuse and pitt are now ACC schools ...

[TDenverFan]

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I'm hoping you are right. Big Ten will expand from the pool of ND, Mizzou, KU, KSU, and ISU. ND is obviously team #13 (in the B1G's mind) and Missouri has to be team #14. Kansas is a pretty clear-cut team #15 when they go to that size. And #16, if Kansas is already in the Big Ten, would be Iowa State with AAU membership as the icing on the cake. Fingers crossed... sorry Wildcat fans...

Kansas and K-State do not want to split up.

Appalachian State has talked about it, I think they want to. Montana has talked about it a lot, but I don't think they've really seemed like they're going to. Villanova has too much work to do to move up I think-they need to build a stadium that doesn't look like it's for a high school. I don't think it's realistic for them to share the Eagles stadium with Temple.

Cal Poly and Cal Davis would love to move up and join the WAC. Massachusetts and South Alabama are up in the next 2 years for sure.

UMASS ans USA already will be FBS Teams. And My High School has a bigger stadium than Nova... Appy wants to move up, I think, and Montana turned down a WAC offer.

[Bondgirl0072]

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ACC adding Big East's Syracuse, Pitt

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6988468/acc-accepts-pittsburgh-panthers-syracuse-orange-14-team-league

[ehh]

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Sad, sad day for the college basketball landscape.

[J-Unit40]

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Sad, sad day for the college basketball landscape.

100% agree. The Cuse not in the Big East just seems wrong.

[ehh]

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Boehiem must be livid, he's been very outspoken about Cuse belonging in the Big East. Obviously AD doesn't care but it still sucks.

Apparently Jimmy B and Jamie Dixon were both kept in the dark until the last minute about this move because obviously it sucks from a basketball perspective. The ACC isn't what it once was, it's Duke/UNC and a whole hell of a lot of crap.

[Cusefan]

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Boehiem must be livid, he's been very outspoken about Cuse belonging in the Big East. Obviously AD doesn't care but it still sucks.

Apparently Jimmy B and Jamie Dixon were both kept in the dark until the last minute about this move because obviously it sucks from a basketball perspective. The ACC isn't what it once was, it's Duke/UNC and a whole hell of a lot of crap.

I think jimmy will retire, he has said as much in previous interviews about syracuse leaving. So who will be the next defection? I think West Virgina is going to the SEC, The ACC will go to 16 and add 2 more big east teams. strange times for sure

[Marino]

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I think jimmy will retire, he has said as much in previous interviews about syracuse leaving. So who will be the next defection? I think West Virgina is going to the SEC, The ACC will go to 16 and add 2 more big east teams. strange times for sure

I could see the ACC (for some reason) going after UCONN and Rutgers. I would rather wait for ND or try and get WVU before UCONN and Rutgers though.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I could see the ACC (for some reason) going after UCONN and Rutgers. I would rather wait for ND or try and get WVU before UCONN and Rutgers though.

At this point Kev, I would actually be open to the Irish going to the ACC. A large chunk of what made the BE fun to play BB in, just left. Games between the Irish and Pitt/Cuse has always been very fun on the court. As long as the ACC allows the football program to still work within its tv contract, and soon to be own network.

[Marino]

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At this point Kev, I would actually be open to the Irish going to the ACC. A large chunk of what made the BE fun to play BB in, just left. Games between the Irish and Pitt/Cuse has always been very fun on the court. As long as the ACC allows the football program to still work within its tv contract, and soon to be own network.

Knowing the idiot ACC commissioner like I do, ND should be able to make that work. Plus, some of ND's rivals are already in the ACC anyways (BC, Pitt), plus it would be a huge revenue generator.

[TDenverFan]

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But wouldn't the ACC still need 2 Teams Plus ND for Football Superconferences?

Rutgers
UCONN
USF
UCF
TCU

Could all be options