re: Update: Oregon &amp; WA to the BIG. Utah, ASU, AZ apply to the Big 12. RIP Pac 12

Posted by OU Guy

Member since Feb 2022

8629 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 10:38 pm to DBG

Can’t wait for 2024

- SEC with OU and Texas
- B1G with USC, UCLA, UO and UW
- The debut of the mega Big 12
- Expanded 12-team playoff

Football mayhem

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Posted by RLDSC FAN

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 8/4/23 at 10:41 pm to OU Guy

SC had an awesome schedule in 24. I hope we can keep Michigan and PSU, but I have a feeling those will be replaced by Oregon and WA

Posted by BuckyCheese

Member since Jan 2015

49783 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 10:41 pm to OU Guy

quote:
Can’t wait for 2024

- SEC with OU and Texas
- B1G with USC, UCLA, UO and UWw
- The debut of the mega Big 12
- Expanded 12-team playoff

Football mayhem

fify

Going to be annoying have two UWs in the same conference.

Posted by ChiGator

Member since Nov 2020

3279 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 10:54 pm to WestCoastAg

The matchups aren’t more intriguing though lol. Nobody needs or cares to see Washington vs Indiana or UCLA vs Michigan State etc. People on the west coast DO CARE about Washington vs Oregon State or Washington State etc. College football is trying too hard to be the NFL and forgetting what makes it great in the first place. The sport’s heartbeat is the regionality of it.

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Posted by bisonduck

Oregon City, OR

Member since Apr 2011

12977 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 10:57 pm to ChiGator

Oregon is going to continue to play Oregon St.

This is better for Oregon.

I am intrigued to play a Penn St more than losing of a game against Cal.

This post was edited on 8/5/23 at 4:54 pm

Posted by WestCoastAg

Member since Oct 2012

145253 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:03 pm to ChiGator

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The matchups aren’t more intriguing though lol. Nobody needs or cares to see Washington vs Indiana or UCLA vs Michigan State etc.

i think peoppe will watch USC vs Ohio State and Oregon vs Michigan and UCLA vs Penn State

This post was edited on 8/4/23 at 11:05 pm

Posted by BZ504

Texas

Member since Oct 2005

9545 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:05 pm to bisonduck

I’m guessing the B1G PAC 4 schools will play each other yearly. 18 teams isn’t exactly a good number of teams. 10 conference games, 3 permanents, rotate other 7 opponents? 9 conference game, 5 perms, play the other 12 schools every 3 years (4).

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

Member since Sep 2016

26934 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:05 pm to DBG

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I’m saying the top 32(picking this number to equate it to the NFL) break away and form their own league. Probably outside of the ncaa, but maybe not.

It’s a big gamble to assume the fans (and therefore the money) will support and follow this model.

Leaving out large swaths of the country, breaking up rivalries and crushing tradition and history will prove to be a horrible decision.

College football is successful because it’s not the NFL. Making it more like NFL is asinine.

Posted by Buckeye Backer

Columbus, Ohio

Member since Aug 2009

9265 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:16 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

So as of right now, this could be the new B1G setup:

EAST

Ohio State
Penn State
Michigan
Michigan State
Illinois
Indiana
Purdue
Maryland
Rutgers

WEST

USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Northwestern

Top to bottom…I think the B1G West is the better division in this alignment.

Posted by chalmetteowl

Chalmette

Member since Jan 2008

47810 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:20 pm to BCLA

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Aka the mwc has all the leverage now and will absorb what's left of the pac12 and take the apple streaming deal, which is much better than the 4mill each school gets now.

I’ll laugh if, among the PAC 12 dissolving, the leaving teams take the rights to the name so that the new inferior conference out west can’t use that name…

Think of it as Elon Musk still owning the rights to “Twitter” even though it’s “X” now. You think he’d want someone to start a shittier app and call it “Twitter”?

This post was edited on 8/4/23 at 11:23 pm

Posted by imjustafatkid

Alabama

Member since Dec 2011

50714 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:41 pm to DBG

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South Carolina, Mississippi State

I find it hard to believe the SEC is going to kick out schools. We just might be the most solid conference.

Posted by Dr RC

The Money Pit

Member since Aug 2011

58126 posts

Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:47 pm to DBG

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I’m saying the top 32(picking this number to equate it to the NFL) break away and form their own league. Probably outside of the ncaa, but maybe not.

That kind of set up would completely destroy what makes CFB special.

This post was edited on 8/4/23 at 11:48 pm

Posted by AnotherWin4LSU

Member since Jun 2023

217 posts

Posted on 8/5/23 at 12:05 am to Scoob

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So, is anybody happier right now than Houston, Cincy, BYU and UCF?

Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Okie State, TCU, Baylor, and Texas Tech say hi.

Posted by MikeyFL

Las Vegas, NV

Member since Sep 2010

9613 posts

Posted on 8/5/23 at 2:52 am to RLDSC FAN

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West:

Washington
Oregon
USC
UCLA
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwestern

Within the BIG, there will be 8 teams geographically West and 4 teams geographically Northwest of Northwestern

Posted by cymark

Member since Oct 2015

149 posts

Posted on 8/5/23 at 5:53 am to Buckeye Backer

Yep. Going from worst division to best.

Posted by Bestbank Tiger

Premium Member

Member since Jan 2005

71365 posts

Posted on 8/5/23 at 6:25 am to Arkansasrazorback

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They should feel the worst out of the remaining four that are all fricked. They could have stopped UCLA, and without UCLA, USC probably does not leave either.

They also teamed up with Stanford to veto any religious school and any school whose academics weren't "good" enough. They made their bed.