As far as teams, I've always liked Memphis. They have the financial backing and are geographically the right fit
Big 12 realignment is back...looks like real changes coming soon.
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Heh, Toledo recently beat Cinci and another Big 12 school:th_o: along with that ARK school from the mighty,mighty sEc. Any chance???? We have atleast 50 fans.
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As I've said repeatedly: BYU as football only solves a lot of problems. No Sunday scheduling headaches plus we could keep round robin basketball with eleven teams. East-West divisions in football could be arranged so that BYU & WVU don't have to worry about crossing two time zones very often.
But by all means, carry on with the UCONN basketball wet dream. Because that's what's driving realignment: basketball.
But by all means, carry on with the UCONN basketball wet dream. Because that's what's driving realignment: basketball.
I've always thought Memphis would be a really good fit along with Cincy with UConn as a secondary option. Memphis is a better fit geographically and as mentioned with FedEx in the picture plenty of financial backing to grow and enhance facilities that are already pretty good. I think they would seem to be a better fit culturally as well but I can see how the suits would prefer UConn.
North/South has 0% chance of happening. And OU/Texas have to be put into opposite divisions no matter what they say. More money in a rematch.
It wouldn't be about evening out the divisions it would be making Texas & OU happy. Both of which want to play the Texas/Oklahoma schools every year. Some would call that the Texahoma Division.
The league also probably figures it leaves little chance for the Texahoma champ to be beaten in the CCG giving it an easier path to the playoffs.
As I've said repeatedly: BYU as football only solves a lot of problems. No Sunday scheduling headaches plus we could keep round robin basketball with eleven teams. East-West divisions in football could be arranged so that BYU & WVU don't have to worry about crossing two time zones very often.
But by all means, carry on with the UCONN basketball wet dream. Because that's what's driving realignment: basketball.
Don't you think you should call Bob instead? I'm sure once he hears your case, he'll fast track it.
I wouldn't guarantee that Texahoma wants to play all of the Texas schools every year.
The money in the TV contract would likely be greater if the non-Texahoma schools got to play against some Texahoma schools every year. That makes me think they split up the Texas schools between the two divisions. OU and OkieState would stay together in a division with Texas and another TX school.
The money in the TV contract would likely be greater if the non-Texahoma schools got to play against some Texahoma schools every year. That makes me think they split up the Texas schools between the two divisions. OU and OkieState would stay together in a division with Texas and another TX school.
Possible division set ups depending on if Texas and OU want to be int he same division or not. I'm pretty confident that OU and OSU will push to be in the same division so thats a factor. Seems like there are reports for both options so who really knows until they get down to the nitty gritty of making a decision.
East
ISU
Cincy
WVU
UConn
TCU or OU
Baylor or OSU
West
Texas
TTU
OU or TCU
OSU or Baylor
KSU
KU
East
ISU
Cincy
WVU
UConn
TCU or OU
Baylor or OSU
West
Texas
TTU
OU or TCU
OSU or Baylor
KSU
KU
As I've said repeatedly: BYU as football only solves a lot of problems. No Sunday scheduling headaches plus we could keep round robin basketball with eleven teams. East-West divisions in football could be arranged so that BYU & WVU don't have to worry about crossing two time zones very often.
But by all means, carry on with the UCONN basketball wet dream. Because that's what's driving realignment: basketball.
I am not saying its going to happen but if realignment is to happen I think there is a good chance it has to do with a Big 12 Network and if you ever want ACC schools having a network while the ACC does not is a big selling point.
Yes, football has been the driver of expansion to date but NYC cares about college basketball and a network needs more than 12 Saturdays during the football season. A lot of commentary believes UCONN would get carriage in NYC and they are a basketball blue blood or at least a modern day one. So if UCONN helps us get carriage in NYC that gives us eyeballs needed for a network, which may help this league get the type of ACC additions it needs.
Got him on the phone right now as a matter of fact- I'll let him know Ribs says hi. :wink:
My only fear is that Hawkeye games are hidden in the big 10 network. Cyclones are on espn. I dont want to be hidden away on a specific network in the 600s.
If they keep winning they'll stay on ESPN. This would replace the early games on Mediacom and cyclones.TV.
And really, do you consider playing games on a premium channel on Sundays opposite the NFL playoffs as hidden? Well, hopefully we never stoop that low
Awesome idea that should happen, but probably won't because of rivalries.
I guess you could have one protected rival per team, and if it happens that you will end up in opposite divisions for the next division alignment you'll get a guaranteed cross division game with them for the next few years. Would probably make scheduling a cluster, but it could work. Cumulative record every 2-4 years used to evenly re-align divisions. This would guarantee an awesome regular season and CCG, however there's a good chance someone like OU would hate it because they have two big rivals they want to keep on the schedule every year (Tex/OSU), and if they end up in opposite division of them it's likely they'd have to drop one of them every few years.
The B1G Network and SEC Network also take some games equivalent to what the Big 12 now puts on FS1.
