The next couple of years will be interesting. I do love how some people seem to think they really have inside information and post it on places like here. Do you really think one of the few professional people that might actually know what's going on would tell someone and that person would post it for everyone to see?
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Maybe Iowa. Everybody hates their fans.
They could join a conference with LSU, Colorado, Texas A&M, and Connecticut (and a few others) as the most d*ckish fans in the country.
Gopher fans are a bit strange, always wondering why they can't have nice things when they are such a great institution.
Purdue's engineering program is highly regarded.
Feel free to block me. Also super interested on where I have been wrong? I said exactly what was happening with big ten expansion from the beginning, laid out the exact alliance details before they were public, and also said the big 12 expansion targets before it happened (admittedly didn’t think you were going to add this many). Really didn’t think saying KU has no value from a big ten perspective would be that big of an issue on an ISU page. In a couple years could things change, sure, but for the near future it is what it is.
Gopher fans are kind of the loveable loser. Much like they aren't allowed to have nice things.
Also, there will be some additional movement of teams. Probably a few spots because the B1G & SEC at some point go to 18 or 20, possibly 24.
Or they stay around 16-18 and a few schools drop out due to issues like pay for play or athletes are considered employees from a medical liability perspective. Some schools will probably voluntarily drop down to more of an amatuer model. Even if that is only 6-8 schools from teams like BC, WF, Wash. St., Oregon St., Vandy, Syr., Duke, Northwestern it creates quite a few more possible spots if the B1G and SEC go to 18-20 also.
Yeah and I think overall they rank high in general, but I really never hear anything in conversation about their academics vs. NW where I hear often how they win in football because of how smart they are, you know, because they go to NW.
LMAO none of this is about the "near future". The B1G has done exactly what most said they would do but that has to do with legality of the whole situation...
KidSilverhair
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I posted this in a hurry before I got to my actual point, which is if conferences are going to balloon to 16-20-24 teams - which means it’s not really a “conference,” it’s a couple of conferences with a scheduling arrangement - this idea recognizes that fact.
Only your games in the “Big 16 Norris Division (conference)” count as far as qualifying for the overall “Big 16” championship game. That’s a clear acknowledgment that there’s no way to balance your overall schedule with so many members. It’s a great solution, I think.
WAY UP IN THERE MORTY
IDK it was way at the end. It looks like a bracket system, you can flip thru quick and find it. It was repeated on several pages iirc.
KidSilverhair
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Purdue is a fine university, but Northwestern is an elite, top-ten-in-country school.
Ask the PAC how thats working for them? Remember their motto? "Conference of champions"
men's basketball yes, but the other sports are not going to add up to anything. Maybe hockey for the B1G and baseball for the SEC can do a little better than break even.
FWIW, that Altimore report had Purdue as a Top40 in the nation school, and 4th best in the B1G, using blended WSJ and USNWR ratings.
Using just the USNWR ratings, OSU and Wisc jump Purdue (still Top 60).
It's not elite, but it is one of the absolute best of the next tier. ISU is roughly 80th and 115th on the same ratings, with a smaller endowment.
But if a league is trying to monetize 2 conference semi-final game for big bucks you want the game to appear attractive on paper and the best way to do that is the top 4 teams in the whole league not just 1 from every pod.
They would if it brings the Big10 more money.
By bundling the Big10/Pac12 Networks do they increase # of households Big10 Network is in? Could Big10 take a cut of Pac12 Network revenue above current 15M households?
