Cal/Stanford are perfect. They close if Cali. Yeah there’s others but they’ll never match the big 4.
The Big Ten is not targeting any PAC-12 schools at this time and the article is silly. If the Big Ten was interested in any other PAC schools it would have added them over the summer before they worked out a TV deal. Not to mention the Big Ten doesn’t even have a commissioner right now, so who exactly would be leading this?
We all know the Big Ten and SEC aren't done. It's a matter of when. And the TV contract will be renegotiated if they add teams if that wasn't already include when they negotiated.
Do you have inside information? There are multiple articles about this topic out there.
Stanford and Cal produce 0 national interest in terms of tv ratings as well, but they keep getting mentioned. I’m not saying they should be admitted but I’m just surprised they aren’t even mentioned in any way.
I agree, but if they came in at a fractional revenue share there may be some value there. I would take only one of the cal/stanford duo at a fractional revenue share plus oregon and washington. I would also take one of the better remaining Texas schools (tcu) out of the big 12 to get a foothold in that state and aim for fsu when the acc gor expires to ensure the conference has a presence in high growth states as well.
You are missing the big point, we can't just add top teams to a conference that already features the hardest path to the championship due to depth. The SEC wins titles because they have the easiest path to the playoffs and their champion gets their with the least amount of wear because the conference is a paper tiger. Without adding teams like Cal, Stanford, Oregon State or Washington State, all you do is force the top teams in the league to play more top teams. Even when the national football invitational tournament expands, a second loss will very likely eliminate most teams. The Big Ten will add additional teams and everything I am hearing (yes, I have sources) strongly suggests 36 to 40 teams is one of several courses of action.
Let’s be honest that UCLA is not exactly a juggernaut and they will struggle like Nebraska or Maryland. I agree you have to add different levels of competition. Personally, I would love to add Washington State, but we know that won’t happen because their ratings footprint is very small. I would like to add UNLV because the road trip would be a lot of fun, but obviously that school would struggle as well.
But look at our above conversation of tiers...
There are multiple courses of actions on the table to include the Big Ten becoming it's own division from what I have been told. Everything from a 20 to 24 team conference in a world where there will likely be four national conferences on the small end and a 48 team league with four or eight divisions that breaks away from the rest of college football which I think is the desired end result with a few options in between.
The Big XIII would be a step down but a super conference of what is left of the Big XII, Pac XII and ACC along with bringing in some MWC or CUSA schools good be huge.
Yeah, this is what I think happens. The SEC and Big Ten go to 24--the end up each having 4 or 3 divisions and create their own 12 team playoff as they watch the money reign in.
I don't see the attraction of Miami. They have merely an average football program and they have a tradition of poor fan support.
Yes but much of the Big Ten, if they weren't already in the Big Ten, wouldn't be invited to join the Big Ten.That pretty much sums up much of the Big Ten as well.
I respectfully disagree. If the Big Ten and SEC turn into 20+ school super-conferences, Georgia Tech will receive an invite from the B1G. I’m not sure there’s a better candidate than a top-tier academic school that plants your conference’s flag firmly in the SEC’s backyard.
Georgia Tech makes sense too though. Yes FSU and Clemson more so...Miami too. But GA Tech will be in if they do raid the ACC. We'll go to 24 as will the SEC.
