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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues

Seems like not fully knowing the House settlement details is a tricky situation for any more moves.

I hate that money we generated is helping the Sheep out in any way.
 
Oh good. So they are playing in a temp facility or still at Aloha?

Temp facility. Aloha has been shut down since the beginning of COVID-19 due to safety reasons. Now with today's news, the state might just give the money to the school and the school will construct a new stadium at where the temp facility is located.
 
I think there will be changes by 2026 to not allow this PACwhatever to have any path to the playoffs

No Way GIF
 
Temp facility. Aloha has been shut down since the beginning of COVID-19 due to safety reasons. Now with today's news, the state might just give the money to the school and the school will construct a new stadium at where the temp facility is located.
Hawaii as FCS makes more sense
 
Seems like not fully knowing the House settlement details is a tricky situation for any more moves.

I hate that money we generated is helping the Sheep out in any way.

Access to the CFP is a much bigger deal than the House settlement.
 
They are at the FBS minimum of 16 sports so they can't cut skiing.
Interesting. The New Mexico Board of Regents actually voted to eliminate the ski program back in 2017, but ultimately reversed that decision. I have a hard time seeing how their athletic department affords to stay FBS. Any payout to the remaining MWC schools is going to be terrible.
 
There's going to be so much more change and many dominoes to fall following the legal settlement/ structure of player compensation (who is willing/ able to pay at the top tier and be in the elite level for football?) and the ACC reshuffle.

I wonder if C-USA and AAC are going to wait to see how things shake out with the P4 (plus whatever the Pac-12 may do to get to its minimum requirement of 8 members) or if the MWC limbo will cause more quick realignment of these conferences prior to the P4 moves.
 
I'm curious about the benefits of doing this. They are not going be treated as a power 4 conference, so for schools like CSU or BSU, what's the difference does this move make?
 
Don't forget that ESPN has yet to opt into 2027-2036 for the ACC media rights and they have until February to do that. If not, the ACC media rights deal ends at the end of the 2026-27 athletic season. The Pac-6 can sit pretty and see if Cal, Sanford, and SMU will become available.
 
I'm curious about the benefits of doing this. They are not going be treated as a power 4 conference, so for schools like CSU or BSU, what's the difference does this move make?
More revenue through a better media deal and bowl agreements. Better strength of schedule as a path to a CFP bid.
 
Don't forget that ESPN has yet to opt into 2027-2036 for the ACC media rights and they have until February to do that. If not, the ACC media rights deal ends at the end of the 2026-27 athletic season. The Pac-6 can sit pretty and see if Cal, Sanford, and SMU will become available.
Good point. It makes sense to let that run out and they can dictate where they want the Schools to go with other contracts in place. Then regulate the rest to obscurity
 
Is it?

If I’m an AFA fan, I want to join my academy brethren.

If I’m Wyoming fan, I want to be in FCS where I fit perfectly with Montana and Dakota schools. It would be more fun.

The feeling of being left behind sucks.

Wyoming needs to drop to FCS...their student body is just 11K which is much closer to FCS than FBS when it comes to school student size.
 
WYO would actually be in the bottom half of the Big Sky on enrollment.

FBS requires conferences to have at least eight to be a conference. When it comes to the FCS, you just only need six football playing schools to sponsor that sport. The Summit has the four Dakota schools and if you add Wyoming, they only need to add one more school to be able to sponsor the sport. UNC might be that school.

The Big Sky can invite Colorado Mesa because they make more geographical sense than UNC.
 
FBS requires conferences to have at least eight to be a conference. When it comes to the FCS, you just only need six football playing schools to sponsor that sport. The Summit has the four Dakota schools and if you add Wyoming, they only need to add one more school to be able to sponsor the sport. UNC might be that school.

The Big Sky can invite Colorado Mesa because they make more geographical sense than UNC.
Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Wyoming and E Washington would make a damn fine conference.
 
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