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Official realignment thread - SEC formally invites OU and Texas to join the conference in 2025
That’s a short sighted view, IMO. Giving in and allowing ESPN to be handed the entirety of the CFP rights, along with them going all-in with the SEC, won’t be good for everyone else long term. Guarantee you, the elite B1G programs are far more concerned about 5-10 years down the road than they are about making up the revenue shortfall from last season.
Didn’t read the article, but seeing as it was written by ESPN, I already have prejudice against it.
Answering the biggest questions about the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 alliance and what comes next
Addressing the biggest questions surrounding the potential alliance between the three leagues and forecasting what could unfold over the coming weeks and months.www.espn.com
Not a big Degrassi fan, eh?
“The SEC used to be close with the Big 12 with the Sugar Bowl tie in.”
How’s that working out for the Big 12?
Ugh…memories. The 2 Drakes were worse than MT State or Toledo…
The B1G programs currently also make more than any other conference per team.
OrangeEtBlanc
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Tennessee Volunteer fan here.
I visited your beautiful state back in May and really enjoyed my time there. I’ve always liked your team ever since that beatdown of Nebraska back in 2001 where Chris Brown put up around 300 rushing yards. It was a thing of beauty.
With regards to realignment, it seems that so much could change in a short amount of time. While the rumors of USC and other schools going to the B1G has died down with the “alliance” talk going on, it did get me thinking on the seemingly inevitable creation of super-conferences.
While certainly a pipe-dream, I would be ecstatic with the addition of CU to the SEC. It would reunite some old rivalries, add a strong athletic program with a great TV market in Denver...and give me a good excuse to venture back to Boulder on a more consistent basis (a selfish reason, I know, haha).
I will certainly be pulling for y’all in the PAC this year.
Go Vols! And Go Buffs!
I visited your beautiful state back in May and really enjoyed my time there. I’ve always liked your team ever since that beatdown of Nebraska back in 2001 where Chris Brown put up around 300 rushing yards. It was a thing of beauty.
With regards to realignment, it seems that so much could change in a short amount of time. While the rumors of USC and other schools going to the B1G has died down with the “alliance” talk going on, it did get me thinking on the seemingly inevitable creation of super-conferences.
While certainly a pipe-dream, I would be ecstatic with the addition of CU to the SEC. It would reunite some old rivalries, add a strong athletic program with a great TV market in Denver...and give me a good excuse to venture back to Boulder on a more consistent basis (a selfish reason, I know, haha).
I will certainly be pulling for y’all in the PAC this year.
Go Vols! And Go Buffs!
OrangeEtBlanc
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Embrace the Dark Side and join the Evil Empire!
While I agree with you, my thought I when reading this was "don't let perfect be the enemy of good."
What you (and I) want simply is no longer possible, so let's save what can be saved.
If you forget how can you still be mad?
CU might have as well hired him.
Embrace the Dark Side and join the Evil Empire!
Rocky Mountains over Rocky Top.
Thanks for the kind post.
I honestly couldn’t imagine CU in the SEC. It feels like a horrible culture fit. Not a fan of the idea, but I’m curious to hear others weigh in.
I’d love to catch a game at Rocky Top, though. Your tailgating is legendary.
Let's be realistic too - I don't see a world in which the SEC would have any interest in CU, either, lol.
One thing that CU has going for them, and the nubs do as well, even if they're too proud to admit it, is that America loves the CU-NU rivalry. It consistently gets high ratings, it gets prime TV slots. Making that game a regularly scheduled thing (perhaps not annual) would be a real benefit to any alliance.
One thing that CU has going for them, and the nubs do as well, even if they're too proud to admit it, is that America loves the CU-NU rivalry. It consistently gets high ratings, it gets prime TV slots. Making that game a regularly scheduled thing (perhaps not annual) would be a real benefit to any alliance.
OrangeEtBlanc
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Yeah, the Great Smoky Mountains are really just big hills compared to the Rockies, but they do look nice in the Fall foliage on misty mornings.
My wife, kids, and I spent most our trip in Colorado Springs, but did venture up to Denver & Boulder a few days. Really enjoyed the natural beauty of Colorado. There was more to see and do there than what we had time for, so I’d like to make it back out sometime soon and stay closer to Boulder. We drove there from Nashville with our 2 small children (4 & 2), and I am NEVER doing that again, lol.
Well next time the kids will be 8 & 6, so it will be better.
OrangeEtBlanc
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I think realignment may make us reconsider the aspect of cultural fit if the shift to super-conferences begins to take place.
Hell, the SEC quit caring about cultural fit when we added Missouri, haha.
However, I think you make a great point on how cultural fit does affect a program in a new conference:
Take NU, for example. They’ve accomplished nothing in the B1G and really alienated themselves from their primary recruiting bases in Texas by their move. I’m no expert on ‘Husker recruiting, but what I have read is that they were very dependent on recruiting states like Texas and Oklahoma in the past, but now that well has laregly dried-up on them. When they are no longer getting exposure by playing in those states as often, their recruiting, and thus on-field performance, has suffered.
The old SEC would not have been a great fit for CU, but the latest additions of A&M, Mizzou, and now Texas & OU would reunite y’all with some old Big 8/12 foes. Personally, I’d even like to see the SEC bring in Kansas, as well, from a basketball standpoint.
This is all wild speculation and wishful thinking on my part, but, then again, I never thought I’d see the ‘Horns and Sooners joining the SEC, either.
My personal dream would be for the SEC to somehow add CU + Kansas + NU, convincing the ‘Huskers to get out of the mess they’ve gotten themselves into (poor recruiting, alienation in the B1G over losing AAU). This would consolidate all the best former Big 8/12 brands into the conference, and reunite some great hate-filled rivalries (CU/NU, KU/Mizzou, NU/OU, etc.).
I’d personally, like to see this again, too:
They could be very intrested in CU since they always need some body bag games in conference scheduling.
Yea, no way I could imagine there being any interest from either side.
If it were 20 years ago and media markets mattered a ton, I could see CU being a very attractive option to them. Of course, the SEC wasn’t really all that attractive 20 years ago.
Sort of.
Those games are allsome when there's an upset or near-upset. Some of the most memorable moments of a season. But over 90% of those games suck and you never know which ones will be worth watching so no one tunes in to watch until maybe game updates drive them there in the 4th quarter.