Official realignment thread - SEC formally invites OU and Texas to join the conference in 2025

[manhattanbuff]

The Super League idea hasn’t yet gained traction in European Football because most supporters still care about the game more than piling more money. The same cannot be said for fans of the $EC. The rest will just do it for relevance.

 

[Buffnik]

Time for a strong Pac-12/Big Ten alliance (not necessarily a merger) with both getting to 16 teams.

Could be the road we both go down.

SEC/ACC alliance would also work.

We'd end up with an AFL/NFL situation in college sports. There are worse things that could happen.

 

[patebuff]

Ohio State site says USC, UCLA, Oregon and… wait for it… Colorado are “VERY interested and all have made direct overtures to the Big Ten about membership”

Saturday Buzz: Or USC Could Just Join The Big Ten

The great thing about conference realignment is you can write just about anything and it cannot be denied. Here is an Ohio State site (BuckeyeScoop.com) saying that USC, UCLA, Oregon and Colorado w…

insideusc.blog

 

[Jens1893]

If you are an Auburn or Texas A&M, tell me how going to 20 or 24 leaves you in a better position as a football program. The path is a whole lot clearer right now at 16 than it will be in that hypothetical.

Because money talks and people and ESPN want to see games between high profile teams and will pay for it. You either go with the times or get left behind as the landscape is changing.

 

[Duff Man]

Ohio State site says USC, UCLA, Oregon and… wait for it… Colorado are “VERY interested and all have made direct overtures to the Big Ten about membership”

Saturday Buzz: Or USC Could Just Join The Big Ten

The great thing about conference realignment is you can write just about anything and it cannot be denied. Here is an Ohio State site (BuckeyeScoop.com) saying that USC, UCLA, Oregon and Colorado w…

insideusc.blog

I JUST CAN'T HANDLE ****TY MIDWESTERN ROAD TRIPS!

 

[Duff Man]

Because money talks and people and ESPN want to see games between high profile teams and will pay for it. You either go with the times or get left behind as the landscape is changing.

Right. You make a lot of money and watch the big dogs win.

 

[Jens1893]

The hell man

Tell me I’m wrong and tell me how the ACC and Pac 12 can be saved.

 

[Duff Man]

Could be the road we both go down.

SEC/ACC alliance would also work.

We'd end up with an AFL/NFL situation in college sports. There are worse things that could happen.

So... other sports?

 

[Jens1893]

Ohio State site says USC, UCLA, Oregon and… wait for it… Colorado are “VERY interested and all have made direct overtures to the Big Ten about membership”

Saturday Buzz: Or USC Could Just Join The Big Ten

The great thing about conference realignment is you can write just about anything and it cannot be denied. Here is an Ohio State site (BuckeyeScoop.com) saying that USC, UCLA, Oregon and Colorado w…

insideusc.blog

Everyone and his mother should be fired if they weren’t very interested in B1G membership.

 

[patebuff]

Tell me I’m wrong and tell me how the ACC and Pac 12 can be saved.

I'm not refuting any of that. I'm refuting that you seem excited for this as a CU fan!

 

[Jens1893]

In a division of their own, really good programs become mediocre relative to their competition. It’d be an NFL model without the parity.

Yep.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Everyone and his mother should be fired if they weren’t very interested in B1G membership.

Tell that to half the people on AllBuffs who can’t possibly stand to play Nebraska again or travel to the Midwest for roadies

 

[Jens1893]

I'm not refuting any of that. I'm refuting that you seem excited for this as a CU fan!

I just think I’m being realistic.

 

[patebuff]

I just think I’m being realistic.

Unfortunately

 

[Jens1893]

The Super League idea hasn’t yet gained traction in European Football because most supporters still care about the game more than piling more money. The same cannot be said for fans of the $EC. The rest will just do it for relevance.

Plus there’s a precedent in college football with constant realignment. There isn’t here.

And NIL just poured gas over the fire.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

I just think I’m being realistic.

You’re probably right, but a duopoly between those two would probably be 20-24 teams in each league and an NFL/AFL type setup. Or, an NFC/AFC setup where the winners of each play for the Natty

 

[Jens1893]

Tell that to half the people on AllBuffs who can’t possibly stand to play ****braska again or travel to the Midwest for roadies

It‘s the only realistic chance CU has of ever being somewhat relevant on the national stage again. There’s at least a theoretical chance of that if you’re in the right conference.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

It‘s the only realistic chance CU has of ever being somewhat relevant on the national stage again. There’s at least a theoretical chance of that if you’re in the right conference.

Let’s hope DiStefano and Rick George have some pull with the BIG leadership

 

[Jens1893]

You’re probably right, but a duopoly between those two would probably be 20-24 teams in each league and an NFL/AFL type setup. Or, an NFC/AFC setup where the winners of each play for the Natty

Possible. I think things were trending that way already (and the Tucker thing with us going for KD really drive that home) with sizeable revenue gap between those two and the rest and this coupled with NIL will accelerate it.

 

[Buffnik]

Ohio State site says USC, UCLA, Oregon and… wait for it… Colorado are “VERY interested and all have made direct overtures to the Big Ten about membership”

Saturday Buzz: Or USC Could Just Join The Big Ten

The great thing about conference realignment is you can write just about anything and it cannot be denied. Here is an Ohio State site (BuckeyeScoop.com) saying that USC, UCLA, Oregon and Colorado w…

insideusc.blog

Pac-12 has 9 AAU members. Those plus KU would make 10.

Merge with B1G. A 24-team superconference in 4 6-team pods sounds like a plan.

1. USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, UO, UW

2. UA, Utah, CU, KU, NU, Iowa

3. Minn, Wisc, NW, Illinois, UM, MSU

4. OSU, PSU, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue

If it's about the money, play a 14-game schedule so you can play your pod every year and everyone else 2/4 years.

 

[Jens1893]

Let’s hope DiStefano and Rick George have some pull with the BIG leadership

Is that the Illinois native and grad Rick George And the Ohio native and Ohio State grad Phil DiStefano?

 

[onealcd]

God this would be a great time to have a college football commissioner to get everyone to chill the ****kkkkkk out.

 

[Buffnik]

So... other sports?

With 24 teams, in hoops you could play everyone once and a paired rival twice. Fill out the other 6 games with a destination tourney and a few non-con games. It can work.

 

[patebuff]

Let’s hope DiStefano and Rick George have some pull with the BIG leadership

Could this be perfect timing with CU not having a president? You know DiStefano gives no ****s at this point in his career and I feel like this is right in RG's wheel house to make this happen.

 

[Duff Man]

With 24 teams, in hoops you could play everyone once and a paired rival twice. Fill out the other 6 games with a destination tourney and a few non-con games. It can work.

No national championship.

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

Everyone and his mother should be fired if they weren’t very interested in B1G membership.

My only complaint, and I’ll continue to stand by this, is I’m sick of seeing CU suck at football. If this happens, we might end up being good in the B1G, but damn it’s gonna take a long time. The B1G is tied for the deepest conference in the country IMO, and we will get embarrassed unless and until our university decides that it wants to win. It will be noticeable harder than the PAC.

It will be amazing to watch these games, and travel throughout the conference, but my liver might not be able to survive it.

 

[Jens1893]

Pac-12 has 9 AAU members. Those plus KU would make 10.

Merge with B1G. A 24-team superconference in 4 6-team pods sounds like a plan.

1. USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, UO, UW

2. UA, Utah, CU, KU, NU, Iowa

3. Minn, Wisc, NW, Illinois, UM, MSU

4. OSU, PSU, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue

If it's about the money, play a 14-game schedule so you can play your pod every year and everyone else 2/4 years.

AAU or not doesn’t matter anymore at this point.

The only thing that matters here is your football program, how committed you are to it, the fan support etc.

 

[Buffnik]

No national championship.

Why not?

 

[Duff Man]

Why not?

Why play ball with the SEC and/or ACC mutation? You only go to 24 to never have to play anyone else in football, so why would the other conferences be okay with playing them in basketball? They could tell them to get ****ed.

 

[Jens1893]

My only complaint, and I’ll continue to stand by this, is I’m sick of seeing CU suck at football. If this happens, we might end up being good in the B1G, but damn it’s gonna take a long time. The B1G is tied for the deepest conference in the country IMO, and we will get embarrassed unless and until our university decides that it wants to win. It will be noticeable harder than the PAC.

It will be amazing to watch these games, and travel throughout the conference, but my liver might not be able to survive it.

I am sick of it, too, but I simply don’t have the feeling that CU is committed to having a good football program and willing to undertake the necessary steps as frustrating as it is. Hiring Dorrell made that clear to me.

If we want to win games we need to join the Mountain West.