I hope the Big Ten offers FAU. Hit them where it hurts.WebFire;1392341 wrote:Get used to to. They want the southern grab.
Get used to it? We are at 14 teams, 16 is about as manageable as you can get. I don't want a 32 team conference.WebFire;1392341 wrote:Get used to to. They want the southern grab.
From some of what I've read, they possibly won't stop at 16.sleeper;1392347 wrote:Get used to it? We are at 14 teams, 16 is about as manageable as you can get. I don't want a 32 team conference.
So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?WebFire;1392360 wrote:From some of what I've read, they possibly won't stop at 16.
lol this. 16 is probably the max I'd want. You go to a 3 game non conference schedule. Play everyone in your division(7 games) and 2 rotating crossovers from the other division.Fly4Fun;1392371 wrote:So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?
I have no idea what the plan is. I am not the commish.Fly4Fun;1392371 wrote:So the plan is to expand to 20ish and have a full schedule of your division (play everyone) and have the two winners play in the Conference championship game so we're essentially left with "two" conferences who happen to have a private bowl game between their winners?
Not saying I do either. I don't even like 14 or 16. I like many smaller conferences.sleeper;1392407 wrote:lol this. 16 is probably the max I'd want. You go to a 3 game non conference schedule. Play everyone in your division(7 games) and 2 rotating crossovers from the other division.
I wasn't directly soliciting a response from you. I was quoting you as the base for my post concerning moving past 16, which already is getting too large to manage for football in my opinion.WebFire;1392426 wrote:I have no idea what the plan is. I am not the commish.
And I agree with that.Fly4Fun;1392445 wrote:I wasn't directly soliciting a response from you. I was quoting you as the base for my post concerning moving past 16, which already is getting too large to manage for football in my opinion.
Larry Fedora has recruited well in his first two years at UNC. They would have been in the ACC title game (not saying much) if they weren't sanctioned. Great? No, but I see them in the same tier as Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan State.ohiobucks1;1392336 wrote:UNC is a great program to add. Medicority in what? Football? Yeah maybe, even though they are a decent program . Hell of a basketball school. Great academics. Perfect fit.
UVA makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't mind having UVA in the B1G.Cat Food Flambe';1392740 wrote:If NC goes, I wonder if UVA will go with them?
Yeah, it's at best a sidewise move for football, at least for now, but both schools would be a perfect fit for the Big Ten in every other measure. I don't see us ever becoming the SEC equals in football - better to establish our own products and profile.
sleeper;1392995 wrote:I think a solid play at Vanderbilt is worth considering as well.
Because let's face it, the SEC is becoming synonymous with academic standards that even community colleges are starting to laugh at. Vanderbilt isn't good at sports, but they are an academic powerhouse so they fit in nicely with every B1G school not named Nebraska.jordo212000;1394635 wrote:Why would Vanderbilt leave the SEC?
Wat?mucalum49;1392702 wrote:Larry Fedora has recruited well in his first two years at UNC. They would have been in the ACC title game (not saying much) if they weren't sanctioned. Great? No, but I see them in the same tier as Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan State.
You're right. I meant going forward I think they could be. UNC has shot themselves in the foot in recent years with getting their best talent suspended. With the way Fedora has started off his career there I think he could get them to that tier permitting he stays. Some SEC teams were already courting him for their openings..the_system;1398874 wrote:Wat?
Michigan State maybe. Not Wisconsin and Nebraska.
UNC has lost at least 5+ games 14 out of the last 15 seasons. Sparty 11 of 15. Wisconsin 5 times in 15 years. Nebraska only 4 times, with 3 of those under the Callahan Catastrophe. Nebraska's "down" years the last decade are still much better than UNC has probably ever achieved.
Makes sense, AKA Conference USA.ts1227;1419305 wrote:old Big East will be called the American Athletic Conference as of 7/1/13
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference