More conference realignment talk

[WhiteTrash]

Thamel reporting the PAC and Big 12 will not be partnering or merging.  The financials didn't work.

Both leagues will look to poach from the other, IMO.  I don't think the payouts will be radically different.  The only way a merger would have made sense is if the top brands of each league consolidated and trimmed the fat of the deadweights.

I'm by far no expert, but I read somewhere that the PAC12 will be hampered in a new TV contract due to the feeling that Oregon and Washington are not long for the PAC12 and no network wants what is left over; whereas the Big12 "seems" stable.  I can follow that logic if I was FOX or ESPN. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Close but no cigar on those numbers

Yeah, I'm probably too low by now. The Cal numbers were from last year.  And tuition keeps rising...

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yeah, I'm probably too low by now. The Cal numbers were from last year.  And tuition keeps rising...

Go back to the College Fix article you we were referencing. You misrepresented  what those numbers were. The numbers were correct but they aren't what they spend on "DEI salaries"

[forgetful]

Go back to the College Fix article you we were referencing. You misrepresented  what those numbers were. The numbers were correct but they aren't what they spend on "DEI salaries"

Also, if I remember correctly, that is the budget for the entire University of Michigan system.

And at UC-Berkeley, if you apply the entirety of the 58% from tuition or taxpayer dollars to tuition, it amounts to ~$300 total per student. Hardly the driver of high tuitions. 

[jficke13]

BUT GUYS I AM TOLD DEI IS EVIL AND MUST BE DESTROYED? IS IT NOT THE SOURCE OF ALL THAT ILLS HIGHER EDUCATION, NAY THE WORLD?

[bilsu]

Notre Dame will have no trouble filling out a schedule. The P5 will not be going more than 9 or 10 conference games regardless of size.

I am thinking that schools like USC need non-conference games they can win. I think you need six wins for a bowl bid. Does USC continue to schedule Notre Dame or do they find a different game that is more likely to be a win?

[Herman Cain]

I am thinking that schools like USC need non-conference games they can win. I think you need six wins for a bowl bid. Does USC continue to schedule Notre Dame or do they find a different game that is more likely to be a win?

USC Notre Dame is a fixture . Hard to see a desire to change for either school.

[Uncle Rico]

I am thinking that schools like USC need non-conference games they can win. I think you need six wins for a bowl bid. Does USC continue to schedule Notre Dame or do they find a different game that is more likely to be a win?

Finding bowl bids if you're a 6-6 Big Ten team is really easy

[Newsdreams]

Finding bowl bids if you're a 6-6 Big Ten team is really easy

Yeah, bowl bids are COLE

[lawdog77]

I am thinking that schools like USC need non-conference games they can win. I think you need six wins for a bowl bid. Does USC continue to schedule Notre Dame or do they find a different game that is more likely to be a win?

Considering USC is a favorite by Vegas to win the championship this year, I think their schedule is fine.

[bilsu]

Considering USC is a favorite by Vegas to win the championship this year, I think their schedule is fine.

I am not talking this year. I am talking about when(if) leagues go to 20 teams. I just read an article where a sports analyst was predicting we end up with three power conferences. He was not sure what happens to the teams left out. I would think it would not be wise for Notre Dame to be on the outside of the three super conferences.

[Tha Hound]

Some guy on twitter:

Marc Fiscarelli
@MarcFiscHoops
Anonymous coaching source:

Gonzaga is set to join the Big East, and it's going to happen sooner rather than later.

Both sides have been in contact with each other since 2021.

It is not currently known when the move will happen.

https://twitter.com/MarcFiscHoops/status/1549416712533168129

[lawdog77]

I am not talking this year. I am talking about when(if) leagues go to 20 teams. I just read an article where a sports analyst was predicting we end up with three power conferences. He was not sure what happens to the teams left out. I would think it would not be wise for Notre Dame to be on the outside of the three super conferences.

Get that, bit when you stated teams like USC. USC is a blueblood and will be even more powerdul now(Move to Big10 and NIL). They are not a team IMO that needs to schedule non conference lightweights.

[Uncle Rico]

Some guy on twitter:

Marc Fiscarelli
@MarcFiscHoops
Anonymous coaching source:

Gonzaga is set to join the Big East, and it's going to happen sooner rather than later.

Both sides have been in contact with each other since 2021.

It is not currently known when the move will happen.

https://twitter.com/MarcFiscHoops/status/1549416712533168129

It's going to happen but this guy is shaky as a source at best

[brewcity77]

Some guy on twitter:

Marc Fiscarelli
@MarcFiscHoops
Anonymous coaching source:

Gonzaga is set to join the Big East, and it's going to happen sooner rather than later.

Both sides have been in contact with each other since 2021.

It is not currently known when the move will happen.

https://twitter.com/MarcFiscHoops/status/1549416712533168129

That guy throws a ton of crap at the proverbial wall, forgets the wild predictions that don't happen, and pretends to be prescient when something does.

[tower912]

Just another scooper.   

[Uncle Rico]

That guy throws a ton of crap at the proverbial wall, forgets the wild predictions that don't happen, and pretends to be prescient when something does.

They'll be in as part of the next TV deal

[brewcity77]

They'll be in as part of the next TV deal

Entirely possible, but that account wouldn't be one I cite as proof of that.

[Uncle Rico]

Entirely possible, but that account wouldn't be one I cite as proof of that.

Agree, but it's still happening

[GoldenWarrior11]

Some guy on twitter:

Marc Fiscarelli
@MarcFiscHoops
Anonymous coaching source:

Gonzaga is set to join the Big East, and it's going to happen sooner rather than later.

Both sides have been in contact with each other since 2021.

It is not currently known when the move will happen.

https://twitter.com/MarcFiscHoops/status/1549416712533168129

Fake account.  This account was responsible for starting a firestorm about John Calipari in the Spring. 

[Herman Cain]

Interview with SEC Commissioner. They are focused on absorbing Texas and Oklahoma and having a 16 team conference for now.

https://247sports.com/Article/College-football-SEC-media-days-Greg-Sankey-interview-on-expansion-Kevin-Warren-190298051/

[MUUWUWM]

Just another scooper.

LMAO!

[WhiteTrash]

Interview with SEC Commissioner. They are focused on absorbing Texas and Oklahoma and having a 16 team conference for now.

Yes, and Putin said they were just running military exercises near Ukraine. 

[Herman Cain]

Yes, and Putin said they were just running military exercises near Ukraine. 

Put the link for the actual interview on the original post

[Newsdreams]

Put the link for the actual interview on the original post

I guess you're missing the point.