10-11 ncaa football thread

it looks like a *lot* is up in the air w/ the conference shuffle?

this supposed $17m a year payout to a ten team big 12 makes pretty much no sense, if you ask me

like, schools are supposedly fleeing the big 12 because more money could be made elsewhere, and now all of a sudden the big 12 minus nebraska would be as profitable as the sec? idk

desperation move for sure

however, I'm not gonna overrate the intelligence of people in charge of any of these schools

it just doesn't make any sense -- i'm sure abc & espn execs are sitting in their offices right now like "wtf"

kind of lol but mostly sad how nobody gives a shit about the other sports this is gonna affect

tru

well pretty much basketball cuz no one pays attention until the tourney -- no one pays attention to the other sports anyway

also kinda funny how texas is totally at the center of this - they could save the big 12 or make 1 of 3 other conferences very happy - but they are gonna be in a great position (money + the players) no matter *what* happens. if I were UT I'd prolly stay put and continue the "if we beat oklahoma and a bunch of so-so teams, we go to the national championship game" strategy. money isn't everything.

This frees them up to continue developing LONGHORN TV, as well.

But surely the Big Ten will finally have to change their name, right? Eleven teams sort of provided an excuse to keep the old name, but now they have twelve. And now the Big 12 will have ten. Name swap?

well, the game's not over yet and the big 12 might be more like the big 6 or the big 3 or the big 0. though it would be hilariously confusing if the two switched names.

I don't see their potential Pac-10 competition being any tougher than the Big 12.

Pure speculation on my part, but they'd likely be in the Pac 10 east with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Utah/Texas A&M, Colorado, Texas Tech, Arizona, and Arizona State.

Well at least USC is fucked.

will be v. happy to see usc go through what my team went through.

And my team.

(Daniel, I know you hate Bama for a variety of reasons, but solidarity in disgrace!!!)

right, and in that scenario they'd be playing the schedule they already play + a harder championship game. pac 10 west is gonna field at least one legit challenger a year.

xp

and hell that's a harder schedule than they have right now

if the big 12 stays at 10 teams they'll obviously have to split up texas & oklahoma for there to be any sort of divisional balance, and that obv hurts both teams, as one can overcome a loss to the other when it happens early in the season (i.e. 2008) but def not when it happens in a potential conference title game

the big 10 will never change their name just cuz the big 10 is the big 10 is the big 10 -- bad "branding" or w/e

Jeremiah Masoli probably didn't singlehandedly sink Oregon's chances in 2010, but his fall from grace didn't help matters any. :(

nah, he pretty much singlehandedly sunk their chances

they were a bit overrated anyhow -- last year they got trounced by boise & stanford, lost to ohio st (who wasn't that good to begin with) & "made" their season by beating a usc team that was barely one of the 25 best in the country

Yeah, but if anything, their 2010 Pac-10 competition would've been more of a pushover than last year. Now I guess it's Washington? Cal?

god masoli is such an idiot

cal should be decent

they'll still probably win the pac 10 -- maybe oregon st? altho they're replacing their qb

it would be hilarious if oregon st won the pac 10, ohio st went to the nat'l title game, and the big 10 rep to the rose bowl was wisconsin

hilarious because the rose bowl people are massive dickbags

pac10 is gonna be really up in the air this year

tbh, I wouldn't hate to see Iowa in the Rose Bowl Game.

Stanford is probably the team to beat this year if Luck is as good as people think he is.

truth

that would be depressing

I can imagine the eventual champion having 2 conference losses

Maybe instead of courting Notre Dame, but Big Ten could go after the Detroit Lions. SUH VS. HUSKERS.

ESPN says they're likely to stay now.

I don't know what to believe!

if texas stays, possible that nothing else at all happens?

maybe utah to pac 10

If Texas stays, no one else moves (not even A&M to the SEC). Utah is pretty likely to go Pac-10, though.

Honestly I think the Pac 10 plus Utah and Colorado makes a lot of sense. Two good programs who make sense for the region, whereas Texas would be weird to me.

tbh, I would be happy with giving Arkansas back to the Big 12 if they want them. And South Carolina can go to hell somewhere too.

hell vs. the acc

i still wouldn't be shocked to see the SEC make a move for 2 more teams

florida state and miami would be logical (more than a&m...)

I'd love it, specifically because all the rowdy Gator fans around me on a daily basis would get all *sadface* over their reduced recruiting dominance.

Fortunately, the SEC only requires 9 of 12 schools to approve new members instead of unanimous consent.

would be hard to argue w/ that being the 'strongest conference' = could possibly lead to other dominoes falling?

looks like:
a. pac16 ain't gonna happen
b. it's espn's fault

(Daniel, I know you hate Bama for a variety of reasons, but solidarity in disgrace!!!)

lol, yeah.

BTW J0RDAN S. SAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE DYNAMITE THIS YEAR SO I AM OPTIMISTIC.

SO I EXPECT A 11-WIN SEASON. NO EXCUSES.

Now it's officially official. Texas, TAMU and Oklahoma all declined offers to join the Pac-10, and no one is moving now if they don't move.

So I guess we get a Pac-12 with Colorado and (in all likelihood) Utah being the new additions.