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  1. On 2/28/2025 at 8:34 AM, msucolt45 said:

    IMO - within 5-7 years there will be a CFB League of ~48 teams, in order to keep it divided into four quadrants/conferences.

    TV will dictate who gets to participate $$$ wise in this new league, as well as those that have money backing their program. So Texas Tech, SMU, and aggy might get involved for Texas schools besides the Flagship.

    It’ll be structured regionally as best as possible similar to the NFL and playoff systems almost a mirror image. This will be a football only league, separate from the NCAA, with their own leadership/rules. Spring sports and others will stay within their regular conferences and under the NCAA. Notre Dame will no longer worry about having to be independent.

    Hook’em!!!

    I said similar & got blamed for mushroom breath..? Haha, no this seems logical…

    Ironically, at two conferences of 24, we may see regional divisions once again..?

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  2. On 1/30/2025 at 9:13 AM, TKthunder2 said:

     

    Those mushrooms really hit differently at 3am…

    Well mushrooms on an old pizza, but r am I just “Nostradumass” (joke)…

    ACC buyout, at $165 million & dropping annually, anything can happen…

    I look for SEC to add North Carolina/ NC State/ Clemson/ Florida State…

    And B1G adds Miami/ Georgia Tech & both leagues reach 20 by 2026…

    This could happen  in time for new CFP expansion to 16 team bracket…

    XII might possibly lose a team or two by 2031 as SEC & B1G go to 24…

    Then between the 2 leagues both play a 9 game conference slate eh..?

    As well as 1 (or 2) annual cross-division non-conference games also…

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  3. SEC East:
    Virginia Cavaliers
    North Carolina Tar Heels
    NC State Wolfpack
    South Carolina Gamecocks
    Clemson Tigers
    Georgia Bulldogs
    Florida Gators
    Florida State Seminoles

    SEC Central:
    Kentucky Wildcats
    Tennessee Volunteers
    Vanderbilt Commodores
    Alabama Crimson Tide
    Auburn Tigers
    Ole Miss Rebels
    Mississippi State Bulldogs
    LSU Tigers

    SEC West:
    Texas Longhorns
    Texas A&M Aggies
    Oklahoma Sooners
    Arkansas Razorbacks
    Missouri Tigers
    Kansas Jayhawks
    Colorado Buffaloes
    Arizona State Sun Devils

  4. If I was commissioner of CFP & realignment for a day, I would:

    Expand both SEC/ B1G to 24 members split into pods of three...

    11 game in conference slate (& 1 crossover game vs SEC/ B1G)...

    Expand CFP to 16 teams, keep home games & tie in top bowls...

    B1G East:
    Northwestern Wildcats
    Notre Dame Fightin' Irish
    Purdue Boilermakers
    Penn State Nittany Lions
    Rutgers Scarlet Knights
    Maryland Terripens
    Duke Blue Devils
    Miami Hurricanes 

    B1G Central:
    Iowa Hawkeyes
    Minnesota Golden Gophers
    Wisconsin Badgers
    Illinois Fighting Illini
    Indiana Hoosiers
    Michigan Wolverines
    Michigan State Spartans
    Ohio State Buckeyes

    B1G West:
    Washington Huskies 
    Oregon Ducks
    Stanford Cardinal
    UCLA Bruins
    USC Trojans
    Arizona Wildcats
    Utah Utes
    Nebraska Cornhuskers

    ACC/ XII/ PAC backfill 16 members each & hold own CFP also...

    Season start week of Labor Day for all teams, end in January...

    NCAA March Madness stays at 68 team tournament in March...

     

  5. 21 minutes ago, ATXhorn17 said:


    Clemson would be a mistake… If they revert to mediocrity post-Dabo, they bring literally nothing else to the table.

    I think B1G needs Clemson & 1 team in Florida, along with Georgia Tech/ Duke +Notre Dame and probably Stanford to seal Irish...

    If B1G is locked out of Texas/ southeast, well B1G will likely be lucky to win 2 titles per decade, long term there needs balancing...

  6. On 4/7/2023 at 8:13 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

    I think in an era of forced consolidation, the SEC makes way more sense for Texas and OU than the Pac 16 would have.  The Pac 16 would have far worse geography, and only dangle a couple of blue bloods to beef up the home slate.  Add in the cultural mismatch, and over half the schools simply not giving a fuck, and IMO that league would not have worked long term.

    Yeah I think even if Oklahoma & Texas along with 4 best buds had left for PAC in 2010, Sooners & Longhorns would still be in SEC by 2025.??

    The same outcome at that point would lay in path of USC & UCLA to B1G, I surmise all 4 would see the higher $ of "super 2 recently & bolt...

    On a side note I do think that there is a chance by 2030 where SEC/ B1G absorb top brands of ACC/ PAC while XII absorbs top brands left...

     

    SEC in four pods of 6 members each:
    pod #1 Alabama/ Auburn/ Florida/ Florida State/ Georgia/ South Carolina
    pod #2 Kentucky/ Virginia/ North Carolina/ NC State/ Tennessee/ Vanderbilt
    pod #3 Ole Miss/ Mississippi State/ LSU/ Arkansas/ Missouri/ Kansas
    pod #4 Texas/ Texas A&M/ Oklahoma/ Colorado/ Arizona/ Arizona State

    B1G in four pods of 6 members each:
    pod #1 Penn State/ Rutgers/ Maryland/ Duke/ Georgia Tech/ Miami
    pod #2 Michigan/ Michigan State/ Ohio State/ Notre Dame/ Purdue/ Indiana
    pod #3 Illinois/ Northwestern/ Wisconsin/ Minnesota/ Iowa/ Nebraska
    pod #4 Utah/ California/ USC/ UCLA/ Oregon/ Washington

    XXIV in four pods of 6 members each:
    pod #1 Boston College/ Syracuse/ Pittsburgh/ West Virgina/ Cincinatti/ Virginia Tech/ Wake Forest
    pod #2 Clemson / UCF/ Memphis/ Louisville/ Iowa State
    pod #3 Kansas State/ Oklahoma State/ Baylor/ TCU/ Houston / Texas Tech
    pod #4 BYU/ UNLV/ San Diego State/ Fresno State/ Oregon State/ Washington State

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  7. On 3/11/2023 at 9:52 AM, Jabberwocky said:

    Some sort of Utah Sports coverage site:

     

    Welp sounds like there are others that think in the future (maybe 2030's) B1G &/ or SEC may look at brands like Utah[& maybe / Arizona/ Arizona State/ Colorado]:

     

    Oddly enough, in last 5 years Utes & Sun Devils have better football stadium attendance than does Virginia/ North Carolina/ Georgia Tech who SEC/ B1G may eye...

  8. On 3/11/2023 at 8:30 PM, FartingDreamer said:

    Didn't realize that Okies would be so fucking hostile because I'm from Texas...  https://www.dirtburglars.com/forum/sports-forums/athletics/football/1184185-byu-fan-and-alum-here-i-come-in-peace

     

    Anyways, I'm planning to attend the BYU @ Texas game on 10/28 and was hoping to attend a Surly tailgate so i could break bread and share a beer with some of y'all surly posters down in Austin before the game.  

    Meh, I'll wait until Oklahoma is playing in a real conference next season to rep & tailgate new spots, besides the Utes are better anywho...

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  9. 7 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    Real stuff has happened and more real stuff is about to happen.  All of this crap reads like the realignment fan fiction from 3 or 4 years ago.

    Well, it's fan fiction based on what I would like to happen the probability is minimal, but "possible" anything can change in 12 years time...

    Just same as the #PXC I used to post on & on about, only thing is OU/ UT went 1 way, USC/ UCLA another, but movement was possible...

    An athletic director years ago joked there will be 2 superconferences 1 called ESPN the other called FOX, can 24 or 32 happen..? maybe...

  10. Two random tweets from folks that (may) have a finger on the pulse of ongoing in PAC & ACC respectively:
     


     

    A mock-up of prospective 24-team SEC with four permanent rivals for all teams vs other 20 foes in 4 years:

    SEC West: 4 permanent rivals & compete vs 5 SEC foes per season/ 3 out-of-conference games: 12 total...

    Arizona- Arizona State/ Kansas/ LSU/ Mississippi State

    Arizona State- Arizona/ Colorado/ Texas A&M/ Ole Miss

    Colorado- Arizona State/ Oklahoma/ Texas/ Missouri

    Kansas- Missouri/ Oklahoma/ Arizona/ Mississippi State

    Missouri- Kansas/ Colorado/ Arkansas/ Mississippi State

    Oklahoma- Colorado/ Kansas/ Missouri/ Texas

    Arkansas- Texas/ Texas A&M/ LSU/ Ole Miss

    Texas- Colorado/ Oklahoma/ Texas A&M/ Arkansas

    Texas A&M- Texas/ LSU/ Arkansas/ Arizona State

    LSU- Texas A&M/ Arkansas/ Ole Miss/ Arizona

    Ole Miss- Mississippi State/ LSU/ Arkansas/ Arizona State

    Mississippi State- Ole Miss/ Missouri/ Kansas/ Arizona


    SEC East: 4 permanent rivals & compete vs 5 SEC foes per season/ 3 out-of-conference games: 12 total...

    Alabama- Auburn/ Tennessee/ Florida/ Vanderbilt

    Auburn- Alabama/ Georgia/ South Carolina/ NC State

    Florida- Florida State/ Georgia/ Tennessee/ Alabama

    Florida State- Florida/ North Carolina/ Virginia/ Vanderbilt

    Georgia- Florida/ Auburn/ South Carolina/ NC State

    South Carolina- North Carolina/ Georgia/ Auburn/ Kentucky

    Tennessee- Vanderbilt/ Alabama/ Kentucky/ Florida

    Vanderbilt- Tennessee/ Kentucky/ Alabama/ Florida State

    Kentucky- Tennessee/ Vanderbilt/ Virginia/ South Carolina

    Virginia- North Carolina/ Kentucky/ NC State/ Florida State

    North Carolina- NC State/ Virginia/ Florida State/ South Carolina

    NC State- North Carolina/ Virginia/ Georgia/ Auburn
     

    Currently it seems B1G is dealing with a bit of headache from the 3-6-6 model as well, may be easier by 2030s..?
  11. On 10/18/2022 at 9:44 PM, MAUFRAIS said:

    I’m never watching the simpsons again!

    Welp, don’t punish Disney/ ESPN (as the Mouse owns Simpson’s house now)…

    As far as expansion for B1G/ SEC I could see both going to 24 & a 3rd league…

    Current/ future B1G 16+

    Washington-Oregon-Stanford & Notre Dame-Va Tech-Duke-Ga Tech-Miami


    Current/ future SEC 16+
     

    Virginia-N Carolina-NC State-Florida St-Kansas-Colorado-Arizona-Arizona St

    Some amalgamation of PAC/ XII/ ACC/ AAC will remain at about half of the P2…

    Playoffs eventually expand to 32 & maybe NCAA hoops tourney is folded in eh..?

  12. 2 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

     

    What I would (now) like to eventually see is an SEC expanded to compete with B1G… It seems that B1G may look to add #17 Notre Dame, then #18 Stanford/ #19 Oregon/ #20 Washington & swing for a fractured ACC taking (I guess) #21 Virginia/ #22 Duke/ #23  Georgia Tech/ #24 Miami…

    That makes B1G a national conference while SEC is “regional”… It would be a good idea if SEC countered with: #17 Virginia Tech/ #18 North Carolina/ #19 NC State/ #20 Clemson/ #21 Florida State… Then expand the footprint with 3 solid brands: #22 Kansas/ #23 Colorado/ #24 Arizona State… 

    This gives content in 3 time zones of east/ central/ mountain & covers a swath from DC/ Atlanta/ Orlando/ Nashville/ St Louis/ Kansas City/ Oklahoma City/ Dallas/ Austin/ San Antonio/ Houston/ Denver/ Phoenix…

    It also keeps both OU & UT with a “toe hold” in the market of California by proxy of PHX & DEN markets… and allows a few old “filler games” but with quality brand names… 

    Here is a prospective Saturday lineup in a 24 team SEC (with 3 MTZ schools):

    Auburn vs North Carolina 11:00am ESPN
    Oklahoma vs Georgia 2:30pm ABC
    Colorado vs LSU 3:30pm SECN
    Texas vs Florida 6:00pm ABC
    Florida State vs Alabama 6:00pm ESPN
    Clemson vs Texas A&M 6:00pm ESPN2
    Kentucky vs South Carolina 6:00pm SECN
    Tennessee vs Arkansas 9:00pm ESPN
    NC State vs Kansas 9:00pm SECN
    Ole Miss vs Arizona State 10:00pm ESPN2

    bye week for 4 SEC brands, but 10 games in ETZ/ CTZ/ MTZ with a late game…
    #SECAfterDark could be solid recruiter for capturing west coast athletes from ‘Cali…

  13. On 7/29/2022 at 12:22 PM, camel at sea said:

    OU didn't want to saddle itself with the most difficult conference slate every year.  At the time, playing Nebraska, Texas, and A&M annually would have done that.  

    Hypothetically, you could have set up Texas or A&M with an annual game against the Buffs - who were elite when the Big 12 was formed - and that might have helped OU with the Huskers.  But that still left one of those two without a "peer" North division school as a cross-division opponent.  Texas and OU weren't going to sign on for CU and Nebraska, annually, while A&M played a pre-Pinkel Mizzou.    

    KSU hadn't shaken off their historical stink, ISU and Mizzou were both terrible at the time, and KU wasn't a good enough program to be the annual opponent of Texas or A&M.

    The SEC's cross-division slate always worked because they had a "Big 6."  The two divisions could be balanced, with balanced schedules.  The Big 12 1.0 need another heavy-ish hitter in the North.  The best option out there for that was BYU (which was rolling and had a recent-ish NC and Heisman winner) but it would have meant being a 14 team league.  
      

    What Big8 & SWC should have done is dissolved & reformed (in 1990):

    Texas

    Texas A&M

    Arkansas

    Oklahoma

    Missouri

    Iowa State

    Nebraska

    Kansas

    Colorado

    BYU

    Pick 2 brands to tag along in Texas Tech/ Oklahoma State ect (my choice, those 2)

  14. On 7/4/2022 at 8:18 PM, Sabalo said:

    what happened to @kopp0e? He kept this thread alive for a decade and I haven't seen a post from him since the USC, UCLA news?

     

    I still post mostly on the Sooner site… I’m fine since OU & UT are staying linked…

    USC & UCLA made the wisest choice available at the disposal as OU/ UT  bolts…

    I do have to admit I worry about Arizona State long term as PAC may be ‘shaky’…

    B1G-

    Miami

    Georgia Tech

    Duke

    Virginia 

    Notre Dame

    Maryland

    Rutgers

    Penn State

    Ohio State

    Michigan

    Michigan State

    Indiana

    Purdue

    Illinois

    Northwestern

    Wisconsin

    Minnesota

    Iowa 

    Nebraska

    USC

    UCLA

    Stanford

    Oregon

    Washington

     

    SEC-

    Virginia Tech

    North Carolina

    Clemson

    Florida State

    Florida

    Georgia

    South Carolina

    Kentucky

    Tennessee

    Vanderbilt

    Alabama

    Auburn

    Ole Miss

    Mississippi State

    LSU

    Texas

    Texas A&M

    Oklahoma

    Arkansas

    Missouri

    Kansas

    Colorado

    Arizona

    Arizona State

    That’s the list I’ve been selling long term for both SEC & B1G (for 2036ish or so)…

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  15. On 7/3/2022 at 2:39 PM, Sbbruin said:

    How stuck are the current PAC and Big 12 to their current makeup.  Seems to me the recent additions to the Big 12 no longer make sense, not all of them.  Seems like you could create a decent conference with the best of each conference.  Although you still lack real solid media markets outside of Dallas and Seattle.  The Bay Area doesn’t watch Cal/Stanford,

    To me it would seem a good idea to place the best brands in 1 league…

    Washington

    Oregon

    California

    Stanford

    *San Diego State

    *UNLV

    Arizona

    Arizona State

    Utah

    Colorado

    Iowa State

    Kansas

    Oklahoma State

    Texas Tech

    TCU

    *Houston

    In doing so it leaves room to regain part of Los Angeles tv market eh..?

  16. 7 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    Nope.  Florida gets the easy road here.

    But I get your joke, 55-20 says differently...

    Tiger/ Hog/ Sooner & 'Horn in same quad...

    I messed that up somehow on the upload:

    Texas-Texas A&M, one of the nations' historic whoop ass "rivalries"...
    Oklahoma-Tennessee, both schools had Josh Heupel, at one point...
    Arkansas-South Carolina, the original add-ons that gave SEC CCG...
    Miss St.-Bama, it's an ol' game that means more to Cowbell for win..?
    Ole Miss-Vandy, same as the sentence above I don't know much on...
    Auburn-Georgia, I know this is a heated old school tilt with ol' class...
    Kentucky-Mizzou, welp they aren't in the same division so it works..?
    Florida-LSU, this is a pretty solid game the last few decades lately...

  17. On 5/13/2022 at 9:30 AM, Saint Austin said:

    These pods make the most sense as long as there's one permanent cross-pod rivalry game. I'd do this:

    Texas-A&M
    Arkansas-LSU
    Miss St.-Bama
    Ole Miss-Vandy
    Auburn-Georgia
    Tennessee-Kentucky
    Mizzou-South Carolina
    Florida-OU

    Not perfect, but maintains most rivalries. 

    Texas- Texas A&MOklahoma-Tennessee
    Arkansas-LSU
    Miss St.-Bama
    Ole Miss-Vandy
    Auburn-Georgia
    -Kentucky
    Mizzou-South Carolina
    Florida-

  18. On 1/4/2022 at 10:34 AM, DiceHands said:

    On one hand, its hard not to see this and think OU will finally hit their dark era.

    On the other hand, its hard not to see them falling ass backwards into success and their new transfer QB being the next coming of Jesus.

    Well there is plenty of logic in your thesis, I think a majority of us Sooner fans feel like the kid on the trike right now, when reality ask what are we waitin' for:

     

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