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  1. Nobody but the SEC and Notre Dame want a smoke filled room to decide all 12 slots. Ain't going to happen. No how. No way.
  2. I don't understand why this board likes the Pirate so much when he screwed us in the polls in 2008 after giving up vs. OU, giving OU a rout. LSU got screwed as bad as Okie St. They had to beat a good team they had already beaten on the road in the game of the year.
  3. There were SO many ifs. What if MU beats OU in the ccg in 2007 instead of LSU getting a mulligan with 2 losses (or WVU beating Pitt)? CCG is Missouri vs. Ohio St. What if common sense applied and UT went to the ccg and title game instead of OU in 2008 and beat Florida? What is Colt didn't get hit on the shoulder as a freshman vs. KSU in 2006? The Bama player hit him on the same play in the same spot in 2009. What if Bama's player doesn't get sloppy when running back a turnover, allowing the Auburn player to strip him just before the goal line in 2010? That would have made the game 31-0 that Bama eventually lost 28-27. So TCU would have played Oregon for the title. What if common sense applied and Okie St. played LSU in 2011 instead of giving Bama a mulligan (or maybe that plane crash didn't happen the night before Okie St.'s lone loss vs. ISU)? You could have had 5 straight Big 12 or future Big 12 champs instead of 5 straight SEC champs.
  4. ESPN did their part. In 2011 they ignored Oklahoma St. and tried to argue that Alabama should get in ahead of 2 loss champ Stanford and 1 loss non-champ Oregon. Same thing a few years later when Baylor was good, before they lost late in the season. They were arguing that a 1 loss Ohio St. should move ahead of one of the top 4 and completely ignored unbeaten Baylor. As for recruiting, it was about the CFP. aggy was doing good, but what was hurting us was losing so many of the very top players to the regular CFP participants-Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio St. The year we announced for the SEC and the CFP was going to be expanded, UT, A&M and OU dominated Texas recruiting in a way I don't ever remember seeing.
  5. I agree its most likely the Big 10 waits 5-6 years to expand. They have publicly said things similar to #1. But situations change. Even Wilner thinks UW and Oregon end up in the Big 10 in 2031.
  6. I live in Atlanta now, so I don't get to too many games in Austin. McMurphy and at least one other have said they aren't dilutive. McMurphy still believes UW and Oregon are inevitable in the Big 10 with the only issue being when. There are 6 at large spots. The Big 10 and SEC would love to have all the schools who were regular contenders. In the BCS/playoff era, the SEC would have had 75 slots in the 24 years even without UT and OU, so that is slightly more than 3 per year. The Big 10 and SEC would love to suck up all 6 of those wildcard slots in addition to their champ being in. Given how much the media market is changing, 2036 is an eternity. And I don't think the Big 10 is especially interested in Clemson, knows FSU would prefer the SEC and knows UNC and UVA, as well as Cal and Stanford, ARE dilutive. If they go to 18, they still have room for the Catholics and Convicts. Unless ESPN makes a bunch more net in advertising with FSU in the SEC, I don't see anyone getting out of the GOR in the next 10 years.
  7. They had a whole presentation on the possibility of leaving for the Big 12 covered on the Shaggy board. Their president Barron, formerly a UT prof, had no interest and proceeded to lock them in for 20 years to the ACC. One of the 247/365 blogger types was at the meeting and did a report on it. Clemson discussed it at several board meetings. Doesn't mean there will be any action.
  8. I've seen enough reliable people say it that I think UW and Oregon, as part of the Big 10 (not as part of the Pac 10) bring enough to justify addition. They just don't bring up the average any noticeable amount. So it would be a strategic addition to dominate the west coast and get more playoff spots. They aren't going to bring bunches more money to anyone. Cal and Stanford were definitely dilutive.
  9. The point is that Stanford could easily be replaced by Cal. Or even UCLA.
  10. But at the same time he was talking 18 to 20 back when they moved to 14. I remember some of the ADs talking about their doubts about getting that big.
  11. But Oregon and Washington are teams that have been and will be playoff contenders. Along with FSU, Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame, they complete the list of teams who can compete more than once in a blue moon who aren't already heading to the Big 10 or SEC. I guess Colorado fits in too, but it isn't clear if they are getting back to their early 70s and late 80s to early 00s form. In the cord cutting future, you need brands. Fact is that UW and Oregon have had serious discussions with the Big 10.
  12. Kentucky hasn't. They got banned from the tourney for a couple years early 90s due to the 20k cash in the Emery Air Freight package. They got the death penalty in 52-53 due to the point shaving scandal in college basketball. They had won 3 of the past 4 NCAA titles and only played in the NIT the other year. In 53-54 the NCAA declared key players ineligible, so UK unbeaten and #1 stayed home for the postseason. Some schools like UNC get leniency. Other schools like UK get nailed.
  13. I agree. The equal revenue sharing was a sign that the conferences were relatively equal in value and pretty similar institutions. The Big 10 was for many years. The SEC schools were pretty similar for many years as institutions even though some were football powers. And nobody has ever been as unequal with new members as the Big 10. Nebraska had over a $50 million buy-in. I think year they will finally come out ahead of Iowa St. since they left the Big 12. Rutgers had a buy-in over $200 million. Maryland, I'm not sure of the amount, but it was less than Rutgers but closer to them than to NU.
  14. Was reading an article around 2010. Every one of the Big 8 schools increased their recruiting in Texas after joining the Big 12---except Colorado. They had a slight decrease. Maybe that had something to do with their decline.
  15. This is an example of what is wrong with the NCAA. The biggest offense was players getting involved with agents. They forced Georgia Tech to forfeit an ACC championship because 1 player took $300 of clothing from an agent, which he paid back after the investigation started. USC got no benefit from an about to go pro Reggie Bush being involved with agents. Yet when UNC has fictional classes to keep their "student"-athletes eligible, NCAA decides not to do anything about it.
  16. Their Stanford series has only been going on since 1988. They only played a handful of times before that. Notre Dame doesn't care about anyone but USC and Navy. They had decades long series with Purdue and Michigan St. they dropped. They had a heated series with Michigan for many years they dropped. They had Catholics vs. Convicts and dropped that. Notre Dame only cares about Notre Dame, but their fans do care about the USC and Navy games.
  17. One of their great teams had 23. #2 in the country was Virginia Tech with 8. Nebraska had more than any other CONFERENCE in the country. They did have some great teams 94-97.
  18. They want a Tier I research university that's really highly rated, bring up Cal-Davis. Probably do every bit as well on TV as UNLV and Colorado St. Maybe almost as well as Fresno, SDSU, Rice, Tulane and Tulsa.
  19. Big 12 needed Houston the same reason SDSU is the Pac's top choice, when they weren't even on the radar for the Big 12. Its about getting attention in a major market where you recruit. BYU was effectively a P5 school. Cincy just got in the playoff and WVU needed them. UCF was the one they could have done without. They are another island. But UC, UCF and UH were all about equal value.
  20. Sent it discussed enough that I'm pretty sure the Pac 12 was at least talking to UofH. They seemed to be their top G5 candidate over the past few years.
  21. Stanford had the 7th best winning record from 2010-2019. They were 92nd from 2000-2009. That's their history. Very up and down. Don't think the are a particularly good add and their attraction to Notre Dame is all about the Bay Area. ND could care less about them.
  22. NO way. The SEC champ routing Ohio St. 8 years out of 10, Michigan 1 out of 10 and losing to Ohio St. the other year just won't be that interesting.
  23. Rutgers was relevant 100 years before Texas won back to back. 1869-1870.
  24. Because he’s the only honest one out west, John. He was talking about Jon Wilner, not you.
  25. https://www.on3.com/os/news/brett-yormark-id-be-a-little-disappointed-if-big-12-doesnt-add-two-teams-in-two-years/ Brett will be disappointed if the Big 12 isn't mathematically challenged in 2025. He wants at least 14.
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