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  1. New proposal out there: https://sports.yahoo.com/while-sec-and-big-ten-leaders-mull-major-changes-a-new-super-league-concept-looms-that-could-radically-alter-college-sports-130031534.html "...As SEC and Big Ten leaders prepare to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Nashville for a historic summit of the industry’s two powers, there is an unreported undercurrent driving the discussion: Project Rudy. Spearheaded by former Disney executives-turned-investment professionals, Project Rudy is a super league-esque concept — separate and more simplified than the one made public last week — that incorporates football programs of the four power conferences in a 70-team structure. The model preserves the four power conferences, expands the postseason, overhauls scheduling, tiers revenue distribution and, most importantly, infuses as much as $9 billion of private capital cash into the system. The architects behind the model work for Smash Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Representatives from Smash Capital declined to comment when reached last week, but their concepts are outlined in a 14-slide presentation obtained by Yahoo Sports. Over the last four months, athletic directors at more than 25 power conference programs have seen the presentation, many of them in person during meetings with Smash Capital representatives.... Project Rudy is built on two somewhat simple concepts to increase revenue from television networks and corporate sponsors. (1) Arrange more games between power conference programs by eliminating all games against Group of Five and FCS opponents; expanding the playoffs; and pitting blue-blood powers more often against one another. (2) Consolidate the media rights of the 70 schools under one agreement, instead of the current structure of five different packages (one for each power league and Notre Dame)...."
  2. Ohio St. and Oregon play this weekend.
  3. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/07/college-athlete-settlement/ House settlement approved with minor changes.
  4. App St. is 2-3 right now. Georgia Southern hasn't been rolling over everyone once they got settled in FBS. Its not clear how good these schools are going to be in the long run. Louisiana Monroe knocked off some people in their early years. Then they took a nose dive (although they have started off well this year). The Montanas and Dakotas most likely are going to be nothing better than another Wyoming in the long run. MWC doesn't need that.
  5. Wyoming, and in 2025 Delaware, are the only states with FBS programs who have less than 1.4 million people. Hawaii, #40 has 1.4 million. WV, #39 has 1.8 million. Montana is #43 with 1.1 million. And Montana and the Dakotas have their states split between major schools, unlike HI, WV, DE and WY. Montana, Idaho, NDSU, SDSU, UND and USD are all very small for FBS with around 12k students or less. Montana St. has 17k, but that still is smaller than typical for FBS. I don't think it makes sense to maybe be a Wyoming in FBS instead of one of the tops in FCS.
  6. I've never seen 3 OPIs against one team in a game. But the refs called 3 against UGA. One was phantom. Other two were grey.
  7. And some seem to be getting paid by gamblers.
  8. Saw someone say McMurphy said on 365 that Texas St. was on the back burner for the Pac. They were focusing on other schools. https://www.courant.com/2024/10/01/source-uconn-wont-join-pac-12-doesnt-consider-conference-the-right-fit/?share=tcjnnrr2onohtnon1di0 Hartford paper says UConn has closed the door on the PAC.
  9. https://themw.com/ UTEP to MWC is official.
  10. https://pac-12.com/ Gonzaga is official. On the website.
  11. Yes. And not only that, they both did it on Tuesday.
  12. https://www.hubcityspokes.com/college-sports-local-content-collegeuniversities-local-sports-sports-state-sports-usm-golden-48 Saw this elsewhere. 90% Texas St. is going to leave Sun Belt and likely to MWC. Also Thamel says UTEP/MWC talks are serious and have mutual interest. The thing for the MWC to do is just invite Texas St., UTEP, New Mexico St. and force the Pac to settle for Sam Houston St.
  13. Yeah. He's dating one of those blonde basketball twins from Miami. Maybe the chick and the Lambo have gone to his head. https://blacksportsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cavinder-Twins1.jpeg
  14. It was a good play. It was poor play by the receiver. He seemed to have lost the ball. It should have been a reception or incomplete, but he didn't really challenge the defender.
  15. Well the Big 10 has 18, Big 12 has 16, Pac 12 has 7 and who knows how many the Atlantic 10 has this week. Math is failing at our higher education institutions!
  16. There's been some discussion of Illinois St. SIU has problems, like a lot of the MAC schools but worse. Their enrollment has dropped about 50% over the past 20 years or so.
  17. They made a big mistake not killing off the Sun Belt 10 years ago by piecemealing it. Then a couple of years ago they could have killed off CUSA. Instead, the G5 just keeps adding more FCS schools competing for recruits and exposure.
  18. Things keep getting weirder.
  19. I don't know. I've heard people say definitively you need 8 full football members, but never say how they know that. I do know you need 8 football members to qualify for the College football playoff conference champions slot. I do know you could have 7 full football members and a Gonzaga and be an NCAA Division I conference with autobids in all NCAA championships (assuming you meet the sports sponsorship requirements, but you could bring in affiliates for sports like baseball). What I don't know is if 7 full football members, Gonzaga and UConn for football only would be enough for the CFP and to be classified an FBS conference or if your 8 FBS schools need to play all sponsored sports in conference.
  20. They were talking about UTSA. 1/4 of their schedule is against Owls-Kennesaw, Rice and Temple.
  21. In line with the comments above about the top tier, I ran across this list of FBS schools by winning % the other day. When you exclude the newbies (Boise, Kennesaw, Coastal Carolina, App. St., James Madison, Ga. Southern), it just runs straight down the list of who's who. Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Penn St., Nebraska Tennessee, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami (FL), Florida, Auburn, Clemson, Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_win–loss_records Oregon is down at #40 and Colorado at #47. I've posted before a list of the top 19/20 schools for #1, top 3 and top 5 finishes since 1960 and its those first 17 above with Washington, Oregon and Colorado #s 18-20. NCAA Division I FBS football records[1][2][3] Team Won Lost Tied Pct. Years Total Games Conference Ohio State 966 333 53 .734 135 1352 Big Ten Alabama 968 337 43 .734 130 1348 SECTooltip Southeastern Conference Michigan 1006 354 36 .734 145 1396 Big Ten Notre Dame 950 338 42 .730 135 1330 Independent Oklahoma 947 341 53 .726 130 1341 SEC Boise State 491 188 2 .722 57 681 Mountain WestTooltip Mountain West Conference Texas 951 392 33 .703 132 1376 SEC USC 877 368 54 .696 131 1299 Big Ten Penn State 932 409 41 .689 138 1382 Big Ten Kennesaw State 71 33 0 .683 10 103 CUSATooltip Conference USA Nebraska 920 424 40 .679 135 1383 Big Ten Tennessee 868 414 53 .670 128 1346 SEC Florida State 581 284 17 .668 78 882 ACCTooltip Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia 884 429 54 .666 131 1367 SEC Coastal Carolina 169 89 0 .655 22 258 SBCTooltip Sun Belt Conference Appalachian State 666 356 29 .648 95 1051 SBC LSU 808 435 47 .645 131 1327 SEC Miami (FL) 666 388 19 .630 99 1073 ACC James Madison 371 221 4 .626 52 596 SBC Florida 759 447 40 .625 118 1245 SEC Auburn 801 472 47 .625 132 1320 SEC Clemson 799 473 45 .624 129 1317 ACC Georgia Southern 420 254 10 .621 61 684 SBC Washington 777 467 50 .619 135 1294 Big Ten
  22. And I understand former UGA QB Jake Fromm (with the hot mom) has been cut. So he could do announcing and his mom the sideline interviews for the State Farm PAC.
  23. What's funny is the 8 are lined up on different sides. Utah and BYU are off to the Big 12. San Diego St. and Colorado St. are with the Pac XX UNLV, Wyoming, Air Force and New Mexico are with the MWC.
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