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  1. 3 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

    Agreed.  Can't see how the BIG doesn't go 1-8-8 or 3-7-7 going forward.  

    1-8-8 would be the cleanest and makes the most sense.  Gives you the most balanced schedules, balanced travel (except West Coast schools, but that is what it is) and most opportunities for getting teams into the playoff.

    It would also just happen to give Fox and the tv partners what they want- frequent rotation for the most top tier matchups.

    1-8-8 would still have a tendency to kill rivalries though. It makes sense to leave 2 or 3 spots for those to protect secondary rivalries or unbalanced rivalries. You still have a good rotation though.

     

     

     

  2. 13 minutes ago, bullet said:

    With the SEC, when Florida was up in basketball, they made sure UK and Florida played twice.  UK and Tennessee, who were each other's biggest rivals, only played once.  UK rarely won in Knoxville, except the years they won the NCAA.  It was about TV matchups.

    I think you're just talking about a couple of carryover seasons between formats.

    Prior to 2011/12, we had divisional play and Kentucky played everyone in the East twice.

    2015/16, they set up the 3 permanent opponents and Tennessee is one of Kentucky's, meaning they play them 3 times.

    In the gap, there were 2 seasons where UTn and UK didn't play twice.

     

  3. 9 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

    It's not so simple.  Stanford has a lot of sports that generate Olympians that very few other colleges have, let alone P5... er P4 schools.

    Texas, for example, does not have men's volleyball or either men's or women's water polo. Not many schools have any of those, let alone all of them.

    Yup.

    Men's Volleyball - 25 Div 1 programs

    Men's Water Polo - 25 Div 1 programs

    Women's Water Polo - 34 Div 1 programs

  4. 1 minute ago, 'stache said:

    Each team having a different number of “protected” games sounds like a complete nightmare. And having some with zero regular games is odd. Conferences are gonna be a complete clusterfuck going forward. 

    B1G teams like to give all of their rivalries names and trophies but don't actually want to play the games.

  5. 12 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I don’t think current sec teams like them either. 

    I think throwing them in the east rather than realigning the divisions back in 2012 didn't do them any favors.

    Those of us who play them annually don't necessarily interact with their alumni. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    I don't know.  Giving up racists for kiddie fuckers.  Seems like a lose lose.  At least we'll be entertained and some serious cash, which won't help any of us, will be flowing...

    Unfortunately, there's plenty of both everywhere.

  7. 1 minute ago, locodos said:
    14 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

    Get your SEC stickers for your F150 yet?

    They're on back order!  The supply chain just can't absorb a shock like Aggy joining

     

    also Salt Life for Life bro!

    I couldn't wait and just printed my own.

    Also, got one of those knock off Swamp Life stickers at the Racetrac in the bathsalts section.

  8. 3 minutes ago, locodos said:

    I feel like Delany during his time at Ohio St. was the one really pushing this narrative as a salve to soothe their losses, which as a Florida fan was quite funny.

    Didn't Gee write a really sad letter to fans about how they were still the better school after Florida curb stomped Ohio State and even that was wrong?

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  9. 1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Peter Burns keeps using the same statistic The SEC has won 19 football and basketball championships since 2007. The Big Ten has won 1.

    Heck, let's add baseball:

    28-2

    Oh, might as well add women's hoops too.

    34-2

     

  10. 8 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    Sorry, I guess I'm just bitter, because I wanted Texas in the PAC-12.  Football aside, I'd rather Texas be associated with schools, like Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA and even USC, as opposed to Alabama, Mississippi...and basically anyone that isn't Vanderbilt.

    Well, fuck you too then.

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  11. 13 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

    One thought I have running in my mind I'd hoe do you seed a new conference if you want to ditch the dead weight.

    1. SEC as I understand has no exit fees. Is this confirmed ? 

    SEC does have exit fees now: $30-$45M. They were added after some additional disbursements related to COVID.

  12. 1 minute ago, bullet said:

    The Big 10 ADs were furious when they found out Penn St. had been added.  They were not consulted.  "Do you know how hard it is to get to State College?"

    And that was 30+ years ago. How they haven't solved this problem is mind boggling.

  13. 7 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Nicole Auerbach pointed out that West Coast visitors to Penn State will have to take a smaller plane to land at State College. They’ll have to refuel somewhere in the Midwest. 

    While I have no problem with Big Ten expansion, I think they’ll run into a host of travel issues like the aforementioned short runways. 

    The whole issue seems easy to solve with the money the B1G is getting.

    At one point, I understand that the city of Jax paid to extend the runway in Athens as part of a contract extension for the cocktail party.

  14. 8 minutes ago, locodos said:

    Boy finally dries his eyes, and moves on, and eventually finds a girl who seems to like him.

    She treats him well. 

    He falls for her. 

    They get married. 

    The girl he thought he wanted, suddenly wants him.

    Ironic. 

    Except SEC and ACC made offers at the same time.

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