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Husker in WI
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Looks interesting, scheduling is always going to be difficult though. Having teams like Michigan and Ohio State in separate divisions is tough - you can make them a guaranteed non-division game, and I guess with 8 of those there's a lot of flexibility to do that. There would definitely be some whining about "easy" divisions (Penn State, ND, and USC must love this plan), but that's going to happen no matter what and honestly it's hard to tell what things will look like in a few years. Especially since I'd expect the lower tier teams to improve pretty dramatically as the remaining talent lingering at G5 schools bails out to get into this league.
The 12 divisions is probably important for playoff plans, but I think 9 divisions of 8 teams might be better. The Plains/Midwest/Great Lakes in particular could be re-shuffled. The old Big 8 is right there! And frankly, none of the teams in that Midwest division really care about playing us aside from Iowa (who will also claim they don't care).
The 12 divisions is probably important for playoff plans, but I think 9 divisions of 8 teams might be better. The Plains/Midwest/Great Lakes in particular could be re-shuffled. The old Big 8 is right there! And frankly, none of the teams in that Midwest division really care about playing us aside from Iowa (who will also claim they don't care).
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gobiggergoredder
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In Plains Division.....Kick Colorado out and you basically have the Big 8 minus Colorado and Iowa State.
I think Nebraska would be better off in the original proposal, but I'd rather go back to the Big 8.
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Husker in WI
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The main benefit here is breaking away from the NCAA entirely - you can't do that with just the SEC and Big Ten teams.
Toe
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No, the main 'benefit' would be that the smaller schools would be on more equal footing with the large ones in media rights negotiations. This is about breaking up the Power 2's domination of college football money. Good luck getting anyone in the Big Ten or SEC to agree to that.
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El Straino
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From a geographical and historic rivalry standpoint, we're far more in the plains division. This is an interesting idea, not sure how well it would work out.
Would the SEC and B1G just give up their name/brand power? I suppose money talks though.
I'm skeptical at first glance, but the more I think on it, the more likely we're heading to something along these lines in the longer term picture.
Would the SEC and B1G just give up their name/brand power? I suppose money talks though.
I'm skeptical at first glance, but the more I think on it, the more likely we're heading to something along these lines in the longer term picture.
I mean .... I get the impression that this is some outside organization that wants to replace the NCAA and be the kingpin of college football. And I don't see that happening in this fashion, so I don't think this is likely to succeed.
But I think the goal is to break away from the NCAA so they can set their own rules. And I think the B1G and the SEC are in favor of doing something that gets them to that point. But I don't think they can really do that all by themselves. I'm not sure 72 is the right number. But I think it's more than 34.
Toe
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Go back and look at your original post in the End of the NCAA thread, it says right there: "We're tired of being by a small school that we can't do something." The big boys don't just want to break away from the NCAA, they way to break away from the smaller, low sports revenue schools.
Why not?
BigRedBuster
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I see what you're saying. But, if those schools are really looking long term, they need the smaller schools heavily involved. College football has been good for a long time because of the wide diversity of programs and schools. Without that, I think the product is watered down a lot.
Yes, the B1G and SEC could muscle their way out of something like this. But, I think it's in their best interest to at least be open to ideas on how to keep more programs involved.