Kiyoat Husker

Things change. College football has changed to the point of no return. Some things suck, like not playing Oklahoma after Thanksgiving. Some things are far better, like a playoff versus the #1 and #2 teams playing in different bowls. Just be glad we are in the B1G and no longer under Bevo's Thumb.

I think FSU would be huge, and when packaged with UVA, UNC, and GIT would make a nice "Eastern Division" of some kind. We could go head-to-head with the SEC in several new markets and own DC. Assuming the SEC and Big 12 would compete for the rest of the ACC. Nice scenario for ND. Armageddon.

interesting developments/rumors. So IF Virginia, GA Tech, and FSU are all prospecting towards the B1G, that would put pressure on UNC or maybe even ND to get on board? Sounds a lot like the Texas/Big 12 implosion. Some of the major players left, some stayed, and you are left with a smaller, less powerful conference that is overpaid by ESPN just to exist outside of the superconferences. We can only hope.

I hope they use this one:

56th-ranked band? No wonder the AAU dropped us. Even newcomers Maryland and Rutgers have us beat. Ouch. fixed the endowments list to add "system-wide" to several of the schools (including Nebraska). Not exactly apples-to apples, but however you slice it Bevo brings a massive endowment to go along with its massive Athletic budget and massive ego. To be clear, TAMU has its own separate system of Universities, and Cal is also listed as a system-wide entry. They just split the Regent money from the foundation money with Cal(whatever the h@ll that means)

Let me know if you think of another way I can rank these schools ..... ... (setting up a joke)...

Football win percent 1992-2012 Ohio State 1 Florida State 3 Nebraska 4 Texas 6 Michigan 11 Wisconsin 14 Notre Dame 23 Boston College 31 Georgia Tech 33 Iowa 35 Virginia 36 Michigan State 45 Syracuse 48 North Carolina 50 Missouri 55 Purdue 60 Northwestern 63 Pittsburgh 65 Maryland 68 Penn State 75 Kansas 76 Rutgers 78 Minnesota 82 Illinois 85 Indiana 95 Vanderbilt 98 Duke 105 UConn not included because of the timeline. This one is Ranking out of all the 120 schools, so Duke and Vandy really are that bad. Penn State seems like it should be higher, not sure what is going on there. I couldn't find a good resource for ranking the schools on basketball, but I guess that is only really a factor for a handful of BB Revenue-producing schools like Duke Kansas and UNC.

Athletic Dept Revenue 2012: (private schools did not report) Duke private Northwestern private Notre Dame private Vanderbilt private Boston College private Pittsburgh private Syracuse private Texas 150 Ohio State 132 Michigan 123 Penn State 116 Wisconsin 96 Iowa 93 Michigan State 85 Nebraska 84 Minnesota 79 Virginia 78 Illinois 78 Florida State 78 North Carolina 76 Kansas 75 Indiana 71 Purdue 66 Missouri 64 Connecticut 63 Maryland 62 Rutgers 60 Georgia Tech 54 Georgia Tech was a suprise to me here. They must be a smaller university, but I thought they had more fan support. Would be nice to get the private school data. I am assuming ND has a big budget.

Size of Endowment in 2012 (in billions) Texas 18.26 (system-wide) Michigan 7.69 Northwestern 7.12 Notre Dame 6.33 Duke 5.55 Virginia 4.79 Vanderbilt 3.4 Pittsburgh 2.62 Minnesota 2.49 Ohio State 2.37 North Carolina 2.18 Purdue 1.92 (system-wide) Wisconsin 1.81 Penn State 1.78 Illinois 1.67 (system-wide) Boston College 1.65 Georgia Tech 1.61 Indiana 1.58 (system-wide) Michigan State 1.41 Nebraska 1.22 (system-wide) Kansas 1.18 (system-wide) Missouri 1.17 (system-wide) Syracuse Maryland Connecticut Rutgers Iowa Florida State The ones at the bottom had less than a billion in endowments, and didn't appear on the list I used (Wikipedia)

I was curious how the expansion schools compared to the existing B1G in a number of categories, so I looked it up and put it into a spreadsheet. I realize that there are numerous factors that make a school desirable or feasible that cannot be itemized on a list, but there are some interesting facts on these lists: University Ranking by US World News 2013: Duke 8 Northwestern 12 Notre Dame 17 Vanderbilt 17 Virginia 24 Michigan 29 North Carolina 30 Boston College 31 Georgia Tech 36 Wisconsin 41 Texas 46 Penn State 46 Illinois 46 Ohio State 56 Syracuse 58 Maryland 58 Pittsburgh 58 Connecticut 63 Purdue 65 Rutgers 68 Minnesota 68 Iowa 72 Michigan State 72 Indiana 83 Florida State 97 Missouri 97 Nebraska 101 Kansas 106 Also keep in mind that this ranking includes many schools outside of the 120 FBS Football schools, so a ranking of 101 is not terrible, although I hope Nebraska improves on this as we transition to the B1G. I'm not sure of all the metrics they used for this ranking, but I think ACT/SAT scores, quality of faculty, academic reputation, research profile, stuff like that. The webpage may say more about it: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

True. It was starting to get a little annoying. Now their kids can be raised right. The kids will go from this: To this:

Just about...

Blaming the state of Florida for the failure of hand-selected and groomed recruits is asinine. If anything this article points to a failure of identifying talent that fits your system, or a failure to develop that talent. This IS a little odd with a well-established program like Ferentz's. It seems like he has shown an ability to develop talent that fits what he does, so I guess I would put the blame on recruiting decisions and targets. Maybe they need better recruiters on staff. Either way it is going to be a while until they are strong again. Looks like the Hero's Trophy is going to keep looking brand-new in our display case. Another (yawn) new rivalry that doesn't measure up to NU-OU.

From the mailbag: "The America 12 is an awesome choice for a name! - Sincerely, Legends & Leaders" "America 12 makes no sense! The conference will have ten teams for a couple of years, and then maybe go to twelve. Get your math straight Big East! - Sincerely, The Big 12 and the Big 10

America 12 is pretty generic as to region. A lot like Conference USA. Reading between the lines: "we expect to lose and gain teams continuously, so we thought it best not to be too specific with the name"

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9031167/catholic-7-leaving-big-east-june-30 Date now officially June 30 - Catholic 7 will be keeping Big East name and Madison Square Gardens championship- will be 10 teams (likely with Creighton) - Notre Dame will leave this summer. Also this: on the name: meh and this: holy schnikes. Interesting that they don't have a distribution plan. Sucks for the new "America 12" members

http://www.burntorangenation.com/2013/3/9/4083566/bev-kearney-texas-longhorns-scandal-athletic-department-cleve-bryant-deloss-dodds ok, finally here is a more substantial explanation to what is going on down there. It certainly does not look good for Bevo.

Whoring out co-eds? I may have to reconsider going back to school... I wonder if the pom squad was involved... oops, wrong forum...

So does this development change anyone's view on Michigan's potential division finish?

no, I was just grasping at straws looking for whatever. Got a little excited there, I may have been hyperventilating. If true that the football program will be untouched that will be disappointing, but Dodds "retiring" would be satisfying to me because of the aforementioned high-stakes poker game he tried to play with TO.

http://michiganstate...exas-17342070/2 Some more plain english explanation on a MSU message board: and this post:

I also have looked at ACC message boards to garner fan opinion. Agree that most of them would prefer to stay in the conference, especially NC. There are obvious reasons, from rivalries to historical/sentimental, to travel concerns. Those that want to go to the B1G mostly just cite money and stability, or an extreme dislike for the "uneducated" SEC. So I guess that would be the "lesser of two evils" argument. In the scenario that the ACC becomes unstable, I think opinion will change, but not completely. I get all the reasons we are targeting certain schools, but it is too bad we aren't looking hard at schools that are a better cultural fit, like Pitt, Mizzou, Syracuse, etc. Notre Dame makes the most sense, but I'm starting to think that will never happen.

yes. for one they practice against their own defense so they know more. two they watch film of team not exactly like playing against them. you can't substitute a simulation for a real game. Interesting. I respectfully disagree. Any experience is helpful so game experience is good but I find it slightly amusing how many people think playing in games is some sort of "magic bullet" that will make players better. As I said, it helps. But 15-20 reps in a couple games pales to 60-70 reps every day all year long in practice. Do you think that RKIII will be the #2 QB this year because he's played in some games while Armstrong hasn't? About the only thing I agree with Husker 99 on is that an actual game is different than a practice, and can be valuable experience. (for everyone on the team, not just backups). This also applies to a game against a MAC school, or a B1G school. The better your opponent is, the more you get out of it, so why dumb it down? If your goal is national championships, as ours should be, you shouldn't have to dumb down your schedule. If you are good enough to start, then you get those game-time reps. If not, then you will have plenty of time and opportunity to get experience and show what you have in practice. I disagree with the idea that we NEED or are ENTITLED to a cupcake game. I think by scheduling crap teams you are cheating the team and fans more than you are helping backups. When we are in the situation of having a game in hand, sometimes it is smart to play backups for game-time experience. It would be better to have that situation against good opponents, not FCS teams.