NCAA Football 2012 - No child rape edition

[Mertron]

Meanwhile, Big East Conference sources told ESPN that Rutgers will be announced as the 14th member of the Big Ten on Tuesday.

maryland and rutgers joining one division, illinois moves to the other one

RUTGERS
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Maryland

[Mertron]

first order of business, ungodly stadium expansion.

[Mertron]

in a related story, the B1G is now the toughest conference in foosballs

[Headspace]

Go Lolville

Kill the traitors!

[Headspace]

If UL UC and UCONN join ACC, that's going to be the best basketball conference of all time.

[Cail]

wow yea it will. big east had potential to be, but then every1 started leaving

[Arvin]

in a related story, the B1G is now the toughest conference in foosballs

B1G 14

[Anoat]

The ACC is screwing the ACC. Theres something wrong when Duke and Georgia Tech have a chance to win the division at their records.

Well, that is mostly because UNC and Miami are both ineligible for post season play. 3rd place becomes 1st place

[Kirin]

So with more conference expansion, instead of talking about who goes where, lets talk about which conference folds first.

It has to be Big East or ACC. Georgia and Florida can veto their respective in-state schools (FSU and GT) from entering the SEC, but Carolina can't veto Clemson. Georgia is a lot more likely to veto Tech than Florida is FSU. Big 10 would look to pick up Virginia Tech or Virginia and maybe Louisville or another north-eastern Big East team to finish off at 16 to expand the B1G Network market. After that, that would leave the ACC and Big East basketball schools to basically form one conference.

FSU + Clemson to SEC, Virginia Tech + lets say Boston College/Louisville to the Big 10.

That leaves:
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
NC State
Virginia
Wake Forest
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Pitt
Syracuse
South Florida

Notre Dame better decide where it wants to go quickly, won't be much room in the playoffs for teams without conferences.

[Arvin]

Seriously? lol

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...rn-sources-say

Boise State, San Diego State and BYU have had conversations with Mountain West membership about the possibility of returning to the league, sources told ESPN.

The talks originated after last week's decision in Denver by the BCS commissioners to award an automatic access bowl berth to the highest-rated champion to the "Group of Five" conferences. That decision in essence put the Mountain West on equal footing, as far as playoff access is concerned, with the Big East starting in 2014.

The "Group of Five" includes the Mountain West, Big East, Conference USA, Mid-American and Sun Belt conferences.

Sources said Monday those talks are expected to bring on greater significance after Maryland announced it was leaving the ACC for the Big Ten. ESPN reported Rutgers will announce Tuesday it is also leaving for the Big Ten. That means the Big East will lose Rutgers and then potentially either UConn or Louisville to the ACC.

A San Diego State official said: "Nothing changes, we are committed to the Big East."

With the Big East losing two more schools and having the same playoff access as the Mountain West, Boise State and San Diego State are reconsidering their options. One of the main reasons both schools opted to join the Big East was the draw of more television revenue.

However, it's unknown how much more the Big East's future media rights will be worth compared to the Mountain West's after losing Rutgers to the Big Ten and another member to the ACC. It's also unknown how much the Mountain West's media rights deal would increase if Boise State, San Diego State or BYU returned to the MWC.

Even though Boise State and San Diego State don't join the Big East until July 1, 2013, the schools would have to pay an exit fee to get out of their contract. Both schools signed contracts with the Big East on Dec. 6, 2011, with a $5 million buyout, but that amount was increased to $10 million in January when Navy announced it was joining the league in 2015.

BYU, which left the Mountain West after the 2010 season to become an independent, would have to get out of an eight-year contract with ESPN to rejoin the Mountain West or Big East.

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz declined comment when asked if ESPN would allow BYU out of its contract.

BYU's deal with ESPN is worth nearly $4 million a year through 2018, with an option for 2019, sources said.

BYU wouldn't be able to earn that much in the Mountain West, but the Cougars could be interested in returning to a conference because it would get greater access to a major bowl berth.

As an independent, BYU would have to finish among the top 10 to 12 teams in the nation to earn an access bowl berth. However, if the Cougars were in the MWC or Big East, they could get an access berth by being the highest-rated champion of the "Group of Five."

The latest conference realignment moves continue to decimate the Big East, which has only one football member remaining from 2003 -- a Temple team that initially was dismissed from the league.

In the past year, the Big East has had six schools -- West Virginia, TCU, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and now likely Rutgers -- leave or announce they were leaving the league, with a seventh school expected to go to the ACC to replace Maryland.

Meanwhile, the Mountain West's membership next season will consist of 10 football programs: Air Force, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming.

When the MWC announced this past summer it was adding San Jose State and Utah State to replace Boise State and San Diego State, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said then the league purposely didn't expand past 10 in case the Broncos and Aztecs had a change of heart.

"Our board has determined that we're staying at 10 football-playing institutions," Thompson said in July. "We're going to line up with that formation, but at the same time we'll keep our eyes on the landscape and if there's a need to change, we'll do that."

[Mertron]

so those schools were planning on backing out of the BIG EAST anyway?

glad rutgers left then.

[noblemountain]

They've probably been looking at their options since TCU backed out and went to the Big 12.

Speaking of...why the fuck even keep a number in your name anymore? Just go with a letter name and call it a day. Big 10 with 14, Big 12 with 10...at least the Pac 10 changed its name.

[Vade]

So... Heismanziel?

http://heisman.aggieathletics.com

[Tyche]

Louisville won't go to the big 10 because of academics. The chatter is suggesting that the ACC is going to take either UCONN or Louisville, likely UCONN. Florida State wants Louisville because of football. So does BC because of market. Louisville is a better athletic fit, UCONN is a better fit from a market standpoint. Because of that and espn, I think UCONN goes and Louisville and Florida state eventually go to the big 12.

An interesting dynamic here is if the ACC takes Louisville just to cockblock the big 12. Who would the big 12 pick up as a 12th member is Louisville is off the table? They won't take UCONN.

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Louisville won't go to the big 10 because of academics. The chatter is suggesting that the ACC is going to take either UCONN or Louisville, likely UCONN. Florida State wants Louisville because of football. So does BC because of market. Louisville is a better athletic fit, UCONN is a better fit from a market standpoint. Because of that and espn, I think UCONN goes and Louisville and Florida state eventually go to the big 12.

An interesting dynamic here is if the ACC takes Louisville just to cockblock the big 12. Who would the big 12 pick up as a 12th member is Louisville is off the table? They won't take UCONN.

Sigh, Cincinnati.

[Tyche]

UC is in the unfortunate position of being a lesser city school in the same area as Louisville. The other conferences will pull Louisville before Cincinatti. That's not a shot at Cinci, it's just that Louisville generates a fucking ton of money. They are far and away the highest grossing basketball program in the country. Louisville is, and has been, the largest colege basketball market in the nation. The basketball program generates more revenue than Ohio State football. The football program also generates a substantial amount of income. Bad thing about the ACC is, I think, an alcohol ban. UL sells the shit out of alcohol at sporting events.

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UC is in the unfortunate position of being a lesser city school in the same area as Louisville. The other conferences will pull Louisville before Cincinatti. That's not a shot at Cinci, it's just that Louisville generates a fucking ton of money. They are far and away the highest grossing basketball program in the country. Louisville is, and has been, the largest colege basketball market in the nation. The basketball program generates more revenue than Ohio State football. The football program also generates a substantial amount of income. Bad thing about the ACC is, I think, an alcohol ban. UL sells the shit out of alcohol at sporting events.

It's easy to gross a lot of basketball when you make your students pay for tickets~!

I just want them all to go to the ACC for the ultimate basketball conference. UC/UL/UCONN/Syracuse/Pitt + UNC/Duke/FSU sometimes Maryland and Miami.

[Arvin]

I would want Louisville in the B10 simply because every Louisville/MSU game is awesome. Also, another good basketball program would make it the best conf for basketball.

[Plow]

You heard it here first:

Syracuse and VaTech to the SEC.

Louisville, Florida State, Miami, Virginia to the Big 12.

GaTech and VaTech get fucked in the ass.


Actually ACC gets Notre Dame and the leftovers when the Big East folds, so they make out "ok."

[Mertron]

Bad thing about the ACC is, I think, an alcohol ban. UL sells the shit out of alcohol at sporting events.

omg...

am i finally going to be able to buy beer at rutgers games

will the big 10 make us sell beer

i hope the big 10 makes us sell beer

OMG