I hope we never have a fan this dorky show up on TV. I think the metrosexual trend makes it inevitable.
Isn't this a certainty? Nebraska would surely love to be in a conference with Kansas and Oklahoma again. Heck, UConn would love to be in a conference with them, if we had nearby partners also.
Yes. We already know Kansas and Oklahoma were considered and would likely be looked at again. My concern for UConn is that, if Kansas and Oklahoma were in fact to join the B1G, this may bring a halt to B1G expansion and UConn is left on the outside again. I think UConn to the B1G is contingent upon addition of either an east and west team scenario (UConn and Kansas) or a two east team scenario (UConn and ?). If the B1G goes west for two teams to get to 16, is there any chance the ACC would reconsider UConn along with Cincinnati to get to 16?
A possible perfect 20-school B1G would include UConn, UVA, UNC, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Human resources will still remain in the Bos-Wash area.
UConn is at least a decade away from being viable for the B1G. The ACC has always been the only logical outcome. That's the problem here, as realignment has really come to a standstill. Unless something screwy happens with TV dictating things behind the scene, I can't see how it shakes up.
The last eastern gap in the B1G is the wealthy,populous Bronx to Boston area of which Connecticut is in the heart of!A 12M people gap minimum that I'm concerned the ACC might try for!That's 3M more people than reside in NJ!
My theory on northern NJ football is those kids from Bosco, Bergen and Joes are coached up and are often "overrated". For every Cushing (who had some help from PEDs but has always had a nasty streak) there's a Toal who was just better at fundamentals. Often times the talent catches up. New England has to have the same percentage of good athletes. UConn just needs to find it and cultivate it.
It's the lack of traffic that makes it bearable - driving 5-6 years in light traffic is a lot less stressful than driving 2 hours in a traffic jam.
Yes. We already know Kansas and Oklahoma were considered and would likely be looked at again. My concern for UConn is that, if Kansas and Oklahoma were in fact to join the B1G, this may bring a halt to B1G expansion and UConn is left on the outside again. I think UConn to the B1G is contingent upon addition of either an east and west team scenario (UConn and Kansas) or a two east team scenario (UConn and ?). If the B1G goes west for two teams to get to 16, is there any chance the ACC would reconsider UConn along with Cincinnati to get to 16?
Couldn't agree more. I'm perplexed as to why neither the ACC nor the B1G have move on UConn yet. The ACC's reluctance is perhaps more understandable given certain animosity toward the Huskies among some of its members (plus they already have a lukewarm New England presence in Boston). It's the B1G I find more troubling because UConn (together with ND and Syracuse) in the ACC bifurcates the NYC market potentially delivering the greater share to the ACC and crippling the value Rutgers is supposed to deliver.
I agree with UNC but disagree about UVA - Virginia's becoming more 'Northern' every year due to migration from the Midwest and the school itself pulls in a lot of students from all across the US. I think in another decade or so the culture gap won't be that great.
I also think hatred from the PSU fans are a bit overblown - there's a subset of vocal haters on-line but the fans that I know who were students around when Penn State joined the Big Ten are generally big supporters.
If Kansas and Oklahoma leave the B12, then Texas is leaving also. I can't imagine them following A&M to the SEC, they are too proud to be seen as followers; the B1G pays as well, has more academic prestige, differentiates UT, would have historic rivals Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and in football presents an easier path to a national championship game. Pac is a possibility if they let UT have the Longhorn network and take a bunch of politically influential Texas schools, but the Longhorn network is struggling anyway and Texas politicians might not force UT to a perceived inferior conference.
So if it's Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to the B1G, they need a #18, and who would fit better than UConn?
The big block, besides cultural, of U Texas going to the B1G is that U Texas expects to have special treatment in any conference and it doubtful that the B1G, i.e. Ohio State and Michigan, will allow such. That is a key reason why ND is not in the B1G. If the XII implodes, U Texas would have better chance of getting special treatment in the PAC where only USC has the weight to match U Texas. Plus, the B1G will hesitate if Texas Tech is required to be paired with U Texas politically. PAC would not.
Yes. We already know Kansas and Oklahoma were considered and would likely be looked at again. My concern for UConn is that, if Kansas and Oklahoma were in fact to join the B1G, this may bring a halt to B1G expansion and UConn is left on the outside again. I think UConn to the B1G is contingent upon addition of either an east and west team scenario (UConn and Kansas) or a two east team scenario (UConn and ?). If the B1G goes west for two teams to get to 16, is there any chance the ACC would reconsider UConn along with Cincinnati to get to 16?
Scratch UNC for Mizzou and you have 4 pods of 5 geographically coherent traditional rivalries in a 20 team Big. That is my best #B1Gharder scenario.
Alright. Let's have fun and go B1G. Play 4 in your pod + 5 in a different pod rotating every year = 9 game conference schedule as planned by the B1G.
Who's going to get Delany, UConn, Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas into a room to make this happen?
Pod 1
Maryland
Penn State
Rutgers
UConn
Virginia
Pod2
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Purdue
Pod3
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Pod4
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
UConn is at least a decade away from being viable for the B1G. The ACC has always been the only logical outcome. That's the problem here, as realignment has really come to a standstill. Unless something screwy happens with TV dictating things behind the scene, I can't see how it shakes up.