2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Here's the trick for 4 16 team superconferences.

Who goes to the PAC-12? The only interesting group would be the UT/OU/OSU/TT setup and I don't see why Texas would move at this point. But let's say they go. Who are the teams the Big Ten takes to get to 16 in this scenario? Kansas...Rutgers, Syracuse, Notre Dame? Ugly.

If the Big Ten wanted to go from 12-16, they probably want the ACC to implode: Maryland, UVA, UNC, Duke or something like that. The PAC-12 is boned in a scenario like that as the Big XII has strengthened itself with other ACC teams at that point.

I don't see either conference going past 12 for the next couple of decades, if ever.

Agreed. There's a lot of pieces that would have to fall the right directions to have four viable 16 team conferences.

 

[joecct]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Here's the trick for 4 16 team superconferences.

Who goes to the PAC-12? The only interesting group would be the UT/OU/OSU/TT setup and I don't see why Texas would move at this point. But let's say they go. Who are the teams the Big Ten takes to get to 16 in this scenario? Kansas...Rutgers, Syracuse, Notre Dame? Ugly.

If the Big Ten wanted to go from 12-16, they probably want the ACC to implode: Maryland, UVA, UNC, Duke or something like that. The PAC-12 is boned in a scenario like that as the Big XII has strengthened itself with other ACC teams at that point.

I don't see either conference going past 12 for the next couple of decades, if ever.

Why tie the football conference to other sports conferences? After all, we're talking serious money here! If the BCS can find 64 like minded greedy schools, then they'll do it. The networks, sponsors and conferences will prostitute themselves to get the monetary tie-ins.

Everyone else can play 1-AA.

 

[bigmrg74]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Why tie the football conference to other sports conferences? After all, we're talking serious money here! If the BCS can find 64 like minded greedy schools, then they'll do it. The networks, sponsors and conferences will prostitute themselves to get the monetary tie-ins.

Everyone else can play 1-AA.

The problem with that would be the idea of conference rivalries and such. You can get that in 12 to 16 team conference where you're at least seeing everybody on a fairly regular basis, and would have the chance to hurl the same insults back and forth at them. And it wouldn't hurt if the other school is just another state over, which is of course a state full of idiots. Now if you start getting matchups like Florida vs Washington, So Cal vs. BC, where they maybe see each other once every two decades, it just wouldn't be as much fun.

 

[Hammer]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Agreed. There's a lot of pieces that would have to fall the right directions to have four viable 16 team conferences.

You don't need 4 16's. You get 4 12's and a single 16. That gets you to 64. 8 team playoff, 5 conference champs and 3 at-larges.

 

[bronconick]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

I think you end in the low 70's for teams if you have 5 conferences.

 

[Priceless]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Why tie the football conference to other sports conferences? After all, we're talking serious money here! If the BCS can find 64 like minded greedy schools, then they'll do it. The networks, sponsors and conferences will prostitute themselves to get the monetary tie-ins.

Everyone else can play 1-AA.

No, they can still be I-A. After all, the big teams need to fill four non-conference home games. Four conferences for the big boys each with a minor-league conference in the MAC/Sun Belt/WAC/MWC (it's just about how they have it now anyway).

You don't have to have league alliances for all sports, just football. Who cares about X-Country, LAX or hockey? Just break the football teams into four conferences. The conference alignments for bouncyball and the like can remain intact. There's so much money around college football it just seems inevitable.

 

[joecct]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Four Conferences
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Pacific

Put your 64 into one of those conferences.

 

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

You don't need 4 16's. You get 4 12's and a single 16. That gets you to 64. 8 team playoff, 5 conference champs and 3 at-larges.

Certainly true. A 8 team playoff fits better whether you have four, five, or six major conferences.

 

[bigmrg74]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

I saw this elsewhere, and I thought I would share it with you guys. Hell, I think every **** prima donna in college athletics should be required to read this......

Background:

**Georgia Bulldog coach Mark Richt dismissed star sophomore running back Isaiah Crowell following his arrest on felony weapons charges. This was the third or fourth incident involving the talented but troubled player.
**One of Crowell's teammates, Cornelius Washington, posted his reaction on Facebook. Washington talked about fickle fans and how tough student athletes have it these days.
**Washington's post prompted a rant by a Georgia fan who uses the screen name Mojo. The rant was also posted on Facebook under Mojo's real name.
**The rant has gone viral...reprinted on sports message boards across the country, about a 100 at last count. Mojo has also been invited to appear on various talk shows. Comments are about 90% in support of Mojo. Fans from Clemson, LSU and other schools say the rant applies to student athletes at their school as well.
**Washington has issued an apology of sorts, probably written by the Georiga PR department.

MOJO's quick summary:

CornWash - you crackers don't know our struggles
MoJo - nigga please, **** - I ate my own boogers just to survive
(((break for July 4th)))
Cornwash - **** pops, my bad.. I had no idea
MoJo - no sweat


Warning: When Mojo rants, he rants
http://www.redandblack.com/blogs/bu...cle_2b0be33a-c6c0-11e1-9696-0019bb30f31a.html

 

[joecct]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Don't know if this was posted, but here is your 2012-13 bowels schedule:

Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque (MWC vs. Pac-12), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise (MAC vs. WAC), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego (MWC vs. BYU), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 21 St. Petersburg Bowl at St. Petersburg, Fla. (Big East vs. C-USA), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 22 New Orleans Bowl (C-USA vs. Sun Belt), Noon (ESPN)
Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl (MWC vs. Pac-12), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 24 Hawai’i Bowl at Honolulu (C-USA vs. MWC), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 26 Little Caesars Bowl at Detroit (Big Ten vs. MAC), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 27 Military Bowl at Washington (ACC vs. Army), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 27 Belk Bowl at Charlotte, N.C. (ACC vs. Big East), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl at San Diego (Big 12 vs. Pac-12), 9:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 28 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La. (ACC vs. SEC), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 28 Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, Fla. (ACC vs. Big East), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 28 Meineke Car Care Bowl at Houston (Big Ten vs. Big 12), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas (C-USA vs. MWC), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 29 Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco (Pac-12 vs. Navy), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Dec. 29 Pinstripe Bowl at New York (Big East vs. Big 12), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl at San Antonio (Big 12 vs. Pac-12), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 29 Valley of the Sun Bowl at Tempe, Ariz. (Big Ten vs. Big 12), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Dec. 31 Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tenn. (SEC vs. ACC), Noon (ESPN)
Dec. 31 Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas (ACC vs. Pac-12), 2 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 31 Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn. (SEC/Big East/C-USA), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta (ACC vs. SEC), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl at Dallas (Big Ten vs. C-USA), Noon (ESPNU)
Jan. 1 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. (SEC vs. Big Ten), Noon (ESPN2)
Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla. (SEC vs. Big Ten), 1 p.m. (TBA)
Jan. 1 Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla. (SEC vs. Big Ten), 1 p.m. (TBA)
Jan. 1 Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif. (BCS vs. BCS), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 1 Orange Bowl at Miami (BCS vs. BCS), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans (BCS vs. BCS), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz. (BCS vs. BCS), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl at Arlington, Texas (SEC vs. Big 12), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. (Big East vs. SEC), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl at Mobile, Ala. (MAC vs. Sun Belt), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 7 BCS National Championship at Miami (BCS 1 vs. BCS 2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

 

[goldy_331]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

I saw this elsewhere, and I thought I would share it with you guys. Hell, I think every **** prima donna in college athletics should be required to read this......

Mojo is awesome!

 

[RaceBoarder]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

This field thing has gone too far...

 

[bigblue_dl]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

This field thing has gone too far...

Where's Waldo?

 

[joecct]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

This field thing has gone too far...

What college is this? I don't think it's Liberty - there would be blue there if it was. It does remind me of my son's wedding cake.

 

[RaceBoarder]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

What college is this? I don't think it's Liberty - there would be blue there if it was. It does remind me of my son's wedding cake.

University of Lindenwood-Bellville here in IL...

article

 

[MountieBoyOz]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

University of Lindenwood-Bellville here in IL...

article

My old man said Syracuse ought to go to an Orange field. I couldn't believe it when he said it.

 

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Colored fields are hideous. Can't stand them. But, I'm surprised more teams don't go to them, as it provides extra home field advantage. Your players are used to playing on the colored field, while the opponents have to get used to it.

 

[bronconick]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Big Ten-PAC-12 scheduling agreement is kaput.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...big-ten-conferences-call-football-partnership

4 PAC-12 schools didn't want to commit. Early guesses- USC-ND, Stanford ND, Utah-BYU as 3 sticking points on top of 9 PAC games while the Big Ten only has 8.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

My old man said Syracuse ought to go to an Orange field. I couldn't believe it when he said it.

Texas-San Antonio was thinking about putting orange turf in the Alamodome for their move to FBS. Thank goodness they didn't. Maryland was also rumored to be going with black turf, but that didn't go through either.

Also, that's too bad about the B1G-Pac12 agreement, I was really looking forward to that. That article only mentioned football though, so I'm hoping they keep the alliance for other sports. The only Pac 12 teams I remember MSU playing recently in non-con for basketball are UCLA (2004 or something) and Arizona (I think even earlier).

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Re: 2011 College Football Part II: Bowls, The Rematch, and Recruiting >Tebow

Also, that's too bad about the B1G-Pac12 agreement, I was really looking forward to that. That article only mentioned football though, so I'm hoping they keep the alliance for other sports. The only Pac 12 teams I remember MSU playing recently in non-con for basketball are UCLA (2004 or something) and Arizona (I think even earlier).

On the plus side, the hockey games will be cakewalks.