CFB Expansion Talk

[Kaladin]

 

[Kaladin]

this guy is a OSU writer for 247

 

[Kaladin]

who knows if it will ever happen but i would really like the big 10 to expand westward so that Nebraska could play annually on the west coast

 

[jaihawk]

who knows if it will ever happen but i would really like the big 10 to expand westward so that Nebraska could play annually on the west coast

I know that they've always coveted the East Coast, but if you were able to add 4 schools from the West Coast (USC, Oregon, etc...), you would now have a television footprint that is Coast to Coast, which would get you the biggest TV contract of any Conference. The SEC, while very popular, is still a SE to South Conference and wouldn't have the TV sets that the Big 10 would have. To me, it's a no brainer rather than trying to go after ACC schools.

 

[Driveway Jordan]

I don't hate this idea, especially from the standpoint of bringing some balance to the divisions and expanding the recruiting footprint into Southern California.

 

[Kaladin]

I know that they've always coveted the East Coast, but if you were able to add 4 schools from the West Coast (USC, Oregon, etc...), you would now have a television footprint that is Coast to Coast, which would get you the biggest TV contract of any Conference. The SEC, while very popular, is still a SE to South Conference and wouldn't have the TV sets that the Big 10 would have. To me, it's a no brainer rather than trying to go after ACC schools.

LA is the second biggest TV market. San Fransisco is the 6th. Seattle is the 12th. Colorado is the 16th. So you add USC, Stanford, Washington, and Colorado, and you've just added 4 of the biggest tv markets. Those are big brands too. Whether that increases the revenue for each Big 10 school, however, I don't know.

 

[Kaladin]

I don't hate this idea, especially from the standpoint of bringing some balance to the divisions and expanding the recruiting footprint into Southern California.

My wish would be to add the 9 Pac 12 AAU teams, and then add Kansas or Baylor. Then you have 4 divisions. Nebraska, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, probably Cockeye, and then Kansas/Baylor would be our division. I think that would be great for us. No more grueling Big 10 schedule and we would be able to head out west to recruit.

No way that ever happens because the $$$ would never work though.

 

[huskermack]

I think we should go back to the Big 8.

 

[doublewing]

I think we should go back to the Big 8.

Amen to that. I miss the Big8 which was a great conference with natural rivals for NU.

The B12 was a bailout of the crooked SWC which screwed the Big8 and the B10 has never felt right to me. Even if NU was successful, I feel that NU had much more in common with the Big8 schools than B10.

Regionality also matters. I live on the WC and would love NU visiting CA, but it's pretty stupid to be considering drawing up the Big10 with a team about as far away as you can go. USC would fit in less than NU and I highly doubt their alumni are going to care to travel to most the B10 sites.

 

[CornHub]

Amen to that. I miss the Big8 which was a great conference with natural rivals for NU.

The B12 was a bailout of the crooked SWC which screwed the Big8 and the B10 has never felt right to me. Even if NU was successful, I feel that NU had much more in common with the Big8 schools than B10.

Regionality also matters. I live on the WC and would love NU visiting CA, but it's pretty stupid to be considering drawing up the Big10 with a team about as far away as you can go. USC would fit in less than NU and I highly doubt their alumni are going to care to travel to most the B10 sites.

Do USC fans travel as it is right now? Their own home games are only like half full aren't they?

 

[Kaladin]

Regionality also matters. I live on the WC and would love NU visiting CA, but it's pretty stupid to be considering drawing up the Big10 with a team about as far away as you can go. USC would fit in less than NU and I highly doubt their alumni are going to care to travel to most the B10 sites.

Does any of that matter?

Or is conference expansion driven entirely by TV sets and $$$$$$$$

 

[doublewing]

Does any of that matter?

Or is conference expansion driven entirely by TV sets and $$$$$$$$

Conference expansion is driven by TV sets and $$$, no disputing that in my post.

I'm simply saying that the outcome of said expansion absolutely sucks.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

A scenario that adds multiple PAC teams could be detrimental to Nebraska. We could get stuck with a lot of travel and odd TV times. If the BIG still want butts in the seats, they better start understanding the value of a regional schedule. People can't afford to travel coast to coast multiple times per year.

 

[Irv]

They could go to pods and add a PAC pod. Depending in the size of the pod, you’re guaranteed maybe 4-5 regional games in an 8-9 game conference schedule. A couple of those out of pod games will probably still be Midwest, given the vast majority of the teams would still be the legacy programs. Seems workable.

 

[Kaladin]

pry something to keep an eye on

 

[Juro]

pry something to keep an eye on

Let me go on the record and say I have no faith in Kevin Warren. If he gets any PAC school, I assume he lucked out. Anything else, I’m sure he’s going to make a stupid decision that he thinks it will make him look decisive for when the NFL commissioner spot opens up.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Has that guy ever reported that he has a source who told him USC has talked to the Big Ten?

 

[Kaladin]

Has that guy ever reported that he has a source who told him USC has talked to the Big Ten?

i dunno if he actually has any sources, he might just be guessing. i think everything he says is very common sense though