Breaking USC & UCLA Joining BIG 10

[...TrueColors...]

I feel like I remember some rumblings about USC in the summer of 2021 and then it went completely silent until the day it was quickly announced.

I think there were wishes and hopes about USC that regional and national writers attempted to wish into existence.

There definitely were meetings held between USC/UCLA and The Big Ten last summer. That I’m sure of as deals like these don’t just happen in an hour. But I don’t think the writers that were writing about it back then had any real solid information.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Juro]

Unless @siryacht can confirm, I have a hard time believing this guy.

 

[Kaladin]

Unless @siryacht can confirm, I have a hard time believing this guy.

i think yachty is still active on twitter, you could check

 

[Juro]

i think yachty is still active on twitter, you could check

 

[Bootleg11]

Don't discount that they don't want every team in the conference to be good at football. They want some teams that are willing to take the $$$ and the Ls

 

[Mustangblood]

Don't discount that they don't want every team in the conference to be good at football. They want some teams that are willing to take the $$$ and the Ls

Sooo… bring in more nebraskas?

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Irv]

So I’m guessing the 2 years is for the ND tv deal? I realize they are in a better position than Oregon, but reading the rest of that tweet should make ND nervous about what happens whe others move on without you.

 

[Alum-Ni]

If ND is truly saying no thanks for now, the message to them needs to be it's now or never. Big Ten is negotiating its TV deal today. If they don't want to come on board, they can see how well independence is working in 2030, or join the SEC and see if they enjoy being a sister school of Mississippi State. They are someone else's problem at that point.

ND cherishes their independence, and may have an easier path to an expanded playoff as part of the ACC or as an independent. But at some point, they simply cannot ignore the $60 million+ gap that will be left on the table in annual football revenue. Its only a matter of time before the Irish are B1G.

 

[doublewing]

Sip also said it’s way more likely that Kansas joins over Stanford. He clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about with that comment and is just being biased.

Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue and the presidents who only care about academics will easily vote Stanford over Kansas.

Sippletons don’t realize the academic research dollars that Stanford brings in, it dwarfs Kansas’s basketball accomplishments. Now I do believe the B1G will NOT bring in multiple higher learning institutes with terrible athletics (cough cough Cal) plus Cal has been looking for a reason to get rid of even more sports.

Yes, Kansas over Stanford is monumentally stupid. Kansas adds nothing beyond basketball.

Sipple is a guy that regularly reveals himself to have serious blindspots when it comes to the world outside of Lincoln, NE.

 

[Bootleg11]

Sooo… bring in more nebraskas?

That's how it worked out...although I don't think that was Nebraska's thought. But that's exactly what Rutgers and Maryland did.

 

[Jim14510]

Who the fuck hangs out on a Mets board?

Apparently @ChocaEgg and some other people that are politically left leaning.

 

[Irv]

If ND is truly dragging its feet, maybe one play would be to invite one of those Pac 12 schools that's probably coming at some point anyway. Create some additional chaos. The whole world telling ND that all of college football is waiting on them gives them the belief they have more power than they do. Might be nice to show them that not everybody is waiting on them.

What's potentially interesting is the SEC/ESPN in all of this. They have every reason to want ND to stay independent and not make the Big Ten even stronger. During a previous round of realignment, ESPN stuck its nose in to keep the Pac 10/Fox from getting Texas et al. What would they be willing to do to keep ND at home right now?

 

[Black Dean]

ND cherishes their independence, and may have an easier path to an expanded playoff as part of the ACC or as an independent. But at some point, they simply cannot ignore the $60 million+ gap that will be left on the table in annual football revenue. Its only a matter of time before the Irish are B1G.

An expanded playoff might not include the ACC. I really believe we are headed towards an SEC/B1G only playoff where they keep all the money.

 

[Bootleg11]

An expanded playoff might not include the ACC. I really believe we are headed towards an SEC/B1G only playoff where they keep all the money.

Think we're two years away from big boy college football finally telling the NCAA "Thanks but no thanks" and doing their own thing.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Who the fuck hangs out on a Mets board?

Mets fans. And some skankees fans too

 

[Alum-Ni]

An expanded playoff might not include the ACC. I really believe we are headed towards an SEC/B1G only playoff where they keep all the money.

And in that scenario, ND definitely joins the Big Ten

 

[...TrueColors...]

Mets fans. And some skankees fans too

I’m the biggest Braves fan you’ll ever meet.

 

[ChocaEgg]

I’m the biggest Braves fan you’ll ever meet.

Braves are my #2 team. I didn't like them until I moved to the area but now I root for them against everybody but the Mets