NCAA Conference Realignment

[fatediesel]

It appears that the NCAA landscape is about to drastically change, as Nebraska has reportedly accepted an invitation to join the Big 10. As a result of Nebraska leaving the Big 12 looks like it is going to implode, as Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Colorado are reportedly going to join the Pac 10. This leaves Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor, and Missouri without a conference. Missouri was reported to have an invite to the Big 10 but that does not appear to be the case. I have no idea what happens with those schools. They could possibly join the Mountain West. They could try to raid Conference USA or the MAC and keep the Big 12 name. If the Big 10 goes after a couple Big East teams like Rutgers, Pitt, or Syracuse then the remaining Big East teams could join with the remaining Big 12 teams. Regardless, a lot is going to happen in the next couple weeks.

[Kev1080P]

the SEC wont stand by and just watch this happen, they will get involved and react accordingly

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by Kev1080P

the SEC wont stand by and just watch this happen, they will get involved and react accordingly

maybe florida or alabma should leave the SEC so they can play each other in the BCS championship like they should instead of the conference championship

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by jono_0101

maybe florida or alabma should leave the SEC so they can play each other in the BCS championship like they should instead of the conference championship

lol true, I am happy to see this should force the big 10 to finally have a championship game, so teams that get beat for one reason or another get a shot at a team in the championship.

Like with Iowa last year, I bet they could have beat OSU in a second game at a neutral site and even if Vandenberg had to start again I think he could have won.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by supersix4

lol true, I am happy to see this should force the big 10 to finally have a championship game, so teams that get beat for one reason or another get a shot at a team in the championship.

Like with Iowa last year, I bet they could have beat OSU in a second game at a neutral site and even if Vandenberg had to start again I think he could have won.

One of the big reasons for the Big 10 expanding is so they can have a championship game. The Big 10 has wanted to have a championship game for years but couldn't because of the NCAA rule stating a conference must have a minimum of 12 teams to have a championship game. I would assume they'd have Big 10 East and West, and look like:
East:
Ohio State
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Penn State
Purdue

West:
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

The only problem with this format is that the East would be so much better than the West, so they might have to consider possibly swapping the Michigan and Illinois schools.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

One of the big reasons for the Big 10 expanding is so they can have a championship game. The Big 10 has wanted to have a championship game for years but couldn't because of the NCAA rule stating a conference must have a minimum of 12 teams to have a championship game. I would assume they'd have Big 10 East and West, and look like:
East:
Ohio State
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Penn State
Purdue

West:
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

The only problem with this format is that the East would be so much better than the West, so they might have to consider possibly swapping the Michigan and Illinois schools.

If the Big 10 expands to 12 teams, would this also force schools like Penn State from playing cream puffs the first 3 or 4 games of the season? I hope so.......and this comes from a Penn State alumni. I'd like to really "earn" a ranking by beating good competition, instead of rolling over Division II schools.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

One of the big reasons for the Big 10 expanding is so they can have a championship game. The Big 10 has wanted to have a championship game for years but couldn't because of the NCAA rule stating a conference must have a minimum of 12 teams to have a championship game. I would assume they'd have Big 10 East and West, and look like:

Ok, I figured they just didn't want a championship game because it would make it harder for their favorites to get in big bowl games if they had to play a team a second time on a neutral field.

Originally Posted by fatediesel

If anything this would make schools more likely to schedule cream puffs. There's really no reason to schedule tough non-conference games when you're in the Big 10, Big 12, or SEC. Going undefeated in one of those conferences will almost always get you in the title game (barring situations like 2004, when Auburn was left out), and if the Big 10 added a title game that's another quality win. The poll voters aren't going to care if you beat 4 cream puffs, they're going to look at your victories in conference and give you the benefit of the doubt over a hypothetical situation like Mountain West team that scheduled 4 quality non-conference opponents and went undefeated.

I dunno I think you'd see more parody for the PSUs/OSUs who get their one win at the other schools and ride it out till the championship now not only will you have to play a little bit better talent, but now like last year when they were able to get out of seeing Stanzi that wouldn't fly once everything was in place

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

who else besides Nebraska is going to join? I've been hearing rumors of Missouri, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh for a long time now. How many of those schools are going to end up being part of the new sixteen team conference?

I've heard those teams as-well I laughed when I heard they wanted to add Tex and Okla/OkSu... That while would finally put them on an sec level it would make it wicked hard for the original 10 to get a ton of wins.

[SteelPen]

Notre Dame is the one to blame for all this mess!

Originally Posted by Kev1080P

the SEC wont stand by and just watch this happen, they will get involved and react accordingly

Originally Posted by Mark Schlabach of ESPN

Unless Texas is on the market, it seems unlikely the SEC will react.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Redliner17k

Notre Dame is the one to blame for all this mess!

The BCS is the one to blame. If there was a playoff the conferences would have much less power.

I heard the Pac 10+ is looking to add a second automatic bid.