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How many teams will be left when the dust settles in a few years? I think there's a way for all the teams to still have some involvement. I will explain that at the end of this list. Here's my list of the top 32 programs and a list if it goes to 48. There's some debate if it goes to 48, but not much debate if it stops at 32. I guess one could debate Arizona State, but that's about it. The top 32 at least come close to carrying their own weight. Everyone below that line is losing money for t

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Aggy should abstain so the vote is 13-0 and then we can then brand it on their dog.

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2 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

OH MAN... HE GUYS... I CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT! I WILL SUCK YOU OFF EVERY FRIDAY IN THE PARKING LOT, PLEASE JUST LET ME IN.

 - Baylor Probably

as I come from a Cal family and they are not repped on there but fucking Stanfraud and fUCLA are, YOU SIR MR HUCKLEBERRY, CAN GO EAT A BAG OF DICKS

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49 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

God damnit I hoped it would finally go away but we're gonna keep debating the fate of peons aren't we?

There is nothing to debate regarding our fate in the realignment musical chairs debate since we now know where we are going. There is a thread for pods and scheduling so what is left but to discuss other than peons?

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6 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

There is nothing to debate regarding our fate in the realignment musical chairs debate since we now know where we are going. There is a thread for pods and scheduling so what is left but to discuss other than peons?

Maybe we should create some sort of Baylor deathwatch bingo ? 

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5 minutes ago, Jasper_Jester said:

I'm ok with Cal being left to form a chess and quidditch league with Caltech and Cal Poly.

 

isnt Cal Texas's primary competition for the Quidditch national championship every year?  It wouldn't surprise me.  Couple years ago I used to play soccer at Clark periodically and the Quidditch dorks would be out there running around with broomsticks between their legs.  smh

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6 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

isnt Cal Texas's primary competition for the Quidditch national championship every year?  It wouldn't surprise me.  Couple years ago I used to play soccer at Clark periodically and the Quidditch dorks would be out there running around with broomsticks between their legs.  smh

Pics of the women's team or hot co-eds?

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48 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

All the Oklahoma State and Texas Tech talk got me thinking - let's say it's headed toward a 64-team top division for college football. Without giving any consideration to current affiliations, which 64 schools do you think deserve to be in that group of 64? You can do it based on revenue, eyeballs, historical strength, whatever you want. But try to keep it realistic. 

Here's my 64 broken up only by how I got there, no other order in particular. Don't forget this is football only at least for me, and I basically used a combination of school-generated revenue (i.e., removed conference payouts) and average team strength since 1992 when 85 scholarships became the rule.

No doubters (9)

Texas
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Alabama
Ohio St.
Michigan
Florida
Southern Cal
LSU
 

Definitely in (12)

Nebraska
Texas A&M
Georgia
Tennessee
Auburn
Oregon
Florida St.
Penn St.
Washington
Clemson
Florida St.
Miami (FL)

You're in (16)

Michigan St.
Wisconsin
Iowa
UCLA
Stanford
Virginia Tech
Iowa
West Virginia
Oklahoma St.
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Missouri
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Virginia

Sure you can join (8)

Arizona
Arizona St.
Colorado
Ole Miss
Mississippi St.
Louisville
North Carolina St.
Purdue

Okay but don't get comfortable (13)

Boise St.
Boston College
Illinois
Iowa St.
Minnesota
Northwestern
Oregon St.
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
TCU
Utah
Washington St.

Holy shit that's still not 64? (6)

Central Florida
Cincinnati
Fresno St.
Houston
Kansas St.
South Florida

Did it kind of fast so may be mistakes, duplicates, bad math, etc. But the bottom line is actually doing the exercise makes it seem really absurd that Oklahoma and Texas Tech might get left out of the final 64.

Here's mine:

SEC:

University of Texas at Austin

Texas A&M University

University of Arkansas

Louisiana State University

University of Mississippi

Mississippi State University

University of Alabama

Auburn University

Vanderbilt University

University of Tennessee

University of Georgia

University of Kentucky

University of Louisville

University of Florida

University of South Carolina

Georgia Institute of Technology

 

ACC:

University of Miami

Florida State University

Clemson University

Wake Forest University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina State University

Duke University

University of Virginia

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

West Virginia University

University of Pittsburgh

University of Maryland

University of Connecticut

Syracuse University

Boston College

Rutgers University

 

B1G:

Penn State University

Ohio State University

University of Cincinnati

University of Michigan

Michigan State University

University of Notre Dame

Purdue University

Indiana University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Northwestern University

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Minnesota

Iowa State University

University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Missouri

 

MWC:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Oklahoma State University

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Oklahoma

Arizona State University, Tempe Campus

University of Arizona

Brigham Young University

University of Utah

University of Southern California

University of California, Los Angeles

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of Oregon

Oregon State University

University of Washington

Washington State University

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2 hours ago, Jasper_Jester said:

I think that is true to you and I but I'm not sure if true to Pac-12 watchers. I'm not sure most West Coast football fans are very aware of Oklahoma State's football ability.

Also, the Pac-12 start times are obscenely late. I feel like the UT game at Cal ended after midnight California time. Look at all these late ass kickoff times.  

2021 Pac-12 Football early television schedule announced | Pac-12

How does it work to merge a conference that puts its marquee games on at 9AM PDT with a conference that likes to kickoff big games at 10:30 CDT? Can't put 'em in the middle of the day because that's when our conference plays.

I am up for any realignment that results in the death of these stupidly late kickoff times.

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2 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Well looks like the big 12 has moved on without us.  No turning back now3AB4B5BB-C750-442F-9C1C-597B58A5763D.jpeg.04418fe32ec15a3b2060a146f0ab7b0c.jpeg

Not the same thing, for many reasons, including the name:

"Red River Shootout" is the subheading of Texas-Mobilhoma, which fittingly matches the goings-on in the neighborhood in which it is played.

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1 hour ago, KYHorn said:

Iowa on there twice, so you're short one

And as the former ESPN President said, basketball bluebloods are important-KU, UK, UNC, Duke and Indiana are in, although Duke could be arguable as bad as they are and as little fan support as they have.  Kentucky actually is usually top 25 in attendance and has more recent SEC titles than the Mississippi schools.

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Kansas to the Big 10 would raise the obvious question of who else? I know they rolled with 11 for a long time, but 15 would be weird. Unless the Penn State to the ACC rumors are real, you'd think there would be rumors about the other addition if this was real.

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7 minutes ago, bullet said:

And as the former ESPN President said, basketball bluebloods are important-KU, UK, UNC, Duke and Indiana are in, although Duke could be arguable as bad as they are and as little fan support as they have.  Kentucky actually is usually top 25 in attendance and has more recent SEC titles than the Mississippi schools.

Who else does the B1G take besides KU? This is getting good, if true.

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1 minute ago, slorch said:

I'd laugh if B1G took Notre Dame after all of the flirtation and travishmockery with the the ACC.

Doubtful

ND chose the ACC in the first place bc the B1G wanted them as full members and most of their alumni are on the east coast. ACC bent over for them.

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32 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Not the same thing, for many reasons, including the name:

"Red River Shootout" is the subheading of Texas-Mobilhoma, which fittingly matches the goings-on in the neighborhood in which it is played.

Paging Mr. Phlem...Mr. Phlem to the white courtesy phone.  It has never been the Red River Shootout/Showdown, etc.  That name was manufactured by the TV networks to try to hype a game that needs no additional hype.  It is the Texas/OU game.  That name says it all.

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3 minutes ago, Jasper_Jester said:

There is some serious game ball diameter differences in these two images. can one of the experts explain why UT plays with a dodge ball and LSU uses a deflated volley ball?

one's a quaffle, the other's a bludger. 

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