Conference Realignment's Biggest Winners through 2019 Football Season

[froginaustin]

Explanation needed. How was the move to the big 10 good for "the academic side of the house"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance

 

[jake102]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance

Yep

 

[Brog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance

There are bridges for sale in New York you might be interested in.

 

[BrewingFrog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance

E. Gordon Gee approves.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

If you turn the sound off this guy looks like he’s giving a halftime speech while smelling a bad fart...

 

[Froggish]

In Bill Cunningham’s autobiography (former UT Chancellor), he states that the SEC really didn’t want Arkansas, but they thought UT would come with Arky as they needed a pair for an even number. When surpringly UT declined, the SEC added South Carolina. Us older guys remember when Arkansas was a solid top 10 program perennially. Leaving the Texas schools made them very unwisely abandon their recruiting base of Texas- they’ve been crap ever since. They have no rivals in the SEC as no one really cares about them. If they’d waited a few years, they’d have been a natural fit in the Big 12 and very well could’ve forced Tech or Baylor to be left behind with us.

Geographically this conference makes the most since with Colorado, Colorado St, Arky, and Mizzou...Regional connectivity is one of the reason why the SEC is so strong.

But realistically I don’t see any current P5 schools wanting to join the B12.

 

[HG73]

Still wish I bought a Big East golf shirt with some kinda TCU logo on it in that, what was it? Nine day window or ten?

Right. And a $5million exit fee. Which we paid early. Adios amigos.

 

[HG73]

E. Gordon Gee approves.

Didn't that guy get his ass kicked by the Little Sisters of the Poor?