Fox News: College football announcer says Big 12 will have a 'banner year' as more realignment could be in works

[TopFrog]

College football announcer says Big 12 will have a 'banner year' as more realignment could be in works​

Story by Ryan Morik

Starting July 1, college sports conferences look a whole heck of a lot different.

The Big 12 alone added four schools: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah.

This is just Year 1 of the new-look college sports scene, and more realignment could be on the way sooner rather than later.

There is lots of chatter that both Florida State and Clemson could bounce from the ACC and join the Big 12.

Given that speculation, Fox Sports college football announcer Tim Brando says that is why Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark "has been working so hard to get additional revenue."

Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...ore-realignment-could-be-in-works/ar-BB1pRM7b

 

[82 Frog Fever]

This is interesting, it’s like Brando is saying there could be a massive 10 team exodus to dissolve the ACC and make the B12 the largest conference in all of CFB.

Brando said. "And I think financially, if they can bolster the circumstances for Florida State and Clemson, then they might force the ACC, not just those two schools, but the rest of the ACC to think about joining forces so they can sweeten their financial pocket."

Not sure if that would be good, but it would be a massive 26 team conference that could have a big impact on the direction of CFB.
Yormark’s status would be elevated to king-like.

 

[TopFrog]

There are still just so many dollars to go around. More TV and sponsorship revenue but more teams sitting at the table. Would like to see financial numbers.

 

[BrewingFrog]

Lose two of those 26, form up 4 pods of six regionally close programs each, have the pods play three crossover games in addition to all of their neighbors, have a two semi-final games and a Championship.

That was easy.

 

[westoverhillbilly]

I still have recurring thoughts about the unwieldy 16 team WAC that was broken up when 8 conference presidents secretly talked and pried the guts out and formed the MWC- there were some very apparent have-nots that weren't contributing. I've wondered why the recently mentioned private equity folks wouldn't make a cost/benefit analysis and try to form a league consisting of the best of the ACC and Big 12- perhaps consisting of 16 teams in a fashion not too dissimilar to how the MWC was formed. I think TCU would assuredly make it into the top 16 if that was the limit.

 

[Big Frog II]

The WAC added too many schools that were not worthy. I had heard that the WAC wanted to add UNLV and TCU. Somehow they went brain dead and invited Tulsa, Rice, SMU, an d SJSU also thinking they could benefit from those additional TV markets. Bow were they wrong.

 

[Bruce Berry]

We're not taking Texas back after this all plays out.