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USC and UCLA to the Big 10?
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<blockquote data-quote="Limey Frog" data-source="post: 3163746" data-attributes="member: 16969"><p>Fun fact: Hawaii is the eastern-most U.S. state, because a few of its smaller islands are across the date line. So... why not? It's practically Bermuda.</p><p></p><p>Jokes aside, I mostly disagree with the doomsayers here (for now). I think even at the current fast pace, nothing in college sports is ever neat and it doesn't happen all at once. The Big Ten and SEC each becoming a 24-member AFL/NFL analog, creating a Superbowl and breaking off entirely is the doomsday scenario for us, because I think we get left out of that. But I don't expect the ACC to implode next week, which is what would have to happen for that to occur on a timescale too fast for the Big 12 to react.</p><p></p><p>For those who say the Pac 12 remainders are going to raid or merge with the Big 12, I don't think so. We've all seen this before. Advantage lies first with those who have so much money they can do whatever they want (that's the Big Ten and SEC). Next, it lies with the leagues with a voting-majority of members who don't have better options (that's the Big 12 right now, but not the Pac or the ACC). The situation you don't want to be in is a conference in which panic has broken out, trust is non-existent, and almost everyone has a quick way out to a place that is at least no worse (that's the Pac).</p><p></p><p>Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten by sometime next week. I expect Utah, Colorado, and the Arizonas to move our way as soon as they each get a firm 'no' from Indianapolis, and they will. At that point we're looking at a competitive league with a decent TV deal, and when Miami, Clemson, and FSU figure out what their legal strategy is for challenging the ACC grant of rights, the ACC is right where the Pac is now and you're looking at Pitt, Louisville, Syracuse, and BC being in play for us as well. That's a great league.</p><p></p><p>...unless, as I said, the Big Ten and SEC just go nuclear and do two leagues of no more than 24 members with a two-team inter-league championship game. Then it's lights out for us. In the immediate term, I'm fairly confident the better of the two scenarios will play out. Longer term, I have no idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Limey Frog, post: 3163746, member: 16969"] Fun fact: Hawaii is the eastern-most U.S. state, because a few of its smaller islands are across the date line. So... why not? It's practically Bermuda. Jokes aside, I mostly disagree with the doomsayers here (for now). I think even at the current fast pace, nothing in college sports is ever neat and it doesn't happen all at once. The Big Ten and SEC each becoming a 24-member AFL/NFL analog, creating a Superbowl and breaking off entirely is the doomsday scenario for us, because I think we get left out of that. But I don't expect the ACC to implode next week, which is what would have to happen for that to occur on a timescale too fast for the Big 12 to react. For those who say the Pac 12 remainders are going to raid or merge with the Big 12, I don't think so. We've all seen this before. Advantage lies first with those who have so much money they can do whatever they want (that's the Big Ten and SEC). Next, it lies with the leagues with a voting-majority of members who don't have better options (that's the Big 12 right now, but not the Pac or the ACC). The situation you don't want to be in is a conference in which panic has broken out, trust is non-existent, and almost everyone has a quick way out to a place that is at least no worse (that's the Pac). Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten by sometime next week. I expect Utah, Colorado, and the Arizonas to move our way as soon as they each get a firm 'no' from Indianapolis, and they will. At that point we're looking at a competitive league with a decent TV deal, and when Miami, Clemson, and FSU figure out what their legal strategy is for challenging the ACC grant of rights, the ACC is right where the Pac is now and you're looking at Pitt, Louisville, Syracuse, and BC being in play for us as well. That's a great league. ...unless, as I said, the Big Ten and SEC just go nuclear and do two leagues of no more than 24 members with a two-team inter-league championship game. Then it's lights out for us. In the immediate term, I'm fairly confident the better of the two scenarios will play out. Longer term, I have no idea. [/QUOTE]
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