College football Week 1 thread

Wasn't there significant chatter of Texas to the Pac-12 when this whole thing was going on years ago?

 

Yeah. That was just Texas' stalking horse to get everything it wanted from the Big 12, though.

Could be back in play if conferences move to 16, but I would think the SEC and Big 10 would be better matches.

 

Agreed. I wonder how much Texas A&M would play a role in keeping Texas out of the SEC, though. Those schools don't seem to care for one another.

 

I think the next round of realignment is probably when I'll be completely done with college football. The idea of Boston College being an ACC school, TCU and Boise State being Big East schools and Missouri being an SEC school was stupid enough. Texas playing Purdue for some dumb trophy like "The 'Ol Rusted Tire Iron" puts that on a totally new level.

 

I’m not sure Minnesota has the players for that. True freshman QB and all

 

KU could be, for KU fans, annoyingly competitive.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the next time realignment comes around we will see another split of DI like when it went to DI and D1A. The lack of "upward mobility" within the current system makes non-P5 schools irrelevant. The sport could really use a Boise State or UCF or Houston making the CFP final at least - I just don't see the "powers that be" allowing them in since they'll want to sell tickets and get ratings. Lowest avg. attendance for a P5 conference is the ACC at 48k, Highest avg. attendance for a G5 conference is the American at 28k.

 

Yeah, I don't think Oklahoma and OK State would split.

Texas could go to the Pac-12, along with Texas Tech and TCU (and maybe Colorado State?).

West Virginia and Kansas to the ACC.

Iowa State and Kansas State to the Big Ten.

Baylor winds up in the American or C-USA.

 

West Virginia has been shaking its ass at the ACC for 25 years and nobody has cared.

 

NMSU was beyond bad. And manhandled only five days ago.

 

IMO, UNLV will move into the Raiders stadium and is the only D-I school in metro market of over two million. There are no guarantees the Rebels get into the PAC-12 but they make it before before CSU.

The ACC is not going near West Virginia. That message was sent in the last round of expansion when Pitt was invited but WVU was not.

Iowa is not letting Iowa State into the Big 10 And I have no idea what the Big 10 would get from picking up two small market teams like Iowa State and K-State. The Big 10 could offer Texas a lot more money. The top money makers in college football are the Big 10 and SEC schools. PAC 12 schools rank at he bottom of the list. Colorado, after leaving the Big 12, has less revenue than the Big 12 schools.

 

I don't see UNLV ever getting into the Pac-12. Those schools care a lot about academic reputation (maybe too much given that it's only an athletic league), and UNLV's 88 percent acceptance rate and 40 percent graduation rate won't cut it. ASU and WSU are at around 80 percent acceptance, but both are well over 50 percent graduation.