USC & UCLA TO JOIN BIG TEN (beginning 2024)!

[cornfed24-7]

13 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

As long as Notre Dame football can get TV contracts comparable to splitting a pie 10 ways or a bigger pie 20 ways they'll stay independent. Just that simple.

I agree. What I think happens though. Is when we reach the super conference times. Give it about 5 years. Then Notre Dame is not going to be able to schedule as many "marquee" match ups. Teams won't want to schedule Notre Dame. Makes no sense. Why make it harder to get to the playoffs? Especially when you get all the "good" games you need in conference. Now some teams still will. But not enough to have a network shell out the money that makes staying independent as profitable as being apart of the super conferences. 

 

[Dead Dog Alley]

1 hour ago, throwback said:

McMurphy says it's a done deal and B1G presidents will vote later today for UO and UW.

 

Good thing they don't do the hoops schedules too early - looks like they'll have to redo the 2024 football matchups.

 

More expansion is possible as well.

 

B1G hoops tourney is going to start to look more like an AAU weekend tournament.

 

 

So, all we will have to do is win 7 games in 7 days to win the Big 10 tournament?

[hskr4life]

46 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

So, all we will have to do is win 7 games in 7 days to win the Big 10 tournament?

In all seriousness, I wonder if we see two brackets the larger this gets. Winners of each bracket play in the B1G championship game.

[cornfed24-7]

14 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

In all seriousness, I wonder if we see two brackets the larger this gets. Winners of each bracket play in the B1G championship game.

My preference would be that it ends up as pods. 24 teams. Pods of 4 or 6. Top 2 teams (could be from the same pod) play for the championship. 

I want this because it gives teams a chance to win their pod. Something to play for in the madness of 24 teams. Kind of a nod to the way it was. My dream pod is Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 

[cornfed24-7]

Cornfeds dream scenario for a 24 team Big Ten.

 

4 six team pods.

 

Pod 1 USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal

 

Pod 2 Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern 

 

Pod 3 OSU, Michigan State, Michigan, Penn St., Indiana, Purdue

 

Pod 4 Rutger, Maryland, FSU, Miami, Clemson, North Carolina

 

***Fπ€K Notre Dame 

 

[hhcmatt]

 

[hskr4life]

44 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

My preference would be that it ends up as pods. 24 teams. Pods of 4 or 6. Top 2 teams (could be from the same pod) play for the championship. 

I want this because it gives teams a chance to win their pod. Something to play for in the madness of 24 teams. Kind of a nod to the way it was. My dream pod is Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 

I was more referencing a B1G Basketball Championship tournament.  No way, I don’t think, you could do a 20+ team straight bracket.

[cornfed24-7]

6 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

I was more referencing a B1G Basketball Championship tournament.  No way, I don’t think, you could do a 20+ team straight bracket.

Aaaaah. Yup. No way.

 

[Handy Johnson]

Will Omaha EVER Host the B1G Basketball Tournament? If not, why? It makes more & more sense especially logistically moving forward…

[Dead Dog Alley]

7 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Will Omaha EVER Host the B1G Basketball Tournament? If not, why? It makes more & more sense especially logistically moving forward…

You would sell out a Monday game a lot of years

[HuskerFever]

[HuskerFever]

 

[throwback]

2 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

So, all we will have to do is win 7 games in 7 days to win the Big 10 tournament?

Yeah, I'm thinking having 4 or 5 courts going at once - playing 2 or 3 times per day. Just squeeze the whole thing into a weekend. We've got a ton of football players we can add to the roster to give us an edge in that format.

[throwback]

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

I was more referencing a B1G Basketball Championship tournament.  No way, I don’t think, you could do a 20+ team straight bracket.

Nope, no chance - probably leave out the last few teams in the standings - limit it to 12-16 teams and do it over 4-5 days.

 

Let the leftover teams play a B1G NIT Tournament. We probably could receive better treatment in that tournament than the real NIT and get a 3 or 4 seed.

 

[hskr4life]

53 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

You would sell out a Monday game a lot of years

That stress of having to choose whether to push the laugh reaction or sad reaction with this.

[hskr4life]

40 minutes ago, throwback said:

Nope, no chance - probably leave out the last few teams in the standings - limit it to 12-16 teams and do it over 4-5 days.

 

Let the leftover teams play a B1G NIT Tournament. We probably could receive better treatment in that tournament than the real NIT and get a 3 or 4 seed.

 

Im guessing everyone will still get that pipe dream chance of making the dance as a terrible team.  

 

Two options would be two sets of brackets and a winner take all game at the end like baseball

 

OR

 

Play in games between the bottom X teams to see who makes the B1G tournament 

 

crazy to type out.

[cipsucks]

2 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Cornfeds dream scenario for a 24 team Big Ten.

 

 

 

I've been wrong every step of the way when it comes to conference realignment. But here's my 2 cents worth.  I don't see 24 team conferences. There are 65 Power 5 members. Three 24 mega conferences adds up to 72.  They are not adding members to this elite group. However, three 18 member conferences is 56, leaving room for the ACC and remaining pac12 schools and independents to still be in the party. 

Jim Rose threw out this theory this morning.  I'm not necessarily sure I agree, but...  18 team leagues allow for 3, 6 pod divisions.  For football, you have the winners of the pods plus one wild card.  Semi finals and finals to determine the conference champion. 

Here's my addition to his thought:

For basketball, play each other head to head. That's 17 games.  Do you need more?  If so, designate a rival, or two, for each team they play home and homes. 

All the other sports take care of themselves and greatly improve the B1G with this new lineup.

 

Not that it matters, but the number 18 is considered a very blessed number in Jewish culture.  Just one of those random cip thoughts.  

 

 

 

Edited August 4, 2023 by cipsucks

[cornfed24-7]

1 hour ago, cipsucks said:

 

Not that it matters, but the number 18 is considered a very blessed number in Jewish culture.  Just one of those random cip thoughts.  

 

 

 

My wife is Jewish; It's a sign! I dig it. I just need to get rid of a pod and tweak the other three. 1st thought is kick Rutgers and Maryland over to the Pac 10 schools and call it a day. 

[Dead Dog Alley]

If Washington comes in here and Breidenbach drops 30, do we finally consider dropping the sport?

[Chuck Taylor]

Could somebody post something about how all of this is great for college sports?

I feel like giving a down arrow.

[Huskerpapa]

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[49r]

@Huskerpapa I think you should change the thread title now to reflect the additional new members coming in '24 

[49r]

2 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

 

Could somebody post something about how all of this is great for college sports?

 

 

Nobody's gonna do that because it's not.  College athletics is dying and I am very sad about that.

[royalfan]

17 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Im guessing everyone will still get that pipe dream chance of making the dance as a terrible team.  

 

Two options would be two sets of brackets and a winner take all game at the end like baseball

 

OR

 

Play in games between the bottom X teams to see who makes the B1G tournament 

 

crazy to type out.

You keep talking about having two brackets and the winners play.  That is what a tourney bracket already is.  There are two sections of it and the winners play,  nothing would change by simply calling it “2” brackets other than potentially using two different locations.  

[cornfed24-7]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

 

Nobody's gonna do that because it's not.  College athletics is dying and I am very sad about that.

If it can't be monetized it has no value. Damn everything else.