Superconferences & Realignment

[dublinirish]

Notre Dame selected to join Association of American Universities

The University of Notre Dame has been selected for inclusion in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of the nation’s leadi...

news.nd.edu

This is one of the excuses Big 10 fanboys make for why ND can't join.

esteemed company here

 

[Blazers46]

Notre Dame selected to join Association of American Universities

The University of Notre Dame has been selected for inclusion in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of the nation’s leadi...

news.nd.edu

This is one of the excuses Big 10 fanboys make for why ND can't join.

Joining with ASU, UCF and the university of Miami, that’s interesting

 

[Blazers46]

esteemed company here

I’ll beat @GrangerIrish24 by proclaiming this as “neat”

 

[pumpdog20]

Big Ten here we come!

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

Big Ten here we come!

Yeah, it seems a little coincidental.

 

[dublinirish]

UC Riverside would totally beat the gates off Purdue

 

[Katzenboyer]

When I lived in the Florida Panhandle there were some rumors that FSU doesn't have very healthy donor base

It doesn't. This was a huge problem for Jimbo and ultimately what got him to jump ship. Taggart also experienced similar problems (in addition to other attributes that are not kindly looked upon by Panhandle folks).

 

[Huntr]

I'd think that makes Miami pretty appealing to the B1G, too.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

I’ll beat @GrangerIrish24 by proclaiming this as “neat”

I feel used.

 

[Irish#1]

Heard some discussion the other day on the radio about Colorado rejoining the Big 12. The timing coincided with Texas and OU making their move.

 

[NorthDakota]

Heard some discussion the other day on the radio about Colorado rejoining the Big 12. The timing coincided with Texas and OU making their move.

They certainly fit that conference better

 

[stlnd01]

Heard some discussion the other day on the radio about Colorado rejoining the Big 12. The timing coincided with Texas and OU making their move.

There are several teams in the PAC-12 that might fit just as well if not better in the Big 12. But I’m not clear why they’d actually jump unless the PAC-12 falls apart.

 

[Irish#1]

They certainly fit that conference better

Considering they were a member of the Big 8 and Big 12 before they joined the Pac 10, I agree.

 

[Irish#1]

There are several teams in the PAC-12 that might fit just as well if not better in the Big 12. But I’m not clear why they’d actually jump unless the PAC-12 falls apart.

That was the overall discussion. I wasn't paying close attention, so I can't share why they think they may be taking a nose dive, but it may have to do with UCLA & USC joining the B1G.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Big Ten here we come!

 

[IrishTusker]

I doubt it has anything to do with the Big 10, ND just wants to be in the group for 'prestige' reasons or whatever.

 

[BobbyMac]

Wow. I thought there’d be 100 posts in here.

ND and ASU to the B1G Pacific… good for Whiskey and me.

 

[NorthDakota]

Wow. I thought there’d be 100 posts in here.

ND and ASU to the B1G Pacific… good for Whiskey and me.

Kinda cracks me up that a school that takes anyone with even a feint heartbeat (ASU) gets to join this prestigious club.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

Kinda cracks me up that a school that takes anyone with even a feint heartbeat (ASU) gets to join this prestigious club.

Yeah, but they are huge in research, but overall they will take anyone with breathe within their body .

 

[ulukinatme]

Kinda cracks me up that a school that takes anyone with even a feint heartbeat (ASU) gets to join this prestigious club.

At the end of the day it's about the money and the research. Schools like OSU don't turn anyone away, so they have a large alumni base with a lot of money. The money goes towards the research, that's the prestige. Like most prestigious clubs it all goes back to the money though, but it is a bit funny that state schools have long been exclusive members of the club.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[ulukinatme]

"S-E-C....it just means more less."

 

[BobbyMac]

Kinda cracks me up that a school that takes anyone with even a feint heartbeat (ASU) gets to join this prestigious club.

I checked 3 B1G schools… Neb, Iowa & IU. ASU is more selective than all three.

ASU is rapidly changing like no other school in the country. My kid got accepted to Dartmouth, Cornell, Georgetown & got wait listed at Stanford but chose to stay here and attend ASU’s Barrett College. ASU’s Pres Michael Crow is delivering on his promises.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

The ONE Big Ten team that is not?

Michigan.

 

[forkbeard3777]

If only the SEC could fill its schedule with the likes of Virginia, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse, Duke, Virginia Tech, Louisville and such...

 

[forkbeard3777]

The ONE Big Ten team that is not?

Michigan.

Ridiculously easy schedule. Georgia's is pathetic, too. Both should be a shoo-in for the CFP.

 

[stlnd01]

If only the SEC could fill its schedule with the likes of Virginia, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse, Duke, Virginia Tech, Louisville and such...

Oh yes playing Missouri and Mississippi State and Vandy means you should play creampuffs the other four games, rarely (or never) travel for significant nonconference road games and basically take a conferencewide week off in mid-November.

 

[forkbeard3777]

Oh yes playing Missouri and Mississippi State and Vandy means you should play creampuffs the other four games, rarely (or never) travel for significant nonconference road games and basically take a conferencewide week off in mid-November.

I'm not sure the jab at Mississippi State and Missouri? They've had decent and respectable teams fairly recently.

Also, I'm not sure about the travel part. I can rattle off plenty of SEC teams that have traveled for significant nonconference road games.

You also act like all 4 non-conference games are against directional schools.

I just despise the "neutral site" games. I get why they do it, but I really hate taking premier games off the schools' campuses. I was peeved when we played Wisconsin in Houston and Lambeau (which, that was still cool, but I'd rather be in Camp Randall and in Lambeau for a Saints-Packers game), FSU in NOLA and Orlando, TCU in Dallas (meh - TCU doesn't move the needle for me, truthfully), Oregon in Dallas, BYU in NOLA, Miami in Dallas, and so forth. Hell, I'm even pissed that we're starting next season with USC in Las Vegas. At least UCLA is making the trip to Baton Rouge the following couple of week instead of another neutral site location.

 

[stlnd01]

I'm not sure the jab at Mississippi State and Missouri? They've had decent and respectable teams fairly recently.

Also, I'm not sure about the travel part. I can rattle off plenty of SEC teams that have traveled for significant nonconference road games.

You also act like all 4 non-conference games are against directional schools.

Some are better about traveling than others - it was fun when I was at ND in the late 90s and LSU came to town - but when Georgia came to Notre Dame a few years ago it was the first trip north of the Mason-Dixon Line since before they integrated their football team. Florida, too, hardly ever leaves the South.

Most SEC teams seem to play three directionals and one P5 nonconference. Maybe two if it’s their in-state rival but those are mostly those ACC schools you’re ragging on.

And sure Mississippi State and Mizzou are sometimes decent but so are Va Tech and Wake and UVA.

 

[forkbeard3777]

Some are better about traveling than others - it was fun when I was at ND in the late 90s and LSU came to town - but when Georgia came to Notre Dame a few years ago it was the first trip north of the Mason-Dixon Line since before they integrated their football team. Florida, too, hardly ever leaves the South.

Most SEC teams seem to play three directionals and one P5 nonconference. Maybe two if it’s their in-state rival but those are mostly those ACC schools you’re ragging on.

And sure Mississippi State and Mizzou are sometimes decent but so are Va Tech and Wake and UVA.

Georgia, obviously, has their annual rival with GT. Off the top of my head, they've been to Notre Dame (as mentioned), Oklahoma State and Colorado. They're big on the neutral site games though (last year with Clemson in Charlotte, this year with Oregon in Atlanta - if that counts as "neutral"). Fuck Georgia, though. I hate 'em.

You're right about Florida. Florida has their annual rivalry with FSU, but they also tend to play a bunch of in-state school (including Miami). I believe they're going to Utah this year, though.

I'm fortunate enough to have seen LSU play at Virginia Tech (we thoroughly got our ass kicked), @ Arizona State (unreal "scenery"), @ Washington (unreal natural scenery), and @ Texas. Unfortunately, I missed out on the 2011 West Virginia trip. I was in college at the time, and expended a significant amount making the LSU-Oregon trip in Dallas.

But, yeah, it's typically one, maybe two power-5 opponents, and then a bunch of directional opponents. I just wish they'd bump it to a 9 game conference schedule. In time...