Ryan, Chris & Colin! This realignment is so great! The premium match ups, the frequent flyer mileage, Time team friendly starts. I can't wait to see if Lincoln & the team pivot slightly from a recruiting point now that they're in the B10 to taking chances on much bigger bodies. Now let's really blow tradition up and let's get some Names on the back of the jerseys!
This is going to benefit Ohio St more. They recruit Cali and the west more than USC recruits the Midwest. I’d imagine it would be easier for OSU to sell an average 4-5⭐️ on the west (especially South Cali) to come to Columbus knowing you’re going home possibly 2x a year to play. Either way, I’m usually a traditionalist at first thought, but the more we talk about it I’m ready for it. C‘Mon ND, what are you waiting for?
If notre dame jumped ship that would give the big ten an odd number of teams, who else would be a likely candidate? Virginia? West Virginia? Cincy? Boston college?
I live near U of M Stadium. Had the radio on listening to a local sports radio station. U of M sports officials do not like it. The radio host asked the guest "What did the lawyers say? ". U of M is a controlling school. People connected to U of M have ran Burger King, McDonalds and Taco Bell off campus and have had an iron fist where they kicked them off campus in 2001. Have not given permits to fast food restaurants near U of M campus since then. Expect trouble from U of M. Hidden but there 👤👤
If things go the way they seem and the Big 10/SEC become the top tier of College Football; throw in Notre Dame and the state of Indiana will have more top-tier programs than the entire western United States. How on earth is that good for college football?
Pac12 is like a job I was at for 15yrs. They told us they are going out of business and we had to stay to get our packet. Just a depressing sad 9 months. That's the pac12 the next couple of yrs
Lol I feel bad for all of the fans in So-Cal but as a So-cal native living in the east coast I feel like it will fine. They won’t cater to So-Cal fans to keep games at home.
90 years of pac12 tradition it's a lot to take . I believe if you take another pole a week from now people would have had time to process the change the pole will reflect it.
USC going to the Big Ten the money might make sense but it’s a short-lived decision the level of travel is going to be taxing and the student athletes these universities do not care about the student athletes the pressure of traveling throughout the year on top of winning and being competitive this is not a good decision
Why did they let Colin go so quickly? He kept talking like he wasn't in a hurry to leave. College football is dying around here. Colin is right of course. There's just to many other things to do for the fan's here in CA. Four Pro baseball teams. Three Pro football teams. A few years ago we had Four until the Raiders left. Three Pro Basketball teams. Pro Hockey. Beaches, Disneyland, Universal Studio, Vegas is just 4 or 5 hours from LA. Big ten fans don't have anything close to this therefore there College team gets all there attention. There going to fill the LA stadium's on Saturday. Like going to a Chargers home game against the Raiders and seeing mostly Raiders fans.
Despite the transfer portal success, the new coaching staffs acumen...the updated ESPN FPI doesn't include USC in the top twenty five...over 20,000 simulations generated to compile the prognostication.
Some numbers circulating out there are that the current 14+USC/LA will make ~$100M but adding ND will obviously increase that. If ND says no and then the B1G decides to add OU/Wash that $100M figure will drop down to about $94M per team, so the thought is why take a pay cut unless it involves adding ND+1 or even 3 schools?
We need to have concern about Riley and this team moving into the big10. They lost out on another 5☆ offensive lineman to Mario Cristobal. They aren't going to win many games if they transition with a bunch of 3☆ lineman into the big10. They need to get talented offensive lineman and they need them fast. Riley has to be successful these last 2 years in the pac12. They have to at least make the playoffs to help build recruiting. USCs 2024 schedule could be the toughest in college football. They have Notre Dame and LSU in their non con. If the trenches on both sides of the ball don't improve in terms of talent, then expect a 7-5 season in 2024. Hansen and Riley desperately need to win these recruiting battles or else they are in trouble once they get to the big10. If there is one thing that is still plauging USC from the Helton era it is offensive lineman
@@Rob_uno omg now that you are in a conference with lots of Oline recruits, you should be able to recruit them better, idk of a lot of Oline recruits in Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. Oline recruiting should get better if you take advantage of the conference your gonna be in. So, the fact that Oline aren’t coming now, doesn’t mean Oline won’t come once you join the BIG because your situation will be fundamentally different than it has ever been. I think everyone knew that already too fella
USC just gave up any chance at another national championship. They can't play in the blizzards, and below zero weather of November in the Midwest after a six-hour flight.
Great show guys but I'd be less than honest saying I don't like the move. Now you have to play better teams in conference. And seeing that we keep losing 5 star recruits is going to be a BIG problem.
Another day, another HUGE loss on the recruiting trail. Francis picks Miami and we are left with absolutely ZERO stud lineman to protect Caleb next yr. This is getting very worrisome and unacceptable. Bring in a real O-line coach that’ll make a difference both in the real games and the recruiting trail.
Give it time they have a plan. Developing 3 star lineman is what Wisconsin, Iowa, Baylor, have done very well. At this point development is what is needed. Plus, there are no Oline top 100 guys from Cali this cycle. However two of the top 50 I believe are Mater Dei guys in 2024. Riley lands one or both of those guys and everything is all good.
For USC right now Development > Stud individual players. How did 5 stars Bru & Iman work out ? Jimbo fisher has had stud d lineman and other than one win vs Bama doesn’t have much to show for it. Butch Jones and Tom Herman got studs and are both not coaching power 5 teams. At the end of the day if you have a top 5 QB in college football you will win 9 to 10 games. Ask Brian Kelly, Jim Harbaugh, Mario, & James Franklin what life would be like with Hiesman level QB? If Caleb Williams is who people think he is he will be enough for USC to make a huge leap. D.Watson 2015 Clemson team wasn’t on Blue Chip ratio that team was not that talented. Just relax and give it time.
Petros needs to go back to work in his family restaurant…there he can sling crap without concern….Carroll did loose his focus after the Texas loss..completely on him..for running the GOAT offensive coordinator Norm Chow outta town../No way Chow calls off tackle with White with 4th & 3 and immortality and a 3rd title on the line…the two headed genius’s did…add PC inability to stop a mediocre QB ……..that said ..AT ….PC was constantly looking over his shoulder for the call from the NFL..he coulda been a legend at SC and get buried in the End Zone like JM…now hes just another kneelers league coach….Doubt this…one name….John David Booty…..was the best he could recruit?…please…
@@kilroyishere6190 Pete needed to be fired, Norm Chow was a good coordinator but never got a chance to be a head coach until later in life because he was a bad recruiter. The restaurant closed long ago but he could work at a fast food place on Gaffey St in San Pedro
They still are if the sec came and said you know what I want okie state and Kansas or whoever they would leave in a second the big and sec aren't stopping at 16 or even 20 pac 12 big 12 and acc are dead they just haven't shut their eyes yet
People like Colin are pushing for mergers and this greed makes right mentality. This notion is not adopted by everyone, or even the majority in sports. Colin is trying to promote super conferences because that’s good for his paycheck and he’s helping his network. And no Colin College football is a sport and a business.
NEW! UPDATED! CONCISE! THE NEW FULL MEMO ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL REALIGNMENT... Please remember, as Commissioner Warren said, these things are planned well in advance... To the B1G: Pitt, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Utah, Oregon, Kansas and Colorado for 24 (all here mentioned are AAU schools). To the SEC: NC(aau), Duke(aau), UVA(aau), Clemson, Florida St., West Virginia, Georgia Tech(aau), and Virginia Tech for 24. As the SEC still refuses to take Miami, the Hurricanes may end up a third top tier independent. ND and BYU (and Miami) will stay independent with playoff access. B1G24 Pacific division Washington Oregon Stanford Cal USC UCLA B1G24 Mountain Plains division Utah Colorado Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa B1G24 Midwest division Illinois Northwestern Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Ohio State B1G24 Union division Rutgers Maryland Penn State Pitt Michigan Michigan State Meet the SEC24: On the bubble (2 of 3 will join SEC24) Miami (increasingly looking to be the third major independent, joining ND and BYU), West Virginia, and Virginia Tech. Knowing that Pitt is going B1G, that means 7 more ACC schools are needed to break their contract, which may assure the Hokies are in. No chance the other 6 ACC properties get left behind, each are way too valuable. Texas Oklahoma Texas A&M Arkansas Kentucky Missouri LSU Miss State Ole Miss Tennessee Vanderbilt Alabama Auburn Florida Florida St. Georgia Georgia Tech South Carolina Clemson North Carolina Duke UVA Virginia Tech West Virginia The rest to comprise TheThird24 conference with access relegation to playoff eligible divisions (similar to Euro soccer leagues) with guaranteed football playoff slots for their top teams every year. (Realignment for non football sports in this third conference, as membership could include 40 or so schools, with likely only 24 members of which will start the football season with access to the national playoff, more permanent regional sub conferences will be needed, and allowing these regional divisions to develop organically is expected to be one of the final components, and possibly most time consuming, such that the networks/B1G/SEC intend to allow the third conference a couple years of organization before defining a final playoff structure). This third conference is going to be full of baddass non AAU schools from coast to coast, will have playoff access, and likely compete well for national titles moving forward. And now be introduced to TheThird24 Conference: TheThird24 (Assuming Miami goes independent) 1) Oklahoma St. 2) Washington St. 3) TCU 4) Arizona St. 5) Kansas St. 6) Baylor 7) Boise St. 8) Arizona (AAU school) 9) San Diego St. 10) Tulane (AAU school) 11) Rice (AAU school) 12) UCF(disney/espn) 13) Louisville 14) Cincinnati 15) Houston 16) Boston College If the 3rd conference goes to 24: Utah State Syracuse NC State Hawaii Oregon State Fresno State Iowa State Texas Tech and/or SMU or Memphis or Southern Miss or Wake Forrest or Colorado State or Tulsa or Wyoming or New Mexico or UConn or Wichita State or Nevada or Army or Navy or Air Force... etc. Relegation clearly required. So that makes 75 teams with playoff access each year: B1G24, SEC24, TheThird24 (with relegation beyond 24), and independents Notre Dame, Miami, and BYU. How can this happen? Quite simply, really, and in the end likely a value booster for all schools through the 3 mega conferences... Except for the 32 currrent legacy members of the B1G/SEC, revenue sharing as we've known it is finished. The rest will be taken on and paid in accord with their relative fanbase/marketshare and other values brought to the table. And they're selling this beautifully.... This has to be the single best dudes' soap opera to run the sportswire in some time. This is intentional. It's a done deal, but milking the interest is just the first part of this brilliant college football marketing campaign. Also, look for the Rose Bowl to be the B1G championship game each New Year's day, the Sugar for the SEC24, and the Cotton for the Third24. Other bowls will play out during the holidays and could have playoff implications depending on the year. PLAYOFF FLEXIBILITY: The concept of yearly playoff flexibility should be incorporated. Every year is different; setting an arbitray number of playoff slots before the season plays out inevitably rubs against fairness for the next team left out. After the 3 Conference championships on New Year's Day, a commission should call no less than 4 teams, but up to 16, or any (even odd) number in between, such that no eligible undefeated team is left out, and playing such games as necessary to answer but one question: Who is number 1?
Welcome to the B1G guys. I can't wait to see more marquee games. Seeing USC and UCLA playing against B1G in primetime games is going to be amazing.
Me too! This Trojan and Bruin can't wait...we're jumping up and down in LA and Westwood.
Welcome to the BIG10!!
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Congrats on the 1,500th episode!
Colin is hilarious. Great show fellas….
Congratulations Ryan and the whole team!!✌️
Huge pickup for the podcast!! Love it
Awesome podcast Ryan! Loving the content and can’t wait to hear you guys broadcasting from the Horseshoe. ✌️
Welcome to the B1G
1500 episodes!? Wow, congrats
Ryan, Chris & Colin! This realignment is so great! The premium match ups, the frequent flyer mileage, Time team friendly starts. I can't wait to see if Lincoln & the team pivot slightly from a recruiting point now that they're in the B10 to taking chances on much bigger bodies. Now let's really blow tradition up and let's get some Names on the back of the jerseys!
Do you work for or are you paid by ESPN?
Playing at the horseshoe and Penn state Michigan, Wisconsin will get kids excited to play at USC
This is going to benefit Ohio St more. They recruit Cali and the west more than USC recruits the Midwest.
I’d imagine it would be easier for OSU to sell an average 4-5⭐️ on the west (especially South Cali) to come to Columbus knowing you’re going home possibly 2x a year to play.
Either way, I’m usually a traditionalist at first thought, but the more we talk about it I’m ready for it.
C‘Mon ND, what are you waiting for?
Fight on Colin!
One reason Riley came was that USC showed him plans for a facility upgrade, now USC has the money
Love colin
Oregon to mountain west conference haha
If notre dame jumped ship that would give the big ten an odd number of teams, who else would be a likely candidate? Virginia? West Virginia? Cincy? Boston college?
No way. If ND joins Stanford would join them. 100% certain. Academics matter in the BIG.
Nice new intro
Hawkeye fan for 50 years. I love SC and UCLA in the Big 10. Going to be a huge win for the conference.
You guys will love it until they start flexing and pushing to bump out the dead weight in the conference, like Iowa...
@@IMP3TIGO And life will go on.
Oregon doesn't need the B1G paychecks. They have Phil Knight to write them $100M dollar checks every year.
Good that should help with their new unis. in the mountain west conference
O/u on years it will take Riley to bolt? 1.5?
When USC goes to Ann Harbor and beats Xichigan😂
I live near U of M Stadium. Had the radio on listening to a local sports radio station. U of M sports officials do not like it. The radio host asked the guest "What did the lawyers say? ". U of M is a controlling school. People connected to U of M have ran Burger King, McDonalds and Taco Bell off campus and have had an iron fist where they kicked them off campus in 2001. Have not given permits to fast food restaurants near U of M campus since then. Expect trouble from U of M. Hidden but there 👤👤
Inside Troy looks like Pete Carroll
If things go the way they seem and the Big 10/SEC become the top tier of College Football; throw in Notre Dame and the state of Indiana will have more top-tier programs than the entire western United States. How on earth is that good for college football?
Pac12 is like a job I was at for 15yrs. They told us they are going out of business and we had to stay to get our packet. Just a depressing sad 9 months. That's the pac12 the next couple of yrs
Ohio State alums will buy up the tickets.i know I’m going to get some!
I can't wait to see Chris' reaction to USC smoking Maryland xD
Lol I feel bad for all of the fans in So-Cal but as a So-cal native living in the east coast I feel like it will fine. They won’t cater to So-Cal fans to keep games at home.
Isn't the Big10 in negotiation for their TV contract right now ?
Yes upwards of 1 billion now with SC and the L.A.mkt
90 years of pac12 tradition it's a lot to take . I believe if you take another pole a week from now people would have had time to process the change the pole will reflect it.
USC going to the Big Ten the money might make sense but it’s a short-lived decision the level of travel is going to be taxing and the student athletes these universities do not care about the student athletes the pressure of traveling throughout the year on top of winning and being competitive this is not a good decision
That's just to buy it. You need to fuel it maintenance upkeep that's a grip of money
Defense is a clear deficiency of usc football team
Why did they let Colin go so quickly? He kept talking like he wasn't in a hurry to leave. College football is dying around here. Colin is right of course. There's just to many other things to do for the fan's here in CA. Four Pro baseball teams. Three Pro football teams. A few years ago we had Four until the Raiders left. Three Pro Basketball teams. Pro Hockey. Beaches, Disneyland, Universal Studio, Vegas is just 4 or 5 hours from LA. Big ten fans don't have anything close to this therefore there College team gets all there attention. There going to fill the LA stadium's on Saturday. Like going to a Chargers home game against the Raiders and seeing mostly Raiders fans.
So quicky? For a man of Colin's notoriety, he was on for long time.
Despite the transfer portal success, the new coaching staffs acumen...the updated ESPN FPI doesn't include USC in the top twenty five...over 20,000 simulations generated to compile the prognostication.
And 3 months later...USC#6 Ucla#11 FPI what? Next🤣
We don't KNOW that Oregon and Washington aren't going to end up in the Big Ten. What if ND tells the B1G no? That changes the calculation.
Some numbers circulating out there are that the current 14+USC/LA will make ~$100M but adding ND will obviously increase that. If ND says no and then the B1G decides to add OU/Wash that $100M figure will drop down to about $94M per team, so the thought is why take a pay cut unless it involves adding ND+1 or even 3 schools?
We need to have concern about Riley and this team moving into the big10. They lost out on another 5☆ offensive lineman to Mario Cristobal. They aren't going to win many games if they transition with a bunch of 3☆ lineman into the big10. They need to get talented offensive lineman and they need them fast. Riley has to be successful these last 2 years in the pac12. They have to at least make the playoffs to help build recruiting. USCs 2024 schedule could be the toughest in college football. They have Notre Dame and LSU in their non con. If the trenches on both sides of the ball don't improve in terms of talent, then expect a 7-5 season in 2024. Hansen and Riley desperately need to win these recruiting battles or else they are in trouble once they get to the big10. If there is one thing that is still plauging USC from the Helton era it is offensive lineman
From pretty much the entire BIG, We got some corn fed big boys for u up front, if u send us some of your athletes for us on the outside…
@@johnnyp5216 That's if we can get them
If you want them u gotta go recruit them but they are in your footprint now.
I think everyone already knew that oline man wasn’t coming to USC…
@@Rob_uno omg now that you are in a conference with lots of Oline recruits, you should be able to recruit them better, idk of a lot of Oline recruits in Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado.
Oline recruiting should get better if you take advantage of the conference your gonna be in. So, the fact that Oline aren’t coming now, doesn’t mean Oline won’t come once you join the BIG because your situation will be fundamentally different than it has ever been. I think everyone knew that already too fella
Excited to see SC get thrashed year in and year out in the big10 👍🏼
Thats the past ..
You do realize that sc have a winning record vs.the Big donething like 70-30-2
@@elvinware8033 EXACTLY...DUMBASS MIDWESTERNERS DONT KNOW
Kolin was on board when the school hired Helton.
USC just gave up any chance at another national championship. They can't play in the blizzards, and below zero weather of November in the Midwest after a six-hour flight.
Same as others.
10-1 in a rebuilding year and a CCG appearance now "Take that for Data" OU
3 bye weeks for USC and fucla to recover from flying across the country
Great show guys but I'd be less than honest saying I don't like the move. Now you have to play better teams in conference. And seeing that we keep losing 5 star recruits is going to be a BIG problem.
Beating Michigan isn’t beating Oregon st. It will be beating Indiana by 7 in the snow.
Did he say USC only sold 4,000 season tickets after they hired Lincoln Riley?
Yes
I think itll take time for fans to come back. They simply kept clay helton around too long.
Additional. Increase over last year.
Boycotting Clueless Clay coavhing,was why the stadium was empty
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Another day, another HUGE loss on the recruiting trail. Francis picks Miami and we are left with absolutely ZERO stud lineman to protect Caleb next yr. This is getting very worrisome and unacceptable.
Bring in a real O-line coach that’ll make a difference both in the real games and the recruiting trail.
Riley and Hansen need to get talented lineman now. 3☆ lineman won't cut it going into the big10
well they have 2 more years to get it right so let's see what happens.
Give it time they have a plan. Developing 3 star lineman is what Wisconsin, Iowa, Baylor, have done very well. At this point development is what is needed. Plus, there are no Oline top 100 guys from Cali this cycle. However two of the top 50 I believe are Mater Dei guys in 2024. Riley lands one or both of those guys and everything is all good.
@@Drummajortsu Wisconsin has been landing 4 and 5☆ lineman the past 3 classes. Iowa just got a 5☆ tackle
For USC right now Development > Stud individual players. How did 5 stars Bru & Iman work out ? Jimbo fisher has had stud d lineman and other than one win vs Bama doesn’t have much to show for it. Butch Jones and Tom Herman got studs and are both not coaching power 5 teams. At the end of the day if you have a top 5 QB in college football you will win 9 to 10 games. Ask Brian Kelly, Jim Harbaugh, Mario, & James Franklin what life would be like with Hiesman level QB? If Caleb Williams is who people think he is he will be enough for USC to make a huge leap. D.Watson 2015 Clemson team wasn’t on Blue Chip ratio that team was not that talented. Just relax and give it time.
Pete left because he was about to get fired- Petros Papadakis
Petros needs to go back to work in his family restaurant…there he can sling crap without concern….Carroll did loose his focus after the Texas loss..completely on him..for running the GOAT offensive coordinator Norm Chow outta town../No way Chow calls off tackle with White with 4th & 3 and immortality and a 3rd title on the line…the two headed genius’s did…add PC inability to stop a mediocre QB ……..that said ..AT ….PC was constantly looking over his shoulder for the call from the NFL..he coulda been a legend at SC and get buried in the End Zone like JM…now hes just another kneelers league coach….Doubt this…one name….John David Booty…..was the best he could recruit?…please…
@@kilroyishere6190
Pete needed to be fired, Norm Chow was a good coordinator but never got a chance to be a head coach until later in life because he was a bad recruiter. The restaurant closed long ago but he could work at a fast food place on Gaffey St in San Pedro
@@kilroyishere6190 Kneelers league coach 😅😂 The Orange County USC fans ✌🏿fight on.
Ironically the big 12 was in the same situation as the pac12 a couple years ago.
They still are if the sec came and said you know what I want okie state and Kansas or whoever they would leave in a second the big and sec aren't stopping at 16 or even 20 pac 12 big 12 and acc are dead they just haven't shut their eyes yet
@@elvangulley3210 sec don’t want those schools. It’s about revenue therefore ore and wash out. Poor revenue. Adds nothing to big 10
@@Beck-Stein airzona is a decently high pop state Oregon is a brand
USC ticket holders would be last in the big12
None of this matters if SC don't cough up the bag..we already lost connerly n francis
Please bring back Dan the OG
I would love to go to the white-out at night against Penn State
It's wild.
I red that no network is interested to give pac10 a new deal, well only ESPN
* read
Than you I didn't even notice it.
@@trekranger * Then
Thank ....
Hey Colin cowherd Brent Bienables has a higher recruiting class then Lincoln Riley😂
People like Colin are pushing for mergers and this greed makes right mentality. This notion is not adopted by everyone, or even the majority in sports. Colin is trying to promote super conferences because that’s good for his paycheck and he’s helping his network. And no Colin College football is a sport and a business.
ayyyyyy
Is it now clear that Trevino does not belong on this stage ???
Its gonna feel BIG10 when the trojan's walkin into the Big House in Nov! USC SUX....
@ Michael Flynn…..Yea but won’t feel as bad as when Michigan fans go home crying after they get spanked in their own house.
Fucken missed it
Is he struggling with his wordage?
Monopolies aren't a good thing. This country is going the wrong direction.
And Colin tells his TV viewers that the economy is great. What crap is that
Its all moot…/MONEY …NIL …..will destroy college football../just as it did Pro sports….5 years?…maybe….
Its what drives the business... it will thrive...the skys not falling
You enjoyed when pros had to work in the off-season in construction to make ends meet 😵💫
NEW! UPDATED! CONCISE!
THE NEW FULL MEMO ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL REALIGNMENT...
Please remember, as Commissioner Warren said, these things are planned well in advance...
To the B1G: Pitt, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Utah, Oregon, Kansas and Colorado for 24 (all here mentioned are AAU schools).
To the SEC: NC(aau), Duke(aau), UVA(aau), Clemson, Florida St., West Virginia, Georgia Tech(aau), and Virginia Tech for 24.
As the SEC still refuses to take Miami, the Hurricanes may end up a third top tier independent.
ND and BYU (and Miami) will stay independent with playoff access.
B1G24 Pacific division
Washington
Oregon
Stanford
Cal
USC
UCLA
B1G24 Mountain Plains division
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
B1G24 Midwest division
Illinois
Northwestern
Indiana
Purdue
Wisconsin
Ohio State
B1G24 Union division
Rutgers
Maryland
Penn State
Pitt
Michigan
Michigan State
Meet the SEC24:
On the bubble (2 of 3 will join SEC24) Miami (increasingly looking to be the third major independent, joining ND and BYU), West Virginia, and Virginia Tech.
Knowing that Pitt is going B1G, that means 7 more ACC schools are needed to break their contract, which may assure the Hokies are in. No chance the other 6 ACC properties get left behind, each are way too valuable.
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Arkansas
Kentucky
Missouri
LSU
Miss State
Ole Miss
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Florida St.
Georgia
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Clemson
North Carolina
Duke
UVA
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
The rest to comprise TheThird24 conference with access relegation to playoff eligible divisions (similar to Euro soccer leagues) with guaranteed football playoff slots for their top teams every year. (Realignment for non football sports in this third conference, as membership could include 40 or so schools, with likely only 24 members of which will start the football season with access to the national playoff, more permanent regional sub conferences will be needed, and allowing these regional divisions to develop organically is expected to be one of the final components, and possibly most time consuming, such that the networks/B1G/SEC intend to allow the third conference a couple years of organization before defining a final playoff structure).
This third conference is going to be full of baddass non AAU schools from coast to coast, will have playoff access, and likely compete well for national titles moving forward.
And now be introduced to TheThird24 Conference:
TheThird24
(Assuming Miami goes independent)
1) Oklahoma St.
2) Washington St.
3) TCU
4) Arizona St.
5) Kansas St.
6) Baylor
7) Boise St.
8) Arizona (AAU school)
9) San Diego St.
10) Tulane (AAU school)
11) Rice (AAU school)
12) UCF(disney/espn)
13) Louisville
14) Cincinnati
15) Houston
16) Boston College
If the 3rd conference goes to 24:
Utah State
Syracuse
NC State
Hawaii
Oregon State
Fresno State
Iowa State
Texas Tech and/or SMU or Memphis or Southern Miss or Wake Forrest or Colorado State or Tulsa or Wyoming or New Mexico or UConn or Wichita State or Nevada or Army or Navy or Air Force... etc. Relegation clearly required.
So that makes 75 teams with playoff access each year: B1G24, SEC24, TheThird24 (with relegation beyond 24), and independents Notre Dame, Miami, and BYU.
How can this happen?
Quite simply, really, and in the end likely a value booster for all schools through the 3 mega conferences...
Except for the 32 currrent legacy members of the B1G/SEC, revenue sharing as we've known it is finished. The rest will be taken on and paid in accord with their relative fanbase/marketshare and other values brought to the table.
And they're selling this beautifully.... This has to be the single best dudes' soap opera to run the sportswire in some time. This is intentional.
It's a done deal, but milking the interest is just the first part of this brilliant college football marketing campaign.
Also, look for the Rose Bowl to be the B1G championship game each New Year's day, the Sugar for the SEC24, and the Cotton for the Third24.
Other bowls will play out during the holidays and could have playoff implications depending on the year.
PLAYOFF FLEXIBILITY:
The concept of yearly playoff flexibility should be incorporated. Every year is different; setting an arbitray number of playoff slots before the season plays out inevitably rubs against fairness for the next team left out.
After the 3 Conference championships on New Year's Day, a commission should call no less than 4 teams, but up to 16, or any (even odd) number in between, such that no eligible undefeated team is left out, and playing such games as necessary to answer but one question:
Who is number 1?
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