Hypothetical mega conferences

[rak21]

Saw this on College Football Live this morning:

Big 10 -

Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Syracuse

SEC -

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Texas
Arkansas
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama
Georgia
S. Carolina
Florida

Pac 10

Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado
Utah
BYU
tcu
Kansas
Kansas State

ACC -

Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
UConn
Rutgers
West Virginia
South Florida

Discuss!

[ksusprolescharg]

I like the conferences the way the are right now. If the big 10 is so eager to add someone to make it 12 then why not just add Notre Dame? this way it doesn't affect any conferences and it forces Notre Dame into one. But if this is the way it must be done I guess i can't complain to much it'd be nice to play those pac 10 schools mostly because their stadiums are some of the best in the nation. I'm also surprised that no one looks to be putting Boise State into their list of teams they have. It'd make more since to have Boise State join the pac 10 then tcu. Also I'd think this would kill some rivalries.

[Cole]

b/c notre dame is a bunch of p*ssies that wont join a conference b/c they think there just so great and mighty by themselves.

[ksusprolescharg]

b/c notre dame is a bunch of p*ssies that wont join a conference b/c they think there just so great and mighty by themselves.

True and this is where the NCAA should step in and force them to join a conference.

[ew2x4]

b/c notre dame is a bunch of p*ssies that wont join a conference b/c they think there just so great and mighty by themselves.

$15 million a year from NBC is most likely the reason.

[Wildcat Jack]

b/c notre dame is a bunch of p*ssies that wont join a conference b/c they think there just so great and mighty by themselves.

True and this is where the NCAA should step in and force them to join a conference.

Not NCAA, conferences that form the BCS should simply exclude them from the BCS.  Nut up and do it, leave 'em out and let 'sqawlin begin.  Mega conferences make no sense they need to number 8, 8 is the right size for every sport of significance.

Get ready this is about getting smaller not bigger.  The higher profile teams (i.e. the ones the media loves) are aligning to cull the herd and make a bigger money grab.

[ksubaby21!]

 

[willie83]

There is absolutely no chance the Pac 10  would have anything to do with us.

[vtrboy]

Saw this on College Football Live this morning:

Big 10 -

Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Syracuse

SEC -

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Texas
Arkansas
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama
Georgia
S. Carolina
Florida

Pac 10

Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado
Utah
BYU
tcu
Kansas
Kansas State

ACC -

Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
UConn
Rutgers
West Virginia
South Florida

Discuss!

no way texas state government lets this happen unless tech and baylor land on their feet.

[royalswild]

Definitely would be nice to join the Pac 10 and continue the history of "We own USC".

[thunderbowlt]

I just don't get the love for 16 team conferences.  I can see where maybe the conference can get some more money from TV, but every other aspect of it has got to suck.  If all the teams in the conference were nearly equal, you'd have a 6% chance to win the conference on any given year.  If there are teams which are typically considerably better than average, then that chance probably gets cut in half.  Who wants that?

I'd bet that down the road you'd end up with two halves of each conference starting to drift apart, so you'd end up with really 8 8 team conferences.  12 seems to be a doable number and the whole conference can share an identity.  I just don't see how 16 teams could pull that off.