A new and better FBS thread

[23Bison]

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2021/07/j...esist-to-espn/

Does it matter?

If ESPN is sneaking around behind the backs of contracted conferences to help dictate movement with the intent to help ESPN then I would say that’s an issue and Disney should pay for it.

[ByeSonBusiness]

The NCAA isn’t a thing anymore. They spit the bit. The conferences are firmly in charge and the two biggest ones are the SEC and the BIG. Let’s just consolidate the P5 into 2 leagues and be done.

Nobody cares about the PAC. Leave them behind then lol. ACC-ACC-ACC!

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

If ESPN is sneaking around behind the backs of contracted conferences to help dictate movement with the intent to help ESPN then I would say that’s an issue and Disney should pay for it.

One would think

Guessing SEC expands with OU/UT regardless but that's where it stops. B12 then adds 2-4 in a "victory" lap?

SEC is the wily one here it seems

[El_Chapo]

Mountain West should invite NDSU & Montana. today

[ByeSonBusiness]

Mountain West should invite NDSU & Montana. today

Why would they invite two schools when they already have 12 teams?

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-comm...054741624.html

Thamel

"The only safe prediction from the fallout is that the lawyers are licking their chops"

Plenty of dominoes left to fall, but my best guess is B12 robs AAC (why the hell not after this?), AAC robs MWC/CUSA, ... and everybody hates the SEC

[bisonaudit]

Why shouldn’t ESPN get to pick and choose? They write the checks.

[23Bison]

Why would they invite two schools when they already have 12 teams?

Because 12 isn’t 14. Then we would be able to listen to Grizz fans all year every year on how “this is the year”. And stupid shit about delicious gravy.

[Rock]

Why would they invite two schools when they already have 12 teams?

Many say its about geography and eyeballs. Geography is nearly not a thing anymore considering the SEC and B1G.

If I was a conference I would invite as many as I can, capture eyeballs, and create a monopoly on games available- assist in scheduling top to bottom. SEC has a stranglehold on the biggest games now. Battle is for 3rd tier games.

Think marketing vs. football/tradition. Really odd to me that mid conferences haven’t taken this approach. The debunked idea of grabbing the whole MVFC? Or top teams from MVFC and Big Sky? I think would be brilliant. Simply put them in a division within my conference. Yeah yeah current dollars shared- but future dollars saved before my top teams start getting plucked.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

Why shouldn’t ESPN get to pick and choose? They write the checks.

Mark Emmert agrees with you