A new and better FBS thread

[OrygunBison]

It wasn't too long ago that the big scuttlebutt was that Texas and Oklahoma were heading to the PAC12 and that it'd be the end of the Big12.

I wonder how long it will take the B1G to kick out Rutgers or the SEC to kick out Vandy, etc.

Will the Big12 ultimately survive or are they next in about 5 years?

It is weird to witness all of this happening. College sports and the student athlete won't be better off for these moves. The divide will get bigger.

[reformedUNDfan]

Very interesting listen to The Audible podcast with Stewart Mandel and Bruce Feldman talking about realignment. Specifically the portion where they talked about what will become of Stanford. Basically there's this assumption that Stanford is flush with cash, but just a few years ago they were looking at cutting multiple sports and there isn't great interest on campus in football. Didn't rule out ending up as an FCS team.

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Stanford has a 37 billion dollar endowment. They spend more than $6 billion per year for a university that isn't much bigger than NDSU

[reformedUNDfan]

Anyway it's really disgusting that TV money and some administrator egos are fucking up college football this year.

[taper]

It wasn't too long ago that the big scuttlebutt was that Texas and Oklahoma were heading to the PAC12 and that it'd be the end of the Big12.

I wonder how long it will take the B1G to kick out Rutgers or the SEC to kick out Vandy, etc.

Will the Big12 ultimately survive or are they next in about 5 years?

It is weird to witness all of this happening. College sports and the student athlete won't be better off for these moves. The divide will get bigger.

The Big12 looks to be solidly in 3rd place after B1G and SEC. Don't see the B12 getting raided anymore, there's simply nobody left that the top 2 want. ACC media deal is worse and it seems half the conference wants out, so if anything the B12 can absorb anybody they want after the B1G/SEC take their pick of the litter. The ACC GOR is the only thing keeping them together right now, they're in a lot of trouble once that expires.

[Big Bird]

It wasn't too long ago that the big scuttlebutt was that Texas and Oklahoma were heading to the PAC12 and that it'd be the end of the Big12.

I wonder how long it will take the B1G to kick out Rutgers or the SEC to kick out Vandy, etc.

Will the Big12 ultimately survive or are they next in about 5 years?

It is weird to witness all of this happening. College sports and the student athlete won't be better off for these moves. The divide will get bigger.

I've wondered about this a lot recently. There are some teams, especially in the SEC, that don't increase the value of the conference, but are getting a full share of the pie. Curious to see how long it lasts or if we start seeing more performance based sharing, like the ACC is going to do.

[daddy daycare]

Too late. Our arrogance with respect to CUSA and not seeing them as an available, if temporary, mechanism to become FBS has left us now biting our fingernails, waiting on 15 other teams and conferences to make decisions. Hell, even going as an independent a few years ago (probably not now) would have been better than FCS. But the way we've played our hand over the past few years...ultra conservative, ultra smug, and ultra silent...NDSU belongs in the FCS.

As much as the CUSA sucks ass this is the only option for the time being.

[BigHorns]

As much as the CUSA sucks ass this is the only option for the time being.

Its more of an illusion than a real option, they will stay in their footprint. They have their expansion candidates already, and its basically ASun schools. That conference makes less than $1m per school.

MAC is a far more realistic goal. Even Indy, which is a crazy longshot filled with potholes is more likely.

[EC8CH]

AAC, MW, *pinches nose", MAC.... Just get us the fruck outta here!

First GFCC... Now Murray State.... Murray..... State.

[bisonaudit]

Perhaps the G5/Top Tier FCS is a stronger possibility today than last week…
Somebody needs to come in with some money for televising/streaming such a playoff and that would grease the skids…

Apparently AppleTV+ is looking for a college football partner.

[HerdBot]

As much as the CUSA sucks ass this is the only option for the time being.

Unless the PAC 12 (4) guts the rest of the G5. The remaining 4 are still P5 quality and the best teams in the G5