Official: USC/UCLA Joining B1G in 2024

[Lavaman]

I didn't read through the entirety of the thread, but if USC goes B10... That creates a last opportunity for Notre Dame... nearly forcing their hand in this as well. They cant stay like they are and expect the status quo to remain with the shifting this is causing.

Or am I really looking into it too far? Independents don't have a future where this is all going.

I think you're right on.

Notre Dame better find a seat before the music stops, and they won't find a better one than the Big 10.

 

[Pops]

Oregon? Doesn't move the needle that the LA market does ... USC probably doesn't come if UCLA isn't involved.

Think of the basketball conference this presents!

Very true

 

[Pops]

ND since they are already playing BiG hockey. Come on board

 

[TFrazier]

My sister lives in the Pasadena Hills about five miles from the Rose Bowl

So I am set for the UCLA game and USC for that matter

Lucky you!!

 

[TFrazier]

The powers that be have been clamoring for a 4 conf 16 team set up since the current natty set up.
2 Conferences are in, how the other 3 plus potentially a few other teams form into the other 2 is anyones guess.

In the end I am not sure they are done with 16. I bet both the SEC and Big 10 have plans if they need to go to 18-20.

 

[EdgeCrusher]

I wonder if the hire of Brett Yormack to be the next Pac 12 commissioner helped push USC/UCLA out the door due to his lack of NCAA experience and more of an entertainment / NBA background? I'm sure the simple answer is just a seat at the big kids table = $$$$

 

[RedRum]

So is this the reason for the conference schedules disappearing? Not the 3-3-5, but to make changes for new teams.

 

[HUSKER HOT SAUCE]

MEH! This is just the continuance of the ruin of college football. USC and UCLA have zero business being member teams of the B1G 10 IMPO. Will I watch the games, of course I will, but it doesn't get me excited at all. I'd rather have say Notre Dame and Colorado join. I miss the BIG 8, better times were had then.

 

[DuckTownHusker]

SEC: "Let's grab all the traditional southern powers."

B1G: "Let's grab all the major TV markets across the country."

One of these is a better business play.

 

[TFrazier]

I wonder if the hire of Brett Yormack to be the next Pac 12 commissioner helped push USC/UCLA out the door due to his lack of NCAA experience and more of an entertainment / NBA background? I'm sure the simple answer is just a seat at the big kids table = $$$$

I think the new television contract negotiation estimates for the SEC and Big 10 also probably pushed them to make a move.

 

[HUSKER HOT SAUCE]

SEC: "Let's grab all the tradition southern powers."

B1G: "Let's grab all the major TV markets across the country."

One of these is a better business play.

I'd go with the SEC's power grab. Better teams, better all around football games. More championship caliber play in the South.

 

[Pops]

MEH! This is just the continuance of the ruin of college football. USC and UCLA have zero business being member teams of the B1G 10 IMPO. Will I watch the games, of course I will, but it doesn't get me excited at all. I'd rather have say Notre Dame and Colorado join. I miss the BIG 8, better times were had then.

They are looking for $$$$$ at this point

 

[RedRum]

Rumor is swirling about Stanford (Bay Area market), TCU (DFW market), and some combination of Oregon, Washington, and Kansas.

If the SEC+B1G turns into NFFL Jr., look for the Irish to finally join up with a conference.

Also, if football (and basketball?) breaks away, it would free up Olympic sports to pursue better geography. Imagine wrestling and volleyball still playing "Big 8" teams while Husker football is in the Pigskin Thunderdome. That eases a lot of travel burden for women's rifle and men's bowling.

Now you would be staring to discuss pushing out the NCAA. Make a conference so powerful you make its own rules.

SEC would try and counter and would do so in football and baseball. But there are a lot of sports they would fall far behind in.

Seems sort of a stretch though.

 

[DuckTownHusker]

I'd go with the SEC's power grab. Better teams, better all around football games. More championship caliber play in the South.

That seems like a short term solution, though. Over time, the TV markets/money of the B1G will eclipse that of the SEC.

 

[HUSKER HOT SAUCE]

They are looking for $$$$$ at this point

They've been looking for money for decades. I mean, $16 dollars for a beer, and $12 dollars for a hot dog.... It's to the point that a working class family with two children have to "Save up for months" if they want the full experience just to go to a college football game. God forbid if the game they want is on the road or they have to travel and get a hotel room. Oh well, such is the way things are. I'm still not excited about UCLA or USC joining the conference.