B1G West Champion 0-3 in OOC games.
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It looks like WVU and OU will play twice. The best scenario for OSU is if those teams split their games and each end up with 2 losses. It could be very tough for OSU to get in ahead of WVU if they beat OU twice.
I agree with Earle, the SEC needs a realignment with auburn to the East and Mizzou to the West and drop the "traditional rivalry game".
In my fantasy world I would go back to a 10 team conference, drop Vanderbilt, USCe, Mizzou and Arkansas. Play all other 9 teams every year, winner takes all.
In my fantasy world I would go back to a 10 team conference, drop Vanderbilt, USCe, Mizzou and Arkansas. Play all other 9 teams every year, winner takes all.
Everyone knew the power was in the east, even that has become a little diluted. I hear people say Bama hasn’t played anybody, that’s when I show them this -
At least the B1G has a winning record against other power 5 conferences. The ACC, BIG 12 and PAC 12 are horrible
At least the B1G has a winning record against other power 5 conferences. The ACC, BIG 12 and PAC 12 are horrible
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If WVU beats OU twice then TOSU still gets in ahead of them? I'm not sure about that.
Will never happen, if ND joins a conference and that's a huge IF, it would be the ACC considering all their other sports are in the ACC already and already play ACC teams in football
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It would have aided the conference greatly if they had done that. However, in 1995/1996, when this deal was going down, Oklahoma was mediocre to awful. Texas was pretty good, and Nebraska was a juggernaut. Oklahoma had not been elite since the mid to late 80s. So they went with geography. But what really hurt was that they did not protect any cross division games, including Nebraska vs. Oklahoma. They could have at least protected one cross division game. But since Oklahoma was awful, and Nebraska dominant, they wanted no part of that. And no other games really made sense to protect.
IMO, the Big 12 had something great when it was formed and they allowed it to self destruct. They could never all get on the same page and work together.
I don't know why ND is in the ACC in other sports since ND is located nowhere near the Atlantic Coast. Then we have a team like Rutgers located near the Atlantic Coast playing in the B1G. I think geographically the two of then should switch.
Somewhere around the early 90s or so, maybe sooner, Notre Dame made the decision that it was no longer feasible to maintain its Independent status in all sports. It needed a conference to park all sports besides football. Initially, it went with the Big East because they were adding several teams like Miami, Boston College, and Pittsburgh in order to have football. But, in order to do that, Notre Dame had to make a deal and the deal was to give the Big East 3 of its football games each year. This worked out fine until the last round of expansion which decimated the Big East. So Notre Dame had to shop around again. I'd be curious just how close they came to making the decision to join a conference in all sports, because IMO, the ACC is the only league out there that would have been willing to take them on in a partial status. Of course, the ACC had more clout than the Big East did, so they got 5 Notre Dame football games each year.
Anyway, long story short, Notre Dame is where it is because they don't want to fully join a conference in football. The ACC was the only league out there that was willing to take them on in a partial status.
I still have no clue as to why Rutgers was invited to the Big Ten.
I actually like their scheduling ability. They have played ACC, SEC, PAC12 and BIG10 teams this year along with a service academy. Their being independent allows them to do that and I wish Alabama could play a team from every conference every year.
It is a great set up for them. They have games they are not willing to give up, namely USC, Stanford, and Navy. So only being beholden to 5 conference games allows them greater flexibility in scheduling.
The B1G had to be making a strategic bet that Rutgers would be able to attain and then maintain success in revenue sports. If they did, Rutgers’ proximity to the largest media market in the country could increase eyeballs on B1G televised games and enhance the value of their media contracts. That’s the only way I can make sense of it; the bet just has not paid off so far...
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You are correct, but it will never pay off. The B1G should have done a little more research. Rutgers grads, and NJ residents in general, simply do not care about college sports. Even when Rutgers was winning big under Schiano, they didn't travel well.
They wanted that massive New York state/city market but nobody in New York for the most part cares about Rutgers or college football.
Probably the same thinking regarding Maryland: DC market. But, Maryland stinks at football and DC is a pro sports town.
at least Maryland has had some decent hoops teams. Rutgers stinks at all the main sports.
Thing is - they are in the market for the Big Ten Network and it has increased the footprint by millions of automatic subscribers. It increased that network's revenue, thus the conference's revenue. So it still makes sense financially, but it will never makes sense for the sports.
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