You bring up a good question. There could be concerns about our decline in enrollment.Griz#64 said:I salute the optimism, however with a little over 9000 undergrads, Can we Qualify ??
You bring up a good question. There could be concerns about our decline in enrollment.Griz#64 said:I salute the optimism, however with a little over 9000 undergrads, Can we Qualify ??
Spanky2 said:You bring up a good question. There could be concerns about our decline in enrollment.Griz#64 said:I salute the optimism, however with a little over 9000 undergrads, Can we Qualify ??
Air Force was my first guess too ... without looking anything up. But the FBS school with the smallest enrollment is, indeed, Tulsa (3,297 vs 4,237 for AF). Once upon a time, their stadium size fit the criteria mentioned. However, according to the Wikipedia item, a renovation (new press box, "elite" fan club, etc.) in 2007 reduced the capacity to 30,000 from over 35,000.EverettGriz said:Given those facts, the answer must be Air Force. The other option would be Tulsa but I don’t think their stadium size qualifies.
As an aside, Sask, your post got buried but was funny as shit!!
Mavman said:All this talk about schools moving up for realignment is a moot point I believe. I see a future with 4 16 team conferences and then the other FBS smaller conferences. These realignments are only to make the rich richer they are not looking to spread the wealth with anyone outside the power 5 certainly not fcs schools looking to move up.
Hoops watcher said:Will OK pols let OU move without OSU? Seems it was an issue when PAC expansion was being discussed a decade ago.
https://www.normantranscript.com/oklahoma/sooners-and-longhorns-potential-move-to-sec-not-without-roadblocks/article_7366eefc-eb3e-11eb-90e0-57c58449af9d.html
OrgonGriz said:I read an article the other day that indicated the following.
Texas and UO to SEC
Rest of Big 12 disbands
Iowa state, Kansas and Kansas State to Big 10
West Virginia to ACC
Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State to P-12.
This would give the Power-4 conferences 16 teams.
With these super conferences, OOC games will be limited and done within the P-4 and the days of the money games coming to and end for the remains “FBS” and “FCS”. People will want to see these more high level matchups across the board.
If this does happen what shakes out with the rest of FBS and FCS. Loosing money games could be a death blow.
Maybe they should take the remaining FBS and FCS schools with higher aspirations and create more regional conferences.
I guess this could the start of the major shakeup to college athletics that we have questioned in the past. It certainly will be interesting to see what things looks like in the next 5-10 years. Especially adding in the NIL change.
Personally I think UM has invested way to much to not try and take this to the next level. Meaning not getting dropped back of left behind. They should be playing with teams like , Colorado State, Boise, Nevada etc. Basically more Mountain West level type schools. Just my opinion.
3-7-77 said:All the possible scenarios. No Big 12, No Commissioner or Little Commissioners, total of 24 positions:
https://big12sports.com/sports/2018/7/1/2017
Kansas has a real problem. What conference will want a perennial football doormat, while at the same time allowing a basketball program which will beat their best and brightest like a red haired step child?
kemajic said:And as usual, ESPN using its $ club to influence outcomes to their liking.
https://tinyurl.com/kj6fjt7d
ESPN is as bad as Big Tech and might/should be included in that club.
kemajic said:And as usual, ESPN using its $ club to influence outcomes to their liking.
https://tinyurl.com/kj6fjt7d
ESPN is as bad as Big Tech and might/should be included in that club.
Oddly enough, a transition to four 16-team power conference doesn’t turn out to be that difficult. There are a few hard choices, but – believe it or not –many of the changes fall “naturally” into place.Mavman said:All this talk about schools moving up for realignment is a moot point I believe. I see a future with 4 16 team conferences and then the other FBS smaller conferences. These realignments are only to make the rich richer ...
CDAGRIZ said:kemajic said:And as usual, ESPN using its $ club to influence outcomes to their liking.
https://tinyurl.com/kj6fjt7d
ESPN is as bad as Big Tech and might/should be included in that club.
Same with Big Spork. They have their little tines in every grocery store pre-made salad and airport grab-n-go. I know they’re out to get me so I don’t trust them at all.
OK and TX to the west; Auburn and AL to the east to at least show a rare consideration of geography.IdaGriz01 said:SEC
East Division
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vanderbilt
West Division
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri [moved from East Division]
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
I put Oklahoma and Texas in the same division to preserve that heated rivalry. Moving Missouri to maintain balance also works, because it puts them in with Arkansas and Texas A&M.
IdaGriz01 said:Oddly enough, a transition to four 16-team power conference doesn’t turn out to be that difficult. There are a few hard choices, but – believe it or not –many of the changes fall “naturally” into place.Mavman said:All this talk about schools moving up for realignment is a moot point I believe. I see a future with 4 16 team conferences and then the other FBS smaller conferences. These realignments are only to make the rich richer ...
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Louisville
NC State
Rutgers [transfer from Big Ten]
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Coastal Division
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
West Virginia moving to the ACC has been talked up forever (more natural rivals, better travel, etc). Not so much talk about Rutger getting back to where it belongs … in the ACC … but the notion has been discussed quite a bit by commentators who follow the team.
Big Ten
East Division
Illinois [moved from West Division]
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue [moved from West Division]
Rutgers [out to ACC]
West Division
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa
Iowa State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Wisconsin
No big surprise here. Almost every discussion of the Big 12 breaking up has the three teams I’ve listed going to the Big Ten. And adding Kansas would make the Big Ten even more of a monster in basketball. To maintain balance, they’d need to shift Illinois and Purdue, but that makes a lot of sense geographically.
Pac-12
North Division
California
Colorado [moved from South Division]
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Utah [moved from South Division]
Washington
Washington State
South Division
Arizona
Arizona State
Baylor
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas Tech
UCLA
USC
This wholesale switch of four teams from the disbanded Big-12 may seem like a stretch … and it might be. Still, it would make a good package for the South Division, including some of the old “natural” rivalries. Baylor is problematic for various reasons, but the fact that they’re the current NCAA men’s basketball champion would be a definite plus for the Pac-12. Aside from all that, moving Colorado and Utah to the North Division makes sense geographically.
SEC
East Division
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vanderbilt
West Division
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri [moved from East Division]
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
I put Oklahoma and Texas in the same division to preserve that heated rivalry. Moving Missouri to maintain balance also works, because it puts them in with Arkansas and Texas A&M.