Conference Realignment

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Depends, perfect! The Depends Duke Blue Devils! Players and coaches will be contracted to wear them. No shorts.

Certainly there have been some Duke games where I might have benefitted from that particular tie-in.

Comments like this make me miss sporkz.

 

[camion]

Depends, perfect! The Depends Duke Blue Devils! Players and coaches will be contracted to wear them. No shorts.

"Depends. We can carry the load."

 

[RoseBowl1942]

"Depends. We can carry the load."

Might help recruit some older fans to the team. I’m not above targeting the untapped senior homes TV market if it helps our ratings

 

[arnie]

Kind of surprised no one is raving about the B1G natural rivalry on Fox tonight. Doesn’t get any better than Washington at Rutgers to stir the juices.

 

[budwom]

Kind of surprised no one is raving about the B1G natural rivalry on Fox tonight. Doesn’t get any better than Washington at Rutgers to stir the juices.

You’re mocking Washington crossing the Delaware into the Garden State? That’s history being recreated my boy

 

[Neals384]

Texas State may join the Mountain West.

Texas State gets offer to join MWC, sources say

Texas State officials have received a verbal offer to join the Mountain West, sources said, and a decision is expected in the coming days.

www.espn.com

 

[HereBeforeCoachK]

You’re mocking Washington crossing the Delaware into the Garden State? That’s history being recreated my boy

..not to mention recreating geography too....

 

[JasonEvans]

Gonzaga on the move...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841124544645419223

 

[Phredd3]

Gonzaga on the move...

Did they agree to create a football team? 'Cause if not, the new Pac-# still has a problem to solve.

 

[JasonEvans]

Official word: https://gozags.com/news/2024/10/1/g...pts-invitation-to-join-pac-12-conference.aspx

The announcement makes no mention of Gonzaga adding football but talks a lot about how they are forming a pretty darn strong basketball conference:

The addition of Gonzaga to the Pac-12 provides a tremendous boost to the league's men's basketball reputation and is complimented by recent success from future and current members. Of the future eight members, seven have appeared in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament over the past four seasons with a combined 18 appearances in that time (since the 2021 Tournament), including Gonzaga's run to the National Championship in 2021 and San Diego State's National Championship appearance in 2023.

 

[budwom]

Rename the PAC 12 to the Stems and Seeds Conference.

 

[OldPhiKap]

Rename the PAC 12 to the Stems and Seeds Conference.

Cal Berkeley may reconsider their alignment,

 

[hallcity]

A group called College Sports Tomorrow has released the plan shown below. I think we get there eventually but I'm not sure the schools are ready yet. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the SEC and B10 aren't ready for this.

 

[arnie]

Official word: https://gozags.com/news/2024/10/1/g...pts-invitation-to-join-pac-12-conference.aspx

The announcement makes no mention of Gonzaga adding football but talks a lot about how they are forming a pretty darn strong basketball conference:

I'd characterize this conference as adequate in b-ball. Gonzaga and SDSU have made the championship game recently, but all others have no tradition. WSU has 0 success in last 100 years (bread banner in eatly 1900s) and Oregon State last final 4 in 1963. Nothing else.

 

[RoseBowl1942]

I wonder if this completely kills UConn’s B12 bid. The idea of creating the preeminent MBB conference was generally thought to include an add of Gonzaga as well

 

[arnie]

I'd characterize this conference as adequate in b-ball. Gonzaga and SDSU have made the championship game recently, but all others have no tradition. WSU has 0 success in last 100 years (bread banner in eatly 1900s) and Oregon State last final 4 in 1963. Nothing else.

Very recent success (last year) better than I thought. Fresno and Oregon State were bad, but 5 of the 8 teams had KenPom rankings between 22-51 and Gonzaga #12.

 

[uh_no]

I wonder if this completely kills UConn’s B12 bid. The idea of creating the preeminent MBB conference was generally thought to include an add of Gonzaga as well

The "headcanon" is that Uconn would join the PAC in football only....whether that is real or imagined by folks at the boneyard is unknown.

 

[budwom]

I wonder if this completely kills UConn’s B12 bid. The idea of creating the preeminent MBB conference was generally thought to include an add of Gonzaga as well

The UCONN-Big 12 talks have stalled:https://www.espn.com/college-sports...12-discussions-add-uconn-stalled-commish-says

 

[brevity]

Today the PAC adds Gonzaga, who appeared in the 2021 NCAA Tournament title game, and may need to change their name to Gonzaga State to fit in. Meanwhile, the Mountain West adds UTEP, a team that once won the whole thing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841146281671921797

Granted, that was 1966 and they were called Texas Western, but it was historically significant, and 40 years later they made a movie about it.

I was mistaken before when I said a conference needs 8 football members. They need 8 full members -- Hawai'i is football only, so the Mountain West still needs one more. My guess was/is Texas State from the Sun Belt, and ESPN says there's a verbal offer.

Because of geography, the Mountain West was always going to have an easier time adding football teams than the PAC. I think the PAC needs to elevate an FCS team or two (Sacramento State, Idaho, Montana, etc.) if they want to stay regional.

 

[Neals384]

Today the PAC adds Gonzaga, who appeared in the 2021 NCAA Tournament title game, and may need to change their name to Gonzaga State to fit in. Meanwhile, the Mountain West adds UTEP, a team that once won the whole thing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841146281671921797

Granted, that was 1966 and they were called Texas Western, but it was historically significant, and 40 years later they made a movie about it.

I was mistaken before when I said a conference needs 8 football members. They need 8 full members -- Hawai'i is football only, so the Mountain West still needs one more. My guess was/is Texas State from the Sun Belt, and ESPN says there's a verbal offer.

Because of geography, the Mountain West was always going to have an easier time adding football teams than the PAC. I think the PAC needs to elevate an FCS team or two (Sacramento State, Idaho, Montana, etc.) if they want to stay regional.

Texas State to stay in Sun Belt
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...s-state-talks-mountain-west-stall-sources-say