The OCS Is Too Late for Conference Expansion

[slick1ru2]

13 minutes ago, Who'sYourData? said:

Why does WVU think they will be invited to the ACC?  

They have a rivalry with Maryland?

[keithroby]

22 minutes ago, slick1ru2 said:

They have a rivalry with Maryland?

Eh, not really. UVA and VT maybe, but not Maryland. 

Edited September 11, 2021 by keithroby

[slick1ru2]

18 minutes ago, keithroby said:

Eh, not really. UVA and VT maybe, but not Maryland. 

https://www.testudotimes.com/2021/9/2/22651254/a-rivalry-renewed-the-history-behind-the-maryland-west-virginia-matchup-scott-mcbrien-bruce-perry

 

Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry - Wikipedia

 

Edited September 11, 2021 by slick1ru2

[keithroby]

3 minutes ago, slick1ru2 said:

https://www.testudotimes.com/2021/9/2/22651254/a-rivalry-renewed-the-history-behind-the-maryland-west-virginia-matchup-scott-mcbrien-bruce-perry

 

Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry - Wikipedia

 

Sorry, I was going with you know, teams that are actually in the ACC. Maryland's been in the Big 10 for the past seven years. 

[slick1ru2]

1 minute ago, keithroby said:

Sorry, I was going with you know, teams that are actually in the ACC. Maryland's been in the Big 10 for the past seven years. 

LOL, sorry, the jumping conferences for $ has gotten too much to keep track of. That being said, does the new ACC-BIG 10, PAC 12 Alliance mean the 3 conferences are equal? So if a team wants in, if they have something like a rivalry to any member team means they all support it? 

[keithroby]

28 minutes ago, slick1ru2 said:

LOL, sorry, the jumping conferences for $ has gotten too much to keep track of. That being said, does the new ACC-BIG 10, PAC 12 Alliance mean the 3 conferences are equal? So if a team wants in, if they have something like a rivalry to any member team means they all support it? 

 

The SEC is the most profitable, but I'm not sure how sustainable their reign will be if "the Alliance" actually can commit to blocking the scheduling of any and all SEC opponents. That'd be a hilarious way to end all this garbage. As for conference additions? Can it actually prevent, say, the Big 10 from adding a new school? As for the ACC, I know they have their own fraternity-level blackball system. Maybe 15 years ago (?) Boston College blackballed UConn from entry into said conference back when the Big East was raided (again). 

 

[slick1ru2]

1 minute ago, keithroby said:

 

The SEC is the most profitable, but I'm not sure how sustainable their reign will be if "the Alliance" actually can commit to blocking the scheduling of any and all SEC opponents. That'd be a hilarious way to end all this garbage. As for conference additions? Can it actually prevent, say, the Big 10 from adding a new school? As for the ACC, I know they have their own fraternity-level blackball system. Maybe 15 years ago (?) Boston College blackballed UConn from entry into said conference back when the Big East was raided (again). 

 

Problem is that the sec now has so many premier teams they don't need to play any outsiders.

[keithroby]

7 minutes ago, slick1ru2 said:

Problem is that the sec now has so many premier teams they don't need to play any outsiders.

Yeah I'm not so sure about that. SOS matters, and even in the SEC's best years, half the conference is still a shade above dreck. 

[Who'sYourData?]

2 hours ago, slick1ru2 said:

They have a rivalry with Maryland?

Oh, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are going to the SEC?

Come on, Slick.

[TRUTH D. Antagonist]

USF's heyday in the Big East (wayyyy back when we were ranked #2 for half an hour) is still more impressive than this reeking pile of dung that the new Big XII-sans Texahoma UCF finds itself in. is it better than the AAC? sure, but these things are cyclical. can anyone name what matchups from the new Big XII will be must-see TV? no? didn't think so.

USF's best days are still more compelling than anything UCF has done before or since & a slightly better than lateral move to the new Big XII may be painful in the sense that being excluded & rejected is always painful, but it's not the death-knell for USF that some people believe, nor is it the elevation to the Big Boys P5 club that UCF would like for it to seem.

& regardless of the reason why, getting an OCS is a huge plus that is over a decade in the making. let's embrace it & hope we can finally put a winning product on the field.