Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[JTrue]

Oh boy, a logical argument full of reasons why USF would make a good fit in a better conference. I think I’ve read this article before.

[Skingraft]

On 12/18/2017 at 4:10 PM, NewEnglandBull said:

Did you happen to watch any of the first bowl games? It was disgusting...all of the announcers kept talking about P5 and their superiority and the G5 being little boy league. ESPN  definitely has an agenda this bowl season. 

I could barely listen to the announcers on 2 of the games today... kept using terms like grown men, elite athletes, big boys as it would pertain to P5

[Gobulls90]

1 minute ago, Skingraft said:

I could barely listen to the announcers on 2 of the games today... kept using terms like grown men, elite athletes, big boys as it would pertain to P5

You know who’s a grown man?

[Apis Bull]

Now that the Big 12 season is over, they should send out invites to USF, UCF, Memphis, and Houston this week.

[NewEnglandBull]

4 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Now that the Big 12 season is over, they should send out invites to USF, UCF, Memphis, and Houston this week.

Why would they want to reduce the amount each team makes? 

[Apis Bull]

Just now, NewEnglandBull said:

Why would they want to reduce the amount each team makes? 

That's not my concern  

[Apis Bull]

Just now, NewEnglandBull said:

Why would they want to reduce the amount each team makes? 

But seriously, for the health of their conference in the long term.  If they don't do something, they'll will get eaten up ala Big East football.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

25 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

But seriously, for the health of their conference in the long term.  If they don't do something, they'll will get eaten up ala Big East football.

They're already a dead man walking. I imagine the other conference vultures are circling just waiting for grant of rights and other contracts to end.

[NewEnglandBull]

32 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

But seriously, for the health of their conference in the long term.  If they don't do something, they'll will get eaten up ala Big East football.

I think TX and OU have already decided to bolt and this will start the demolition of that conference. Maybe four teams will get stuck. Thus, they will backload eight teams (including USF) or those four teams will be pushed into the AAC/MWC. But I suspect teams would rather go into a water down Big12. But we would still be on the outside of a new P4. The best bet is for TX and OU to continue to make the playoffs and hope they want to stay. Then they will see a need to add two more teams to round out the conference and produce a better conf championship game. I am not convinced that USF would be one of the two teams though as there are a lot of  competitors. 

Edited January 2, 2018 by NewEnglandBull

[Apis Bull]

Just now, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

They're already a dead man walking. I imagine the other conference vultures are circling just waiting for grant of rights and other contracts to end.

You're probably right, but to sit idle and not try is ludicrous.  If the Big East had expanded before 2003 by adding Cincinnati, Louisville, and USF.  The conference may have held together.