NCAA: College Football 2023 Off-season News and Notes: the Next Great Realignment

[StreetHawk]

There's a chance Juju can go elsewhere, but This is Rileys MO, he recruits elite QBs every other year. So there's a gap and avoids portal issues. It works out perfectly unless the guy before him decide to stay an extra year.

True, the ideal is what he has in 2023 with Williams a JR and Nelson a FR. Nelson sits and gets 2 years to show what he can do in 24 and 25 before this JuJu kid arrives in 26. Someone might come into the program in 25 and be a SO in 26 and more ready to win the job than an incoming True FR.

But, that's life of the big time programs. The HC will continuously stack QB classes.

Lane Kiffin, he brings in Dart a SO as a transfer portal guy in 22 to take over for Corral. Now, he brought in 2 others in LSU's Walker Howard a SO and former OK St. starter Sanders a SR via the Portal this year to battle for the job. Can get crowded in a hurry and now both Dart and Howard are both underclassmen who have used their undergrade transfer.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

UNLV has a golden opportunity at their hands.

In an effort to better distinguish themselves from the University of Nevada in Reno, they should adopt a new unique name, perhaps Nevada Tech University (Nevada State is already taken). The Rebels nickname, which carries unfortunate connotations, would be retired with the institution rebrand in favor of Blackjacks.

There are a few states where the two largest athletic programs are (state name) and (state name) Tech. Nevada would become one of those states.

This rebrand would attempt to discourage those in the Nevada Wolf Pack camp from calling their in-state rivals "Nevada Southern" in a derisive fashion referencing UNLV's old name.

 

[Unholy Diver]

UNLV has a golden opportunity at their hands.

In an effort to better distinguish themselves from the University of Nevada in Reno, they should adopt a new unique name, perhaps Nevada Tech University (Nevada State is already taken). The Rebels nickname, which carries unfortunate connotations, would be retired with the institution rebrand in favor of Blackjacks.

There are a few states where the two largest athletic programs are (state name) and (state name) Tech. Nevada would become one of those states.

This rebrand would attempt to discourage those in the Nevada Wolf Pack camp from calling their in-state rivals "Nevada Southern" in a derisive fashion referencing UNLV's old name.

I was just about to post the same thing. Nevada collegiate rivalries are a huge issue right now

 

[HisIceness]

I think the rebels name was more rebelling in jest against Reno than anything else.

 

[Unholy Diver]

And the ACC will add two schools in California and another in Texas

ACC adds Stanford, Cal, SMU beginning 2024-25

The ACC presidents and chancellors voted to add three schools -- Stanford, Cal and SMU -- beginning in the 2024-25 school year. It will bring the ACC to 18 members, with 17 playing football full time in the conference.

www.espn.com

 

[southsideIrish]

And the ACC will add two schools in California and another in Texas

ACC adds Stanford, Cal, SMU beginning 2024-25

The ACC presidents and chancellors voted to add three schools -- Stanford, Cal and SMU -- beginning in the 2024-25 school year. It will bring the ACC to 18 members, with 17 playing football full time in the conference.

www.espn.com

lol oh f* off college football. I mean really this is insane.

 

[Tony Romo]

Really weird teams to add. I think ACC has a built in clause with their TV contract if they fall below like a 14 team or 15 team threshold the deal becomes voided or something

Should've taken Oregon State or Wazzu over Cal tbh

 

[GKJ]

Don’t think it will happen or would work if it did but I hope Oregon State and Wazzu try to go independent.

 

[DaveG]

Don’t think it will happen or would work if it did but I hope Oregon State and Wazzu try to go independent.

I was hoping they would find a soft landing spot in the chaos but I just don't see it unfortunately. Even a partial share in the Big 12 would be better but doubt that's happening either.

Honestly this makes the ACC weaker overall and more poachable as the next round of expansion chaos approaches toward the end of their GoR. Unlike the moves the Big 12 and B1G just made, these moves aren't additive for the ACC. In fact I'll go ahead and call my shot: in 31 the Big 12, which will be the first of the 4 that are left to go to market, will get a TV contract making north of 15m more than the ACC is making. That will set the stage and the next round of re-allignment will see no less than 8 teams leaving the ACC. Possibly as many as 12 if the SEC joins the B1G and Big 12 in going to 20+.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

 

[DaveG]

would probably move Pitt into "backup schools for rich f***ups" and Cuse into "it was this or trade school", otherwise pretty accurate.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Don’t think it will happen or would work if it did but I hope Oregon State and Wazzu try to go independent.

They can't survive as independents.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

I think the rebels name was more rebelling in jest against Reno than anything else.

Still, I think Blackjacks is a fitting name. Gambling is very important to the Vegas economy. Coupling a nickname change with an institution name change would be the smart move for UNLV.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Still, I think Blackjacks is a fitting name. Gambling is very important to the Vegas economy. Coupling a nickname change with an institution name change would be the smart move for UNLV.

I don't know that an institution of higher learning wants their mascot to be gambling related

 

[trojansoilers]

True, the ideal is what he has in 2023 with Williams a JR and Nelson a FR. Nelson sits and gets 2 years to show what he can do in 24 and 25 before this JuJu kid arrives in 26. Someone might come into the program in 25 and be a SO in 26 and more ready to win the job than an incoming True FR.

But, that's life of the big time programs. The HC will continuously stack QB classes.

After watching the first two games, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miller Moss is QB1 next season while Malachi gets another Year under his belt. Nelson is coming back from a shoulder injury, and could use another year as backup. Moss was a 4-star coming out of high school and has looked pretty good during mop up duty.

 

[StreetHawk]

After watching the first two games, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miller Moss is QB1 next season while Malachi gets another Year under his belt. Nelson is coming back from a shoulder injury, and could use another year as backup. Moss was a 4-star coming out of high school and has looked pretty good during mop up duty.

Moss needs to figure out where he stands by the end of this season. Cause he doesn’t want to sit in 2024 as the backup.

He enrolled in Jan 2021. So this is already year 3 with usc program. I’m guessing he’s taken a RS year since he’s listed as a SO. So he needs to be playing in 2024 as he will be down to 2 years of eligibility after this season since he is a post Covid student and doesn’t get the super senior year.

 

[LT]

Hard to see Nelson and Manning not starting next season. They are both too good.

 

[StreetHawk]

Hard to see Nelson and Manning not starting next season. They are both too good.

Then Miller Miss needs to transfer. Ewers, will he show out well enough this season to be a high draft pick in the nfl. If Ewers has to transfer he has to redshirt as he already transfer from OSU for during his undergrad. So he needs to perform. Or he remains at Texas and goes into a QB battle. Assuming he graduates next season he is then a grad transfer and can play in 2025 the same as transferring and redshirting. But that’s jumping the gun after 1 game.