NCAA: USC and UCLA planning on leaving for the Big Ten

[MMC]

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[GKJ]

Oh boy

 

[Unholy Diver]

That is gonna make for a lot of traveling if it is for all sports and not just for football

 

[GKJ]

That is gonna make for a lot of traveling if it is for all sports and not just for football

This isn’t the end.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

As a Northwestern grad, f*** Off you West Coast pricks

 

[StreetHawk]

This isn’t the end.

Feels like a clear separation from the big programs from the middle of the puck to lower tiered ones.

Like USC, UCLA, and say Oregon due to Nike money at the top of the Pac12 vs Utah, Wash st, Or St, and say Stanford (due to academics).

Same applies to the other conferences where there is Vanderbilt in SEC.

I had expected that one day we’d see a power 64 where essentially the Big12 gets blown up and the Big10, Pac12, SEC and ACC all become 16 schools large.

Wonder if it makes more sense for al the big schools to leave their conference and start a new one together?

 

[Tony Romo]

Phil Knight gonna be pisssssssssed

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I'm honestly still floored by this news.

But hey, at least I'll get to regularly see the Illini in the Rose Bowl....

 

[MMC]

 

[kingsholygrail]

Why the Big 10? Did they get rejected by the SEC?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Why the Big 10? Did they get rejected by the SEC?

The Big Ten Network is an enormous moneymaker. It dwarfs even the SEC Network in terms of revenue, at least as of last time I checked.

Adding California to the mix is only going to raise revenues by a healthy chunk, too.

 

[kingsholygrail]

The Big Ten Network is an enormous moneymaker. It dwarfs even the SEC Network in terms of revenue, at least as of last time I checked.

Adding California to the mix is only going to raise revenues by a healthy chunk, too.

I didn't know the Big Ten was the bigger moneymaker here. Makes more sense then.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I didn't know the Big Ten was the bigger moneymaker here. Makes more sense then.

Oh yeah. I don't have the exact figures on me, but at least as of several years ago each Big Ten school got more dough from BTN than Notre Dame gets out of NBC.

BTN is the juggernaut of the NCAA.

 

[StreetHawk]

Oh yeah. I don't have the exact figures on me, but at least as of several years ago each Big Ten school got more dough from BTN than Notre Dame gets out of NBC.

BTN is the juggernaut of the NCAA.

Seems like it would be better for the top schools in both Big10 and Pac12 to form a new conference than keep the Rutgers, Maryland, Purdue, Oregon St, Utah, Wash St, schools.

Ucla, USC, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, OSU, Penn State, etc. in a 12-14 school conference.

 

[GKJ]

If Oregon has a move to make here, feel like Washington will have to be involved. The power 5 is gonna be dead, and there are schools that will be aggressive to not be left behind. But if you get both of those schools, you have your stake on the west coast.

Big Ten has their TV deal coming up, so schools trying to be in the club.

 

[MMC]

 

[Canes]

Why the Big 10? Did they get rejected by the SEC?

Other than the money, they probably wanted the academic prestige that they SEC doesn't really offer.

 

[StreetHawk]

Other than the money, they probably wanted the academic prestige that they SEC doesn't really offer.

Plus it’s with their traditional rose bowl opponents.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

All I know is that I'd be up for visiting LA for an Illini/Bruins game at the Rose Bowl. That interest to follow my team doesn't really extend to regular season matchups at any other stadium.

.... actually heck, LA Coliseum would be a nice one to go to, too.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Sorry but this is stupid from logistics/logic standpoint

It's a pure money grab by everyone involved so I guess in that sense it makes sense

Still going to be absolutely odd to see USC and UCLA in conference

 

[John Price]

 

[StreetHawk]

Sorry but this is stupid from logistics/logic standpoint

It's a pure money grab by everyone involved so I guess in that sense it makes sense

Still going to be absolutely odd to see USC and UCLA in conference

I wonder how long this new big 10 lasts? Would have thought that the top 12 money schools in both conferences would have banded together and created a new conference.

Same with the SEC and ACC now that the big12 lost Texas, Oklahoma and A&M.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

I wonder how long this new big 10 lasts? Would have thought that the top 12 money schools in both conferences would have banded together and created a new conference.

Same with the SEC and ACC now that the big12 lost Texas, Oklahoma and A&M.

wasn't it 11 depending on the sport

 

[GKJ]

Yeah, the Pac 12 is going down. Stanford, Oregon, and Washington need to be figuring out what they need to do. I guess Cal is in there. Wazzu and Oregon State probably get left behind. A giant race to get into super conferences with the end game for them to have their own subdivision that cuts out all the Group of 5 schools.

 

[John Price]