Posted by ccv
on May 22, 2012
in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big East, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, Notre Dame
Notre Dame has ‘contingency plans’ if it leaves Big East
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey said the Fighting Irish’s objective is to remain in the Big East, but admitted the school has “contingency plans” if it needs to join another conference.
“I know right now we’re focused 100 percent on [rebuilding the Big East] but there’s no question contingency plans [about joining another conference] on those pay grades higher than me have been discussed and will be discussed,” Brey told CBSSports.com at Monday’s Big East spring meetings.
When Notre Dame joined the Big East in all sports except football in 1995, the Big East consisted of 13 basketball members: Notre Dame, Boston College, UConn, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova, Pittsburgh, Miami, Rutgers and West Virginia.
read more: cbssports.com
Posted by ccv
on May 21, 2012
in ACC, BCS, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, SEC
Big 12, SEC champs to play in bowl
The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.
In fact, SEC commissioner Mike Slive all but said that scenario is coming in Friday’s announcement of the agreement between two of the most successful BCS conferences.
read more: espn.com
Posted by ccv
on May 21, 2012
in ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, BCS, Big 12, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, Florida, Georgia, Jim Delaney, Mississippi State, Mizzou
New bowl game means football Final Four is coming
In the ever-changing world of college conference realignment, the calm never seems to last very long. Blink, and the paradigm shifts. What appears to be a condemned disaster area one moment can make a miraculous turnaround in a matter of months.
This is the biggest, craziest high-stakes game of musical chairs the college sports world has ever seen. For proof of that, who could have imagined 12 months ago that the creation of a Southeastern Conference-Big 12 bowl game to rival the prestigious Rose Bowl could not only signal that a legitimate football playoff is on the way, but that the ripple effect would also be wildly beneficial to both Mizzou football and St. Louis University basketball?
Read more: stltoday.com
Posted by ccv
on May 21, 2012
in ACC, Alabama, Big 12, College football, ESPN, Jim Delaney, LSU, SEC
SEC, Big 12 agree to bowl matchup; champs will play if not in playoff
With the anticipated arrival of a four-team playoff to determine the national championship in 2014, college football is getting ready to enter a new world order.
The SEC and the Big 12 staked out a big chunk of real estate in that world on Friday by announcing a five-year agreement for their champions to meet in a Jan. 1 bowl game that will be determined at a later date. The first game will be Jan. 1, 2015.
If one or both of the champions are in the four-team playoff, then “another deserving team” from those conferences would get the slot.
In the 14 years of the BCS, either the SEC or the Big 12 champion has been in the title game 11 times. They have met twice for the BCS title — after the 2008 (Florida-Oklahoma) and 2009 (Alabama-Texas) seasons.
read more: cbssports.com
Posted by ccv
on May 21, 2012
in ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, baseball, Big 12, Business and Sports, Pac-12, SEC
Mike Slive gets the better of Jim Delany again
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Mike Slive just sank Jim Delany‘s battleship.
No, wait.
That sounds cute, but it’s not exactly true.
What Slive really did by partnering the SEC with the Big 12 to invent a new made-for-television, money-printing postseason game was build his own battleship.
A Rose Bowl by another name.
read more: al.com
Posted by ccv
on May 17, 2012
in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, Business and Sports, Clay Travis, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, NCAA, Pac-12, SEC
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEEDS A COMMISSIONER
College football is the most nakedly self-interested of all the sports we love.
That’s why it’s failings are the most human, the most susceptible to special interest capture, the least logical, a banana football republic.
Most sports have a common interest that unites them in pursuit of a common pot of championship gold, college football does not.
read more: outkickthecoverage.com
Posted by ccv
on May 16, 2012
in ACC, Alabama, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, fanaticism, SEC
WHAT IF TELEVISION EXECUTIVES COULD SET UP A 16 TEAM FOOTBALL SUPER CONFERENCE?
Television is driving all of conference realignment.
Whether it’s the Longhorn Network that precipitated last year’s slate of realignment or the massive rights deal recently inked by the SEC that set rights fees soaring into the stratosphere, television is the driving force behind the seismic shifts in college athletics.
But most of these shifts are relatively small, that is, most conferences have plenty of anchor teams that clearly aren’t going to relocate for a bigger paycheck.
read more: outkickthecoverage.com
Posted by ccv
on May 16, 2012
in ACC, Big 12, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion
President Barron memo lists negatives of Big 12 move
Late on Saturday evening Florida State president Eric Barron issued a statement in response to rumors of the University’s interest in leaving the ACC for the Big 12, saying FSU was committed to its current conference.
On Monday afternoon he reiterated that stance in an email to those that have contacted his office with concerns over the ACC. Below is the full email:
I want to assure you that any decision made about FSU athletics will be reasoned and thoughtful and based on athletics, finances and academics. Allow me to provide you with some of the issues we are facing:
read more: warchant.com
Posted by ccv
on May 15, 2012
in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, College football, conference expansion, ESPN, Pac-12, SEC
“Third-Tier Rights” Defined & Perspective on Their Value
Tremendous confusion exists among college football fans regarding “third-tier rights.” Simply put, third-tier rights are games not desired or contracted for broadcast by a conference’s first and second-tier media rights holder which then become property of the individual schools which may broadcast or sell them as they see fit. As an example, Texas bundled its third-tier rights, partnered with ESPN, and formed the Longhorn Network about which I’ll discuss in further detail.
What each conference provides to its member institutions as “third-tier rights” varies greatly from conference to conference and here is where much of the confusion rests.
read more: chuckoliver.net
Posted by ccv
on May 15, 2012
in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big Ten, Bobby Bowden, Business and Sports, Florida State, NCAA, Pac-12, SEC
Florida State president weighs in on Big 12 rumors
As Florida State’s future in the Atlantic Coast Conference continued to fuel plenty of rumors and speculation Monday, FSU President Eric Barron spent at least part of his day trying to deliver a message to the university’s alumni, fans and other stakeholders.
read more: usatoday.com
