Posted by ccv
on May 22, 2012
in Big 12, Business and Sports, Clay Travis, College football, conference expansion, Mike Slive, SEC
Reverberations of Big 12-SEC bowl ‘alliance’
Last Friday’s announcement that the Big 12 and SEC decided to hook up for a postseason game starting in 2014 was significant on a number of levels.
And, frankly, the game itself is way down the list.
The conferences announced that their champions would meet in a bowl if neither team was in the four-team national championship playoff, which is scheduled to begin in 2014. That the Big 12 and/or SEC champ wouldn’t be in the playoff is hard to fathom: Since the beginning of the BCS in 1998, only twice (in 1999 and 2002) has the title game not included a team from one of those leagues. And at least one of the league champs has been in the top four of the BCS standings each season; indeed, both league champs have been in the top four in seven of the 14 BCS seasons.
read more: sports.yahoo.com
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 22, 2012
in Boise State, Business and Sports, Chris Peterson, Coaching, College football, conference expansion
Mountain West had ‘in-depth discussions’ about keeping Boise State in league
The Mountain West said it had “in-depth discussions” with Boise State about keeping the Broncos in the league in the future, but that the school late last week opted to “continue with its plan to move to various other conferences.”
The league also confirmed that Boise State “has not yet officially withdrawn from the Mountain West.”
The Mountain West said it was a “one-time opportunity” for Boise State to reconsider its position.
The statement from Commissioner Craig Thompson to the Idaho Statesman came hours after Boise State Athletic Director Mark Coyle met with the media in Florida at the Big East meetings and denied full-blown meetings with the Mountain West. Coyle said he attended the Mountain West meetings “a few weeks ago.”
Posted by ccv
on May 21, 2012
in BCS, Business and Sports, Chadd Scott, College football, conference expansion, Florida State
The Miscalculations Which Lead to My Missing the FSU to Big 12 Story
Have you ever stood by and watched as a friend entered, or left, a marriage you KNEW that friend shouldn’t be entering, or leaving? Your best attempts to prevent this friend from making what you and many others see as a huge mistake fall on deaf ears. Reason and common sense bounce off your friend like a ball off a wall as a toxic mix of emotions drive him or her to a huge mistake.
This is how I feel watching Florida State’s increasingly likely move from the ACC to the Big 12. My colleague Ingram Smith in his outstanding column paints a grim picture for those of us who’d like Florida State (and Clemson) to stay in the ACC while simultaneously wanting to see the ACC survive.
read more: chuckoliver.net
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 18, 2012
in BCS, Business and Sports, College football, conference expansion, Pac-12, SEC
More SEC expansion coming, but where?
The last time they stopped playing the “Realignment Rhapsody” and everybody scrambled for a seat, the SEC had 14 available chairs.
One year later, they’re cranking up the band again. And don’t be surprised if the SEC puts another couple of seats on the floor.
Even before the SEC holds a single sporting event as a 14-school conference, the possibility of further expansion is in the wind. WithFlorida State pondering its future in the ACC and batting its eyes at the Big 12, the intercollegiate deck soon could be reshuffled. Look for the SEC to do whatever is necessary to extend its footprint and strengthen its membership.
read more: tennessean.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
