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College Football Realignment is going fricking nuts

Realignment has now gotten to the point where it's basically NCAA 14 Custom conferences.

Realignment is going to get so lop-sided that the Big 12 and Pac-12 will need to conjoin just to stay relevant.

1. It was strange to no longer see both Syracuse and Pittsburgh play Penn State annually 2. It was strange to no longer see Texas play Arkansas annually 3. It was strange to no longer see Oklahoma play Nebraska annually 4. It was strange to no longer see both Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh play West Virginia annually 5. It was strange to no longer see Texas play Texas A&M annually 6. It was strange to no longer see Kansas play Missouri annually Unfortunately, college football...and college sports...have been going in this direction for some time now.

Having a 4 team playoff has caused more problems than anyone could have imagined. Had it been expanded to 8 or 10, I don't think we'd see this mad exodus towards the Big10 and the SEC, but it's too late to stop it now. Oregon need to move, asap...probably Washington, too

USC Vs Ohio St and USC Vs Penn St in the white out is gonna be crazy

As a Utah fan I’m nervous to see how college football plays out down the road. It’s unfortunate that easy money can rid of tradition just like that. College football won’t ever be the same again

Big 10 should add Oregon, Washington, Utah and ND and go to 4 divisions. Play 10 conference games. This makes all the sense in the world to do this.

Both my parents went to UCLA I went to Oregon I’m West Coast through thick n thin. SC & UCLA did what was best for them I have no problem with that but the in state rivalries with Cal and Stanford the border rivalries with the Arizonas. To be a high school student athlete in the state of California and to know that your high school teammates, rivals and friends are likely going to stay within the PAC 12 taking those rivalries and relationships from high school and transferring them at the collegian level to blow up that tradition feels off.

What no one is talking about is that Universities are no longer supported by their states via tax revenue in any meaningful manner. For example, 30 years ago Cal use to get 50% of its revenue from the State of California, now it is just 13%. So what are these Universities supposed to do when they see a big fat 80-100 million dollar a year check? Lower taxes comes with a cost...

$30M a year to stay in the Pac-12............or with the new Billion dollar plus TV deal the BIG 10 is signing, go to that conference and get $100M annually per school?? No brainer here. I would make that move too if i was USC/UCLA.

Looks like 2 super conferences in the BIG and SEC. They could leave the NCAA altogether and create a NFL like minor league. The conference champion from each plays each other for the national championship. The remaining NCAA members could hold their own tournament.

Now that they are throwing tradition and rivalry completely out of college athletics, why not just watch the pros?

I think it’s hilarious that USC refused to travel to South Bend in November for decades. I wonder how they’ll like trips to Minnesota or Penn State.

This is what happens when the NCAA no longer runs NCAA football. Love it or hate it, college football isn’t the same.

I thought it was crazy to see Texas A&M and Mizzou go to the SEC, but this is wild!! CFB gonna be a different animal in the next 5-10 years

Money has ruined college football….to bad

ACC needs to get Notre Dame if they want to keep up.

I like how ESPN acts like they (and Fox) aren't the ones doing this. This quote is from 2011: LSU chancellor Michael Martin: "I think we could ultimately end up with two conferences: one called ESPN and one called FOX."

the big ten is about to be poppin… and i’m in indiana, right in the middle 😍

Even now I still vividly remember watching the 2006 Rose Bowl game between Texas and USC. With or without ND, Texas would love to be in the new B1G with its now expanded West Coast footprint. Trust me.

College Football Conference for the Big Ten and SEC is going to be crazy in the future with a lot of hard conference games.

The Big 10 will now span from New Jersey (Rutgers) and Maryland in the east to USC and UCLA in the west. I don't like it.

Cali to Jersey Jersey to Cali 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ucla might legitimately go 0-12

Oregon and Notre Dame should join the big ten and Notth Carolina and Clemson, the SEC. it doesn't make sense, but it makes sense.

The Big Ten isn't done, yet. Look for a total of 20 teams in the division before it's over.

I think Notre Dame, Stanford, Oregon and Washington will head to the Big Ten as well.

The Big XII and the Pac-12 are now both left twisting in the wind.. Oregon will move next imo.

I love this, so tired of the football season for Penn state being 3-4 tough games and then the rest weaker teams. Kids want paid, play a tough schedule. Make the regular season mean something

Utah and Oregon to the Big 12 please

For the ones who reads this just know this is only the beginning keep pushing, grinding, and fighting. Whatever it is in life you want to do to go after it life is to short. Life is a marathon not a sprint so go out there and live it up I hope all is well and goes well for you peace and one love!🙏🏽

USC and UCLA be taking jet lags every week.

Well,just goes to show its never been about student athletes. Maybe 20yrs ago.....but not anymore. It's all about money and profits...just like greedy corporations. Disgusting.

In order to help the "minor" sports to reduce travel costs/time, a 24-team BigTen with 4 subgroups would make sense: East - Penn St, Rutgers, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Duke Mideast - Ohio St, Michigan, Michigan St, Purdue, Indiana, Notre Dame Midwest - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Iowa, Nebraska West - Texas, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Wahington All are AAU members except Notre Dame and Nebraska. SEC would only have 4 AAU schools. Remaining seven from the Pac 12 merge with the 14-team Big 12 to form Big XXI

What a complete middle finger to most fans. I'm done.

The end of college football as we know it isn’t gonna be from what teams conferences add. It’ll be the ones they kick out

It's shameful. Its always about money. So are all these kids on NIL deals paying their way now? Or are they getting those deals plus scholarships? Because there's numerous kids that can't afford college at all that can never go....

yup notre dame to big 10 also

In the end, Division I FBS football will end up with only four major conferences: SEC, Big 10, ACC and a likely reformed Pac 12.

Oregon, Stanford, North Carolina, and Notre Dame should be the next additions for B10. Maybe Virginia and Washington as well.

This is great! Big picture thinking I like it!

Well we always knew players were getting paid now they can just do it on the books and can stop pretending to go to classes.

I'm graduated from a B1G school, but I do feel sorry for the PAC-12.

Need a bigger playoff...

Does anyone want to watch UCLA vs Northwestern?

With UCLA onboard B1G should now go after Kansas (and Mizzou). If B1G gets Mizzou - which considers KU a historical rival and no doubt wants to be in the same conference as KU - to defect, would Texas and Oklahoma reconsider their impending move to the SEC? I think so.

Espn has destroyed college sports

Oregon Duck here. I hate this. Even if Oregon lands in the BIG whatever, not to play our long time rivals sucks. WSU, Oregon State, Cal. WE ARE LOSING TOO MUCH college football fans.

Got to get Stanford and Boston College to get the San Fran and Boston Networks.

I don’t understand the divisions enough to say anything ab it. Is the Big 10 good? Are they a higher division than others? Can someone explain plz I’ve been wanting to understand it haha

Crazy! Will we see the Pac-10 combine with Mountain West & Big 12? Will ACC disband geographically and be absorbed by SEC & Big 10? As long as ND has a national fanbase in all markets, and they can create their own mega TV deal, I think they stay independent.

Did someone forget that Notre Dame is in The Big Ten for Hockey?

Prettiest date on the dance floor, 🥰

I'm suprised USC and UCLA joined the big ten before Iowa st or colorado

All those Southern Cal kids who've been sold on the beaches of SOCAL, USC/UCLA does this and has to sell recruits on playing in Lincoln, Columbus, University Park, Iowa City, Purdue, Bloomington, Ann Arbor, Urbana, St. Paul, Evanston, West Lafayette, and Madison. The closest Road Trip for USC and their fans is beautiful Lincoln, Nebraska. Going from West Coast Time to Central too is also no fun. I don't see their fans traveling well and i see this as a long-term failure on their part......... The PAC, B12, and ACC should join up and create the 3rd Superconference, Huge TV Markets, A Great Football League, The best Basketball League, and a HUGE Recruiting Footprint, Lots of AAU Schools, Keeps Old Rivalries, Creates new ones. -Clemson -Notre Dame -Miami -Florida State -Oregon -Oklahoma State -Virginia Tech -Utah -Stanford -CAL -Kansas -Duke -North Carolina -Boston College -Pitt -Syracuse -NCST -Georgia Tech -Iowa State -BYU -Virginia -Colorado -Washington -Texas Tech -West Virginia -Kansas State -TCU/Baylor -UCF -Louisville -Cincinnati -Houston

It’s weird? Ok Scott cmon everyone knows money trumps all with ESPNSEC getting Oklahoma n Texas to move, yu knew the Big 10 had to brew something. “Weird” no.

BIG 12& PAC 12: no SEC&B1G: yessssssssss

USC and UCLA players are going to be in a constant state of jet lag with any team they play.... lol

B1G gets ND, they will be far superior to SEC in sports and academics....and once Saban leaves people might be surprised how far the SEC slips...that one coach elevated the SEC to a new level, and when he is gone, they will slip down a level or 2.

Clemson, FSU, Miami to the SEC. UNC, VT, ND, Duke ( valuable as a basketball school) to the Big 10

Oregon and Washington tryna join next I heard. We don’t need anymore teams. UCLA and USC should be the final 2 teams. That’s it

Wouldn't it just be easier for the B1G and PAC to merge and just make the Rose Bowl the conference championship game?

Big 10 "A" League, 16-20 teams. Big 10 "B" League 12-16 teams. Relegation and promotion every year for FB and MBB. same for the SEC. Notre Dame is the wildcard. I imagine some schools like Northwestern, Stanford, or Vanderbilt might just say.. nope, not for us. we will concentrate on academics. That said, what's happening to college sports is an abomination.

I don't have a dog in this fight, (I'm a Shockers fan), but programs like mine will soon find themselves really, really struggling. We don't get the TV revenue and we don't have the large donor base that can contribute millions in donations to the athletic department or fund exorbitant NIL accounts to attract upper tier talent and the transfer portal allows mid-major players to easily jump to greener pastures. You will rarely see Cinderella stories now in basketball or football which is too bad.

Here is the answer to this MWC and Pac 12 to join into super conf. ACC and big 12 join then we have 4 super conferences.

Colorado would make a great 18th member after ND joins to give B1G a large market (Denver metro), springboard to the West Coast, and Nebraska a natural, regional “rival” (in a very loose sense of the word). If I were the SEC, I would worry about B1G then going out and get UNC, Duke, Kansas, and Mizzou (yes, SEC’s Mizzou!) just to geographically box in the SEC. Kansas may not bring much in terms of gridiron success or market access but imagine turning all those Jayhawks basketball fans across the country into B1G football junkies.

My advice for the Pac12 is to get all the best athletes and get them to go to Utah. Get Utah to the playoffs or to win if possible. That’s the only way the pac 12 will survive. Maybe expand or join forces with the big12.

The end of the year playoff in football wont as exciting.. All the big time teams will have already of played each other!!

Notre Dame will not join a conference unless they prevented by the other conferences

Yeah it’s weird very very weird

Well it's all about making the playoffs this the best way to do it plus the cash is huge 🤔

Notre Dame and UNC to the Big 10.

If ND goes to the big 10 then i hope they take stanford with them... At least 5 teams in the west would be suitable so at least 4 games u can stay out west!!

I hate this new conference realignment. Makes no sense geographically. Shits turning into NFL lite. The sport I love is slowly fading away.

I still can’t believe it

With how University of Arizona fans behaved with these two as the opponent, it's not surprising that life could be better elsewhere. I wish them well.

Does CA assembly allow UCLA to go to the Big 10? Let's see!

I don’t like it. I personally would like 8 regional conferences with each conference champion going to the playoffs. I know it won’t happen though.

I can't believe that USC and UCLA left the Pac 12. These super conferences are all about money, but unfortunately traditional and geographic rivalries will be sacrificed. What's next? Should Notre Dame join the Big 10? Is San Diego State headed to the Pac 12?

The ACC and Pac-12 got played by the Big Ten!

It’s disappointing that UCLA USC is leaving the PAC-12.

Football has nothing to do with getting an education or these colleges. They should just separate them.

New Jorsey

Yes....YEEEESSSS.

Isn't Notre Dame in the B1G in hockey?

Colleges are going to start dropping football. No one wants to play in a Tier 2 league. How popular is the college football going to be with basically 2 conferences going forward?

The move by these 2 programs is crazy YES however it is needed the SEC is too dominating college football which makes more money than the majority of College Sports. So school are moving based on money and not tradition

Fuk it, y dont u put Bama in the B1G while u at it. Wed love to run them through a real schedule for once.

It’s pro football now . It has been for years . Money will win out so it will always be the big ten and sec . Everyone else playing catch up. Sec still number 1 but big ten is going to get notre Dame and probably Washington because they want the Seattle market. They didn’t add Rutgers because they are good . They just wanted the north east market on the network

USC and UCLA asked to join the B1G.

This what you get when people of authority don't see reality the way it is. Most of the football talent in SEC country, most of the national population is in B1G country. SEC has all the leverage, B1G has all the money. When the commish of the other conferences deny SEC then all their conferences flop or move to match. Could have been a 12 team playoff but the conferences without leverage thought they had power but can't see reality.

Well I’m glad USC and UCLA are sticking together at least but if these conferences are going to do this “Little NFL” thing then hurry up and do it and no more surprise random big news drops on fans. Also maybe it’s time to stop pretending the football players at these big schools are “students”

I love Miami Florida State and Florida Gators, this is the end of college football, we ask for them to be payed and the dam broke and the money is pouring in. That’s it for me! Goodbye NCAA!

These kids need a union

ND does not need to share any money. It is the biggest power broker in college football and can walk into Fox and demand a blank check.

Lincoln is finna leave USC now lol

AMAZING how many people are on here crying,, when it REALITY if they were running one of these schools and had hundreds of millions thrown at them, WOULD do the EXACT same thing

has a conference ever kicked a school out of conference before?

CFB is OVER