I remember when UVa played Notre Dame in the Meadowlands. They killed us. It was like the college football kickoff game like they do in the ATL today. I think we played Penn State one year in it too.
I wish Pitt would get back to their Jackie Sherrill cheating ways and build an on-campus stadium also nostalgia hard for some Paul Pasqualone and Donovan McNabb Carrier Dome magic
I remember liking Reidel Anthony and some other UF receiver and knowing Tennessee was good but that's about all I remember of watching any SEC football before 03 with LSU and Chad Lavalais.
You've never lived until you've traveled to Laramie to lose 37-32 and have your QB go 19/44 for 284, no TDs, and 4 INTs.
I think if top PAC schools joined the B1G it would be beneficial to those schools and the conference both in terms of PAC fan interest and obviously money
Some years ago I came up with a system which I thought addressed many of the big issues I saw in college football with the playoff and with realignment. Those really being, Spoiler: issues 1. conferences becoming so big that teams play other teams within their conference infrequently; 2. conference championships becoming less important; 3. classic rivalries being diminished; 4. the bowl season becoming less important; 5. that most schools, let alone smaller schools, have no chance for a playoff spot even when they catch a flier, 6. and kids playing too many games. Anyways, with major landscape changes potentially coming, though its long to explain, I figured I'd finally share. I didn't worry about TV when I came up with this, nor really any other sport, as I figured those could work themselves out. The idea was you have 4 leagues- the North, South, West, and USA. Spoiler: leagues The first three each have 24 teams, representing 72 of the current 130 FBS teams. The USA league would have the other 58 teams, and any future ones who may join. The end game is each league has a playoff to determine its champion, and then a four team playoff with the winners of each league ranked by a committee 1-4. This does a few things in my mind. First, it brings regional importance back for the first three leagues and gives everyone in the last league a real shot at a title. This addresses above issues 2 and 5. Within the 24 team leagues, you split the teams into six pods of 4. Then the regular season schedule is 11 games, all within the league. In this set up, you can play the 3 "rival" teams within your pod every year, then you rotate the other pods, staggered 2 at a time. Spoiler: rotation So team A in Pod 1 would play teams 1B, 1C and 1D every year. Then it would rotate the other pods as such: year 1- Pod 2 (4 games) and Pod 3 (4 games), year 2- Pod 3 (4 games) and Pod 4 (4 games), year 3- Pod 4 (4 games) and Pod 5 (4 games), year 4- Pod 5 (4 games) and Pod 6 (4 games), year 5- Pod 6 (4 games) and Pod 2 (4 games). So with this, redshirt seniors will have had a home and home against every team in the league, while keeping three "rival" games on the schedule every year. This addresses above issues 1 and 3. The three 24-team leagues will start playoff after 11 games with the 6 pod champs and 2 wild cards. Spoiler: league playoffs To win your pod, you just must have the best record within the pod against pod opponents, with tie breakers. So those 3 rivalry games become VERY important. The wildcard would be based on overall record, with tie breakers. Then each league has a ranking committee who rank the teams 1-8 for a 3 game playoff. Winner moves on to National Playoff for the semis and finals. So the last 2 teams playing for the title will have played 16 games. Only 1 more than those now, and could be less if they move to a 12 team playoff. So this addresses above issues 3 and 6 Now, because the regular season is being shortened, teams which do not make the playoff after 11 games can play a game against teams either within or without their league in an exhibition game which are not bowl games. For instance, Notre Dame is in the North and Southern Cal is in the West, and therefore would not play every year. But, in years where they both don't make their league playoffs, they can play at the end of the year. All teams who miss the league playoff must play a 12th game. Bowl games are open to teams who do not win their league, and must be interleague matchups. Spoiler: bowl games This allows the different leagues to compare their depth at the end of the season. And I think teams should be able to choose their opponent if they want in the bowl game and then jointly "sell" that game to a bowl game instead of having to be invited. The only requirement is that they must be interleague. So if Alabama and Southern Cal don't make the playoff, they could decide to play each other and then let bowl games bid for them. I think this helps with above issue 4. The USA league will need to be split into pods as well with some playoff, but because of the number teams, it is a little odd. Either way, whatever is devised is better odds than they currently have to make the playoff. I have come up with a few different ideas, but because more teams can be added, I thought it best to keep it adaptable. Currently, I’d do 3 pods of 12 and 2 pods of 11, with 5 pod champs and 3 wildcards.
C’mon #Big 12 Conference send that conference invite on down to #Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles amirite guys?
i think it'd be more fun to just play three games against each other every year. make it a lottery-style schedule release show, too. draw opponents out of a hat in the spring.
We may be the only team reporting there when the dust settles. I always thought the AAC was a nice fit for us, but they don’t want us either
I am really glad we aren't involved now because we are a far less attractive addition than in 2009/2010. Good job past selves.
Credit to Nebraska leadership. They were ahead of all this. To bad the program is a shell of what it once was. I say that as a past fan. Still miss you Tommie Frazier
Way behind but Alabama was definitely a national brand. The rest of the conference was not pre-1990. As you said, non-Bama teams had spurts but Bama was the only consistent power. I think two things got the SEC going. 1. the SEC title game and the corresponding marketing of the conference off that 2. Steve Spurrier’s offense forcing the rest of the league to embrace the modern game, especially when it came to throwing the football. The S-E-C, S-E-C shit always existed, it just wasn’t relevant outside Dixie for a while.
New Big 12 KState Kansas ok State Tex Tech Baylor(gross, kick them out, but with so much unknowns for now they can stay) ISU TCU WVU new additions Colorado State (so I can go to away games in CO) Southern Miss (so I can go to away games in CO, also access to SEC tv markets and recruiting after UT, OK, Mizzou and A&M fucked you and left you with an std) UCF (because I actually miss playing them regularly and gives WVU a semi close conference rival) Tulsa or Tulane both bring some decent academics and TV market. Ladies and Gentlemen your new P5 auto bid conference. Pretty damn good baseball conference too
I expect UAB to be a major player moving forward. Birmingham’s ranking as the best metropolis in the country will have P5 conferences begging them to join.
the statements by the presidents are obv very carefully written and interesting to follow osu - an appeal to political blockades w/in the state ttu - an almost direct appeal to the pac-12 ksu - an appeal to togetherness as the rest come out it will be pretty telling what each really want to do next
Would be an amazing journey if so. From almost canceling football a few years back to P5. To bad Bama will never let it happen
I’m jealous you can remember that far back. I too am in my mid 30s and my earliest memories are from like 2002
The biggest thing I got out of the statements was that Texas Tech refers to its brand as “the Double T,” which is dumb as shit.