Well, here we go again. Again.
Like it or not, yesterday’s announcement that the Big 12 and SEC were forming a new postseason game is triggering all kinds of realignment talk as many wonder aloud what will happen to the likes of Florida State, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Miami and so on.
What’s clear is that four conferences are separating themselves from the rest of college athletics; what isn’t is just how much bigger each of those leagues will get, if at all.
According to at least one Big 12 source speaking to the Dallas Morning News, expansion may not be over.
“I really can’t believe I’m saying this,” one Big 12 school source said. “
We might be moving to four superconferences
— and the Big 12 would be one of those.”
Granted, superconferences could also have an entirely new meaning than it did one or two years ago, where the prefix “super” refers to wealth rather than size. But with each new TV contract or bowl agreement, there will undoubtedly be talk of what it means to the landscape of college football. Earlier this week, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany likened realignment to tectonic plates, adding that he was “monitoring” the situation.
You can bet all other commissioners are doing the same. Does it mean Florida State will be in the Big 12 by Labor Day weekend and the ACC absorbs part of the Big East? Not necessarily. Remember, the Big 12 was dead twice and the Big Ten was going east before they weren’t.
Just be prepared for another summer of realignment talk that will absolutely tack another five years off all of our lives.
link: http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bgR6n?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=college-football
Like it or not, yesterday’s announcement that the Big 12 and SEC were forming a new postseason game is triggering all kinds of realignment talk as many wonder aloud what will happen to the likes of Florida State, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Miami and so on.
What’s clear is that four conferences are separating themselves from the rest of college athletics; what isn’t is just how much bigger each of those leagues will get, if at all.
According to at least one Big 12 source speaking to the Dallas Morning News, expansion may not be over.
“I really can’t believe I’m saying this,” one Big 12 school source said. “
We might be moving to four superconferences
— and the Big 12 would be one of those.”
Granted, superconferences could also have an entirely new meaning than it did one or two years ago, where the prefix “super” refers to wealth rather than size. But with each new TV contract or bowl agreement, there will undoubtedly be talk of what it means to the landscape of college football. Earlier this week, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany likened realignment to tectonic plates, adding that he was “monitoring” the situation.
You can bet all other commissioners are doing the same. Does it mean Florida State will be in the Big 12 by Labor Day weekend and the ACC absorbs part of the Big East? Not necessarily. Remember, the Big 12 was dead twice and the Big Ten was going east before they weren’t.
Just be prepared for another summer of realignment talk that will absolutely tack another five years off all of our lives.
link: http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bgR6n?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=college-football