USC & UCLA to B1G by 2024; conferences react; TV contracts thread
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LOVE all of this. Clear out the underbrush and get moving toward the future.
Not a huge fan of UCLA, but USC is really the only blue blood program that is attainable for the Big Ten and is absolutely the right move if the conference feels it needs to expand. UCLA might be the cost of admission to get USC.
I'd be really leery of getting other teams from the Pac-12 though. Maybe 2 more if USC insists to have more "local" teams. If so, I would grab Washington and Oregon. They bring the most to the table of any of the remaining teams. Most of the Pac-12 teams are great school, even good athletically (in some things) but not good for revenue and would only lessen the payout per school for the Big Ten.
Grabbing four total also probably works best for football schedules as it would give all of them 3 opponents to be permanent and then rotation through the rest of teams.
I'd be really leery of getting other teams from the Pac-12 though. Maybe 2 more if USC insists to have more "local" teams. If so, I would grab Washington and Oregon. They bring the most to the table of any of the remaining teams. Most of the Pac-12 teams are great school, even good athletically (in some things) but not good for revenue and would only lessen the payout per school for the Big Ten.
Grabbing four total also probably works best for football schedules as it would give all of them 3 opponents to be permanent and then rotation through the rest of teams.
Also, it's interesting that this is going down right around when the Big Ten is negotiating their new TV deal (and the Pac-12 is next which this would torpedo in terms of value).
USC vs. PSU white out game? Yes please.
Now let’s kick out Rutgers and Maryland. 
make room for two more Pac12 teams.
make room for two more Pac12 teams.That would be nice - wrt Rutgers (won't happen, of course). As for "more"? If they can't do better than 2 rag-tags from the PAC12 (and even Oregon or Washington would be financial rag-tags), then no.Now let’s kick out Rutgers and Maryland.
IMO, look Southeast for the next expansion targets. Perhaps midwest if Notre Dame finally gets its head on straight. Its future as an independent is DOA.
Instead of CJF to USC rumors the reality was USC coming to CJF all along.I guess this means yet another new contract for CJF.
More than twice as many high school wrestlers in California than in any other state. Just sayin".
Would be awesome if true. USC without UCLA wouldn't make much sense. Having that city rivalry in the conference would be a great addition. As for Notre Dame, USC in the Big Ten would make the conference the only logical landing spot for the Irish. They've played USC 92 times in a series dating back to 1926. The only more played opponent is Navy. Third most?? Purdue at 84.
Scheduling is a CON for USC and UCLA, not for current Big Ten teams.
And why predominantly for football? It's the same distance teams have to travel regardless of the sport. Plus football is almost always played on Saturday and one day of classes are missed. Other sports have games throughout the week which could mean multiple days missed.
Yeah, football scheduling is no big deal even for USC/UCLA. But other sports like midweek basketball games.... that's going to be awful for those student athletes.
From a TV prospective it is great for the California schools - there's an ongoing school of thought that the Pac-12 suffers from a lack of media attention since there games are late and don't have highlights all day or even final scores on Saturday for their "after dark" games. USC and UCLA playing almost half their games (away games) in the eastern or central time zone helps them considerably with that.
BTW, there's definitely rumors about Notre Dame being in the running. I'm skeptical at this point, might just be people throwing crap on the wall to see what sticks, but this move would at least start to force their hand. If the Irish are truly in play, Stanford/Notre Dame seems like the likely option I would think.
Notre Dame. C’mon down!
And who would be the last? Doubt it is Oregon without OSU. Doubt UW without WSU. Doubt ASU with UA. Maybe Stanford like someone said.
Of course the B1G will welcome them like long lost relatives unlike how they treated PSU like red-headed step children (no relation to McQueary)
It all worked out in the end... Ironic that a year ago at this time Oklahoma and Texas joined the $EC. In response the B1G was reportedly tempted to add Kansas and Iowa State... Whew, close one!
In this age of ginormous not-really-even-a-conference conferences, the need for "even numbers" is no more. 15 or 17 works just as well/not well as 16 or 18.
THIS ^^^^ is also what I’m wondering. I find it hard to believe that the U.C. board of Regents would allow the Bruins to go. But we all know money talks.
Not sure having two super conferences and “everybody else” is good for college sports.
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For selfish reasons: also add Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford and Cal. Go to 20.
Northern baseball teams already make trips down south to play a few teams while it's cold up here. This won't help at all. It's only two CA squads .. it'll be an out of the way destination, and they can't play everyone.
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UCLA has 118 national championships. USC has 107. For comparison, Penn State has 51 (most in the Big Ten). Michigan is next with 35. Both are home run additions.
Curious as to how much of this Lincoln Riley knew about; part of his issue with Oklahoma was he didn’t want anything to do with the SEC. He can certainly get a better roster at SC, but OSU is the Bama of the B1G. So much for an easy PAC 12 championship bid.
All I know is that the USC fans at the Rose Bowl were really **** people. All my willpower not to kick the crap outta a handful of them.
UCLA and USC know a big payday when they see one.
Everyone I know from UCLA is smart, classy, cool. Every person I know from USC is a loudmouth ****, putz. I know quite a lot of people from both. I wish UCLA would go back to those powdery, light blues from days gone by. Those were waaay cool vs the darker blue today
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