Realignment question

Jonnyeagle · August 5, 2021

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USA Today’s Paul Myerberg wrote about the future of the Power Five conferences.

This is an excerpt: “The conference is no longer viable as a national contender without Texas and Oklahoma, which has left a roster of eight teams — Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia — with nearly nonexistent coast-to-coast appeal and a worryingly dire future when it comes to negotiations for the next grants of media rights agreement.

“Expansion is the key to the league’s long-term survival. But where, who, when? To start with, there’s Central Florida, Cincinnati, Houston, SMU and South Florida from the American, which would expand the Big 12’s map and might make the league slightly more appealing to potential broadcast partners.”

LINK: https://amp.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article253283013.html

MY QUESTION: If Big 12 pulls out SMU, HOUSTON, Cincy, UCF and USF are we at NT still interested in the AAC anymore or would we stay put?

NorthTexasWeLove · August 5, 2021

Neither. Texas universities in CUSA-W + USM and LaTech must agree to leave CUSA and pluck TX State, LALA, Ark St from Sunbelt. Then see if Tulsa and Tulane are interested.

I wouldn't be giddy about this scenario, but it's better than the current and we'll finally stop playing eastward teams no one cares about.

greenjoe · August 5, 2021

Can La Tech and LaLa play nice together ?

NorthTexasWeLove · August 5, 2021

34 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

Can La Tech and LaLa play nice together ?

For the sake of having really good conference rivalries, I hope not.

But isn't that what regionalizing is about? Getting games of interest on the schedule on a consistent basis to create a better gate, concession, merch, etc.? I don't so much care about either school, but I'd definitely tune in.

UNTLifer · August 5, 2021

2 hours ago, greenjoe said:

Can La Tech and LaLa play nice together ?

For the sake of accepting being in the same conference, I hope so.

greenminer · August 6, 2021

For the sake of us having some damn good road trips, I hope so.

untjim1995 · August 6, 2021

At this point, the best conference setup we could be in would be :

UNT, UTEP, UTSA, TX State, Rice, ULL, La Tech, Arky State, USM, and UAB.

Nice, neat 9-game schedule for a regionalized conference.

greenminer · August 6, 2021

12 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

At this point, the best conference setup we could be in would be :

UNT, UTEP, UTSA, TX State, Rice, ULL, La Tech, Arky State, USM, and UAB.

Nice, neat 9-game schedule for a regionalized conference.

8+ hours?

Edited August 6, 2021 by greenminer

Mean Green Matt · August 6, 2021

7 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Neither. Texas universities in CUSA-W + USM and LaTech must agree to leave CUSA and pluck TX State, LALA, Ark St from Sunbelt. Then see if Tulsa and Tulane are interested.

I wouldn't be giddy about this scenario, but it's better than the current and we'll finally stop playing eastward teams no one cares about.

Take Texas State. Leave Lafayette and Arky State where they are at.

UNTLifer · August 6, 2021

10 hours ago, greenminer said:

8+ hours?

Better put UTEP in bold as well.

RBP79 · August 6, 2021

We are Assuming those teams would disengage from the Sun Belt a stronger FB conference than CUSA at the moment. But money can work wonders since that's what it seems it's all about now.

untjim1995 · August 6, 2021

12 hours ago, greenminer said:

8+ hours?

In today's world, under 8 hours is regional...hell, 8 hours away for WVU gets you another 8+ hours to most conference games

wardly · August 6, 2021

17 hours ago, greenminer said:

8+ hours?

Given the opportunity UAB and So. Miss. would rather go East. A-State and the Louisiana schools might as well. That leaves UTEP,UTSA,UNT,Texas State, and Rice in a bucket of poop. I mean, these are 5 really sorry fooball programs.