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Post by chinmusic on Aug 20, 2021 8:54:21 GMT -8
Duke is here on Friday, Oklahoma State on Saturday and Michigan is in on Sunday.
Look for the PAC-B1G-ACC Alliance to be announced as early as next week.
And, it will include a whole lot more than just scheduling.
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Post by chinmusic on Aug 20, 2021 9:21:06 GMT -8
Strike that.
Duke, Arizona State and Michigan.
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Post by orangeblood on Aug 20, 2021 9:21:35 GMT -8
What does that mean?
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Post by Werebeaver on Aug 20, 2021 10:15:18 GMT -8
Duke is here on Friday, Oklahoma State on Saturday and Michigan is in on Sunday. Look for the PAC-B1G-ACC Alliance to be announced as early as next week. And, it will include a whole lot more than just scheduling. If that's true, the "Little VIII" will be on the outside looking in. BTW, Shouldn't it be "beavats"? |
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Post by chinmusic on Aug 20, 2021 12:52:47 GMT -8
With several members of the little VIII already having expressed a desire to relocate, I doubt Bob Bowlsby can keep his conference together. We could see the remaining Big VIII schools scatter soon.
The fact that Kansas, Iowa State and Oklahoma State publicly stated a desire to join the B1G and TCU announcing it considered itself "a very marketable Institution", it makes a salvage effort look beyond the reach of any of Bowlsby's heroics.
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Post by ag87 on Aug 20, 2021 17:32:04 GMT -8
With several members of the little VIII already having expressed a desire to relocate, I doubt Bob Bowlsby can keep his conference together. We could see the remaining Big VIII schools scatter soon. The fact that Kansas, Iowa State and Oklahoma State publicly stated a desire to join the B1G and TCU announcing it considered itself "a very marketable Institution", it makes a salvage effort look beyond the reach of any of Bowlsby's heroics. All schools will be looking out for themselves. But I don't think the ACC, B10 and P12 take any of those schools. For the P12, Texas Tech and OkSU seem like the best fit but I don't think they grow the TV pie enough so that 1/14 of the "with them" is greater than 1/12 of the "without them." Same deal for Iowa State and or Kansas to the B10 and WV to the ACC. My uneducated guess is the leftovers of the old Southwest Conference and Big8 add Cincinnati, SMU, Memphis, and Central Florida (maybe South Florida and SMU gets left out). The football playoff goes to 12 teams and the Alliance (ACC, B10, P12) lobbies for the champion of the new Big12 to get an automatic berth. |
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Post by jefframp on Aug 22, 2021 6:51:48 GMT -8
I'm confused too. We need an interpreter I think. |
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Post by chinmusic on Aug 22, 2021 13:47:15 GMT -8
Think what a weekend in Goss Stadium might look like post Power-3 Alliance.
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Post by jayvinson on Aug 22, 2021 14:56:52 GMT -8
Well, no, actually. Weekend series will always be only two teams.
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Post by ag87 on Aug 22, 2021 15:45:04 GMT -8
Maybe more than two teams could be involved. I'm just talking off the top of head here. But if Oregon State had one weekend per season at a Big10 location or ACC location, the series may be four games. Since some schools are relatively close, you could play two games at for instance Charlottesville and two games in Blacksburg (150 miles). Most locations would have a reasonable drive between them, but not all.
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Post by chinmusic on Aug 22, 2021 16:08:30 GMT -8
Two teams playing a weekend series? Alliance scheduling may be a radical departure from that format. You could see N.C. State take a 7 day road swing out west and play 4 teams in 7 days.
We have no idea what is in store for us in terms of scheduling, number of games played, playoffs, etc.
The Alliance is about subscription streaming revenue and the more games played, the more streaming opportunity.
The current PAC-12 model may become obsolete.
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Post by jayvinson on Aug 23, 2021 15:54:48 GMT -8
I can't imagine a baseball coach in the country who would be in favor of dumping the traditional 3 (or 4) game weekend series. Pitching rotations are built around that. Different teams on a weekend would destroy the balance. This won't happen if all the coaches are against it. Basketball, yes. Baseball, no!
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Post by beaver56 on Aug 23, 2021 17:28:23 GMT -8
I see how this could work and make for fun weekends. Would still be a 3 or 4 game weekend series with one host school. 3 teams come to Corvallis for instance and there is 2 games each day at Goss and everybody plays each other once. Sounds fun
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