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Tag: Conference Realignment
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How the New Big 12 Stacks Up
BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF appear headed to the Big 12, and that means a shake-up among the Power Five. Can the Big 12 keep up with the others in money, power, perception, and (most importantly) winning? To try to answer that on-the-field question, I turned to advanced metrics. Specifically, I reviewed SP+ data from […]
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Let’s talk about Houston
The Big 12 will likely expand, following the departure of Oklahoma and Texas to the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The top three candidates appear to be Brigham Young University (BYU), the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), all without much argument or disagreement, even with BYU’s religious drawbacks. The fourth option appears […]
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Every Year We (rumored to be) Shufflin’
In our desperation to feign normalcy, the most “normal” thing possible has happened – the College Football fates have spun up a new realignment rumor just in time for media days szn! Is it Notre Dame, finally going to make a man out of the ACC? Is it UCF, finally going to be made a […]
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Returning to Conference Alignment Sanity
Ten years ago, the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference, creating a domino effect across the college athletics landscape, before the realignment fervor largely settled in 2014. Since that move, the Big Ten, ACC, and SEC have become 14-member institutions, while the Pac 12 is now at 12 […]
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The COVID-19 case against recent conference realignment
The most recent era of conference realignment in college athletics settled following Big Ten and ACC expansions which moved the leagues to 14-members in 2014. These moves widened the geographic footprint of their leagues for cable subscription purposes, in particular to capture New England cable subscriptions. The move was widely successful financially for the Big […]
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TGS’ 2019 Bowl Draft
Austin Narber, Tom Danielson, and Spencer Hughes rotated through the draft posing as bowl representatives and offer brief explanations for their selection. Take a look and tell us what your think.
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Rivalries we’ve lost
College football has turned the final corner of the regular season. Conference races have narrowed to two or three contenders, and the march to bowl season is full steam ahead. Iconic and pivotal match-ups are beginning to take place, just as they have for over 100 years. Two of the best weeks on the sports […]
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Requiem of the Missouri Valley?
Reports surfaced last week of the American Athletic Conference looking to add the Wichita State Shockers to their league as a basketball-only member, as the league looks to enhance their basketball brand amidst the departure of many basketball-only programs in 2013. Following the loss of Creighton to the (new) Big East Conference, the Missouri Valley has […]
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