Iowa actually vowed to never play Missouri again, lasted almost 100 years. It was when Iowa had their first black player, Missouri's president sent a letter to Iowa saying they will only play Iowa if Iowa left their black player at home. Iowa has only played Missouri in a bowl game since then.
I was thinking them starting over and trying to maximize what each has left. I think I'd merge, keep the PACN and try to utilize the different time zones with those brands and rivalry games. Agree there are dog matchups there that not many will care about but, you have that all over the place anyway.
You can invite us every year. We are cheaper!
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Unless the BIG takes an entirely different stance on it's members academic's then WVU will never be a member of that conference, though they would bring some interesting matchups, same with the SEC (east).
Former WVU fan, live in WV, and have never heard that. When and why?
Saw this online from a WVU fan just today actually:
Strong agree. Nebraska, OU, and Colorado weren't necessarily rivals of KU per se but it does largely destroy the regionality college sports had in the area. Add Missouri and I have very similar sentiments to this WVU fan. Realignment is longterm bad for CFB, imo.
The different stance is Ohio State/ND/Michigan bending over the minnows in the Big 10 to give them theirs or else. Likewise in the SEC eventually. That's when some of these mid programs start being absorbed into the superconferences-- when it works for the top money generators in those conferences.
WVU would crawl on their belly through glass to be in any of the 3. I just think once the wheels stop turning (for awhile anyway) that its the most realistic landing spot for them.
I don't think Kansas gets invited if the whales are taking the bait in the PAC-12/ACC until the NCAAT is no longer in the hands of the NCAA. That's where the money in CBB is. Or KU FB is magically competent very quickly. Also think equal payouts are gonna be numbered in the superconference era.
All their options are pretty terrible in the near term. ACC would be cool as a fan of the sport for rivalries, but the ACC itself looks like it is fucked so idk.
Possibly yep. A WVU vs Kentucky (again Hatfield v McCoys trophy ect.) or Tennessee v WVU game or South Carolina on SECN ect. Good eyeball grabber imo.
Yep. That's what people really mean when they talk about adding value ... like Purdue, Iowa, and Minnesota are massive values.
Oh unless they find some MAJOR money somewhere then they absolutely are but WVU is either way so both could make the best of what happened. That's what's so funny about the thinking of Notre Dame riding into the ACC as a full member and saving the day. These contracts that the BIG and SEC are going to get are going to dwarf what the ACC is going to get even WITH Notre Dame and Notre Dame is not going to join ANY conference as a full member and make less money than they could joining elsewhere when they can go to ANY conference and they'd welcome the Irish with open arm$.