Is USC better than the 7/8 B1G team? If they are, then the quality will be better. Until they get to playing conference games, it is just speculation.
I am projecting USC getting back to 00s quality with their new coach on board. Going to be interesting at the time they are trying to get relevant, they also get a substantially tougher schedule.
I really don't see USC as the key, but UCLA being a better than average B1G team. The first couple years playing new teams will draw eyeballs, but if they are not competitive with the Minnesotas, Purdues of the league, viewership will crash.
It will be interesting to see where they land in the B1G pecking order. Missouri had an interesting landing in the SEC. They had a good coach and were playing pretty well in the B12. They landed just when UGA, UTjr and UF were cratering in the SECE. They win 2 SECE titles, but then get creamed going forward. We won in 2012, but then the Richt decline started we lost in 2013 and won every game since. But we were down 2013-2106 leading to Richt getting fired and CKS hired.
Not really. Neither did adding Maryland, Rutgers or even the corn aggies for that matter.
You think that the SEC teams would be willing to lose millions of dollars per year, tens of millions per year, to keep the B1G out of Florida? Either a team has a revenue stream or they don't. If, there are side-benefits like the one you mention, then fine. But if the B1G is willing to lose millions per year to get into the Florida market, good. Just like the friction costs they are going to experience with teams on the west coast.
You conflate two things ... of course Florida is a big recruiting grounds. But having a team like Miami in it doesn't suddenly make it prime territory for B1G teams. It's not like Iowa or Nebraska will suddenly start recruiting Florida better because Miami is in the B1G. Any recruit in Florida can basically watch every B1G game every weekend. With this thing called the Internet, kids know about all the schools they might play for.
I could see it happening unfortunately because it makes sense if both the SEC and B1G go to 20 plus teams. Why would they cost themselves money? It’s really going to suck for people like me but honestly what can be done? It may not happen within the next decade but eventually in our lifetime it will IMO.
Here's how I see it.
If The B1G and The SEC think it’s costing them money I could totally see them doing that. Let’s be honest they’ll have every team that realistically could win an NC every year. Why would they cost themselves money to help out teams like mine? Why would they give teams like mine a chance? Of course they’ll blow up the CFP if they think they can Make more by themselves. And I can’t fault them because I doubt they’d be wrong.
I agree they will do what's best for them ... I just can't fathom a playoff restricted to 2 conferences will generate as much as on with 4 or more. We shall see in 10 years.
THe higlighted part disproves your contention. It is your contention that simply picking up teams in a conference opens up their recruiting grounds to teams in the conference. I showed you that no teams other than Indiana have any of the top 50 players in Florida for the past two recruiting cycles. If the ACC has FSU and Miami in the ACC, and has had them for over a decade, why aren't all the ACC teams crushing Florida talent? And if the ACC isn't doing that, what makes you think the B1G will suddenly do so? tOSU, UM, PSU - they can go into Florida all they want right now.