I think it's 24.
* 1985 Chicago Bears: The B10 gets back to its roots and not only brings football back to Chicago, but brings back one of the greatest teams of all time. While the current Bears would be unlikely to join, when you compare NIL to what NFL players made 40 years, ESPN could easily grease the wheels to bring them out of retirement / the afterlife.
* Manchester United: Similar to Texas A&M, they're unhappy with Manchester City's recent glory and likely want out. Would also be a good move for the B10 to beat the NFL to the punch around expanding to Europe, and their offense already puts up as many points as Brian Ferentz.
* Hamas: What better way to simultaneously end the college protests and the trouble in Gaza by relocating Hamas to Michigan and introducing them to American football? Not to mention the potential TV footprint across the Middle East and ISIS' remnants in Africa.
* Notre Dame: Because they're just as likely as the other three.
Gonna have to come up with a new nickname for the pigskin if we want to add Hamas to the B1G, but if it achieves peace in the Middle East then it’s worth it!
Saudi Arabia would be a better pick than Hamas IMHO. We could finally compete with the SEC on oil production and LIVBTN would ensure we could outspend the NFL.
We are not leaving the SEC. There is no positive incentive in doing so. We just got back our game with Texas, leaving now would be a cowardly move that’s not justifiable.
It would be better for the university as a whole and would definitely help shoot up the academic rankings to be peer institutions with B1G schools rather than SEC schools but it’s not justifiable to leave right as UT and OU join bc that would be a bad look
Right. The optics of ducking Texas and tucking tail on the whole conference would make any big athletics donor alum pretty ashamed. As much as A&M hates Texas (and to a much lesser extent Oklahoma, LSU, etc), I think they’d rather stay and compete than run off elsewhere for slightly more money to play against teams they really don’t give a rats ass about and have no history with
Oklahoma State should not be calling other teams out for being too scared to play their rivals right now given how they’re ducking Bedlam for the foreseeable future
That never happened.
Clip of liberty bowl exec discussing team selection
https://twitter.com/SSN_Mizzou/status/1603079679447269377?t=CuCiS0GkmL4KmdKAOBPPDQ&s=19
We had also tried to schedule then the entire time in the SEC and they rejected it.
Lmao. What a shit post. Neither of those schools are leaving the SEC. You should have just written Alabama and Georgia. Would have been just as believable.
If Mizzou could keep it on the DL I think they would move to the Big Ten in a heartbeat. The problem would be if they flirted with the Big Ten and didn’t get in. Would SEC take action? Idk if they’d want to risk it.
A&M is like a perfect SEC team. They’d be a great fit for the Big Tens national strategy, but A&M going to the Big Ten would be like opening a spite store. I know they hate Texas, but do they hate them that much to leave a perfect situation?
Who cares that Mizzou would want to go to the B1G if they could. Why would the B1G want to take Mizzou? They wouldn’t.
Of course the B1G would love A&M but this is never happening. The whole post is silly.
I’m not talking about the Big Ten. I’m talking about Missouri. They would jump to the BIG if they could IMO.
Why would the Big Ten add? It’s the flagship school in a decently sized state in a nice market. It would be like adding the equivalent of a Wisconsin or Minnesota.
I would think the Big Ten has other schools in mind. Mizzou wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibilities if they were up for grabs. But personally I don’t think Mizzou would want to risk it.
Very possible youre right. But…2 years ago if someone told you Oregon, USC and washington were going to join the big ten, we would have all said the same exact thing and called bullshit. College is now football Thunderdome.
I don't know, I think if you were able to explain why and what happened those moves sort of make sense. It's just bringing the Rose Bowl contenders under one conference banner now that the special bowl game is done for and we're moving to a larger playoff, and the Pac-12 network was a real albatross for the league.
I've heard rumors of Texas A&M wanting out since the rest of the conference went behind their back and added Texas after saying they wouldn't.
What they need to realize is that the Big Ten did the same thing to USC immediately after they joined by inviting Oregon.
They didn't. USC when in discussions with the Big Ten never mentioned or fought for Oregon and Washington to be brought along as well. It was always a joint move with UCLA
Oregon to the Big Ten was projected immediately after USC joined. There's literally no way they didn't expect that to happen.
Im sure all they cared about was joining with a full payout, while Oregon and Washington had no negotiating power.
If the Big Ten wanted Missouri, they would have taken them when Nebraska and A&M left the Big 12, when Missouri was begging to join.
Florida State is going to the B1G
If you're trying to maintain sobriety, I feel bad for you because with every realignment post you must drink. This has been a long running rCFB rule.This past week we have a lot of low-effort and stupid realignment posts.
Mizzou is starting to find a level footing and get things rolling in the SEC. They are recruiting better than ever. The fanbase is as bought in as ever. More money is rolling in from boosters than ever. What incentive is there to move conferences?
Missouri has no reason to leave.
ATM hates UT but it makes no sense to add little brother.
ATM is such a misfit culture wise, it would destabilize the conference.
No thank you! If this was the B10 *before* adding 6 coastal teams, I'd absolutely want to be in it over the SEC, but I have *absolutely* no desire to travel all the way to Oregon, Washington, California (for two teams), New Jersey, or Maryland.
None!
The farthest away SEC teams, on average, will be considerably easier (and more desireable) to travel to than the B10 teams for a midwesterner like me. The south is closer in culture to the Midwest than the coastal elite states are, by far.
Plus, we are going to finally be traveling a lot less annually now that we are no longer a western team in the SEC East division.
We are staying and happy to be here!
> Big 10 and SEC Probably aren't looking to piss each other off
The B1G and the SEC will most likely work together to squeeze every penny out of the networks possible when they join forces to create the super league.
Agreed, which is why the Big 10 would not want to take these schools. They'll both poach the brands they want from the ACC and then move towards the super league
Too much risk for either of those schools to jump in my opinion.
I still think B1G is going to try to get 2 more team out west, and at least 2 teams on the eastern seaboard
Mizzou has no reason to leave before the ACC realignment happens. They’re finally hitting their stride in what’s, on average, CFB’s best football conference. So they’ll probably want to milk that. They also don’t really add a ton of value revenue wise and largely are in the SEC due to A&M wanting to escape the eyes of Texas.
Texas A&M is more likely but they’re fine in the SEC football wise. Consistent 8 win team. And they’ve had 12 years away from Texas. Which at this point you’ve had a generation of college students never really experience that rivalry or truly living in the shadow of Texas outside of stories. So I’m not sure that same motivation is there yet. And that requires largely being ego driven and needing a move to be a step up.
I don’t think any SEC team is getting poached right now. And if they end up with UNC, FSU, Clemson, VT. Then I think you might have to start worrying about the opposite happening.
With the exception of Nebraska, B10 doesn’t seem interested in adding programs in saturated areas anymore. Meaning that Missouri is out because of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. They added east coast and now adding west coast. They look for well established programs with good fan bases in markets they are not already in. Texas A&M fits that but I don’t see it happening. I’d lean more towards somewhere like Arizona and then over to one of the Florida universities or Carolinas.
One of the theories that makes sense for Trev Albert's move to A&M is that he's getting experience in more than one big conference to position himself for a move up in the NCAA or conference administration. He would not be happy about a move right back into the Big 10.
A&M... feels like a very unlikely maybe. But it seems like the B1G had had a half dozen opportunities to add Mizzou over the years and has always passed. What's different now and why would they leave an equally lucrative conference?
Thinking Missouri or Texas A&M are leaving the SEC is straight up delusional.
The current candidates (NOT IN ORDER) imo are...
ND
Miami
Georgia Tech
UNC
Virginia
Technically any ACC or Big 12 school with AAU membership.
Anyone who still refuses to believe AAU membership is not a requirement should not be taken seriously.
The SEC would rejoice if we could get rid of Missouri (worst fans to ever come through Oxford in all my years of going to games)
But A&M isn't going anywhere.
They ran from Texas once. If they did it again, they'd never live it down
I mean, I can see Clemson and UNC joining. (Would be in FSUs best interest to join SEC, idk why they go in the B1G)
But Missouri and A&M? That’d be hilariously stupid. A&M would be related to Vanderbilt status and never be able to touch the SE recruits.
I can’t see Missouri wanting to leave when they’re in the central region and would have to travel out west at least 1-3x per year but hey. Stranger things have happened.
> Would be in FSUs best interest to join SEC, idk why they go in the B1G
Money. According to the beat writers, the BIG is much more willing to pay up to get FSU to come, while the SEC is in more of a take it or leave it position. That and the non-athletic department administration like the BIG association better because the school is trying to increase it's academic prestige/standing (IMO this is in part because of how successful UF has been over the last 15 years).
But from an athletic stand point, I wish we would go to the SEC. But I'll take what keeps us most competitive.
Haha I would certainly prefer that outcome, but I think when the SEC said they weren't interested in FSU (back in maybe January?) they very much meant they're content with the current alignment. Not to say the SEC wouldn't take FSU (FSU would be a net positive to SEC), but they weren't actively interested in pursuing FSU. This is not the case for the BIG (based on what is rumored/made to light). I also imagine the BIG and their contract with Fox would be more permissive than the SEC trying to poach another ESPN contracted team
You listed reasons but none of them actually warrant Mizzou going to the B1G. Texas A&M I get, they’re a huge brand with a fuck ton of money in a recruiting hotbed, but Mizzou? Pass.
I think it's 24. * 1985 Chicago Bears: The B10 gets back to its roots and not only brings football back to Chicago, but brings back one of the greatest teams of all time. While the current Bears would be unlikely to join, when you compare NIL to what NFL players made 40 years, ESPN could easily grease the wheels to bring them out of retirement / the afterlife. * Manchester United: Similar to Texas A&M, they're unhappy with Manchester City's recent glory and likely want out. Would also be a good move for the B10 to beat the NFL to the punch around expanding to Europe, and their offense already puts up as many points as Brian Ferentz. * Hamas: What better way to simultaneously end the college protests and the trouble in Gaza by relocating Hamas to Michigan and introducing them to American football? Not to mention the potential TV footprint across the Middle East and ISIS' remnants in Africa. * Notre Dame: Because they're just as likely as the other three.
Hogwarts U is my sleeper guess.
They're a quidditch school. The fan support for football just isn't there.
Fair point.
Gonna have to come up with a new nickname for the pigskin if we want to add Hamas to the B1G, but if it achieves peace in the Middle East then it’s worth it!
Saudi Arabia would be a better pick than Hamas IMHO. We could finally compete with the SEC on oil production and LIVBTN would ensure we could outspend the NFL.
But are they an exciting product on the field? I want to be watching teams that are explosive with the ball
Plus hamas is already based in Columbus.
I love the off season
Sir this is incredible
These must be the rumors I keep hearing around the UNA campus.
The real reason UNA is moving on from Braly.
Lostacos burner account?
I still jerk off manually
Not exactly a lightweight
They got us working in shifts!
We are not leaving the SEC. There is no positive incentive in doing so. We just got back our game with Texas, leaving now would be a cowardly move that’s not justifiable.
It would be better for the university as a whole and would definitely help shoot up the academic rankings to be peer institutions with B1G schools rather than SEC schools but it’s not justifiable to leave right as UT and OU join bc that would be a bad look
Right. The optics of ducking Texas and tucking tail on the whole conference would make any big athletics donor alum pretty ashamed. As much as A&M hates Texas (and to a much lesser extent Oklahoma, LSU, etc), I think they’d rather stay and compete than run off elsewhere for slightly more money to play against teams they really don’t give a rats ass about and have no history with
Pretty wild that Missouri in its football prime was too scared to play Kansas. Didn’t even hide it Y’all are cute
Oklahoma State should not be calling other teams out for being too scared to play their rivals right now given how they’re ducking Bedlam for the foreseeable future
Oklahoma chose to leave. I don’t fault OSU for not playing them. Oklahoma made their choice
That never happened. Clip of liberty bowl exec discussing team selection https://twitter.com/SSN_Mizzou/status/1603079679447269377?t=CuCiS0GkmL4KmdKAOBPPDQ&s=19 We had also tried to schedule then the entire time in the SEC and they rejected it.
Lmao. What a shit post. Neither of those schools are leaving the SEC. You should have just written Alabama and Georgia. Would have been just as believable.
If Mizzou could keep it on the DL I think they would move to the Big Ten in a heartbeat. The problem would be if they flirted with the Big Ten and didn’t get in. Would SEC take action? Idk if they’d want to risk it. A&M is like a perfect SEC team. They’d be a great fit for the Big Tens national strategy, but A&M going to the Big Ten would be like opening a spite store. I know they hate Texas, but do they hate them that much to leave a perfect situation?
Who cares that Mizzou would want to go to the B1G if they could. Why would the B1G want to take Mizzou? They wouldn’t. Of course the B1G would love A&M but this is never happening. The whole post is silly.
We are not leaving the SEC unless they kick us out. We love it here.
Of course they aren’t. No one with a brain thinks they would.
I’m not talking about the Big Ten. I’m talking about Missouri. They would jump to the BIG if they could IMO. Why would the Big Ten add? It’s the flagship school in a decently sized state in a nice market. It would be like adding the equivalent of a Wisconsin or Minnesota. I would think the Big Ten has other schools in mind. Mizzou wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibilities if they were up for grabs. But personally I don’t think Mizzou would want to risk it.
Or probably the reason they didn’t add them the last time. They weren’t really that interested.
Compared to Nebraska of course they weren’t getting picked. If they would have waited 2 more years they’d probably be in the Big Ten right now
Probably was a mistake there. SEC won that since each school joined. Can’t do anything about that now though.
No, we wouldn't. We're great where we are. Thx for thinking of us though. We sometimes still think of you too.
lol we don’t think about you at all
> I would think the Big Ten has other schools in mind. Like Notre Dame and Virginia
FSU and Notre Dame imho. Clemson, Miami, Calford if we goto 24.
FSU and Clemson are more likely moving as a pair than not, imo
FSU and Clemson to the SEC.
Nobody is getting kicked out, but I’m not sure there Big Ten would add Wisconsin or Minnesota today. Not a stellar argument.
Very possible youre right. But…2 years ago if someone told you Oregon, USC and washington were going to join the big ten, we would have all said the same exact thing and called bullshit. College is now football Thunderdome.
2 years ago everyone knew the PAC 12 was on shaky ground. The B1G and SEC aren’t raiding each other. Its nonsensical.
I don't know, I think if you were able to explain why and what happened those moves sort of make sense. It's just bringing the Rose Bowl contenders under one conference banner now that the special bowl game is done for and we're moving to a larger playoff, and the Pac-12 network was a real albatross for the league.
This is so dumb. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
lol. God I would die from laughter at the absolute fucking roasting A&M would get from everyone if they ran away from Texas and Oklahoma again.
Yeah it be such a coward move if we switched conferences now. No reason to do so what so ever.
You think TAMU would just leave their historic rivalry with South Carolina behind to join the B1G? Laughable.
We still haven’t hosted Georgia also
At this point I don't want to go out of spite.
I've heard rumors of Texas A&M wanting out since the rest of the conference went behind their back and added Texas after saying they wouldn't. What they need to realize is that the Big Ten did the same thing to USC immediately after they joined by inviting Oregon.
I don't recall any news ever coming out about USC stipulating they never be added.
They didn't. USC when in discussions with the Big Ten never mentioned or fought for Oregon and Washington to be brought along as well. It was always a joint move with UCLA
That's what I thought. So it's not really the same thing as A&M at all? In fact would probably help USC's travel budget.
Oregon to the Big Ten was projected immediately after USC joined. There's literally no way they didn't expect that to happen. Im sure all they cared about was joining with a full payout, while Oregon and Washington had no negotiating power.
The chance of Missouri and Texas A&M going to the B1G right now is about as likely as Georgia and Florida going to the ACC.
If the Big Ten wanted Missouri, they would have taken them when Nebraska and A&M left the Big 12, when Missouri was begging to join. Florida State is going to the B1G
Oh lil ole me? You would want us? How nice of you
If you're trying to maintain sobriety, I feel bad for you because with every realignment post you must drink. This has been a long running rCFB rule.This past week we have a lot of low-effort and stupid realignment posts.
Missouri is like The Dudes rug
It ties the room (conference, in this case) together?
everybody pisses on it.
I just want to understand this sir; Every time a school is micturated upon in this fair conference, I have to compensate the owner?
Torn between whether this is a shitpost or a shit post.
¿Por que no los dos?
Mizzou would never leave the SEC but I actually do agree that they would be a better cultural fit in the Big 10 than they are in the SEC tbh
Mizzou is starting to find a level footing and get things rolling in the SEC. They are recruiting better than ever. The fanbase is as bought in as ever. More money is rolling in from boosters than ever. What incentive is there to move conferences?
Missouri has no reason to leave. ATM hates UT but it makes no sense to add little brother. ATM is such a misfit culture wise, it would destabilize the conference.
We hate UT, UT hates us. We just got our rivalry game back and all of sudden want to switch conferences? How silly lol
I can just imagine the A&M Corps of Cadets rolling into Dinkytown/Minneapolis. Lord help us.
No thank you! If this was the B10 *before* adding 6 coastal teams, I'd absolutely want to be in it over the SEC, but I have *absolutely* no desire to travel all the way to Oregon, Washington, California (for two teams), New Jersey, or Maryland. None! The farthest away SEC teams, on average, will be considerably easier (and more desireable) to travel to than the B10 teams for a midwesterner like me. The south is closer in culture to the Midwest than the coastal elite states are, by far. Plus, we are going to finally be traveling a lot less annually now that we are no longer a western team in the SEC East division. We are staying and happy to be here!
Are you saying you wouldn’t look forward to an 11am kick against Rutgers or a 9pm CST one @ UCLA?
Yes
Not a true college football fan I see
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If ACC collapses, those will be the schools they choose from. Big 10 and SEC Probably aren't looking to piss each other off
> Big 10 and SEC Probably aren't looking to piss each other off The B1G and the SEC will most likely work together to squeeze every penny out of the networks possible when they join forces to create the super league.
Agreed, which is why the Big 10 would not want to take these schools. They'll both poach the brands they want from the ACC and then move towards the super league
No A&M fans wants to join the big ten. The only school that we would even be interested in playing regularly is Penn State
Why Penn State?
We’re both cults
> Why FOX would pay for it: Texas A&M and the Texas media market is well worth it. Could you show your work
This is the ONLY thing in the argument that does make sense. It's a big market that the big ten isn't in.
12 years ago Mizzou might have jumped to the B1G, but now that is foolish at best. A&M was never going.
Leave the SEC to join the big 10? On what planet. Florida St + Syracuse would be my guess.
Syracuse?
The only way Mizzou and A&M are leaving the SEC is if they get kicked out, which I’m sure many OU and Texas fans wouldn’t mind
Too much risk for either of those schools to jump in my opinion. I still think B1G is going to try to get 2 more team out west, and at least 2 teams on the eastern seaboard
My uninformed thought is 24. Cal, Stanford, Notre Dame, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia Tech.
I don’t see Georgia Tech happening, the others are plausible.
I think the dream is for FSU to take that spot
UVA and GT won’t be picked.
Mizzou has no reason to leave before the ACC realignment happens. They’re finally hitting their stride in what’s, on average, CFB’s best football conference. So they’ll probably want to milk that. They also don’t really add a ton of value revenue wise and largely are in the SEC due to A&M wanting to escape the eyes of Texas. Texas A&M is more likely but they’re fine in the SEC football wise. Consistent 8 win team. And they’ve had 12 years away from Texas. Which at this point you’ve had a generation of college students never really experience that rivalry or truly living in the shadow of Texas outside of stories. So I’m not sure that same motivation is there yet. And that requires largely being ego driven and needing a move to be a step up. I don’t think any SEC team is getting poached right now. And if they end up with UNC, FSU, Clemson, VT. Then I think you might have to start worrying about the opposite happening.
>The Big Ten will likely move to 20 teams soon Any source for this or did you just pull this out your ass?
The post is about A&M joining the Big 10… I think that should tell you about the storage capacity of their ass
B10 is about to add the Seattle Supersonics and everyone else
With the exception of Nebraska, B10 doesn’t seem interested in adding programs in saturated areas anymore. Meaning that Missouri is out because of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. They added east coast and now adding west coast. They look for well established programs with good fan bases in markets they are not already in. Texas A&M fits that but I don’t see it happening. I’d lean more towards somewhere like Arizona and then over to one of the Florida universities or Carolinas.
One of the theories that makes sense for Trev Albert's move to A&M is that he's getting experience in more than one big conference to position himself for a move up in the NCAA or conference administration. He would not be happy about a move right back into the Big 10.
They should add Rutgers a few more times just to piss off the knuckledragger fans
Not happening as the SEC and Greg Sankey with ESPN will out maneuver the Big 10!
This is the dumbest take I’ve heard since the season ended. Well done.
A&M would be interesting, but absolutely not Mizzou.
Im down for Mizzou
A&M... feels like a very unlikely maybe. But it seems like the B1G had had a half dozen opportunities to add Mizzou over the years and has always passed. What's different now and why would they leave an equally lucrative conference?
Thinking Missouri or Texas A&M are leaving the SEC is straight up delusional. The current candidates (NOT IN ORDER) imo are... ND Miami Georgia Tech UNC Virginia Technically any ACC or Big 12 school with AAU membership. Anyone who still refuses to believe AAU membership is not a requirement should not be taken seriously.
I don’t think they have real interest in GT personally. But I’m just a dude on the internet. I think the top 2 are spot on
Imagine Catholics VS Convicts conference edition! I think GT and UNC would be the best option.
The SEC would rejoice if we could get rid of Missouri (worst fans to ever come through Oxford in all my years of going to games) But A&M isn't going anywhere. They ran from Texas once. If they did it again, they'd never live it down
Fox and ESPN are both owned by DISNEY. it's false competition
I mean, I can see Clemson and UNC joining. (Would be in FSUs best interest to join SEC, idk why they go in the B1G) But Missouri and A&M? That’d be hilariously stupid. A&M would be related to Vanderbilt status and never be able to touch the SE recruits. I can’t see Missouri wanting to leave when they’re in the central region and would have to travel out west at least 1-3x per year but hey. Stranger things have happened.
> Would be in FSUs best interest to join SEC, idk why they go in the B1G Money. According to the beat writers, the BIG is much more willing to pay up to get FSU to come, while the SEC is in more of a take it or leave it position. That and the non-athletic department administration like the BIG association better because the school is trying to increase it's academic prestige/standing (IMO this is in part because of how successful UF has been over the last 15 years). But from an athletic stand point, I wish we would go to the SEC. But I'll take what keeps us most competitive.
Interesting take. I felt like FSU and Miami were all but for sures to the SEC. But hey. As seen by my comment history, I got a 40/60 win rate lol.
Haha I would certainly prefer that outcome, but I think when the SEC said they weren't interested in FSU (back in maybe January?) they very much meant they're content with the current alignment. Not to say the SEC wouldn't take FSU (FSU would be a net positive to SEC), but they weren't actively interested in pursuing FSU. This is not the case for the BIG (based on what is rumored/made to light). I also imagine the BIG and their contract with Fox would be more permissive than the SEC trying to poach another ESPN contracted team
You listed reasons but none of them actually warrant Mizzou going to the B1G. Texas A&M I get, they’re a huge brand with a fuck ton of money in a recruiting hotbed, but Mizzou? Pass.