The Official 2011 NCAA College Football Thread

[onebadmollafolla]

Wife says football not motive for beating* - WVU Sports - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -

Lawyered.

I think V Tech must be a rather violent university...maybe one of if not the worst. Didn't they have a shooting there? Must be representative of the entire populace. Amirite? /troll logic

[HilbillyHomeboy]

I bet the B12 is suddenly looking more appealing to WVU and Louisville

NCAAF Blog: Dr. Saturday - Yahoo! Sports Blog

I'm guessing we would take that invite without batting an eye. Wouldn't bother me at all, that would be one damn strong league. Lot of travel, but it'd be worth it to play teams like that.

Jeremy

[AdamVR4]

I'm guessing we would take that invite without batting an eye. Wouldn't bother me at all, that would be one damn strong league. Lot of travel, but it'd be worth it to play teams like that.

Jeremy

Would be a good excuse to meet ya and go to a game. You'll have to protect me from the couch burning, indiscriminate mobs though!

And I think it's interesting how similar that story of LSU fans getting beaten (randomly) by WVU fans is to LSU PLAYERS beating 2 people in a parking lot...

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Rumor has it Oliver Luck was in Dallas last week talking shop with the B12. I think I posted that, if I didn't, I meant to. Other than travel, there's no downside for us. It's a good basketball, football, and baseball league. All things we do pretty well.

Slive said this week the SEC has no intention to expand further, but I think the unbalanced divisions will be a problem and force their hand. I translate it as, not right now, but maybe towards the end of the season or offseason..

Mizzou Chancellor has said they aren't leaving..

But who knows, shit's crazy! We'll see.

Jeremy

[AdamVR4]

Rumor has it Oliver Luck was in Dallas last week talking shop with the B12. I think I posted that, if I didn't, I meant to. Other than travel, there's no downside for us. It's a good basketball, football, and baseball league. All things we do pretty well.

Slive said this week the SEC has no intention to expand further, but I think the unbalanced divisions will be a problem and force their hand. I translate it as, not right now, but maybe towards the end of the season or offseason..

Mizzou Chancellor has said they aren't leaving..

But who knows, shit's crazy! We'll see.

Jeremy

Can't wait to see WVU at the Disch.



On a semi-related note, I picked a great night to watch major league baseball for the first time in a couple years. That was arguably the most unbelievable 3 minutes of sports I've ever seen.

[AdamVR4]

As I've said all along...

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp stated today that the creation of the Longhorn Network was not the driving force behind the Aggies leaving the Big 12 for the SEC.

Sharp touched on the subject during a far-ranging interview with the Texas Tribune website. The first portion of the interview dealt with leaving the Big 12. Sharp stated that the worst case scenario for A&M is that they will make $4-$5 million more a year in athletics, and that this was a move the Aggies have wanted to make for a while. His comments on UT and the LHN begin at the 2:45 mark.

[BigTyla]

Auburn's stroll through Murderer's Row begins tomorrow. I'll be happy if we win one of the next four games and elated if we win two.

[AdamVR4]

Pretty much tells the story for Texas.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Here we go again...*sigh*

The Big East May Implode on Sunday - BeyondU Sports

BeyondU Sports has learned that Rutgers, West Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati and UCONN are heavily leaning towards bolting from the Big East on Sunday when the league presidents meet.

With these five schools leaving simultaneously, only TCU and USF will be left as Big East football members in 2012. The coordinated move is designed to implode the conference. It’s believed that by dismantling the conference, these schools will avoid paying a penalty and won’t need to wait 27 months if they wanted to change leagues.

Since the ACC or the Big Ten would probably take either or both Rutgers and UCONN, these schools are in a great position. West Virginia would be swept up by the Big 12 in a heartbeat even though the Mountaineers mind is apparently set on the SEC. In fact, our WVU sources have said that the school has a handshake deal with the SEC.

The SEC is also reportedly in talks with Missouri but it’s unclear which program – WVU or Missouri – would get the first offer. It’s also unclear whether the SEC will try for 16 teams by the start of next season. We’re hearing that a possible hang up for Mizzou is that their facility upgrades, additional sports programs that would have to be added, Big XII exit fees, etc. could total over $40 million. These costs would undoubtedly hurt Missouri’s immediate chances of joining the SEC.

Louisville and Cincinnati have been brought up in Big 12 discussions but Texas and OU would have to sign off on the deal. This could be a significant hurdle but a lot is predicated on Missouri’s decision. If Mizzou jets to the SEC, WVU may become available to the Big 12 thus making Louisville and Cincinnati a little more desirable to its members.

It has become clear that John Marinatto does not want to be the commissioner of a football conference. Ask yourself this: If the Big East and Marinatto were interested in saving the football side of their conference, then why haven’t they invited Navy, Army and Air Force to join as was apparently their intention before Pitt and Syracuse suddenly fled to the ACC two weeks ago? Is it because Marinatto knows the writing is on the wall for the football part of his league to disappear? Sure seems like this is the case to us.

As of tonight, it looks like the Big East will be the tipping point to full scale conference realignment. But, like any good soap opera, there are swerves, cliff hangers and “gotcha” plot changes. If half of what we are hearing is correct, then Sunday’s scheduled meeting of Big East presidents in DC will be wild.

[AdamVR4]

I guess Mizzou is tired of having moderate success in football and is willing to trade that for ~$5M/yr like A&M.