Yeah, there were some pretty extreme circumstances involved there, though.

Jun 20, 2021
10:04:34am

shoganai Intervention Needed

Not really relatable to what we're talking about here. And they were subsequently invited back once they'd gotten their house in order.

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Andy Staples opines that divisions may be on the way out,

Everyman

6/20/21 8:02am

SEC will go to two separate conference, so they can easily get 4 teams in. And

LiveY'r

6/20/21 8:04am

Can’t see a conference of only 7 being strong enough or large enough.

Taccoug

6/20/21 8:10am

Sec west can get Texas, Oklahoma, Ok state. Sec East can get FSU, Clemson, VT

arizonacougarfan

6/20/21 8:32am

Why would those schools leave for essentially the same chance at playoff

Taccoug

6/20/21 8:38am

They wouldn't want the strongest teams, just new media markets for TV. They have

Nat Gas Man

6/20/21 9:32am

They could add teams and make their conferences bigger?

CBaass

6/20/21 8:33am

Being in the worst div of the worst P5 conf, Utes would hate that.

panacablue

6/20/21 8:12am

ACC coastal would also like a word

LifelongAP

6/20/21 11:23am

Divisions only made sense when the NCAA required them for a championship game.

shoganai

6/20/21 8:22am

Why would the conferences not contract with a situation like this?

hdx57

6/20/21 9:13am

Lawsuits

couldge

6/20/21 9:37am

Because TV pays conferences for inventory. Less teams = less games to put on TV

cougarmeister

6/20/21 9:37am

The B12 is sitting pretty at 10 teams, why would the PAC12 not drop to 10 teams as well?

hdx57

6/20/21 10:41am

For one, there's no precedent for kicking a school out of a conference. Imagine

shoganai

6/20/21 9:45am

Temple got kicked out of the Big East

Blue Cat

6/20/21 9:58am

Yeah, there were some pretty extreme circumstances involved there, though.

shoganai

6/20/21 10:04am

They were football-only and had no other connection with the Big East.

Everyman

6/20/21 11:19am

It's an easily rectified problem. Retain the divisions, but if a 2nd place...

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