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Cole posted:Seemed pretty obvious to me that the playoffs should have been seeded with all of the major conference champions (or whoever the conference elects to represent them, like in the Big XII's case) plus somehow fitting some teams from small conferences. Then you wouldn't run into an issue of having one conference load the playoffs, or a team that didn't even win their conference winning the national championship (like Alabama a few years ago). Wasn't there a point this year where the playoffs could have realistically been three SEC teams? Pretty much what the TV was clamoring for after week 2
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I don't think there was a chance at three SEC teams in the playoffs since the top SEC teams were all from the west and would cannibalize themselves which is exactly what happened.
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an adult beverage posted:I don't think there was a chance at three SEC teams in the playoffs since the top SEC teams were all from the west and would cannibalize themselves which is exactly what happened. South Carolina and Georgia were pretty highly ranked in the preseason. If they had lived up to the hype they might've had a chance.
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an adult beverage posted:I don't think there was a chance at three SEC teams in the playoffs since the top SEC teams were all from the west and would cannibalize themselves which is exactly what happened. No see we needed to freak out about it because OH MY GOD WHAT IF GODDAMNIT E$PN $EC NOOO. Never mind that there were still over 10 weeks to go.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:13
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You might just as well say ESPN did it. No school, then or now, would turn down their own ESPN network. Once they gave it to us of course we weren't gonna do anything to blow it up. Any school in any conference would have done the same.
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Or we can say texas did it. Because they did. good talk.
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Meltathon posted:The Big 12 is not offering NIU, and that article is entirely speculative on the basis that NIU is improving their facilities for the first time in 25 years. I've been to NIU football games when they were good, and they still didn't fill their stadium, and it's not a lot of space to fill. NIU has a ton of alumni, especially in Chicago, but they will always be overshadowed by the Big 10. NIU is almost a commuter school for suburban Chicago kids. Yeah, NIU is not getting into the Big XII. If they're smart (and they really are sick of the MAC) they'll try to take UAB's spot in Conference USA.
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Why would NIU go to CUSA when the Aaack is right over there?
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Sash! posted:Why would NIU go to CUSA when the Aaack is right over there? The AAC is at 12 already. Even if they want to take NIU, who else do they add to get to 14 that's worth dividing the pie up further for?
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I wonder if NIU will end up going into the goddamn woods again, like they did in the '80s.
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Does NIU have a beef with the MAC or something? I mean, I understand wanting to move into a P5 conference but not moving into a different, less stable non-P5 conference.
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Thoguh posted:Does NIU have a beef with the MAC or something? I mean, I understand wanting to move into a P5 conference but not moving into a different, less stable non-P5 conference. I think they just want to move up and the B12 seemed like the P5 conference most likely to take them. They aren't mad at the MAC specifically that I know of, just that they have designs on something bigger. I don't think they're ready yet, though.
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Yeah i've never heard of NIU having beef with the MAC. I don't fault them for floating the idea of going bigger but there's never been an outright problem or anything.
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Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs.
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs.
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs. South Florida was in the Big East.
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs. West Virginia 
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs. Oklahoma State
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Dec 16, 2014 04:51
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Back when Deteriorata was looking at schools, Pitt was Directional Pennsylvania
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Sash! posted:Back when Deteriorata was looking at schools, Pitt was Directional Pennsylvania Pitt was also independent, so it doesn't matter. They haven't been the same since Pop Warner retired.
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs. North Western University
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Dec 16, 2014 05:40
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Noted community college University of Southern California.
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an adult beverage posted:Noted community college University of Southern California. Not to mention branch campus of California, UC-Los Angles
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Korranus posted:They didn't really mean this though so Did they really use their web page to lobby for inclusion in 1995 / 96?
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Hed posted:Did they really use their web page to lobby for inclusion in 1995 / 96? Among other things, yes.
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Hed posted:Did they really use their web page to lobby for inclusion in 1995 / 96? That's from back in 2011 when the Pac 16 was still a seriously considered thing and Baylor was staring mid-major status in the face. So can we all agree the Big 12 is not in a state of panic?
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I imagine if anything happens to the Big XII before the early 2020s it'll be two or four schools invited, and it'll happen seemingly out of nowhere. But it won't happen this year.
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Bip Roberts posted:Is there any precedence of putting a directional in a P5 conference, not to mention that there are other community colleges like Bosie that host much better football programs. Southern California Korranus posted:That's from back in 2011 when the Pac 16 was still a seriously considered thing and Baylor was staring mid-major status in the face. They're winners dawg 
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West Virginia. Wait.
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Thermos H Christ posted:West Virginia. Wait. I already made that joke.  the state is older than the university
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