Conference carousel to start spinning again?

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Originally Posted by sirthought

If Oregon does go to the B12, I'd be curious to see how UC approaches their track program to compete moving forward. They've had a couple olympians over the past 10-15 years, but Oregon is a major player, from what I've seen.

These geographic distances are crazy. I guess if the B10 knows they are getting a huge pay day, adding two programs from the LA media market could cover the expenses for transportation. But the B12 and other conferences don't have that knowledge. And the idea that even an enhanced conference like that could force the media outlets to pay up is a big gamble. I mean, there's only so much money before we watch nothing but commercials and no games at all!

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I guess now is the perfect time to point out there will now be 5 media timeouts per half instead of the current 4. It's certainly not meant to improve the flow of the game.

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Originally Posted by sirthought

These geographic distances are crazy.

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Yeah, don't expect Rutgers or Maryland to get a road win in LA anytime this century. A literal coast to coast flight and the accompanying jet lag will greatly enhance home field advantage. I wonder if you will see marquee match ups, say Penn St vs USC, at a mid country neutral sight?

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Originally Posted by Xuperman

Yeah, don't expect Rutgers or Maryland to get a road win in LA anytime this century. A literal coast to coast flight and the accompanying jet lag will greatly enhance home field advantage. I wonder if you will see marquee match ups, say Penn St vs USC, at a mid country neutral sight?

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I wouldn't wonder about that too long. The answer to that is "absolutely not happening."

Hopefully the PAC-10 and ACC kind of fall apart and the Big East just adds Gonzaga and Duke. Both would be great Big East fits.

That would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by drudy23

Hopefully the PAC-10 and ACC kind of fall apart and the Big East just adds Gonzaga and Duke. Both would be great Big East fits.

That would be awesome.

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Can’t we just do a 10 year home and away with Gonzaga and forget about adding them into the conference?

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Originally Posted by X-band '01

I guess now is the perfect time to point out there will now be 5 media timeouts per half instead of the current 4. It's certainly not meant to improve the flow of the game.

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Whose stupid idea was that? I get it. It’s all about TV money and selling ads. Still, it’s stupid and will add more time to the games. Good luck getting the late games to start anywhere close to on time. Please tell me they at least took away a team time out!

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Originally Posted by Seven Eighths

Can’t we just do a 10 year home and away with Gonzaga and forget about adding them into the conference?

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^^^This^^^


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Originally Posted by X-band '01

I guess now is the perfect time to point out there will now be 5 media timeouts per half instead of the current 4. It's certainly not meant to improve the flow of the game.

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Hasn't it always been 5 per half? A TV TO after every 4 mins, hence 4-minute wars?

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Originally Posted by X-band '01

I guess now is the perfect time to point out there will now be 5 media timeouts per half instead of the current 4. It's certainly not meant to improve the flow of the game.

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That'll shorten the bench.

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Originally Posted by Seven Eighths

Can’t we just do a 10 year home and away with Gonzaga and forget about adding them into the conference?

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Fine by me - but if the ACC football schools go in a different direction, the BE has to be pondering Duke right? Right?

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Originally Posted by 94GRAD

Hasn't it always been 5 per half? A TV TO after every 4 mins, hence 4-minute wars?

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The last “war” ended at half time. No time out involved.


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