Conference carousel to start spinning again?

[xubrew]

They were an afiiliate member for football at one point, so it's not completely far fetched.

Now I wonder what the UMass-Buffalo rivalry would be like; that's the closest school in the MAC to Amherst.

I remember. They had to play four OOC basketball games a year against MAC teams, and two had to be on the road.

[GoMuskies]

Does UMass still play home football games in Foxborough, which is almost 100 miles from campus?

[Xville]

Sounds like the ACC is living on borrowed time and will blow up id assume within the year. News coming out of North Carolina that their BOT wants out.

TV Contracts have ruined a lot of what made college football great.

[GoMuskies]

TV Contracts have ruined a lot of what made college football great.

I'd say they're ruining college sports in general. Football is just driving the bus off the cliff.

[xubrew]

Sounds like the ACC is living on borrowed time and will blow up id assume within the year. News coming out of North Carolina that their BOT wants out.

TV Contracts have ruined a lot of what made college football great.

North Carolina has wanted out for a while. They wanted to go to the Big Ten when Rutgers and Maryland were added.

[xubrew]

I'd say they're ruining college sports in general. Football is just driving the bus off the cliff.

I would not disagree with anyone who says TV contracts and football have ruined college sports. But, at the end of the day, I also strongly believe that college sports ruined college sports. The collective leadership ultimately failed. Over and over and over again.

[JTG]

North Carolina has wanted out for a while. They wanted to go to the Big Ten when Rutgers and Maryland were added.

Rutgers to the B1G is quite possibly the dumbest thing they ever did, at least until they added Wash & Oregon. Actually the B1G should show Rutgers, and Maryland the door. They add nothing. One would think the Admins and Network folks would know that College Football is not a big deal on the East Coast.

[XUGRAD80]

I would not disagree with anyone who says TV contracts and football have ruined college sports. But, at the end of the day, I also strongly believe that college sports ruined college sports. The collective leadership ultimately failed. Over and over and over again.

I’d say greed more than lack of leadership. Every school (including X for that matter) has done what is best for THEM and THEIR bottom line. I’d probably be doing the same, but NOBODY has really been interested in how their actions will affect the schools they leave behind. No leadership can overcome that.

[XUGRAD80]

Rutgers to the B1G is quite possibly the dumbest thing they ever did, at least until they added Wash & Oregon. Actually the B1G should show Rutgers, and Maryland the door. They add nothing. One would think the Admins and Network folks would know that College Football is not a big deal on the East Coast.

.

Is it the dumbest thing from a RUTGERS point of view? Probably the biggest money windfall Rutgers could have ever expected.

[waggy]

Don’t the conference sports years end summer-fall? It’s going to get interesting…