B1G New Additions Offseason Thread

[CatsbyAZ]

USC Trojans series with Ole Miss canceled after Lincoln Riley's two years of tantrums fail to cancel Kickoff Classic Vs LSU – from BroBible:

“The USC Trojans and Ole Miss Rebels have cancelled a future home and home football series scheduled for 2025 and 2026. It seems Lincoln Riley and Co. are doing all they can to dodge future SEC opponents following the program’s move to the Big Ten.”

“Lincoln Riley is avoiding the SEC at all costs, at least according to fans. Many around college football believed he initially accepted the USC role instead of an open LSU gig to avoid that fierce competition.”


https://twitter.com/BroBible/status/1803124350406603231

[847badgerfan]

If Dave Aranda gets canned after this season, and that's a very real possibility, someone will be backing up the Brinks truck to hire him as DC.

USC has the money.

[CatsbyAZ]

Texas bemoans losing recruits to the Oregon Ducks:

“One team, that is poaching some talented players from the Longhorns’ hopes more than others, is the Oregon Ducks. Earlier this year, Oregon’s head coach Dan Lanning roped in four-star wide receiver Dallas Wilson for the Ducks, a player who Sarkisian is still trying to bring to Texas. Just this week, Lanning secured four-star defensive lineman Josiah Sharma, who had initially included the Horns in his final few schools under consideration.”

I personally think Oregon’s recruiting boost goes back to the NIL, not only the dollar amounts but the guarantee. Certain programs like Florida and Miami have not been able to follow through on NIL pledges.

“The Longhorns have the Texas One Fund which has earned over $14 million since its inception in 2021. The Ducks have Division Street, which is closely tied to Nike, that has turned two Oregon players (quarterback Dillon Gabriel and cornerback Evan Stewart) into top ten NIL earners in the nation. Don’t get me wrong, both schools wear Nike but there’s something a little different about Oregon’s relationship with the brand’s founder Phil Knight.”

Either way, it is still surprising the Big Ten unified to so quickly vote Washington and especially Oregon into the conference. The Ducks weaponized NIL is a threat to the usual powers.


https://twitter.com/HookemHeadlines/status/1807416256150044694

[utee94]

UT's NIL program is good, but it can't really compete with Oregon where Nike-- a fortune 100 company-- has a division of the company specifically focused on Oregon's NIL program.  

As several of us said at the time, bringing in USC and UCLA made sense, but bringing in Oregon was a terrible misstep.  

[FearlessF]

UT's NIL program can compete with any on the nation, including Oregon

[847badgerfan]

UT's NIL program is good, but it can't really compete with Oregon where Nike-- a fortune 100 company-- has a division of the company specifically focused on Oregon's NIL program. 

As several of us said at the time, bringing in USC and UCLA made sense, but bringing in Oregon was a terrible misstep. 

None of them made any sense.

[utee94]

None of them made any sense.

From a financial perspective, USC made sense, and money is all that drives conference realignment.  Specifically, football money.  UCLA was a travel partner that USC wanted, so the B1G had no choice-- weren't going to get one without the other.

Oregon and Washington make no sense at all.  The only way it's working out is they're taking partial shares, but even then, they just never should have been offered.  That was a major mistake from the B1G office.

UT's NIL program can compete with any on the nation, including Oregon

The evidence is showing this clearly isn't true...

[betarhoalphadelta]

The Ducks weaponized NIL is a threat to the usual powers.

I do find this a little bit of an odd characterization. What makes NIL "weaponized"? The fact that they have more of it and they're using it better than the traditional powers, who have leveraged their shiny helmets, long histories, and large fan bases to amass the majority of high-level talent for decades? 

As a fan of one of college sports many "have-not" teams, I find it hard to garner sympathy for the usual powers. 

[FearlessF]

The evidence is showing this clearly isn't true...

well, it's not because of a lack of money
perhaps it's not well organized or needs to be prioritized to boosters

oil money trumps tennis shoe $$

[utee94]

well, it's not because of a lack of money
perhaps it's not well organized or needs to be prioritized to boosters

oil money trumps tennis shoe $$

It's less money.  Thus far, Texas boosters just aren't donating to NIL in the amounts that Nike has been able to coordinate on behalf of Oregon.  It's getting better but in general Texas boosters are still the types that donate to get buildings and fields named after them, rather than donating to cover operating expenses. Just not as much prestige in the latter even if it's more directly beneficial to the sports teams.

[FearlessF]

I agree, but it's not because Texas fans/boosters don't have more money to spend.

any type of combined effort would dwarf Oregon

[Brutus Buckeye]

I do find this a little bit of an odd characterization. What makes NIL "weaponized"? The fact that they have more of it and they're using it better than the traditional powers, who have leveraged their shiny helmets, long histories, and large fan bases to amass the majority of high-level talent for decades?

As a fan of one of college sports many "have-not" teams, I find it hard to garner sympathy for the usual powers.

Can you still be considered a "have-not" team when you are in a better position financially than Florida State, Notre Dame, etc? 

[MrNubbz]

UT's NIL program is good, but it can't really compete with Oregon where Nike-- a fortune 100 company-- has a division of the company specifically focused on Oregon's NIL program. 

As several of us said at the time, bringing in USC and UCLA made sense, but bringing in Oregon was a terrible misstep. 

Perhaps Mr Dell and TITOs could up their ante

[utee94]

Perhaps Mr Dell and TITOs could up their ante

Heh.  Mr. Dell has no interest in athletics.

But I've partied at my tailgate with Tito Beveridge, back before he was a billionaire. He definitely likes his UT sports and definitely needs to throw in some coin.