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Hey look, y'all created a realignment thread!

Yeah, some of these posts are showing how some of us haven't gone down the realignment rabbit hole.  It's all about expanding footprint and academics (if that's your thing).  

ISU isn't moving up the totem pole, ever.  
KU has the AAU but lacks the football or borders with a B1G state.
KU is sort of in a purgatory, unless the SEC made a move west and added an OK school with it.  
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Clemson wouldn't jump into the SEC, as good a program as they are.
It would be UNC and a VA team, or if UNC's academics got it into the B1G with UVA, then NC State and VT would join the SEC.  

Hell, in either of these cases, the Big 12 others and the ACC others would join to form a very good conference.  Both cannot go on existing on a long timeline.  

Rather than hopping on one foot and reciting the alphabet backwards, they will probably just carry on being the Bearcats; part of a select group of upper tier G5 teams; Houston, Memphis, Boise, BYU, and a few others.

All of which will continue being second-class citizens.

IF?

2020 Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina
2018 UCF
2017 UCF
2016 Western Michigan
2010 TCU
2009 TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State
2008 Utah and Boise State
2007 Hawai'i
2006 Boise State
2004 Utah and Boise State (and Auburn, actually - left out behind 2 helmets)
1999 Marshall
1998 Tulane
1993 West Virginia (left out in lieu of 2 helmet programs)
1992 Texas A&M (champ of weak-ass SWC)
1987 Syracuse (independent w/ weak-ass schedule)
1985 Bowling Green (undefeated, barely ranked (#20))

It's not an "if," it's a certainty.  
The crumb the NCAA (or whoever decides these things) was to allow the highest-ranked G5 champ into one of the New Year's Six bowl games.  That crumb was the compromise between being totally neglected (see above) and actually being given a seat at the table.
They have no seat at the table.  This year's Cincinnati is just the 20th or so version.  Yawn.

IF?

2020 Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina
2018 UCF
2017 UCF
2016 Western Michigan
2010 TCU
2009 TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State
2008 Utah and Boise State
2007 Hawai'i
2006 Boise State
2004 Utah and Boise State (and Auburn, actually - left out behind 2 helmets)
1999 Marshall
1998 Tulane
1993 West Virginia (left out in lieu of 2 helmet programs)
1992 Texas A&M (champ of weak-ass SWC)
1987 Syracuse (independent w/ weak-ass schedule)
1985 Bowling Green (undefeated, barely ranked (#20))

It's not an "if," it's a certainty. 
The crumb the NCAA (or whoever decides these things) was to allow the highest-ranked G5 champ into one of the New Year's Six bowl games.  That crumb was the compromise between being totally neglected (see above) and actually being given a seat at the table.
They have no seat at the table.  This year's Cincinnati is just the 20th or so version.  Yawn.

Yes. That's the criticism.

Way back in 1995 while I was a student the Buckeyes beat Iowa by 21 points, 56-35.  Sounds closer than the aforementioned PSU game, right?  Not so fast.  The Buckeyes absolutely obliterated Iowa in that game.  Shortly before halftime the Buckeyes led 56-0 and HC John Cooper started pulling starters.  That year's Heisman winner didn't see the field again after scoring Ohio State's eighth TD of the game.  The starting QB, TE, and a starting WR also didn't play for Ohio State in the second half and it showed.  After building up a 56-0 lead the Buckeyes got outscored 35-0 in the final 31 minutes to win by the much-closer-than-it-was score of 56-35.  

I went to that game. I picked up a friend from his house and headed down to the stadium. We parked behind a frat house off of High Street and walked down. I don't remember exactly what happened, but we got into the stadium just after kick off and were sitting in the bleachers at the south end of the field. By the time we got to our seats, there were a couple of mins into the 1st qtr and it was already 14-0.

We left after half time and headed to a bar. 

So you missed 2/3rds of the Game?I always stuck around the whole 5 times I made it too the 'Shoe for a game

I generally do stay until the bitter end, my friend was really getting on my nerves wanting to leave and hit the bar. It was just easier to do that than to listen to him complain for another hour and a half.