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A conference made up of Universities that could have opted out thus leveraging anything the conference were fprcing them to do

The B1G and the SEC are expanding and escalating.  It is quite literally, their fault and their fault alone, that the money has come to the point that others have to respond.

I'll use Texas as an example-- in the B12 UT was able to tolerate a $10M-$20M per year delta in its revenue compared to the B1G or SEC.  But when the new contracts were being discussed for all conferences, and the new numbers were showing that the new delta was about to become more like $60M-$70M per year, then the delta was no longer tolerable. There's no way Texas could remain competitive against even the poorest universities in the B1G or SEC, under the current structure.

it is entirely on the conferences for expanding and escalating the arms race.  For the universities it's simply become a game of survival.

If you're suggesting a school like Texas should just sit still and take it, while the B1G is about to be paying $100M/year to all of its member schools, then that's a silly and naive point of view.  We might just as well become the U of Chicago and entirely opt out of sports, because that's how competitive we'd be.

Dang. I turned off the PAC-12 CCG after the first quarter when it looked like USC was running away with it.

Under the old systems USC would’ve probably played for the MNC. It makes you wonder about the rest of the PAC since they were 11-1. The PAC as a whole is very weak and has been for awhile.

I’m thinking KSU wins today, as does UGA and Michigan.

Playoff will be
UGA, Michigan, OSU, Bama.

New boss = Old boss.

KSU can definitely win, but I'll be surprised if it happens.  TCU is just charmed this year.

Of course I expect that charm to end if/when they have to play Georgia.

i THINK TCU is in over any two loss team. 

I don't. 


But I don't think we'll end up testing the theory, either.

Most importantly, the MAC Championship Game  is finally underway. 

94 are you into the eggnogg already?I never remotely suggested that - Universities is a wide blankett I wasn't singling out any one.Expanding the conferences which inevitably leads to expanding the season is corrupt IMO.Exposing kids to either more time away from studies or more risk to injury. The majority are still on campus to graduate with a degree. Golderned sensitive Texican

Mmmmmm  eggnog

Clear cut pass interference on KSU at 2:36 in 1st

Big12 refs miss false start by KSU leading to KSU TD.