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NCAA Conference Realignments

knelson
Lots of news lately about possible conference realignments in the NCAA. I see the first official move was made today with Colorado agreeing to join the Pac-10. The Pac-10 is also looking at several other Big 12 schools. The Big Ten is looking at adding members with Nebraska and Notre Dame being mentioned. So how will this affect college swimming? My gut tells me it's neutral or negative. I think football is the driving force in these realignments and it will just marginalize the non-revenue sports even more than they already are. Any thoughts? P.S. by the way, the Pac-10's possible realignment to a 16 team conference by adding six Big 12 teams will only increase the number of men's swim teams to seven in the conference (Texas and TAMU being the new ones). So the conference would go from 5/10 teams fielding men's teams to 7/16.
  • Former Member
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    I guess it's moot for lots of schools that don't have programs UNLESS it encourages some to restore their programs. I'm not expecting this to occur, however. I think the conference shuffling is 99% about football. You can add the other 1% to your estimate. They certainly don't make the move for academics.
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    I could be wrong. Must be a daily thought for you.
  • When it is all said and done you will basically have 4 power conferences left - SEC, Big Ten, Pac 10 and the ACC. There's nothing left of the Big East anymore.ACC? Power conference? You must be getting lightheaded from all that cycling and post-cycling beers.
  • ACC? Power conference? You must be getting lightheaded from all that cycling and post-cycling beers. There are sports besides football, know that is foreign to UT fans! Remember the NCAA tourney is still the most lucrative contract, or was the last time I checked.
  • There are sports besides football, know that is foreign to UT fans! Basketball, schmasketball. I was thinking of well-rounded sports programs that produced top ranked teams across a number of sports like baseball, swimming, track & field, tennis, golf, ... and football and basketball ... not one trick pony schools/conferences. ;)
  • Basketball, schmasketball. I was thinking of well-rounded sports programs that produced top ranked teams across a number of sports like baseball, swimming, track & field, tennis, golf, ... and football and basketball ... not one trick pony schools/conferences. ;) Director's cup ("to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics") results for last year: 1. Stanford 2. North Carolina 3. Florida 4. USC 5. Michigan Not seeing Texas on that list, what a shocker.
  • Former Member
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    If they could abide by Division III (Duke football might be somewhat competitive in Div. III), there's the University Athletic Conference. It was known as "the nerdy nine" until Hopkins dropped out, leaving them with eight members (Brandes, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Emory, Case Western, U of Chicago, Wash U) ... Soon, they'll all be able to beat USC in football. Naw, USC will still have more thugs than most teams. Heck, a deplited USC can still be a duke or unc. Now, it would be funny to see unc pull off an upset over kiffin's team.
  • Director's cup ("to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics") results for last year: 1. Stanford 2. North Carolina 3. Florida 4. USC 5. Michigan Not seeing Texas on that list, what a shocker. ...cuz they were #6 and you only printed 5? or was it because you picked the '08-'09 list instead of the '07-'08 list where UNC was #14 (oh yeah, Texas #5)? Or how 'bout the '05-06 list where Texas was #3 and UNC #4? Actually, there's some cool data on this, except for the fact that that school with a tree for a mascot always seems to be #1. :badday:
  • If they could abide by Division III (Duke football might be somewhat competitive in Div. III), there's the University Athletic Conference. It was known as "the nerdy nine" until Hopkins dropped out, leaving them with eight members (Brandes, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Emory, Case Western, U of Chicago, Wash U) ... Soon, they'll all be able to beat USC in football. Why did Hopkins drop out? Is the rumor true that they weren't happy with getting second to Emory at UAAs? :bolt:
  • Actually, there's some cool data on this, except for the fact that that school with a tree for a mascot always seems to be #1. :badday: Sad, isn't it? :)