That would be the ideal. Have a maximum membership of 10. Unfortunately the current system might be too entrenched for that; you'd have trouble prying Florida or Kentucky away from the SEC. I think there will be a natural selection process. When Washington gets tired of 3-9 seasons in the Big Ten, or maybe when Oklahoma can't get above .500 in the SEC, there might be another shakedown.
I like change in structure for college football but not the change that has occurred. I suggest ad have others that conferences be dissolved and schools grouped regionally and inclusively. It would maintain the rivalries that are the essence of the sport and create a playoff path that is fair. And it would make sense and save travel money. What we have is a distortion of logic and, as was said here, pursuit of “the bag.” Well done.
It has just hit me that the old Big 10-Pac-10 Rose Bowl is never coming back.
Whoever in the Athletic wrote that we should have left just football leave the NCAA given all the destruction it has caused to everyone else I am forced to agree with.
The nail met the head of the hammer. Good job, as always. I find it difficult to get excited about changing so many partners. Can't wait for that rivalry between USC and Rutgers to heat up.
That would be the ideal. Have a maximum membership of 10. Unfortunately the current system might be too entrenched for that; you'd have trouble prying Florida or Kentucky away from the SEC. I think there will be a natural selection process. When Washington gets tired of 3-9 seasons in the Big Ten, or maybe when Oklahoma can't get above .500 in the SEC, there might be another shakedown.
I like change in structure for college football but not the change that has occurred. I suggest ad have others that conferences be dissolved and schools grouped regionally and inclusively. It would maintain the rivalries that are the essence of the sport and create a playoff path that is fair. And it would make sense and save travel money. What we have is a distortion of logic and, as was said here, pursuit of “the bag.” Well done.
(I may choose to boycott college football going forward anyway since Missouri is the closest thing I have to a team)
It has just hit me that the old Big 10-Pac-10 Rose Bowl is never coming back.
Whoever in the Athletic wrote that we should have left just football leave the NCAA given all the destruction it has caused to everyone else I am forced to agree with.
The nail met the head of the hammer. Good job, as always. I find it difficult to get excited about changing so many partners. Can't wait for that rivalry between USC and Rutgers to heat up.
Great column, Mr. Whicker. Just great.