Conference Realignment Scenarios: The Big East/Mountain West Hybrid

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

This article originally appeared on CollegeSportsInfo.com There's been an idea floated around on the message boards and on the ESPN blogs about a Big East/Mountain West hybrid conference. The idea seems like a real stretch at first glance. You'd have seven to eight schools in the northeast and seven to eight schools ...

Big Ten Conference Hires Expansion Research Firm, Texas Not on the List

Published on: 20th February, 2010

  Big Ten Conference officials have hired a research firm to assist in targeting expansion candidates. Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez says the number on the list is approximately 15 and that Texas is not included as a recommendation. That's good news for admins and fans of schools hoping to be in the ...

Congress and the BCS: A Simple Plan

Published on: 14th February, 2010

This article originally appeared on CollegeSportsInfo.com on 11/15/09: Share this post: ShareThis   The people all want playoffs. The schools in power want big payday bowls. And then Congress comes into play. There has been all this talk of lobbying Congress to get them to change the system. But perhaps what ...

Big Ten Expansion: Could a Plan Already Be in Place?

Published on: 14th February, 2010

This article originally appeared on CollegeSportsInfo.com on Dec. 15, 2009: So first Barry Alvarez mentioned Big Ten expansion thoughts . A few days later the conference issues a statement saying they indeed will be exploring expansion in the next 12-18 months . And now we're reading about all the different Big ...

The Problem With the BCS Rankings: Big East Rank Overvalued

Published on: 14th February, 2010

This article originally appeared on CollegeSportsInfo.com on 1/2/10. To read similar articles, feel free to visit.   The hot topic right now is "BCS system vs. Playoff". But I see an equal problem: the BCS Rankings themselves. Last night, we had Florida vs. Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. The game ...

The Skinny on the Pac-10 Expansion Candidates

Published on: 14th February, 2010

This article originally appeared on CollegeSportsInfo.com on 2/10/10.   Earlier in the week we learned that the Pac-10 might consider expansion as part of their quest to start a TV network or get a better deal. A report out of Salt Lake city says that Utah will be invited to the Pac-10 ...

Big Ten Expansion: Future Conference Realignment Dominoes

Published on: 13th February, 2010

  The following was originally published on 12/16/09 at CollegeSportsInfo.com With the talk of the Big Ten potentially expanding in the next 18 months, there are plenty of other conferences who now need to come up with contingency plans. Unlike the 2003 Conference Realignment shift caused by the ACC taking (3) Big ...