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What’s the point of conferences?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:04 pm
I understand Notre Dame is a unique brand, but what is keeping other big brands from going independent and negotiating their own deals?
How do conferences benefit blue bloods?
How do conferences benefit blue bloods?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:05 pm to QBUMizzou
$$$
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:08 pm to QBUMizzou
with conference champion no longer being a thing, no. There is no point to the modern conference. Time to switch to regional playoff qualifications where all teams in a region play each other and the best team advances.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:10 pm to QBUMizzou
Man. Texas REALLY broke you guys didn't they?
Let me just say this, as a fan of a team that was not in a conference for most of my formative years and into adulthood, being IN a conference is like 1,000x better than not.
Let me just say this, as a fan of a team that was not in a conference for most of my formative years and into adulthood, being IN a conference is like 1,000x better than not.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:15 pm to notsince98
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with conference champion no longer being a thing, no. There is no point to the modern conference. Time to switch to regional playoff qualifications where all teams in a region play each other and the best team advances.
So a team in say, Missouri would not play teams in say, the Southeast for example. I like this concept
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:22 pm to Dawgs2122
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So a team in say, Missouri would not play teams in say, the Southeast for example. I like this concept
Correct. Missouri would come out of the Big 8 region and win several national titles.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:28 pm to geauxbrown
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$$$
How so?
How does being partnered with “lesser” teams bring dollars?
Wouldn’t they get a bigger payout as independents?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:29 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Man. Texas REALLY broke you guys didn't they?
Let me just say this, as a fan of a team that was not in a conference for most of my formative years and into adulthood, being IN a conference is like 1,000x better than not.
You are responding to something that I didn’t imply or say.
Conference affiliation benefits teams like Mizzou and Carolina, but I don’t see the value for blue bloods.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:30 pm to Dawgs2122
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So a team in say, Missouri would not play teams in say, the Southeast for example. I like this concept
I do, too. We have zero history with you.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 1:31 pm to QBUMizzou
Stability—primarily financial, also functional.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:45 pm to QBUMizzou
Money. The answer is always money.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:52 pm to QBUMizzou
ND has a built in national audience: Catholics.
Do you really think that people all over the country are clamoring to watch Mizzou?
LSU likes to talk tough, but they’d be nothing as an independent.
Also, if independence was viable, Texas would have done it long ago.
Do you really think that people all over the country are clamoring to watch Mizzou?
LSU likes to talk tough, but they’d be nothing as an independent.
Also, if independence was viable, Texas would have done it long ago.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:56 pm to New Money
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ND has a built in national audience: Catholics. Do you really think that people all over the country are clamoring to watch Mizzou? LSU likes to talk tough, but they’d be nothing as an independent. Also, if independence was viable, Texas would have done it long ago.
You didn’t read a damn thing I wrote.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:59 pm to notsince98
Pretty bold talk for a team that hasn’t won a co-conference championship in 57 years
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:07 pm to QBUMizzou
I'll leave the SEC just to not give auburn the benefit of getting to corner Bama into a game every years. Without Bama they are nothing.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:36 pm to QBUMizzou
It’d be a headache for your admin. Anyone could do it but most that could do it would be doing more work for less money than what a conference like the big ten or sec would pay. Even notre dame relies on the acc to package 5 games a year and house non football sports. I don’t think the acc or big 12 would offer many schools that deal the big ten and sec certainly wouldn’t.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:39 pm to QBUMizzou
Money
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:42 pm to bamabaseballsec
It makes no sense if the schedules are not balanced.
Football is tough. Because you can't play home and away in college. But it would be better if they at least played everyone else. And an even number of home and away games. And alternated every year.
The nine game schedule is just stupid. Play eight or ten. Or everybody plays one neutral site game. This is not that fricking hard to figure out.
Nine teams make a lot of sense in college. Eight games. Sixteen in basketball.
Sixteen teams make absolutely no sense.
Football is tough. Because you can't play home and away in college. But it would be better if they at least played everyone else. And an even number of home and away games. And alternated every year.
The nine game schedule is just stupid. Play eight or ten. Or everybody plays one neutral site game. This is not that fricking hard to figure out.
Nine teams make a lot of sense in college. Eight games. Sixteen in basketball.
Sixteen teams make absolutely no sense.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:43 pm to QBUMizzou
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What’s the point of conferences?
$$$ and contracts is a big part.
But, the hardest part would be scheduling, especially in sports that aren't football, and football is hard enough.
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