Comments on: The Real Story on CFB Expansion

By: fromolwyoming

fromolwyoming — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:29:44 +0000

From the sounds of it, it looks like they are staying at 10 for awhile.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:52:09 +0000

The BS (aka: BCS) is just the Mafia of college football. It is so much designed to keep about sixty schools “fat and happy”, at the destruction of all other schools.

The other FBS schools and FCS and rest of college football schools at every level should take these fat cats to court and collect 100 billion dollars from these jerks.

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:19:01 +0000

Who will the Big 12 take if CU leaves?
TCU?
BYU?

By: keeper

keeper — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:53:35 +0000

I can’t help thinking that the current BCS setup isn’t going anywhere and standing pat unless legal action from the MWC or the Feds forces their hand. But waiting for that to happen could leave Utah, Boise, Colorado, the entire BigEast and maybe even Notre Dame way behind. The Pac does not want to
expand, but their pitiful TV contracts leave them no choice.
Indeed, the Big12 is on shaky ground, the SEC would take Texas
and A&M in a heartbeat, and the BigEast may have to bail its football ops. The nellies will certainly be nervous if NCAA doesn’t change bylaw to allow 10 or 11 team championship game. Then the circus will begin for real.

By: socalspud

socalspud — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:57:19 +0000

Thanks for stopping by guys … I appreciate the comments … I still believe both moves are on tap for 2010 … its up to CU … the Pac-10 is NOT going to expand just to expand … the Denver TV market is the key for its new netowrk gaining a larger footprint …

But for the Oliver Stone ilk joining us today there could be a financial downside to the six BCS conferences if the Pac-10 stands pat this summer.

A Boise State invite to the MWC without a Utah exit means the records of both Utah and BSU will count in the current 4-yr BCS evaluation period which ends after the 2011 season.

With BOTH Utah and the Broncos the MWC is a lock to finish in the top 50 percnet of the D-1 CFB leagues … the third category … overall league strength is the rub. WITHOUT BSU the MWC is about 10 places out of the magical 5th out of 11 in overall league strength.

Right now the hoop is set at about an average of 49 out of 120 schools for the fifth place league … the MWC is about 60 after two years … Boise State alone closes half the gap to about 55 out of 120 … but it doesnt get the MWC to the current promised land.

To meet the last stated criteria of the BCS head-honchos of Top 50 percent in ALL THREE CATEGORIES to become a BCS league the MWC is going to have to earn it on the field in its OOC games over the next two years.

What a novel concept … earning something on the field.

But since the super-secret formula has Manhattan Project type security … who doesnt think if the MWC meets the criteria set out by the BCS the hoops will suddenly move higher quicker than a lion tamer can crack his whip ???

The NYT can expose deep, dark CIA secrets on a nearly daily basis but the BCS expansion formula is a secret ????

A game of three-card Monty would seem fairer.

By: B-town Buckeye

B-town Buckeye — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:40:42 +0000

Good article. Like the site.

By: fromolwyoming

fromolwyoming — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:40:31 +0000

I don’t know if it is a done deal or not. I say this because the Utah AD (the other main candidate) has claimed not to have been contacted and that the Pac board is looking to have a CCG with only 10 teams.