Washington & Oregon joining B1G in 2024

[Mitchrapp]

The original B10 was the best. All Midwest schools. No PSU, or Rudgers and now teams from the west. I hate it so much now. 18 teams and yet for football you'll only play 8 of them a season. Ridiculous.

 

[tomdalton22]

The original B10 was the best. All Midwest schools. No PSU, or Rudgers and now teams from the west. I hate it so much now. 18 teams and yet for football you'll only play 8 of them a season. Ridiculous.

I think I read that they are going to play 9 conference games a year.

 

[Michchamp]

9 is pretty good. But then you have an even/odd number of home/away conference games every year.

Make it 10 + 2 non-conf.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Even 9 when there's 17 other teams is ridiculous.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I don't think it's ruining college football at all. The sport needs new rivalries and with the new playoff format, losing a game or two isn't going to destroy a team's chances.

The thing that's ruining college football and basketball is the transfer portal. I know it's more fair for the athletes, but college football is now a professional sport with unlimited free agency

There?s only one rivalry that matters and two honorable mentions.

The only one that matters ain?t goin? anywhere -it?s staying right at home between Ann Arbor and Columbus.

The two honorable mentions both include USC - v UCLA and v Notre Dame.

I guess because the merger we?ll have to come up a new venue for SC v UCLA.

The proximity change will actually be much better for both SC and Notre Dame.

 

[tomdalton22]

9 is pretty good. But then you have an even/odd number of home/away conference games every year.

Make it 10 + 2 non-conf.

and mandate that the 2 non conference games be vs other power 5 teams (well, power 4 now)

 

[lostleader]

and mandate that the 2 non conference games be vs other power 5 teams (well, power 4 now)

No way that happens for a few years. Teams will want to let it play out and see how much a loss hurts their chances. Plus how do smaller colleges survive? Living close to Ball State and having worked their, I know for a fact that their sports programs survive due to playing teams like UM, ND, IU, etc and getting a million or two to "take a loss". Im not saying its right, it's just the way it is.