Utah president explains Pac-12’s thought process behind failed $50m/school ESPN counteroffer
"... was only as a potential starting point in negotiations to help get us to the estimated true value.”
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College GameDay is college football’s biggest cheerleader and biggest bully
Ryan Leaf blasts College GameDay after Jake Dickert misheard Lee Corso comments, Kirk Herbstreit fires back
"Is this a real tweet??? You must have been hacked Ryan."
College football schedule makers need to do better than this week’s awful slate
Hopefully the consolidation of college football and the superconference era brings no more Saturdays like this one.
Judge rules for Oregon State and Washington State, granting temporary restraining order against Pac-12
"Oregon State and Washington State must be able to chart a path forward for the Pac 12--not the members that have chosen to leave it."
Inside story reveals how SMU’s billionaire boosters bought Power 5 ticket
SMU and their move to the ACC was another twist in the conference realignment saga. Ross Dellenger detailed the fascinating path to get there.
Where do Oregon State and Washington State go from here?
Probably to the Mountain West, tbh.
ESPN tennis announcers blast NCAA conference realignment during US Open broadcast
"How can you be in the Pac-12, which stands for Pacific, and then end up in the Atlantic?"
ACC votes to invite Cal, Stanford, and SMU
SMU is reportedly coming in with no shared TV revenue for nine years, while Stanford and Cal are expected to get 30 percent shares.
SMU appears to be trying to buy their way into the ACC
ACC presidents are expected to take action on expanding its conference to add the likes of Cal, Stanford and SMU on Tuesday.
NCAA v. Oklahoma lawyer: ‘I think I screwed up college football.’
"We tried at every stage to negotiate an agreement of some kind, to limit what would happen. But we learned the ‘NCAA’ stood for ‘Never Compromise Anything at Anytime,’ and they wouldn’t even talk to us."
Key realignment player ESPN blasted for GameDay segment on realignment killing tradition
"College football as a regional game of rivalries is fading from memory."
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick calls realignment ‘complete disaster’
"I think the decision-making has lost its way in terms of the focus on the student-athlete and what's primarily best for them. But we are where we are, and we have to try to make it work."
Report: ACC could reap $72M in additional revenue from ESPN by adding Stanford, Cal, and SMU
Per a new report, Cal, Stanford, and SMU are finalizing deals to join the ACC in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
Is a College Football Premier League in our future?
The end of college realignment can be seen on the horizon - an elite group of schools making up a College Football Premier League.
Nebraska AD Trev Alberts says next conference realignment will be ‘far more disruptive’
"I believe that the next go-around ... will be far more disruptive."
On3’s Andy Staples on how realignment alters the College Football Playoff selection process
The College Football Playoff committee can essentially go back and rip up the expanded format before the contract starts the '26 season.
Ohio State AD Gene Smith says Fox paid the tab to bring Oregon, Washington to Big Ten
"Fox brought new money to the table for Oregon and for Washington that they provided."
CBS Sports college football writer Shehan Jeyarajah on conference realignment, the coaches poll, and crazy fans
'I just don't think that consolidation is going to be in the best long-term interests of the sport'
Andy Staples on conference realignment: ‘There’s no logic to it’
"I think if you look at everything that has happened over the past two years, logic is sort of out the window."
Larry Scott’s past gambles cost the Pac-12 its future
Nothing showcases the hypocrisy of amateurism like conference realignment
Florida State wants to tap private equity funding ahead of potential conference realignment
"Florida State University is working with JPMorgan Chase to explore how the school’s athletic department could raise capital from institutional funds."
Big Ten Conference officially adds Oregon and Washington
Conference realignment armageddon is fully upon us once again.
