Which is likely to change, after an undefeated FSU is barely ranked 3rd. Schools are going to have to stop having weak non conference games in order to be competitive.
Every team has cupcakes on the schedule.
The Big 12 should be penalized for not having 12 fucking teams. They are called the Big 12... They have 10 teams and are called the Big 12. Fuck them.
Which is likely to change, after an undefeated FSU is barely ranked 3rd. Schools are going to have to stop having weak non conference games in order to be competitive.
Strawman, TCU has the number 2 SOS in the 2nd toughest conference. Who cares about Iowa State? Every team has cupcakes on the schedule.
Texas is the reason the Big 12 was almost destroyed a few years ago and why the Championship game went away.
There are 64 teams inside the Power 5 right now. Super Conferences would be 16 teams each for the four leagues, making them 64 teams as well. I see maybe two teams that are not in the five major conferences that may get into a Super Conference bumping out two in the Big 12.
The Big 12 should be penalized for not having 12 fucking teams. They are called the Big 12... They have 10 teams and are called the Big 12. Fuck them.
Texas is the reason the Big 12 was almost destroyed a few years ago and why the Championship game went away.
The Big 12 will distribute about $213 million to its 10 schools. Eight will receive $23 million each. West Virginia and TCU, which just completed their second year in the league, will get about $14 million as part of a phase-in plan.
The SEC will distribute a record $309.6 million in revenue to its 14 member institutions.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/co...ols-thanks-to-giant-revenue-distribution.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissm...-valuable-conferences-in-college-sports-2014/On a per-school basis, the Big Ten does best with $26.5 million per member school from TV deals, tourney play and bowls. But right on the Big Ten’s tail is the Big 12, which collected $26.2 million per member school from those three sources. Further back are the Pac-12 ($24.9 million), ACC ($21.8 million) and SEC ($19.4 million). It’s necessary to note that these amounts don’t represent what the schools actually receive in conference distributions; the conference first takes a piece of the pot to pay for conference-level expenses, and some new or partial conference members receive smaller distributions.
The per-school breakdown is still useful, however, because conferences with more schools have a financial advantage thanks to a larger inventory to sell network partners and more teams that are able to fight for bowl games and tournament seeds. The Big 12′s earning power at a per-school level shows just how successful it has been both on the field and in negotiating its $2.6 billion TV deal with ESPN and Fox.
When compared to the massive riches of the major conferences, the rest of the college sports world is suffering.
Says who? There is big $$$$ involved, more specifically from cupcake teams that want to play bigger teams. $$$$ talks.Which is likely to change, after an undefeated FSU is barely ranked 3rd. Schools are going to have to stop having weak non conference games in order to be competitive.
big expansion (+ nebraska and mizzou insecurity) is the reason the big 12 was almost destroyed a few years ago.
big 12 is penalized enough by not being able to produce more than 1 one loss team if it has an undefeated team.
SEC should be penalized for playing an 8 game conference schedule, thus avoiding 7 guaranteed losses. further, with an undefeated team the SEC can still have up to 3 one loss teams. that's just simple math. since rankings are little more than a sort by losses, those two create a huge advantage in perceived strength.
Texas is also the reason why B12 teams make more $$$$$$ than all conferences not named SEC in football or Big10 over all sports. It's a double edged sword. The money is flowing and the football competition better than all conferences not named SEC, so I'd say it's a win for all B12 teams despite the penis measuring contest of the BCS playoffs.
Big12: on avg $21.3mil apiece ($213/10)
SEC: on avg $22.11mil apiece ($309.6/14)
In the end, who cares? B12 may lose the 6 mil from the playoff, but that's still 207 million they are making from football alone. Other conferences would kill for that kind of money from football.
It doesn't end there. The Big 12 easily surpasses the SEC in overall conference money when considering all sports, and only the Big 10 is ahead.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissm...-valuable-conferences-in-college-sports-2014/
So the B12 can cry into its dollar bills that it didn't make the playoff. I'm so sad for them, lol.
If you really think FSU, by any metric other than win percentage against different teams, is better than Alabama or Oregon, please provide something to back that up.
Texas makes money and wanting changes to fit them. They wanted to bolt the conference and Missouri and Nebraska had finally had enough of the crap. If Texas had left the conference would have folded.
Texas didn't want a Championship game because it hindered a chance for a team in their conference to play for the BCS title.
Yes, I blame Texas' greed for causing no Championship game and nearly destroying the conference.
They are undefeated ... i.e. they have not lost a game since the beginning of the season. Each and every time they have faltered they have found a way to come back and win, regardless of their circumstance.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the new system as it requires not that you win ... but that you win well and impressively.
Which is likely to change, after an undefeated FSU is barely ranked 3rd. Schools are going to have to stop having weak non conference games in order to be competitive.
FSU hasn't played the quality of teams the other top 4 teams have. Barely winning all your games closely against non ranked opponents isn't as impressive as beating ranked teams by large margins and losing against a ranked team. Alabama is a perfect example. They lose to a still ranked #11 team (whom they beat in the SEC championship game handily), but beat the #1 with little problem. FSU had few such victories. And while they did continue to manage wins, they just weren't quality wins. At least, not quality enough for them to have a case at being ranked #1.
A 6-6 team, a 6-5 team, and a 7-5 team are tough?
FSU hasn't played the quality of teams the other top 4 teams have. Barely winning all your games closely against non ranked opponents isn't as impressive as beating ranked teams by large margins and losing against a ranked team. Alabama is a perfect example. They lose to a still ranked #11 team (whom they beat in the SEC championship game handily), but beat the #1 with little problem. FSU had few such victories. And while they did continue to manage wins, they just weren't quality wins. At least, not quality enough for them to have a case at being ranked #1.
A 6-6 team, a 6-5 team, and a 7-5 team are tough?
Nope, but if you have both a cupcake conference and cupcake non conference games, don't whine when no one respects your team regardless of record.
A lot has been said about FSU not having statement wins. This is the last 6 weeks worth of defense they faced.
Total Defense rank:
Louisville #6
UVA #30
Miami #14
BC #12
UF #9
GT #63
And toss on Clemson without Winston in OT
Clemson #1
Bamas last 6 weeks
Tenn #34
LSU #8 OT victory
MSU #79
WCU 7-5 FCS opponent
Auburn #59
Missouri #23
Oregon
Cal #121
Stanford #5
Utah #73
CU #110
Oregon State #76
Arizona #102
Dont count the Noles out just yet. I suspect if they played against the defenses like Bama and Oregon had to defeat. They would have a lot less closer games at the end.
And when do you think they scheduled those cupcake non-conference games? Do you really think someone making a schedule of OOC games with names like Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, and Florida* are trying to schedule easy games? Get real.
*Florida / Florida State is on the schedule every year. I definitely credit both teams for keeping this intact as long as possible.