2021 College Football Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[I’m not Stu]

Which conference commissioners oppose playoff expansion?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Which conference commissioners oppose playoff expansion?

The ACC commissioner is one that I know of.

[I’m not Stu]

Which conference commissioners oppose playoff expansion?

The ACC commissioner is one that I know of.

Why does he oppose it? Do the commissioners of the other four P5 conferences support it?

[7,052,770]

Unless Notre Dame joins, it's unlikely the ACC is going to be getting 2 teams into a 12-team playoff very often at all. So it really doesn't make sense for the ACC to back expansion unless it's going to 24+

The ACC is also scared that it's best programs may end up in the SEC or Big 10, and that fear will probably be realized at some point. There is definitely some value in there for either conference.

[Dereich]

Unless the situation changed from a few months ago, the Big 12, the Pac 12, and the ACC are the holdouts against expansion. They'd demanded automatic inclusion of the P5 conference champions in the expanded playoff which the SEC and Big 10 said no to.

[Dereich]

Unless Notre Dame joins, it's unlikely the ACC is going to be getting 2 teams into a 12-team playoff very often at all. So it really doesn't make sense for the ACC to back expansion unless it's going to 24+

The ACC is also scared that it's best programs may end up in the SEC or Big 10, and that fear will probably be realized at some point. There is definitely some value in there for either conference.

No real worry of that, at least for a while. The ACC's absolutely horrible media contract goes until 2036 and guarantees that all TV money from the schools currently in the ACC goes to the ACC even if they leave the conference. Any other team picking up, for example, Clemson would be picking up dead weight until the mid 2030s. It also guarantees that the ACC schools will get the least money of all the P5 until at least that contract is done; it's a serious problem for keeping ACC team budgets competitive.

[I’m not Stu]

Should San Diego State leave the Mountain West because it outperforms mid-major schools? The Mountain West has its least desirable matchups on the crummy Stadium network. Other conferences have better streaming networks.

[Dereich]

Should San Diego State leave the Mountain West because it outperforms mid-major schools? The Mountain West has its least desirable matchups on the crummy Stadium network. Other conferences have better streaming networks.

To go where? The only theoretically possible other G5 conference that they could go to would be the American where they were members for a sport or two until 2021 but the American just expanded elsewhere. The Pac-12 wouldn't want them either; they add nothing but another California school to recruit against without providing any sort of large media market; USC, UCLA, Cal, and Stanford have the state pretty well saturated for the Pac-12. The Big 12 similarly wouldn't want them; they're too far away from their media footprint and they just added other new members anyway.

[I’m not Stu]

Should San Diego State leave the Mountain West because it outperforms mid-major schools? The Mountain West has its least desirable matchups on the crummy Stadium network. Other conferences have better streaming networks.

To go where? The only theoretically possible other G5 conference that they could go to would be the American where they were members for a sport or two until 2021 but the American just expanded elsewhere. The Pac-12 wouldn't want them either; they add nothing but another California school to recruit against without providing any sort of large media market; USC, UCLA, Cal, and Stanford have the state pretty well saturated for the Pac-12. The Big 12 similarly wouldn't want them; they're too far away from their media footprint and they just added other new members anyway.

San Diego State would go to a P5 if it receives an invitation. San Diego State recently turned down an invitation to join the American.

[7,052,770]

San Diego State would be a great football fit for the Pac-12, but a poor academic fit (I'm not endorsing this attitude from the Pac-12). According to Google Trends, they are the most popular team in the San Diego media market, more than twice as popular as USC, so they seem like a decent market fit, but not one the conference can't live without.

The key wildcard is whether they would help increase Pac-12 playoff bids and increase the money that way. That seems plausible at least, but I'm not sure.

[I’m not Stu]

Will the 2022 Notre Dame @ USC game be on an ESPN/Fox network, or does it get relegated to the Pac 12 Network?

[NewYorkExpress]

Is Jim Harbaugh headed back to the NFL? The Minnesota Vikings are interested in the Michigan Head Coach, and a formal interview may be scheduled soon.

[7,052,770]

Is Jim Harbaugh headed back to the NFL? The Minnesota Vikings are interested in the Michigan Head Coach, and a formal interview may be scheduled soon.

I'm hoping they hire Lane Kiffin.

[NewYorkExpress]

https://twitter.com/thecarm/status/1487874753658511362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwc...

[NewYorkExpress]

Assuming the Jim Harbaugh to the NFL story is accurate, my guesses as to the next head coach at Michigan:

Cincinnati Head Coach Luke Fickell
Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda
Houston Head Coach Dana Holgorsen
Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin
Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll
Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops

[7,052,770]

Assuming the Jim Harbaugh to the NFL story is accurate, my guesses as to the next head coach at Michigan:

Cincinnati Head Coach Luke Fickell
Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda
Houston Head Coach Dana Holgorsen
Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin
Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll
Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops

I recommend adding Matt Campbell and Josh Gattis to the list.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Assuming the Jim Harbaugh to the NFL story is accurate, my guesses as to the next head coach at Michigan:

Cincinnati Head Coach Luke Fickell
Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda
Houston Head Coach Dana Holgorsen
Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin
Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll
Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops

There is NO chance Fickell goes to Michigan. Zero. Zip. None.

[NewYorkExpress]

Good news for Michigan fans, Jim Harbaugh is coming back.

[JGibson]

The College Football Playoff stays at 4 teams for the remainder of the current contract that lasts until the end of the 2025 college football season, meaning that CFP expansion will be revisited and could happen as soon as 2026. 


Heather Dinich at ESPN.com:

After months of lengthy debates and multiple meetings about expansion, the College Football Playoff will remain at four teams through the end of its current 12-year contract, which expires following the 2025 season, CFP executive director Bill Hancock announced Friday.

By choosing to remain at four teams for four more years, the 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame have forfeited roughly $450 million in potential revenue.

[I’m not Stu]

Why does NBC have a very small share of college broadcast rights compared to ESPN/Fox/CBS/Stadium?

[Never Made it to Graceland]

The College Football Playoff stays at 4 teams for the remainder of the current contract that lasts until the end of the 2025 college football season, meaning that CFP expansion will be revisited and could happen as soon as 2026. 


Heather Dinich at ESPN.com:

After months of lengthy debates and multiple meetings about expansion, the College Football Playoff will remain at four teams through the end of its current 12-year contract, which expires following the 2025 season, CFP executive director Bill Hancock announced Friday.

By choosing to remain at four teams for four more years, the 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame have forfeited roughly $450 million in potential revenue.

Terrible.

[7,052,770]

8-3 vote with the bitter bitches (Big 10, ACC, and Pac-12) voting No. It had to be unanimous. College football just can't get out of its own way.

[Santander]

8-3 vote with the bitter bitches (Big 10, ACC, and Pac-12) voting No. It had to be unanimous. College football just can't get out of its own way.

The Rose Bowl is literally the most important game in college football other than Army-Navy.

[7,052,770]

8-3 vote with the bitter bitches (Big 10, ACC, and Pac-12) voting No. It had to be unanimous. College football just can't get out of its own way.

The Rose Bowl is literally the most important game in college football other than Army-Navy.

The Rose Bowl sucks, and despite that, all 8 Yes votes were willing to bend over backwards to help preserve it.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

8-3 vote with the bitter bitches (Big 10, ACC, and Pac-12) voting No. It had to be unanimous. College football just can't get out of its own way.

The Rose Bowl is literally the most important game in college football other than Army-Navy.

Why are you such a bootlicker?