Karma's a B*TCH: How the football gods stuck it to conference chiefs.
by Winfield Featherston on Jun 10, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
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PrintKarma, it's a b*tch. Fill in the blanks. If all things prove as they seem, the world of college football as we know it is evolving into a monster. The past few years, the college football has screwed some major players over in the college football world:
1. The ACC:
Action: In 2004/2005 the ACC extended invites to the Miami Hurricanes, Virginia Tech Hokies, and the Boston College Eagles. The conference went from 9 to 12 teams and put the Florida State Seminoles and the Hurricanes in separate divisions. Additionally, they placed the conference championship in Jacksonville, FL. Obviously this was an effort to satisfy those Miami and FSU fans who surely would have made the trip to the ACCCG.
The Result: Neither FSU or Miami have made it to the conference championship. HAHAHAHAHA JOHN SWOFFORD YOU SUCK. Instead, you have seen Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech, Boston College vs. Virginia Tech (x2), and then Clemson vs. Georgia Tech. Record attendance numbers! oh, the WRONG KIND!
2. The Big 12
Action: The face of college football changed since the ACC expanded. More calls were made for some type of playoff format or a +1 system. Instead, the conference looked to what the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners, the league's bread and butter, wanted and decided to accept the status quo. Add these actions to that of the old and extinct SWAC and you got yourself some trouble.
The Result: Six teams, half the conference, are said to have been given bids to the Pac-10 Conference and Nebraska is going to the BigTen. In previous words used yesterday: "The Big 12 is Dead." Ouch.
Karma's a b*tch.
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I always saw the selection of Jacksonville
as a stadium issue. The Georgia Dome is already used as the SEC championship game, and they probably didn’t want to put a championship game in a single team’s hometown. Jacksonville has a good stadium, isn’t home to an ACC school, and is “nearby” to several teams within the conference. Tampa Bay isn’t any better than Jacksonville was. Both of their games have had worse attendance than any of the Jacksonville games (which did include an FSU championship in 2005). The game in Charlotte will be more centrally located geographically, but what if none of the NC teams make it? They’ll have the same problems I think.
SEC won't sit idly by the side of the road
SEC takes FSU and UM.
The ACC 10 joins with Big East (without WVa, Rutgers) to form the biggest basketball Conference.
Iowa State, Kansas, and Baylor are left out of everything.
I knew this would happen when they dissolved the old Southwest Conference.
by DressHerInWhiteAndGold on Jun 10, 2010 5:51 PM EDT reply actions
I have trouble
seeing the SEC take anyone that doesn’t improve their conference and Clemson, FSU, Miami, and GT don’t do that. GT helps in hoops and baseball that’s it. FSU and Miami are turds in the punch bowl for a couple years. Clemson has a huge fan base but really doesn’t make that much money.
With no powers, comes no responsibility.
I agree
As much as I would love to see Tech in the SEC, it’s all about the money, and I don’t see why they would invite a team that doesn’t add not just a big fan base but a new television market.
There are plenty of football reasons for Tech to be in the SEC, like geography and traditional rivalries, but this is about money.
the only issue I could
foresee is a future closure of the Dome and loss of Peach Bowl/SECCG sites. Then, all of the SEC teams that love ATL as a recruiting spot would need a new avenue into the area.
With no powers, comes no responsibility.
adding to the sec
does texas a/m add anything to the conference that the other 4 you guys are talking about don’t? The only possible explanation I can think of is that they don’t think they can get texas without the aggies, which would make it hilarious if a and m goes and the longhorns choose the pac 10.
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