Realignment Carousel Spins Up again (USC and UCLA to Big 10)

[DanielBryan]

Army conversations moving along.

AAC: let’s add pure garbage.

Especially with Houston, Cinci, UCF gone… calling the American a power conference is extremely untrue.

Most, if not all original American schools want out of the American

[AZ Shocker]

Let's not pretend if Wichita St. had a football squad that if Army came to town on a crisp October or November Saturday afternoon that there wouldn't be a standing only SOLD-OUT Wichita St. home game filled to the rafters with 50-plus thousand fans in attendance on national tv.

[Shoxing Me Softly]

Let's not pretend if Wichita St. had a football squad that if Army came to town on a crisp October or November Saturday afternoon that there wouldn't be a standing only SOLD-OUT Wichita St. home game filled to the rafters with 50-plus thousand fans in attendance on national tv.

It’s not 1925, what are you talking about?

Who cares if they add army or not, I’m just interested in whether or not they get a decent non football school to come with them.

[Kel Varnsen]

Let's not pretend if Wichita St. had a football squad that if Army came to town on a crisp October or November Saturday afternoon that there wouldn't be a standing only SOLD-OUT Wichita St. home game filled to the rafters with 50-plus thousand fans in attendance on national tv.

There absolutely would not.

[SubGod22]

Let's not pretend if Wichita St. had a football squad that if Army came to town on a crisp October or November Saturday afternoon that there wouldn't be a standing only SOLD-OUT Wichita St. home game filled to the rafters with 50-plus thousand fans in attendance on national tv.

I'm not sure about the national TV part, but the rest is more true than not. The Service Academies will still draw more eyes to a product simply because of who they are and what they represent.

[Stickboy46]

The insanity behind the SMU push to buy their way into a conference ...

[mattdalt]

The insanity behind the SMU push to buy their way into a conference ...

As was quoted, "It's just business."

[TrackSuitAndTie]

Army is a significantly more valuable football member than SMU, in terms of eyeballs, for what it's worth.

[Kung Wu]

Army is a significantly more valuable football member than SMU, in terms of eyeballs, for what it's worth.

True.

[1972Shocker]

Army is a significantly more valuable football member than SMU, in terms of eyeballs, for what it's worth.

And that is absolutely what is driving all this realignment stuff. Still it would be nice fo find a non-football school with a solid basketball program to pair up with Army, although that is probably a secondary consideration.

[1972Shocker]

As was quoted, "It's just business."

“It’s a couple hundred million dollars. I’m not losing sleep over it.” Besides the U.S.tax code will subsidize at least $70 million of that through taxes I save with my charitable deductions, plus the net cost to me is $130 million that will be out of my estate saving me $52 million at current estate tax rates down the line. So costing me a net of $78 million. So really the Federal government deserves most of the credit here.

[ShockBand]

The insanity behind the SMU push to buy their way into a conference ...

If the deep pockets that support WSU wanted to have football, we would have it. For whatever reason, they must be choosing to not pour hundreds of millions into restarting football. Yes, some other schools have done it, but I'm sure they all had wealthy donors willing to back it to the hilt.

[BostonWu]

I'm not sure about the national TV part, but the rest is more true than not. The Service Academies will still draw more eyes to a product simply because of who they are and what they represent.

Not true. I'm AF season ticket holder and there is absolutely no validity to this claim.

[BostonWu]

Army is a significantly more valuable football member than SMU, in terms of eyeballs, for what it's worth.

Says who?

[Stickboy46]

Says who?

The numbers do