(non-MVC) Realignment News

[Dean Wormer]

I've been praying that the A10 takes Loyola off of our hands. Murray State is a better program anyways, and they have football and baseball.

I would also rather be in the MWC than the AAC, but I guess it doesn't mean Colorado State or someone else wouldn't make a move.

And we're praying the OVC takes you off of our hands.

[goramblers2011]

I've been praying that the A10 takes Loyola off of our hands. Murray State is a better program anyways, and they have football and baseball.

I would also rather be in the MWC than the AAC, but I guess it doesn't mean Colorado State or someone else wouldn't make a move.

You should be on your knees thanking Loyola. That Final 4 money is probably half of your athletic department budget.

[sivert]

Hear Hear! Go Ramblers!

I don't get the get rid of Loyola talk. The $$ from F4 shares is great. Plus Loyola has made a bunch of facility improvements lately and has been recruiting well.

What we should do is make a departure rule related to your current rank. The higher you are in MVC rankings, the more costly it is to leave.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Disney steals T1 rights from CBS increasing the SEC’s T1 payout six-fold.
https://twitter.com/claytravis/status/1 ... 95104?s=21

Potential gamechanger as Disney’s endgame to monopolize the southern region where the sport is most saturated moves forward. Speculation is Disney wouldn’t shell out this money if there wasn’t a goal to acquire FOX’s CFB properties and shift them to Disney/SEC. The ACC is already under the Disney umbrella with a GOR not expiring until 2037 so Clemson/FSU won’t get targeted which leaves the BXII: Texas & Oklahoma.

Ironically, Disney’s LHN gift for Texas circa 2010 works against Disney in 2020. Texas’ $18M LHN escalator bridges much of the revenue gap between UT and the SEC.

Oklahoma doesn’t have such a cushion. If money dictates their decision, the revenue gap is too big (and growing) between the B1G/SEC and OU not to make a move to keep pace.

But that’s Oklahoma’s dilemma: money or power. Choosing money can evaporate power. Arkansas (60s) and Nebraska (90s) once ruled the sport. Today - after conference switches - neither’s qualified for a bowl in 4 years and both have recycled through several failed coaches.

Getting sucked into that hole with bigger names blocking mobility devalues a brand. An 11-1 SWC Arkansas is far more valuable than a 6-6 SEC Arkansas. An 11-1 Big 8 Nebraska is far more valuable than a 6-6 B10 Nebraska.

And a 12-1 BXII Oklahoma qualifying for the CFP every year is far more valuable than an 8-4 SEC Oklahoma.

Oklahoma trades co-running a league with regional rivals for money and history shows someone else will fill their shoes. TCU, Baylor, & Okie State have narrowly missed national titles. A rising Iowa State program just fended off blueblood FSU from coach-poaching, touts the league’s 3rd largest attendance, and regularly gets picked for bowls ahead of teams with better records due to their fan base’s ability to travel.

[VUGrad1314]

Bold and possibly reckless strategy by the ASun...

https://asunsports.org/general/2019-20/ ... 0122lh6utq

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYT ... H7hvQ/edit

[VUGrad1314]

Things are getting really testy between Boise State and the MWC. This bears serious watchinng.

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer ... otball.pdf

[Red]

Things are getting really testy between Boise State and the MWC. This bears serious watchinng.

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer ... otball.pdf

Summary - Boise State is pissed they are in the Mountain West.

[VUGrad1314]

Things are getting hot between Boise and a realignment move... If the AAC makes a corresponding basketball move you know it's going to be an A10 team and that puts Loyola's future in the MVC in jeopardy.

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status ... ge-11.html

[SalukiWorld]

Things are getting hot between Boise and a realignment move... If the AAC makes a corresponding basketball move you know it's going to be an A10 team and that puts Loyola's future in the MVC in jeopardy.

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status ... ge-11.html

Rather see Loyola stay than go but just replace them with Murray State if they go, you've probably upgraded if anything.

[VUGrad1314]

Things are getting hot between Boise and a realignment move... If the AAC makes a corresponding basketball move you know it's going to be an A10 team and that puts Loyola's future in the MVC in jeopardy.

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status ... ge-11.html

Rather see Loyola stay than go but just replace them with Murray State if they go, you've probably upgraded if anything.

I have bad news about that then... I posted on Murray State's board about how the program still enjoys popular support among MVC Fans for inclusion in the conference and got a response saying that their new AD and boosters are now AGAINST a move to the MVC. And an MVC without Loyola is less appealing than an MVC with Loyola.