Rutgers/Maryland to the Big10 in 2013?
With the Big East imploding Matt Norlander at cbssportsline is suggesting Louisville and ND may go to the ACC a year early. Have to think Rutgers would do the same. That would leave the Big10 at 13 and the ACC at 15 for the 2013 season. I would think in that case Maryland and the ACC would come to an agreement that would see them in the Big10 in 2013.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketba…
December 13th, 2012 at 2:00 PM ^
December 13th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^
Edsall may be history with the BTN cash coming a year earlier than expected.
December 13th, 2012 at 2:13 PM ^
But nothing about realignment makes sense...so I just keep on keepin' on.
December 13th, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
Our schedules are already set for 2013, and 2014, and 2015. I know that could be subject to change, but I have to imagine the other schools in the B1G have next year already booked, too.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:04 PM ^
So? The way the schedules work for the most part is you have 8 conference games on specific weekends and then you book your 4 OOC games in the free weekends. If everyone has 8 conference weekends booked off, all you have to do is change the matchups.
The only thing that would maybe get in the way is with Maryland and Rutgers having scheduled OOC games in October or November. That's not the case as both have 4 OOC games in August/September. The ironic part of it is that they were scheduled to play each other in 2014. That obviously frees up a weekend for them now.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:17 PM ^
Missouri joined the SEC less than a year after they accepted their invitation, by which time the SEC had already set their 2012 schedules. They just scrapped them and re-did them.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:49 PM ^
Yes, which is why I said "I know that could be subject to change." The SEC plays a joke OOC schedule, while the B1G has several home and home contracts with the Pac12, SEC, Big East, and ND. It's one thing to say to Florida Atlantic and Troy "maybe we'll play another year" but when half the conference will need to cancel games against the likes of Cal, ASU, Washington, ND, BYU, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Syracuse, and Missouri it's not as easy to just wipe the schedules, or schedule around. It could cost alot of money to bring them in next year, where it could cost nothing for the B1G to schedule them for 2014.
December 13th, 2012 at 4:07 PM ^
Not too long ago I read that PSU might be trying to get out of their 2013 game with UVA. An odd thing to do because it's their leg of the home-and-home they're talking about canceling. So here we have two odd things that sort of corroborate each other. I know the ACC, every time they've brought new teams into the fold, has consistently taken the stance that whenever those teams are ready, the ACC will make it happen, whether it's next year or three years from now. The impending BE implosion would certainly give Louisville and ND a push.
December 13th, 2012 at 5:04 PM ^
Just out of curiousity what makes the SEC OCC a joke? Next year the Big Ten plays almost as many 1-AA schools as the SEC (10 to 14). Some of the SEC's other non-conference games are: Virginia Tech, Florida St, Miami (FL), Clemson - 2X, Georgia Tech, Louisville, TCU, Oklahoma St, Texas, North Carolina and Oregon.
December 13th, 2012 at 7:09 PM ^
With 14 teams, is it time to go to a 9 conference games format?
December 13th, 2012 at 2:22 PM ^
December 13th, 2012 at 2:28 PM ^
Thats what she siad.
Wait, nope, she didn't.
December 13th, 2012 at 2:40 PM ^
December 13th, 2012 at 2:50 PM ^
Um, guys.... this has only to do with basketball, not football.
December 13th, 2012 at 2:51 PM ^
They might just have to be independent for a year. I'm not sure the Big Ten will change just to suit one school's schedule.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:07 PM ^
That would be like the death penalty. They won't be able to schedule enough teams on such short notice to fill the schedule. I don't think that the Big Ten would let them just sit out there.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
Not really. They could be added to the conference, but noted as ineligible for football title. They could squeeze in a couple of games. It's not as if either school would have been likely to win anyway. Then if they won seven or eight games, they could be considered in the B1G bowl pecking order.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:08 PM ^
but as millions and millions of potential cable television subscribers.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:43 PM ^
One thing that might deserve some mention here, at least while there still is a Big East Conference to speak of, is that Rutgers did file a lawsuit last week to get out of the $10 million exit fee and the conference-mandated 27-month wait time. They cited that Syracuse, Pitt, TCU and West Virginia all left before the specified period was over, as well as citing failure to collect almost $40 million in exit fees.
Part of me wonders if the lawsuit was a logical reaction to Aresco saying basically, "No, you must stay and witness this thing we call 'The Big East' go up in a great conflagration..."
December 13th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^
December 13th, 2012 at 4:14 PM ^
Better yet Maryland and Rutgers can play each other for the next 100 years. No one would notice.
December 13th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
then it's possible to rework the conference games. I think the concern is for those who may have booked non-refundable hotel or flights for conference games next year. Outside of that, the ADs could get together during the Winter Break and redo the schedule. I could live with Rutgers or Maryland coming to town next year instead of Indiana.
December 13th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
According to Mike Brey Louisville and ND(basketball) plan to be in the ACC next year.
December 14th, 2012 at 11:15 AM ^