Realignment – Left Field Lounge

Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz asks a good question about athletes’ mental health after Big Ten’s latest expansion

August 5, 2023College Baseball, College Football, FYI, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, Pressed, Realignment, ReportsConference Realignment, Eli Drinkwitz, Jack Baer, Missouri Tigers, NCAA, NCAA Football, Realignment, Yahoo Sports

The Big Ten has Oregon and Washington. The Big 12 has Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. People have questions about how all of that is going to work. Tap below…

Sources: Big Ten has begun preliminary talks to potentially add Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford

August 2, 2023College Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, NCAA, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Football, News, Pressed, Realignment, ReportsBig Ten, NCAA, NCAA Football, Realignment

The Big Ten has begun exploratory discussions about expanding membership to 18 or even 20 teams, industry sources have told Yahoo Sports. The schools being considered are Oregon and Washington…

Could realignment winds blow the SEC’s way? 5 teams that might make sense

July 28, 2023Articles, College Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Realignment, SECJohn Williams, NCAA, Realignment, SEC, Yahoo Sports

Because realignment never ends, there’s always a chance the Oklahoma Sooners’ future home in the SEC could opt for expansion to strengthen its inventory for the future. Let’s take a…

How a 12-team College Football Playoff may help stop realignment

September 8, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Realignment12 team CFP College Football Playoff, Big 12 Conference, Brett Yormark, Cincinnati Bearcats, College Football Expansion, Dan Wetzel, NCAA, NCAA Football, Realignment, Yahoo Sports

The decision last Friday to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams, including six spots reserved for the top six conference champions, will change how the game is played, let…

Blocking UCLA’s move to Big Ten could have massive fallout for UC regents

August 18, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Pressed, Realignment, ReportsBen Bolch, Big Ten, Los Angeles Times, NCAA, Realignment, UCLA, University of California Regents

Any attempt by the University of California regents to block UCLA’s move to the Big Ten could endanger the way the governing body does business, according to a longtime observer…

Mountain West Schools Could Pay A Buyout of Up To $33 Million

July 22, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentBuyout, Craig Thompson, Expansion, Jeremy Mauss, Mountain West Conference, Mountain West Wire, MWC, Realignment, Yahoo Sports

The Mountain West is pretty static at the moment with no real need or urgency to go after teams to the conference, and there has only been speculation about if…

Notre Dame targeting $75 million annual media rights payout in quest to remain independent

July 19, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, RealignmentCBSSports, Dennis Dodd, Media Rights, NCAA, Notre Dame, Power Five, Realignment

Power Five shoulder programming around Notre Dame games will be key to making such a deal happen. Tap below to read the article by Dennis Dodd for CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/notre-dame-targeting-75-million-annual-media-rights-payout-in-quest-to-remain-independent/

With realignment, Florida State and Miami are about to be irrelevant in college football | Opinion

July 16, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentFAU, Florida State, Patrick Zier, Realignment, TV Money, UCF, University of Miami Hurricanes, USF, Yahoo Sports

Miami and Florida State, two of the most storied programs in the deep South, are about to become irrelevant in college football. Tap below to read the opinion piece by…

ACC, Pac-12 discuss ‘loose partnership’ that could include ‘championship game’ in Las Vegas

July 6, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, FYI, NCAA, News, Pressed, RealignmentACC, CBSSports, Championship Game, Dennis Dodd, Las Vegas, NCAA, Pac-12, Partnership, Realignment

The ACC and Pac-12 have discussed what has been termed a "loose partnership" that could end the season with the conferences playing a "championship game" in Las Vegas. Tap below…

USC and UCLA to Big Ten: What’s next for Pac-12, Notre Dame, ACC, Big 12 with realignment just getting started

July 1, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, Realignment, SEC FootballASS, Big 12, Big Ten, CBSSports, Dennis Dodd, Notre Dame, Pac-12, Realignment, UCLA, USC

It's now 'anything goes' in the world of major-college sports with teams and conferences facing uncertain futures. Tap below to read the article by Dennis Dodd for CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/usc-and-ucla-to-big-ten-whats-next-for-pac-12-notre-dame-acc-big-12-with-realignment-just-getting-started/