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- 12/06/2022 at 9:10 AM #180713
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  beckrich73
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  @beckrich73
  
  Was talking to someone I know the other day who is in the know at one of the Big10 schools. He told me flat out…Oregon and Washington are pretty much a done deal. Then he said probably Stanford and ND then they are done. Everything moving to 2 powerhouse conferences and told me Utah’s best move would be to go with Colorado, and the two AZ schools to the Big 12.
- 12/06/2022 at 9:16 AM #180714
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  dystopiamembrane
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  @dystopiamembrane
  
  My mom dated someone in the know at one of the Big10 schools.
- 12/06/2022 at 9:19 AM #180715
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  CincyUte
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  @cincyute
  
  I read somewhere on the internet today that this guy knows another guy who is in the know at one of the Big 10 schools. The second guy told the first guy flat out . . that Oregon and Washington are pretty much a done deal, and then the first guy posted it online.
  - 12/06/2022 at 11:34 AM #180734
    
    Uteusmc
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    @uteusmc
    
    What a coincidence, I know the guy on the internet that knows someone in with that Big10 program. Of course it is through an online gaming group but he swears by it and I can prove it because his screen name is “INtheBig10Know.”
- 12/06/2022 at 9:49 AM #180721
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  DrahtUte
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  @drahtute
  
  If you’re going to attempt trolling, you should at least be good at it.
  - 12/06/2022 at 10:12 AM #180724
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    dystopiamembrane
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    @dystopiamembrane
    
    I would caution you in the same manner, @drahtute.
- 12/06/2022 at 10:37 AM #180726
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  Central Coast Ute
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  @flip2848
  
  It might happen. Honest question, why didn’t the BIG take UO and UW if it’s a done deal already?
  - 12/06/2022 at 11:13 AM #180731
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    jsimmons327
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    @jsimmons327
    
    My theory (pure speculation) is expansion is done in the the big and sec until they are due for a new tv contract. They went to 14 teams last time they signed a contract, 16 this time, I expect 18 next time and 20 the time after that. They are constantly trying to create more value. ACC teams were not available in this window but will be next time. Every decision is about making the most money they can right now. We will have to see which teams provide the most value when the time comes. The only thing Utah can do is keep winning and building our brand.
    - 12/06/2022 at 11:47 AM #180736
      
      Utah
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      @utah
      
      This assumes that you are getting people to pay for sports who don’t watch sports, like Rutgers to the Big 10.
      
      If it goes more subscription based, then you will lose billions in revenue and teams like Rutgers and Stanford become worthless.
      
      I think you will see USC and UCLA and Texas and Oklahoma go to their new conferences.
      
      I think you will see the next tv deal be smaller. Then you will see contraction. USC, UCLA, TX, OU will leave because the money isn’t there anymore (or the gap isn’t as large) and their fanbases will be p**sed they have become mid level teams. You will see the Big 10 kick teams out, like Rutgers and Maryland, because they bring the “per team” amount down.
      
      UCLA and USC will go back to the PAC-10. Texas and Oklahoma will build another conference they can dominate.
    - 12/06/2022 at 11:52 AM #180738
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      Onlyu
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      @uf8fl
      
      Gonna be more than 40 teams in the final iteration. ACC GOR slows things down for now but we keep putting ourselves in great position to be highly visible (unlike some other teams out West 😉). The ones panicking are the ones not even in semi-consideration.
      
      Don’t get too caught up in the short term stuff. We’re absolutely in the discussion and will eventually be included IMO. Gonna take some patience for everything to work itself out. Keep promoting the Utah football culture, keep improving research and academic ranks and keep winning the way we have been and it’s all gonna be ok.
      - 12/06/2022 at 1:09 PM #180753
        
        Utah
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        @utah
        
        I mentioned one iteration of college football in 10 years. Onlyu brings up the other. Instead of conferences, college football stops pretending to be about school and they treat it like a business. You’ll see 50-64 teams come together. They will have a single tv deal, they will have revenue sharing, a salary cap, a player’s union, etc. You’ll have a big playoff and conference games, etc.
        
        It will become a pro league, which is ok. It will feel the same as now, just with more parody. It will be easier for Utah to compete in a system like that then the current one.
        
        Either way, in 10 years we will still be here, excited about Utah football.
        
        12/06/2022 at 1:39 PM #180764
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        prestitute
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        @prestitute
        
        Without the school allegiances, I don’t see it competing/surviving, especially if it is at the same time as the NFL and the NFL sees it as competition. The new USFL is already there and trying to survive by taking the time the NFL doesn’t play. The college game is the college game because of the Universities. I think it is a lot more likely. There will NEVER really be parity in the sport, and that is actually part of the fun: we see the ‘little’ guys rise up to become big guys like TCU and US. We aren’t at the program level like USC, OSU, UM, Alabama, Texas, etc., but we compete with them on the FIELD and that is how we will get there. Expanded access to the playoff is the best way to get to more fun and a chance for programs to come onto the scene. We did it, TCU did it, Cincinati/UCF and teams like that are doing it. We need to keep doing it though. BSU has largely fallen out because they didn’t sustain their success after Peterson left.
- 12/06/2022 at 11:58 AM #180741
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  palos_verdes_ute
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  @palos-verdes-ute
  
  I heard UW was really the Wyoming Cowboys. Its WYO and Oregon to the Big 10 !!!
  - 12/06/2022 at 3:03 PM #180776
    
    PlainsUte
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    @plainsute
    
    “Oregon” is the Oregon College of Massage Therapy in Ashland.
- 12/06/2022 at 1:22 PM #180760
  
  Extra Medium
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  @runningreddude
  
  Did you friend “in-the-know” acknowledge that it all hinges on ND media deal with NBC in a few years. If ND gets $70M per year (which they most likely will) they will stay independent. The conferences aren’t going to freeze out ND. Nothing happens until ND makes their deal in a few years.