Is Reallignment On The Horizon?

[longtimefan]

Here's a turd in the punch bowl:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ment-era-ended

Wow, that article is filled with so much cr@p I had to clothespin my nose just to read it. The sad thing is that if ESPN says realignment is over, then it probably is.

[Bearcats1232002]

I hope conference realignment isn't over. I don't want to stay in the American especially in football. We will become irrelevant in football if we stay there. Whatever needs to happen I wish it would hurry up and get started!!!

[Rational Cat]

Here's a turd in the punch bowl:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10452933/college-football-realignment-era-ended

[red_n_black_attack]

I thought that the NCAA was going to rule on the conference championship game this past December. What is their time frame for this?

I thought it would be after the bowl games when the NCAA meetings took place, but I'm not sure which set of meetings or if this was on the agenda.

[bearcatbret]

I thought that the NCAA was going to rule on the conference championship game this past December. What is their time frame for this?

[red_n_black_attack]

I am not sure I completely agree with this, but it sure does look like our unsettled situation at AD may have cost us.

"I can’t imagine what it must feel like for a Cincinnati or UConn fan whose programs are twisting in the wind when it appears that all it took to get Deloss Dodds to throw the support of the almighty University of Texas behind you was getting him liquored up on tequila shots."

http://frankthetank.me/2014/02/06/it...ndom-thoughts/

I wonder if Del let Deloss have the worm.

Until there is a decision on having a conference football championship game to get into the four game play-off, the Big 12 will not budge. I am hoping that Maryland wins their case and the BIG takes a few stars from the ACC.

Then the SEC and Big12 take a few more of their stars. It's really looking like the Power Five will be Super Four. I just hope Bohn is reaching out to, meeting with, picking up the drinks tab with every contact he has, including the networks.

The AAC is ok for basketball, but so is the MEAC, MCC, Sun Belt, A-10, Big East, and C-USA. Cincinnati is a top football school, not yet and maybe never elite, but better than half of the schools in a Power/Super Conference.

Bottom line - We can compete and bring revenue to the table with our school size and large alumni base.

[CincyBearcat95]

I am not sure I completely agree with this, but it sure does look like our unsettled situation at AD may have cost us.

"I can’t imagine what it must feel like for a Cincinnati or UConn fan whose programs are twisting in the wind when it appears that all it took to get Deloss Dodds to throw the support of the almighty University of Texas behind you was getting him liquored up on tequila shots."

http://frankthetank.me/2014/02/06/it...ndom-thoughts/

Hopefully we hired our new guy because everyone in the big 12 loved him!

[longtimefan]

I am not sure I completely agree with this, but it sure does look like our unsettled situation at AD may have cost us.

"I can’t imagine what it must feel like for a Cincinnati or UConn fan whose programs are twisting in the wind when it appears that all it took to get Deloss Dodds to throw the support of the almighty University of Texas behind you was getting him liquored up on tequila shots."

http://frankthetank.me/2014/02/06/its-not-business-its-personal-in-conference-realignment-and-other-random-thoughts/

[Bearcat_Fan]

So when does the conference alignment ball start rolling again? I would think with the championship decided it would've started. Been really quiet on that front.

[Lobot]

I've opened a a new thread in the general forum about Whit and VT. Some are saying he hasn't applied and some are saying he hasn't.

Here's a link to the new thread.

http://forums.bearcatnews.com/showthread.php?p=228331#post228331

[Rational Cat]

I hopefully this is a rumor only and he is not interviewing. I guess we'll find out soon enough. Babcock leaving would definitely hurt and would be a bad sign. However, it wouldn't stop us from getting an offer when the moves start again and they will at some point.

Disappointing if true.

Hard to gain any traction and try to move forward when we keep having university presidents, AD's, and football coaches quit and have to hire new ones.

[coach]

Va Tech is a great school with more resources if you want to live in a rural setting. I would not fault him or anyone else for looking at opportunities to better than pay/position, etc.. it come with the territory. I, for one, do not believe there is anything on the conference front that he or anyone else around here knows. I think they are operating under making the current situation the best they can so as to further position the school if something breaks.

[cmm27]

It would be a move to Virginia Tech, but I haven't heard any real rumblings about it. Just a single mention in a local paper.

[Lobot]

I didn't see a thing in that article that leads me to believe he's interviewing. He's on someone's short list. A move to UConn would be a lateral one IMO. Just don't see it happening.

[CincyBearcat95]

I hopefully this is a rumor only and he is not interviewing. I guess we'll find out soon enough. Babcock leaving would definitely hurt and would be a bad sign. However, it wouldn't stop us from getting an offer when the moves start again and they will at some point.