SEC and Big XII champs to play in New Year's Day Bowl

[leopold]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... -bowl-game

Similiar to the Rose Bowl, with the PAC 12 and Big 10 champs playing each other in the Rose Bowl, the SEC and Big XII champs will play each other on New Year's Day.

I am now officially sick of conference realignement and championship senarios.


Notice Comment at bottom on ACC and Big East champs

[Stallion]

.. a couple of key points-as of now it says-just like Rose Bowl-if champion was in National Championship another team would be selected. Yeah the Big 12 is so unstable. Also mentions possible ACC v Big East Bowl Game-that would be great if BE was lucky enough to get that guarantee a major New Years Bowl which I have my doubts about now that BCS AQ designation is apparently gone

[smitty329]

I understand that if TCU plays LSU it will be called "The Longest Yard Bowl"

[PonyKai]

This is bigger news than Orsini getting canned.

[USF04]

This is some bad news. I know we have approached the ACC in hopes of a similar arrangement, but they are dragging their feet on signing any contract with us. Apparently the FSU's and Clemsons of the world think they are too big for the Big East.

[SMUer]

TCU vs LSU = Purple Haze

[max the wonder dog]

The Big 12 champ will play the SEC runner-up on New Year's Day. The SEC champ will be playing in the BCS Title Game.

[SMU89]

This is some bad news. I know we have approached the ACC in hopes of a similar arrangement, but they are dragging their feet on signing any contract with us. Apparently the FSU's and Clemsons of the world think they are too big for the Big East.

Apparently, they must be waiting to have a similar arrangement with someone else?

Any thoughts....Bhueler?

[USF04]

I believe the real fear with this agreement is that it may be the beginning of the end of having 6 major conferences. The Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and PAC have literally set off the new round of realignment by having the Rose Bowl and the new Big12/SEC bowl being recognized as the top 2 bowl games after the new 4 team playoffs. This will probably lead to the following:

FSU and Clemson going Big 12
Notre Dame moving non-football sports to a differnt conf
SEC being the first to 16 by taking Virgina Tech and either NC State or UNC
ACC taking UCONN, Louisville, CINCY and another from the Big East

It just doesn't look good for the small guys anymore. Only the "lucky" small schools like Vandy and Baylor who were fortunate to be grandfathered into a good conf will survive. It will probably decrease my overall interest in college football as well

[LHS81]

I thought the Big XII and SEC already played a bowl game at JerryWorld? I believe it's called the Cotton Bowl.

[JasonB]

Coach Jones has mentioned repeatedly that he sees everything evolving to 4 super conferences. Getting the Big East bid was essential in us being included in the conversation. Anyone outside of the realigned conferences right now has no shot at getting into one of the major conferences.

Honestly, however, I don't think that happens. There are too many big schools would would be left out of the final 64 teams. All of the big schools in the big east and ACC cannot be absorbed into the SEC, Big 12, and Big 10. There simply isn't enough room. The Big 12 would add 6, SEC 2, Big 10 4.

Major Big East and ACC football schools:
Cincy, Louisville, Rutgers, Pitt, Uconn, South Florida, Syracuse, Clemson, Wake, Fl St, Miami, BC, Maryland, Virginia Tech,Virginia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke

Take the to 12 out of that group: Cincy, Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse, Clemson, Fl St, Miami, Virginia Tech, Virginia, GT, NC, Maryland.

Rutgers, South Florida, Wake, BC, Duke, and all of the new members of the Big East would be SOL. I don't see that happening.

I think we will see the ACC and Big East survive and there will be a major bowl between the two with the same provisions. It won't make as much as the other two, but it will certainly be bigger than the winner of CUSA playing the winner of the MWC.

[USF04]

Unfortunately, this is much bigger than just a game.

This game is the reason why teams want to now join the new Big 4 conferences

[USF04]

You forgot the Pac would take 4 of those schools...and while I love USF, no one else would care if we were left out... We are no different than you, just lucky to have gotten the invite to the Big East back when AQ still meant something

[S....M....U]

TCU and A&M won't see that game for a while...

[GreenbeltPony]

You forgot the Pac would take 4 of those schools...

As crazy as it sounds, I would be thrilled to see SMU in the Pac-16. Larry Scott seems to have expanding into markets (Utah, Colorado, now Asia) as his #1 priority and the Metroplex would be a big catch. Plus, we meet their academic standards.