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Just a reminder, the NCAA proposal that allowed for football conference championship games was first passed in 1987. There weren't even major conferences with 12 teams at the time yet that is what was included in the rule. They created a rule to entice expansion. That expansion started in 1990 with Penn State and has continued to this day. Now we see the Membership Committee putting together a proposal for an Autonomy Subdivision in football to give to The Cabinet for vote. When that happens, there will once again be movement but it will happen much more quickly this time around.

Iowa and Nebraska facing off in the Sweet 16 is so insane, and not just because of their rivalry… • Iowa hasn’t made a Sweet 16 since 1999 • Nebraska hasn’t made a Sweet 16 EVER This game is going to be phenomenal.

@n8vtxn37 @WCCSG_ Tough game for you then. Either way you win and either way you lose.

@ImmaculateView @WCCSG_ Hopefully not, I’ve got the Coogs in that 1st matchup. Same rules though.

If you had to pick 1 school to cheer for in the B1G who would you pick?

@NicoleAuerbach Its time to turn Nebrasketball into Nobasketball.

GUYS I cannot believe Iowa is playing Nebraska for a spot in the Elite Eight!!!

@n8vtxn37 @WCCSG_ Which may be somewhat soon.

@ImmaculateView @WCCSG_ Respect bro… unless they’re playing each other.

LETS F*CKING GO!!!!!!!!!! Onto the Sweet 16!!!!!!!!!

@NicoleAuerbach A win over Nebraska for him in the Sweet 16 in his first year at Iowa, it would be oh so sweet.

Iowa never made it out of the first weekend under Fran McCaffery. Ben McCollum takes the Hawkeyes to the Sweet 16 in Year 1. Wow.

@n8vtxn37 @WCCSG_

@WCCSG_ Hail to the Orange!

@nolelifestyle @twitVonwill They got what they wanted.

@twitVonwill @ImmaculateView FSU & CU have both been dead quiet since the settlement negotiated by ESPN

I wonder if I will get an apology as some back off of pushing UVA to the SEC story. Nah of course not because I never get anything right.

@FOS So when does Georgetown do the same?

Rick Pitino has coached the Knicks, Celtics, at Hawai’i, Syracuse, and Louisville, and in Greece. He was hired by St. John’s to return them to basketball glory. In his third year, they upset Kansas to clinch their first Sweet 16 in nearly 30 years.

UNC is the ultimate goal for the SEC. Clemson brings solid value and then brings the Clemson vs South Carolina rivalry into the SEC fully which will be important when the divisions arrive. Their value was further improved, quite intentionally, by Notre Dame with the deal they signed with Clemson. Virginia Tech is the State of Virginia asset that actually provides a much better game day atmosphere which will remain such no matter whether they are winning or losing unlike with UVA. ESPN loves to broadcast big brands going to play at Blacksburg. Now we have considerable increases in spending at VT as well as Coach Franklin coming to town. As for the fourth, in order to secure UNC via the NC BoG, the BoG can hold out for as long as they like until the SEC and ESPN agree to NC State accompanying UNC. The BoG has no reason to relent on this.

@ImmaculateView @c_allen1229 The SEC needs value with this expansion. UNC has a brand name that in 10 years could become a Vanderbilt in the SEC. Not a major brand but a solid one.

Let's do it again.

A "life skills" university with 6,500 students, and on-campus steakhouse, and a $70,000 cost to attend is upending March Madness. The private school that shocked Wisconsin in the first round—and will now play Arkansas for a trip to the Sweet 16—is the talk of college basketball.

They are still reporting that its likely UNC will have a new head coach.

That new Big East network broadcasting deal is starting to pay off for them. About to see a lot more Big East in future post seasons.

They might be right. Pretty clear though that ESPN has been doing what they can to try and build up UNC perception and value despite UNC doing everything they can to thwart such attempts. I do think UNC is a demand by SEC. VT is such a good fit and they are doing a lot to improve their value.

@c_allen1229 @ImmaculateView I have been saying that Virginia Tech is a better SEC "fit" than Virginia. Better football history. Blacksburg goes crazy on game day. Now add Enter Sandman to the mix. They are a great fit. There are also some people who think that NC State is a better "fit" than UNC.

That is a really good question. I think there is a considerable chance that they would be pushed out in some manner. I think NC St and VT will go to the SEC but that does leave Louisville in a spot. I think they might feel some pressure to go and probably to the Big 12. With the new payout system that the ACC has, it now becomes a threat to be told that your games wont get broadcasted more than what is contractually necessary. Payouts in the ACC are directly related to overall television ratings now. That means the number of times you get on ESPN will make a difference in how much you get paid. So to the point, they might actually get paid more in the Big 12 than in the ACC should the ACC work out a schedule for them that puts their good match ups on weekends where there are better match ups for ESPN to take instead.

So you might see a sports media person starting to talk badly about the effects of conference realignment. There may even be some truth to it. There is a reason for it though, if the conferences have more realignment of their own volition and decision making then that's just further away from the Private Equity Hedge Fund League folks that have bought and paid for some voices out there. Make no mistake though, after The Cabinet starts passing those big new rules there will be realignment.

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@ImmaculateView Care to explain?

@JeffreyTheGreek @METAVERZUZ I think you cant go wrong with Janet, Mary J or Lauryn Hill.

@METAVERZUZ Janet. But I’m listening to Whitney before I board.

Who are you choosing?