Just something of interest to my little BUCFPites who all know and love the game of college football as much as I. I saw a presentation by Rick Catlett, the executive director of the Gator Bowl (this year to be sponsored by TaxSlayer.com - how bad arse is that?). Rick shared some insights as to what he believes is happening to college football:
1) There will be four 16 team conferences. They will be the SEC, ACC, Pac 12, and Big 10 (whatever they end up naming them once there are 16 teams).
2) The goal of the presidents of the big schools is to get college football back to what it was in the traditional D1 days of 74 teams competing for a national title, versus 100+.
3) Geographic ties are a thing of the past. (i.e. - the Big 10 may look east. The Pac 12 will certainly look in the midwest. The SEC may look outside of the southeast)
4) There will not be a playoff akin to the D1AA model - ever. There may be a 1+ model using the champs from each of the 4 mega-conferences and playing the winners in a be all end all title game (that is estimated to add $150M in value)
5) All the other teams will simply have to fend for themselves.
6) This will still fall under the NCAA but with a different set of rules for football.
7) Notre Dame will not survive as an independent - Catlett says it will be the Big 10 for the Irish
8) Texas will not survive under anything but an equal revenue sharing model. Catlett thinks they are Pac 10 bound along with Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State
This guy has been on the inside for a long time and I think, while he was expressing his opinion, it is closer to the truth than much of what we've heard.
Just thought I'd share!
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