Plausible Realignment for Michigan

The fans suggesting leaving our conference need to be launched into the sun.

This would be ideal and is essentially ND’s independence approach. But there’s reasons that only ND can make it viable for the moment e.g. scheduling nightmares, networks don’t want to negotiate piecemeal with every team upset with their conference package, and no margin for error if you have a bad spell of performance that hurts your program’s value. Maybe it becomes a real possibility by the time the next rights package is negotiated.

New Super Football Conference

Michigan, PSU, Wisconsin, USC, Washington, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Florida State, Clemson.

All the big boys minus Ohio.

Imagine that TV deal!

I bet you wouldn’t have believed the PAC12 would have collapsed a year and a half ago. 

Why? Fuck'em!

It would be great if people like you would just log off. You have no idea, you get your panties in a bunch yet you still click on the post and then comment some tough guy shit like you're talking to your child. I'd bet money you get run over in every aspect of your real life and never have the balls to stand up for yourself. 

This blog is strange.

+20 with just stop. Get help

-28 with they arent leaving just stop.

I guess the second one wasnt snarky enough?

Is this Brian? No?

stfu

Ok boss. Whatever you say!

You don't have to click on posts you don't want to read. You get that, right? Right?

Look, I hope Michigan gets the hell out of the Big Ten as well but right now we are awaiting word of whether or not our coach will be on the sidelines tomorrow. How many times are we going to deal with the same hypothetical, redundant posts that have a tendency to push important information down - sometimes even off the main page completely.

I don't get the logic behind this.  The ND rivalry was great and that game was not in conference.

Yeah no sense bringing them with us to any conference. These are the same dickheads that are pushing this shitshow to begin with. Why would we want them or Staee anywhere near us. If we are intent on playing both of those teams then we might as well be resigned to the Big Ten and just fight over revenue share.

I'd rather go with Ohio State. That's the best rivalry in sports. I could give a shit about anyone else. Wanna screw the Big Ten. Take the two biggest brands. 

Seriously though. Michigan and everyone needs a conference with better leadership. Like Michigan or not, this whole thing has become an embarrassment for every school in the Big Ten. An experienced commissioner would not have allowed that "drip, drip, drip" of press releases or let ESPN know of a punishment before the university itself. Or allow the other coaches to have that kind of input. Of course they all piled on. It's not input you can take seriously.

If Warde Manuel was the commissioner of a conference...

Really?  The regents literally discussed it 

Dangerous game? We? Best chance UM has to win NC in a long time. Bitch ass OSU can't handle it. Fight or be mediocre forever. Glad UM is fighting. 

What a pussy

Actually, I more or less agree with you. Except ... it wasn't "we" that played a dangerous game. Sure seems like it was one ambitious young man who got out over his skiis and took chances without informing the coaching staff. (I actually feel kind of bad for him too, as I think he was only trying to go above and beyond in doing his job, and he made a catastrophic mistake in the process).

I think some penalty is more or less reasonable — regardless of whether or not we gained a major advantage by doing so, you're not allowed to decide which rules you're allowed to break and which ones not — but it certainly is unfortunate, given that there's no evidence Harbaugh or anybody else knew about it.

C'est la vie. I don't think it substantially hurts us, and it may well give the team even more motivation for the next few weeks. Whatever. Go Blue.

This is the answer, and is what will eventually happen.  We can get a head start on it.  It won't be just for Fox, it will be several networks.

This is why it is so incredibly stupid and short-sided on the part of lower-tier programs like Purdue, Northwestern, etc. to gang up on Michigan.  If Michigan leaves and maybe takes some programs with them to greener pastures, the Big Ten could collapse.

If you are programs like Purdue, Northwestern, etc. you are getting the world's best sweetheart deal by being allowed in the Big Ten.  You would never get in otherwise.

So why in the world would you do anything that even remotely threatens the stability of the conference?

Florida State would jump all over this. Talk about a program tired of dead weight schools.

The conference realignment we have seen over the last few years was once a "not gonna happen."

Until it did.