Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I guess it makes sense, as none of these players who sign this next December and February will ever play in the Pac-12. The updated B1G ranking is quite interesting....look where USC is, and then look at the teams below them. Talk about a low bar to surpass! Then for hoots...look where UCLA is ranked-whew. At least some things don't change regardless of conference! 2024 Recruit Big-Ten Football Team Rankings 247SPORTS.COM In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating. Now, Oregon will not be focused on being the best in Pac-12 recruiting, because we will be by default. No, the target is the top of the national list for Dan Lanning! 2 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 2 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Why should anything recruiting-wise be different for Chip in the B1G than at Oregon and UCLA? The man is simply lethargic when it comes to recruiting. Ditto the guys he hires as assistant coaches. Good luck with drawing Michigan as a permanent football scheduling partner. The Wolverines have usually had their way with the Bruins on the football field. And UCLA/USC not being given the closest B1G school, Nebraska, as a scheduling partner shows the impact that these 2 have on B1G scheduling. USC? Get ready Traveler to be the #4 pony at best in the B1G behind the 3 programs that are as of now ahead of you in 2024 recruiting rankings. Yes, CFB is moving to a 12-team playoff field in 2024 with 6 at-large (AL) spots. The B1G and SEC champs will be in and likely receiving a 1st round bye in 2024/25. But with playing 9 conference games (shame on you ACC and SEC) how many AL spots will the B1G secure? Riley and Kingsbury are QB whisperers but in 2024 Caleb Williams will be gone. In 2024 USC plays LSU in Las Vegas, Notre Dame, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin in LA. and plays at Penn State, Maryland, Northwestern, Purdue, and UCLA. Yes, Northwestern is on the schedule but Arizona, ASU, Cal, CU, and Stanford are not. And traveling to the Eastern time zone for 3 games including what is likely to be a White Out at Penn State is not an easy task. Even should SC make the playoff as an AL team will it be a 5-8 seed with a 1st round home game? And I have seen nothing regarding the B1G giving programs that play in the CFB playoff and the CBB tournament a bigger slice of the pie. SC will not be getting the same media share as Wazzu, but it will be getting the same share as Northwestern and Rutgers, What if the Pac-10 media deal posts the numbers that Charles has up today? SC is better off in the B1G than seeing what the Pac-10 media deal turns out to be and negotiating for a bigger slice of the Pac-10 pie. Perhaps but only perhaps. You blow up a century-old alliance and subject your athletes to absurd travel based on a 'perhaps?' A bigger cut for SC was the norm before Larry added CU and Utah and inadvisably dropped SC to an equal media share. A larger share for the LA schools certainly could have been the case with GK in charge and the other conference members recognizing the value the LA market brings to the media marketplace. UCLA? How about 26,000 miles of travel in 2024 including a trip to Baton Rogue to play LSU? Simply brutal. And what will be larger, UCLA's travel budget or the money the Bruins have to pay Cal? Be careful what you wish for. At least what the LA schools administrations wished for. The fans and the athletes? Who cares about the fans and the athletes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 3 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I look at the teams listed below USC and just wince. That is the majority of the "powerful" B1G? 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
