(05-13-2022 12:05 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(04-29-2022 09:45 AM)EastMemphisTiger1 Wrote:  

(04-29-2022 09:33 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(04-27-2022 03:17 PM)EastMemphisTiger1 Wrote:  

(04-27-2022 01:39 PM)Claw Wrote:  I have no direct knowledge other than what has been discussed on the forum.

I have heard we will build a new stadium and I have heard we will upgrade the Liberty Bowl.

I assume ON MY OWN that if we renovate the Liberty Bowl it means we have not gotten an invite to the Big XII. I believe if that invitation was in hand we would be building an OCS. I also believe it is possible we don't know about the Big XII yet, and that could be part of the reason no announcement has been made to date. ALL OF THIS IS SPECULATION BASED ON ZERO INSIDE INFORMATION.

and thats fine, but why lol. i dont understand why everyone believes you must have a big fancy on campus stadium to get invited. The moment you accept a big12 invite, you get money for a stadium. why does stadium have to come before the invite? and this isnt to you directly. it's to anyone who thinks its on campus stadium or bust

Name a school who HAS gotten an invite to a P5 conference that DOESN'T have an OCS.

baylor didnt. miami still doesnt. ucla technically. washington? pitt still play at heinz field? Nc state? south carolina, northwestern, oregon..

All of those schools you just listed WERE ALREADY POWER SCHOOLS when they "joined" their conferences, or were founding members of their conferences. For Example, Baylor:

Quote:The Big 12 Conference was founded in February 1994. The eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with the Southwest Conference universities University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Baylor University and Texas Tech University to form the conference, with play beginning in 1996.[3] The conference's current ten campus makeup resulted from the 2010–2013 Big 12 Conference realignment, in which Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference, Colorado joined the Pac-12, and Texas A&M and Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference. Texas Christian University and West Virginia University joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing universities, bringing the conference to its current strength.

Now. I will ask once again, with a little more clarity as to the point of this discussion... Name a school FROM THE G5 (or Non BCS member) - basically since 1998, that has been invited to a power league that does not have an on-campus stadium.

The answer is zero.

However, the number of schools in that category as you have defined it is small - only 2 prior to last year (Utah and TCU) plus the 4 recent invites to the B12. Those 6 schools have other things in common besides an OCS that distinguish them from Memphis. For example, they are all located in TV markets that rank #36 or higher whereas Memphis ranks #51.

By saying "non-BCS" you are excluding former Big East teams which were raided by other conferences. It should be noted that when the Big East was poached in 2014-15, the ACC picked up two BE schools (Miami and Pittsburgh) who played off campus while passing on Cincinnati which played in an OCS. This indicates there were important reasons, other than OCS, driving conference realignment. And there is really no reason for OCS to be such a driver since there are currently 9 P5 teams playing off campus and doing so successfully.