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Old 07-29-2021, 09:58 AM
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Its 9:35 am, and I haven't touched a sip of Bird Dog, Vodka Bombs or any other mind altering substance in the last 24+ hours. I type this with a clear mind....


College allegiances have drastically shifted in the past decade plus. The information age has transformed the way we work and play, while simultaneously the improvements in travel has made getting from point A to point B easier, and quicker than ever. So with that in mind, why do we need a conference to be a "be all" for all aspects collegiality? I don't follow college hockey, but I do know that conference wise, they are very different. B10 hockey is the only the resembles major conferences in other sports in that it has 6 B10 members plus Notre Dame. So for Big 10 hockey, less than half of the football playing institutions field hockey teams. Other collegiate hockey conferences are made up of teams spread across multiple conferences in either football or basketball. Miami (oh) for instance is in a conference with Denver, Omaha and North Dakota. UConn and Umass reside in a conference with Boston U, Boston College, Maine and Vermont.


Point being, in collegiate hockey, they have figured out the best way to group together schools with varying interest in other sports or academics but similar interest in hockey. Why can't the same be applied to football, baseball, basketball, tennis, track, etc... Taking it a step further, why can't the Big 10 Academic Alliance maintain what is in their best interest while Ohio State and Michigan seek out their best interest in football and perhaps Illinois and Purdue seek out something different in basketball?


Why tie part of your fortunes and future with teams that made sense 100 years ago. Are the goals of Minnesota football similar to what they were in the 30s and early 40s when they won national titles? While the goals at Michigan are likely similar to the goals at Ohio State, have the results from the Michigan football program in the last 50 years, been anywhere close to the results from the 50 years prior (that would be no)?


Connecting this to UD, Dayton and Penn State have very different goals and aspirations in collegiate football, but also very different goals and aspirations in college basketball. Same story at Gonzaga, yet UD and Gonzaga will never been in the same conference as Penn State the way things are currently constructed.


So Ohio State to the SEC will likely never happen, however Ohio State playing in the same conference as Alabama, Florida, Texas, OU & LSU makes a ton of sense.
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