While I align with Koz about Memphis; all of a sudden I wonder if the inclusion of UC and Memphis on our BB schedule might be an indication of some potential changes within College Sports and Conference alignment. I seldom believe in coincidences, and this retro direction is just too convenient.
Let me be clear, I know “FB drives the bus” in college sports, and I am not suggesting UL is leaving the ACC, or that either Memphis or UC are moving to the ACC. What I do believe is that neither the existing situation in college sports and/or the existing Conference affiliation is sustainable. Even the BIG and the SEC schools have expressed concerns about the impossible conditions within their own conferences when it comes to travel for all of the other sports, other than football, considering these bizarre geographical obstacles from conference expansion.
Just wondering out loud if there are discussions about separating Football from all of the other sports, that could result in interchangeability within the conferences themselves? Baseball for example, already has UL playing UK, Vanderbilt and IU in midweek games that make a whole lot more sense that UL traveling to Miami, or UK traveling to Austin TX, or IU traveling to UCLA.
WVB, WBB and MBB may never rival FB, but the popularity of those aforementioned sports are gaining both attention and revenue …….. I see a huge chance for change now that might not have been possible just a few years ago.