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Pat Forde's conference realignment

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This is nothing but summer fun to talk about, but would you sign up for this as a Pitt fan?

https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/29/ncaa-college-football-conference-realignment

Pros:
  • Pitt is the second-best team (or third at worst if you think Temple is better) in that conference today
  • Pitt has the second-most resources (or third at worst if you think Maryland has more)
  • Reinstates Pitt's biggest rivalry game
  • Much more possibility to make the playoff
  • Easy drives to games
Cons:
  • Very little diversity in scheduling
  • Harder to recruit where high school football is booming
  • Only three fun gameday atmospheres for away fans (PSU, Army, Navy)
  • Never play ND again
  • Is money tied to the conferences? Because Pitt would lose a lot of funding with these lesser schools in the conference.
 
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