PP: Would Gophers be left out of a college football ‘super league?’

[BleedGopher]

Per Greder:

If a super league is made up of 32 teams, Minnesota would have a much harder time making its claim. For one, the Gophers have been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for only two weeks since the 2019 season.

A 48-team league would be much more likely to include Minnesota. And the Gophers would likely be focusing on being at the top end of a second tier of sorts, trying to be higher in a pecking order than, say, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan State.

Would Gophers be left out of a college football ‘super league?’

One of the biggest rumors buzzing around college football these days is on the potential creation of a “super league” of top programs nationwide.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Yeah I think a 32 team league would be tough. A 48 team they would be in. It seems over the last 5 years or so they’ve hovered between 30-45 overall. A little higher at times and a little lower at times.

 

[Some guy]

I think the people who write articles like this are interesting

If there was a 32 team super league the gophers weren’t in I would probably never watch another Bama or Texas game again

Kind of like I don’t watch USFL

I’m not sure leaving out 90 of the 130 programs in the country have nearly as predictable results in future viewership as some think

 

[stocker08]

Hard to say. If they were going to take the 32 best programs....Minnesota would likely fall on the wrong side of the bubble. However....money talks. MSP is the 15th largest media market. Do you, as a new league, freeze out one of the largest media markets in the country? Doesn't really make any sense.....and is why I really doubt that a single super conference is coming.

 

[fmlizard]

I think the people who write articles like this are interesting

If there was a 32 team super league the gophers weren’t in I would probably never watch another Bama or Texas game again

Kind of like I don’t watch USFL

I’m not sure leaving out 90 of the 130 programs in the country have nearly as predictable results in future viewership as some think

A "super league" would make the pie smaller due to many fans dropping out.

It's just a matter of whether a few programs want to have a smaller pie cut into fewer pieces, leaving potentially larger slices than their sliver of the huge pie.

But anyone who thinks there's massive national demand for a "super league" that will increase the size of the pie is mistaken, I believe.

 

[Some guy]

A "super league" would make the pie smaller due to many fans dropping out.

It's just a matter of whether a few programs want to have a smaller pie cut into fewer pieces, leaving potentially larger slices than their sliver of the huge pie.

But anyone who thinks there's massive national demand for a "super league" that will increase the size of the pie is mistaken, I believe.

A super league will get rid of slices but could also reduce the size of the pie

It could also have medium term unintended consequences as schools that currently see 7-5 as bad years go 1-11 and schools that see 9-3 as bad years go 4-8