"The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for."
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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"The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for."
Maybe. I could see a lot of other schools slotting in ahead of them.
As an alum, there are things about the deal I don't like but our football arrangement has helped their member schools immensely. Many of them make the ND game only available if their fans buy season tickets, the TV ratings against us will be much higher than most other scheduling options and we have brought strong teams in men's and women's basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and some others. They knew we wouldn't be full members for football and without voting rights, ND would never have joined in all other sports. With the arrangement, ND cannot bolt for the Big Ten or SEC without severe monetary penalties.
The Texas program as an athletic institution could lose at every endeavor indefinitely, a giant meteor could Crater their facilities and the remains salted so nothing grows there for the next 100 years and it would still not be enough.
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Agree, Clemson and FSU and Miami definitely bring more cred and cache but I do think the SEC would want to expand its footprint into North Carolina.
Idk… seems they just watched the PAC dissolve because they failed to expand when the could.
I could see the same thing happening to the ACC, getting raided and not enough teams left to be viable, while also not having a pool of expansion targets to backfill with.
Stability is worth something, even if it cost a little money.
2010 we were on the precipice. If Texas doesn’t get offered the LHN we would have been done.
I think we would still be in a Big 12 regardless if the P12 took that ESPN deal or not, we would just have a worse TV contract (maybe that $20M Apple deal, not sure what Yormark could whip up). Reason being is I don’t believe the idiot P12 commissioner and presidents would have expanded with any more than 1 B12 team. I think they would have taken SDSU and then maybe Kansas or TCU. We’d still have the rest of the Hateful 8 and the added 4, and, honestly would have still been a more competitive league.
When haven't they been?
The ACC got on all fours and welcomed their overloards.
They will end up paying a big price trying to entice a school that's won fewer NY6 bowl games than ISU this century
ND would've been a perfect PAC school
Also worth noting that the expansion vote failed by 1 vote. Definitely UNC telling NC State how to vote for their own interests.
Remember the last two times a major P5 voted not to expansion:
-Big 12 - Texas and OU voted against. Later left the conference
-Pac 12 - UCLA and USC voted against. Later left the conference.
-ACC - UNC, FSU, Clemson voted against. Outcome to be determined.
I see a trend.
I would bet ND could come up with the money fairly quickly if they wanted to leave.
Nc State will end up in one of the big two, with UNC basically a lock to the b1g, that's the secs best option in NC. A state that loves college sports just as much as the sec.
I think VT is a lock for the SEC as well. hope im wrong.
my guess is the SEC adds 4:
FSU, Clemson, NC State, and VT.
BIG:
UNC
UVA
Miami
Stanford or GT
my guess is the SEC adds 4:
FSU, Clemson, NC State, and VT.
BIG:
UNC
UVA
Miami
Stanford or GT
The SMU part of the article was interesting. It seems like a stretch for SMU, but it would allow the ACC schools to establish a fan and recruiting base in Texas, and competing conferences have much larger geographical footprints than the ACC.
why is south bend such a **** hole? does the university do anything in the city?
South Bend was a thriving metropolis before the 60s. Once Studebaker went under and other industries left, it started its downward trend. After living there, my belief is that the school is the only thing keeping that area alive and not turning into another Gary, Indiana.
With 12 years left on the ACC GOR and ESPN contract, the need for stability is not a rational reason to expand without a significant payout increase for existing ACC schools.
I don't.
B12 had 3 years left on its GOR with exit fees when OUT announced for the SEC. OUT bought out of the B12 GOR with one year remaining on it.
PAC didn't have a GOR or exit fees.
ACC has 12 years left on its GOR, a $120M exit fee and +$500M in GOR buyout fees.
Because it is such a huge recruiting hotbed....
And Mexicans, if they follow college football, like Notre Dame. At least all the ones I've ever met. Catholic thing I guess. Other than that they love the Cowboys and the Raiders.
