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    Cyclone Sunday Bruns

    He said 19 year old Ben Bruns is nowhere near as good as Trevor Buhr
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    2 P2 a year will be tough unless the P2 also want to limit cupcakes on the schedule Eventually the consolidation and separation of three 20+ school super conferences will result in nearly exclusively P3 vs P3 games imo. 10 conference games plus a couple inter-league match-ups. Which will also...
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    They’d just need a concession to play along. With the two conferences and networks increasingly working together, it’s not difficult to see that occurring. ESPN getting a piece of ND in the BIG while the SEC get UNC, UVa? ND independence is nearing the end imo. They’ll need Yormark to pull...
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    Absolutely. And it will only get more difficult as the P3 go to 10+ conference games. ND’s new NBC deal needs a P4 level schedule to get paid at the P2 level. IMO this is the last round they’ll be able to do that Besides scheduling, CFP access is going to be at risk once it’s a P2 + Big 12...
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    Williams & Blum: The Florida State / Clemson conversation

    That’s not how the SuperLeague gets executed though. PE or Tech will target top-25 brands that are having trouble keeping up in an arms race that now has more direct ROI (pay to play) Instead of a USC fleeing the PAC for BIG, it’ll be them and disgruntled types like A&m, joining Clemson/FSU...
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    Williams & Blum Wednesday: What's next for realignment and Anthony Becht interview

    If it’s true that in the summer of 2021 that the ACC HQ, without a vote, gave ESPN an extension to 2025 on the option, perhaps in 2021 ESPN was going to decline the option, making similar moves on the ACC as they did with OUT If so, the ACC gave them a free extension, hoping to delay until...
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    Williams & Blum: The Florida State / Clemson conversation

    Not inviting Utah and ASU out would have only increased the odds that. 14 teams is not more stable for the Big 12 or ISU. There’s no number that would prevent or discourage the top 10-12 schools outside the P2 to leave together to form a new conference, likely lured by PE or new providers...
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    Williams & Blum Wednesday: What's next for realignment and Anthony Becht interview

    Why would they pick up the option? It’s a conference with mediocre ratings, particularly past 3 schools. This is the consolidation era. Why pay for 17 schools to get 3 or 4? In the decreasing linear era, espn doesn’t need 17 ACC schools and 16 Big 12- tv window filler content. Decline the...
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    Williams & Blum: The Florida State / Clemson conversation

    Schools other than FSU, Clemson, VT, and NC St. Imo, a believable list
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    Williams & Blum: The Florida State / Clemson conversation

    That’s some good cope. The only thing relevant about Texas is that they’re an example of consolidation as an uncapped arms race is funded by an industry undergoing a change in revenue mechanisms. So is USC, OU, UW, Oregon etc. Thus far, consolidation has been additive for the BIG, but paying...
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    The power of FSU/Clemson being willing to go to the Big 12. The odds that they end up with more money, if not P2 invite, are greatly benefited by that option being viewed as legitimate FSU/Clemson have to break status quo, and the P2 can sit back and let the Big 12 underwrite that.
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    Williams & Blum: The Florida State / Clemson conversation

    Whatever it takes to kill the ACC… get ESPN to decline the option. If ESPN picks up the ACC through 2036, it’s difficult to see the Big 12 surviving as-is past the current deal Unequal revenue sharing for FSU/CU? Fine. First add a Louisville type? Fine I’m biased, but why would ESPN pick up...
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    Not really a money crunch issue when they can move FSU/Clemson to SEC while canceling ACC option, dropping several other ACC programs to American rate, and a few more to ESPN’s Big 12 rate of $20 million/year. Spend more on FSU and Clemson (while also making more off them), cut costs on other...
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    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    Once schools are free of the ACC is when we’ll find out if any entity is actually passing. As long as FSU and Clemson have the Big 12 as a fallback, they can continue forcing their way out of ACC, thereby making ESPN declining ACC option inevitable. My guess is ESPN would be fine getting top...
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