(07-29-2022 09:29 AM)GarnetAndBlue Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 08:55 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 08:42 AM)GarnetAndBlue Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 06:50 AM)JRsec Wrote:  I'm thinking ESPN should buy the B12 rights out.

Then merge these ACC schools with the SEC:

Deep South Protection: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami

Market & Brand Adds: North Carolina, Virginia/Virginia Tech, N.C. State/Duke, Notre Dame or Kansas/Louisville.

If the Irish are, as rumored, encouraging the B1G to take TCU (a school not remotely within B1G metrics) then they are worried about having no access to heavy recruiting grounds outside of Los Angeles and are making a demand with which to break a deal and not make one.

That means they are weighing exposure in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas against Los Angeles and realizing the limits the Big Ten will impose upon their pipelines.

If the SEC takes the 4 Deep South schools, we effectively slam the door on Warren's large metro game plan: Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Miami, and that would mean DFW would be too little too late and with too much controversy. And if Notre Dame can be flipped the party's over anyway!

ESPN should then merge the remaining ACC schools with the Big 12 and pickup the 4 Corners schools. That's 23 leaving room for San Diego State or South Florida.

Great thoughts. Why doesn't ND just then go to the SEC? It allows for both differentiation from its B1G geographic brothers and huge pipes to all points south. Do the USC, MSU, etc rivalries trump those benefits...and perhaps they could keep playing those games. Even if not...worth considering.

There is another interesting angle which could be stabilizing to a degree. Should N.D. join the SEC, and with Kansas, profitability for the B1G to expand beyond Washington & Stanford/Oregon would no longer be possible.

We could see the Big 10 and SEC stop at 18.

The ACC could profit from TCU's market, Baylor's all sports competitiveness, Oklahoma States overall strength, Iowa State's support, Cincinnati's market and WVU's competitiveness. You could move to 20 and actually build revenue and wait.

The PAC would slip into a pre WWII configuration and we would essentially have 3 P conferences and a tweener out West.

Interesting. That scenario would probably spell the end of my college sports watching days, as I'd assume the revenue disparity for the ACC would continue to be a huge long-term problem for my alma mater (FSU). This re-alignment fun is my last spectator sports stand, of sorts.

I see the SEC, Big Ten, AND the Big 12 working together to break up the ACC GOR—assuming that is possible.

Let’s assume Notre Dame stays independent. If the ACC folds, only the Big 12 would consider giving them partial membership status.

Let’s see who grabs what:
SEC: FSU, Clem, UVA, UNC, Duke, VT and two Big 12 schools
B1G: Oregon, Wash, Stanford, Georgia Tech.
Big 12: Az, ASU, Utah, ND*, Syracuse, Louisville, NC St, Miami

ACC left with BC, Pitt, WF
PAC left with Cal, OSU, WSU.