Underrated postI needed one more fare to make my night.
At this point I just want football to be its own thing. Let the other sports play actual same region teams as in the past.No way they can just add two, one of those schools is going to do back to back weekend trips to the east coast. Problem is nobody adds any value maybe do Unlv, SD state and another. ACC championship in Vegas lol
Good roadiesAll indications were that they were trying when Colorado left, but I think at the time those schools would have rather tried to get some kind of deal, or keep looking for better options.
This whole idea of ACC plus Pac leftovers seems so dumb to me, but if you're going to do it at this point, and need travel partners for Cal/Stanford, why not model in UNLV, San Diego State at a minimum. They're at least bigger city teams. Oregon State/Washington State seem completely useless to me.
Oregon-Wash could have been defense against the ACC potentially adding a West Coast footprint. If not why it add them with USC and UCLA?I think USC-UCLA was to keep up with the SEC’s Texas-Oklahoma move.
I think Oregon-Washington was a combo of brands and realizing the USC-UCLA travel logistics weren’t sustainable.
oh boy I wish I shared his "obvious" sentiment
Just like Harry Chapin in his song "Taxi."I needed one more fare to make my night.
they wont lose any of their base, if anything they will win some back. Cable will still carry them and the cord cutters will pay to have ESPN. There are tons of sports fans who dont have access to ESPN because they dont have a real streaming service.what happens in 5-7 yrs when all the TV money starts to dry up as espn becomes more streaming centric and loses 50% of its base.
Well the B1G surprised everyone before with Rutgers. If their goal is to shore up the NE and keep the SEC out of there then it would make sense.oh boy I wish I shared his "obvious" sentiment
from who? 90% of the espn subs come from people who watch very little sports.they wont lose any of their base, if anything they will win some back.
oh boy I wish I shared his "obvious" sentiment
They can go after Big12 teamsIs there anything left in the West? The only candidates are San Diego State, Arizona State, BYU, and Colorado. Would adding 3-4 of those schools really be worth it?
I can see the SEC staying at 16.
Well said!!I hope the ACC has learned that you take the real vote behind closed doors. If there’s enough votes, then everybody votes for it and it’s unanimous if there’s not you decided it’s not worth a vote at all. Cannot go through what we went through in 2003 all over again. I don’t think this is going to be a unanimous agreement among the athletic directors to add Cal and Stanford.
I’ve been a huge proponent of adding Stanford and Cal. I would love for the ACC to also go to Notre Dame and see if they are agreeable to increasing their ACC offerings to 6 games per year (4ACC+Cal/Stanford). If Stanford and Cal were brought in each team could play 7 ACC teams, play Notre Dame, and then play each other for a total of 9 “conference” games. They would only need to play 4 conference road games per year.I hope the ACC has learned that you take the real vote behind closed doors. If there’s enough votes, then everybody votes for it and it’s unanimous if there’s not you decided it’s not worth a vote at all. Cannot go through what we went through in 2003 all over again. I don’t think this is going to be a unanimous agreement among the athletic directors to add Cal and Stanford.
Florida State. Otherwise agree.I’ve been a huge proponent of adding Stanford and Cal. I would love for the ACC to also go to Notre Dame and see if they are agreeable to increasing their ACC offerings to 6 games per year (4ACC+Cal/Stanford). If Stanford and Cal were brought in each team could play 7 ACC teams, play Notre Dame, and then play each other for a total of 9 “conference” games. They would only need to play 4 conference road games per year.
I would also require that Cal/Stanford come in on a reduced annual media share of $32 million per year (Big12 payout) and give the additional $10 million/year to Florida St and Clemson.
Eph that. Give each team in the ACC champ game 5 mil each. Make FSU put up or shut up.I’ve been a huge proponent of adding Stanford and Cal. I would love for the ACC to also go to Notre Dame and see if they are agreeable to increasing their ACC offerings to 6 games per year (4ACC+Cal/Stanford). If Stanford and Cal were brought in each team could play 7 ACC teams, play Notre Dame, and then play each other for a total of 9 “conference” games. They would only need to play 4 conference road games per year.
I would also require that Cal/Stanford come in on a reduced annual media share of $32 million per year (Big12 payout) and give the additional $10 million/year to Florida St and Clemson.
Eph that. Give each team in the ACC champ game 5 mil each. Make FSU put up or shut up.
How about we ask the Saudis to pay for the ACC championship game in Riyadh and give the 2 ACC finalist $25 millionEph that. Give each team in the ACC champ game 5 mil each. Make FSU put up or shut up.
Isn't there some just simple travel/proximity benefits as well? Good history football and hoops, good brand, good fanbase for travel, yadda yadda. I mean it's not like we are a horrible fit and just finding reasons.Well the B1G surprised everyone before with Rutgers. If their goal is to shore up the NE and keep the SEC out of there then it would make sense.