ACC, PAC-12, and BIG alliance / conference realignment

[FloridaCuse]

Cody Campbell takes direct shot at Greg Sankey, Tony Petitti after Thursday morning call-out

Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell accused Big Ten and SEC leaders of not caring about the future of college athletics at large on Thursday.

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[WoadBlue]

Cody Campbell takes direct shot at Greg Sankey, Tony Petitti after Thursday morning call-out

Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell accused Big Ten and SEC leaders of not caring about the future of college athletics at large on Thursday.

www.on3.com

As I have said many times the ACC BADLY needs to add Texas Tech because Cody Campbell is worth a fortune to whatever league he fights for.

 

[sufandu]

Cody Campbell takes direct shot at Greg Sankey, Tony Petitti after Thursday morning call-out

Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell accused Big Ten and SEC leaders of not caring about the future of college athletics at large on Thursday.

www.on3.com

"The memo also argues that such pooling would create centralized scheduling that could negatively impact cross-conference scheduling and the future of longstanding conference rivalries."

HA! Ok B1G/SEC, like you care about preserving rivalries. The expansion that you guys facilitated the last few decades already killed those.

 

[WoadBlue]

"The memo also argues that such pooling would create centralized scheduling that could negatively impact cross-conference scheduling and the future of longstanding conference rivalries."

HA! Ok B1G/SEC, like you care about preserving rivalries. The expansion that you guys facilitated the last few decades already killed those.

Until the leaders of SEC and BT accepted, quite recently, that there was big money in playing OOC games that had history and/or geographic power, etc, those 2 richest leagues scheduled OOC to pack away as many easy Ws as possible. Now they assert that they want ton play each 9ther all the time OOC because that that will make them the most money.

Hence, my view that the ACC must expand to then play 10 league games per season. PSU for example, is never again going to play Pitt, much less Syracuse, more than twice a decade. The BT does not want SC and UCLA playing Calford. The SEC no more wants UT and A&M playing SMU, TTU, TCU, and Baylor than UT and A&M want to play those historic rivals.

Entities end competition precisely because they wish to declare themselves the Victor and never risk that title being lost while stealing all the money possible. BT and SEC are both guilty as all Hell.

 

[Hoo's That]

And yet, every BB team wants to play in the NCAA and not the NIT.

Your recency bias is showing. Now they do because nearly everybody and their uncle from the P4 can get in and it's a sad commentary on your program if you don't. Way Back in the Day, only 1 team was invited to the NCAAs per conference. A lot of really good teams didn't make it and gladly took invites to the NIT. Even Further Back in the Day the NIT was more prestigious than the NCAAs.

 

[Hoo's That]

"The memo also argues that such pooling would create centralized scheduling that could negatively impact cross-conference scheduling and the future of longstanding conference rivalries."

HA! Ok B1G/SEC, like you care about preserving rivalries. The expansion that you guys facilitated the last few decades already killed those.

Perfect example Kansas-Missouri (the Border War). Played 120 times from 1892 to 2011 when Missouri went to the SEC. Only resumed this season after the break. It was the 2nd most played FBS rivalry behind Minnesota-Wisconsin. As a comparison, UVa-UNC, currently tied for the 2nd most played rivalry, played 4 fewer games to that point.

 

[HtownOrange]

As I have said many times the ACC BADLY needs to add Texas Tech because Cody Campbell is worth a fortune to whatever league he fights for.

Texas Tech has one billionaire with cash that will only last so long. OkieState is nowhere without their sugar daddy, it does not last. Texas Tech has no fan following except in the panhandle. No significant presence in the other major cities. You can keep dreaming if you like, it won't change the facts. Texas Tech will not benefit the ACC enough to cover a full share. See ESPN's complaints with the last expansion, if TTech was a beneficial as you state, ESPN would have argued to include TTech in the last expansion. ESPN believes they do not add enough value.

Enjoy your sweet dreams about playing in Lubbock. P.S. Everyone I know from the Panhandle count their blessings that they are FROM the panhandle and are no longer there.

 

[orangecuse]

Your recency bias is showing. Now they do because nearly everybody and their uncle from the P4 can get in and it's a sad commentary on your program if you don't. Way Back in the Day, only 1 team was invited to the NCAAs per conference. A lot of really good teams didn't make it and gladly took invites to the NIT. Even Further Back in the Day the NIT was more prestigious than the NCAAs.

With all due respect, why does this matter nowadays? I mean, "back in the day," General Motors had approximately 60% of total market share in the US.

 

[WoadBlue]

Texas Tech has one billionaire with cash that will only last so long. OkieState is nowhere without their sugar daddy, it does not last. Texas Tech has no fan following except in the panhandle. No significant presence in the other major cities. You can keep dreaming if you like, it won't change the facts. Texas Tech will not benefit the ACC enough to cover a full share. See ESPN's complaints with the last expansion, if TTech was a beneficial as you state, ESPN would have argued to include TTech in the last expansion. ESPN believes they do not add enough value.

Enjoy your sweet dreams about playing in Lubbock. P.S. Everyone I know from the Panhandle count their blessings that they are FROM the panhandle and are no longer there.

You sound like the old time ACC people who kept repeating Dook basketball coach Vic Bubas on why WVU never should be allowed in the ACC: terrible access to Morgantown, especially from south of the town.

Bubas made the case when there was no inter-state, nor even a 4 lane state highway into Morgantown, and no airport there big enough to handle a plane larger than maybe a dozen seats. But the catch is that what Bubas said was totally out of date by 1970.

As for TTU, first, Lubbock is NOT in the TX panhandle. Second, and much more important, TTU is the most important university, and only significant winner in the 3 most important collegiate sports, in the entirety of western TX. Third, Campbell is far from the only rich alum and/ot west TX native who is a big money booster for TTU sports. Fourth, the TV market with the largest number of TTU alums is DFW - the most important TV market in TX and the entire southwest. TTU alums in DFW greatly outnumber SMU alums there. Fifth, though west TX is too sparsely populated per sq. mile to allow for TTU to fill an 80K football stadium, it routinely sells close to its capacity of 60K. And how many current ACC members can say the same? In the same vein and much more important because TV deals are based on TV viewers drawn, west TX has more passionate CFB fans than all of NY state.

 

[SU68]

Texas Tech has one billionaire with cash that will only last so long. OkieState is nowhere without their sugar daddy, it does not last. Texas Tech has no fan following except in the panhandle. No significant presence in the other major cities. You can keep dreaming if you like, it won't change the facts. Texas Tech will not benefit the ACC enough to cover a full share. See ESPN's complaints with the last expansion, if TTech was a beneficial as you state, ESPN would have argued to include TTech in the last expansion. ESPN believes they do not add enough value.

Enjoy your sweet dreams about playing in Lubbock. P.S. Everyone I know from the Panhandle count their blessings that they are FROM the panhandle and are no longer there.

Heck, I'd trade all you guys for a sugar daddy.