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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 4789250, member: 5312"] Right. [For now, even those who opposed ACC expansion are embracing the coast-to-coast conference makeover. "There are many complicated factors that led us to vote no,” Florida State president Richard McCullough said in a statement. “That said, we welcome these truly outstanding institutions and look forward to working with them as our new partners in the Atlantic Coast Conference.”] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-09-01/acc-stanford-cal-smu-death-of-pac-12[/URL] Written on August 16th: [Fox has gone to great lengths to box ESPN out of college football on the West Coast, first with USC and UCLA, then Oregon and Washington. Perhaps the threat of ESPN gaining a foothold in the Bay Area, in combination with the East Coast inventory provided by the ACC, would prompt Fox to muster the cash necessary to secure Cal and Stanford for the Big Ten.] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/pac-12/five-thoughts-as-stanford-and-cal-desperately-seek-acc-or-big-ten-invites/[/URL] Also this from September 1st: [Commissioner Jim Phillips had been advocating for the two Pac-12 schools, as had ACC members [URL='https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/notre-dame-fighting-irish']Notre Dame[/URL], [URL='https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/pittsburgh-panthers']Pittsburgh[/URL], [URL='https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets']Georgia Tech[/URL] and [URL='https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/louisville-cardinals']Louisville[/URL].] With regard to possibly leaving [An FSU source cautioned that “nothing is imminent,” however, and that no board meetings are scheduled in Tallahassee to discuss conference realignment.] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/2023/09/01/stanford-cal-smu-acc-accepted-vote-conference-realignment-expansion[/URL] [According to a report by [URL='https://twitter.com/wilnerhotline/status/1697643077182382178?s=20']Jon Wilner[/URL], the ACC is considering Dallas as a place programs can travel to for football, which will help limit travel on both eastern members and Cal and Stanford. This also seems like a decision that could work well in non-football sports who are playing multiple times a week. Seeing how the ACC is able to maneuver such a dramatic addition will be fascinating, but it has become evident that the conference is working on many solutions to keep everyone involved happy.] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/stanford/football/acc-expansion-making-dallas-the-neutral-site-for-stanford-and-other-new-teams[/URL] [Johnson (Sports Illustrated) also dove into the positives for everyone involved as Stanford and Cal will now have adequate competition for their Olympic sports rather than dropping down to the Mountain West or American, it gives Florida State and Clemson a chance to earn more money, and also allows for ESPN to have a piece of the West Coast action.] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/stanford/football/stanford-and-cal-are-extremely-close-to-becoming-members-of-acc-after-pac-12s-collapse[/URL] I'll stop here. I started reading about all this from the viewpoint of the new Cali schools - welcome aboard guys. [/QUOTE]

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