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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 306435, member: 636"] [B]Point 1[/B]. This was from January with data probably gotten during Bowl season. What I think this shows is that ACC teams were not in the discussion in late December and early January as the Dude proclaimed, but became possible targets at this late January meeting upon learning that Louisville and BYU would not add value to the contracts. So, at best, Neinas would have been charged at this late January meeting to discover how much adding ACC members would be - but the wild numbers thrown out by some came almost immediately after the Dude's first epistle on this topic on January 21. Btw, the January 21st blog by the Dude said he had been holding onto this info (the Big 12 going after ACC members) for three weeks. This document clearly seems to dispute this or else Neinas would have had for this late January meeting the info needed about them. [B]Point 2[/B]. Agreed. Big 12 staying at 10 could be a real problem with the Medium-Sized 8-2 (the 2 being the tagalongs Oklahoma State and Texas Tech). [B]Point 3[/B]. Right, because it would be assumed that ND would as an indy agree to schedule Texas and OU without becoming a Big 12 member. [I][B]Might indicate a similiar problem with ND as a partial to the ACC. After all, ESPN already gets ND away games against the likes of BC, Pitt, Miami, and SU. So that could kill ND to the ACC as a partial member right there.[/B][/I] [B]Point 4.[/B] See above response to Point 1. I really think that when they met to discuss this situation in late January is when they brainstormed the idea of approaching ACC members, especially FSU and Clemson who clearly wanted out of the ACC for the SEC and all of their actions at that time and prior were about that move and not this supposed Big 12 move. Once the Big 12 did approach them then they decided it couldn't hurt to listen to them. So, at best, the Dude got word that the Big 12 might approach ACC members and the extra $$$ that was being thrown out was as exaggerated as BTN numbers were back in 2009 and 2010. Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]

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