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  1. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    The ACC owns 50% of the ACCN. ESPN cannot transfer the network to another conference. This is why Big 12 teams will be added to the ACC.
  2. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    ESPN is still and will continue to be the leader in sports tv. The ACCN is a big cash cow for ESPN. The revenues are going up significantly with the addition of the California and Texas markets. ESPN already streams a huge amount of ACC content. The cord cutters are not going to want to buy...
  3. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    Unfortunately not because the revenue is not there. The ACC will have to renegotiate their contract with ESPN.
  4. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    The Big 12 didn’t have the footprint for its own network and ESPN is not investing the money now to build a network for them. Not having your own network is a major disadvantage for the Big 12.
  5. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    If you listen to the TV execs, commissioners and AD’s, population density does matter because that is where the viewers are living. This is the reason why the Big 12 was never able to get its own network. ESPN will keep the east coast markets and add in the best Big 12 markets. This will allow...
  6. NE Football

    UConn & 2024 Hockey East Men’s Tournament (Saturday 3/16/24 v. #1 Boston College @Kelly Rink @7:30p). Game on NESN+/ESPN+

    I thought Cav did a tremendous job this year given how tough the league was this year.
  7. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    The remaining ACC teams have bigger markets than the Big 12 teams and they will still have the ACCN. WVU, Cincinnati, UCF will all save on travel expenses big time. TCU, TT will want to be with Stanford & Cal. The infrastructure is just better in the ACC than the Big 12 as is the location of the...
  8. NE Football

    B1G & SEC non-committal on CFP future

    The CFP should go to 32 teams and make December the new March Madness. It’s a fair measuring stick for coaches, gets rid of the meaningless minor bowls and gets every region of the country involved in the playoffs. P4 would get more slots for their teams (60%) that have absolutely zero chance of...
  9. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    The ACC will still have the ACCN and ESPN always needs programming. The B1G would have to take 2 ACC teams and the SEC 4 teams leaving the ACC with 13 teams plus ND. There are no major brands in the Big 12, but they could lose teams to the SEC and the B1G. Regardless of which conference loses...
  10. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    All future expansion is subject to the networks contributing hundreds of millions to make expansion possible. Barring that increased revenue, every B1G and SEC team will have to take a reduction in revenue for the sake of expansion. With the players looking to get paid, I don’t see the B1G or...
  11. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    I think UCF, WVU & Cincinnati would all join the ACC for travel reasons. It would make sense for the B12 and the ACC to stay as separate conferences based on geography, but share a TV contract.
  12. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    ND is under contract to join the ACC if they decide to join a conference. They have their own tv deal, a seat on the CFP committee and a home for all of their teams in the ACC. There is no incentive for them to give any of that up. If the major brands leave the ACC, ND could join then, probably...
  13. NE Football

    UMass > MAC for all sports in 2025-2026

    I think the fans are here, they just don’t have a team to root for. As much as it pains me to say this, but if BCU gets good under Bill O’Brien it might actually help us if we can get back on their schedule. I would offer them 2 home games to our one game. Maybe even move our home game to...
  14. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    I don’t see how UNC now needing to get the permission of the state system president makes it easier for them to leave the ACC. The talk was making UNC take NC State with them as a package deal in order to get that permission.
  15. NE Football

    ACC replacement list: UConn, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Washington State, Oregon State

    The problem with B1G is that most of their teams are terrible to watch. It’s a very regional conference. The USC and UCLA fans have zero interest in seeing games v Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota, Rutgers, Maryland and especially Iowa!
  16. NE Football

    UMass > MAC for all sports in 2025-2026

    An annual “U” game between New England’s two premier football teams at Gillette Stadium might make it worthwhile for us to join the MAC as well. Football drives the bus, not basketball. A pathway to the playoffs is what we need.
  17. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    With payments to players likely to come in the next few years, FSU will lobby the top B1G teams to go with unequal revenue sharing. It’s a principle thing to them. Sorry, adding FSU to the B1G is not going to make any recruiting difference to any team in the B1G. Every school already recruits...
  18. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    That value would need to be around 100 million, plus they would need a 2nd team to join FSU. With the expected payments to players, FSU will definitely lobby Michigan, tOSU, USC, Oregon, Washington & Penn St to go to unequal revenue sharing. The bottom 1/2 of the B1G should want nothing to do...
  19. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    They don’t need to add anybody. If they do expand they would need two schools that are at least going to grow revenues by 200 million per year to break even. That’s going to be very difficult to find. Oregon and Washington are getting partial shares, but in the next TV contact they get full...
  20. NE Football

    Schedules from 2025 on

    We should offer BCU, SU, Pitt 2 home games for one game in East Hartford. This will make it easy for those teams to schedule us and we will be playing teams that we should beat or at least win 2 out of 3 every year.
  21. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    Why would the bottom half of the SEC and the B1G want FSU in their conference? FSU would immediately go after those schools as not deserving equal revenue sharing. FSU would also be another huge obstacle for the bottom half of those conferences getting to the playoffs.
  22. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    Why not ask? That leads them to the next step of getting 1/3rd of the playoff money. It’s another reason why further expansion of the B1G and the SEC is unlikely. The road to the playoffs for 12 of their 18 teams is already near impossible.
  23. NE Football

    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    I think they are just going to expand the tournament to 16 teams. 5 AQ’s and 11 at large. The B1G and the SEC will get most of those at large bids via the CFP committee rankings. If one were to do the research using this model, they would mostly likely find this to be true over the last few...
  24. NE Football

    UConn adds future Delaware H/H

    There are plenty of P4 teams to schedule that are not powerhouse teams. BCU, UVA, GT, Duke, Wake, Pitt, SU, Vandy, Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Cal, Stanford, SMU, Baylor, Texas Tech, Houston, UCF, Cincinnati, Louisville, Colorado, BYU and on and on! Add in Army...
  25. NE Football

    UConn adds future Delaware H/H

    This is terrible, especially agreeing to a home and home! If we want to be P4 we need to schedule P4 teams. I’m fine with one FCS game and 3 G5 games, but we need 8 P4 games.
  26. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    I’m a 3rd generation undergrad and my disgust with UConn is their continued horrible management. I think we can both agree that UConn should be a top 20 football program with a full share B1G invite. If BCU gets really good they will get the B1G invite and we will be screwed once again!
  27. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    Things seem to have changed up there at BCU. supposedly they are paying BOB 5 million per year. They just hired away the Florida strength and conditioning coach.
  28. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    BOB is light years better than Mora. He did a very good job at PSU and with the Texans. He will recruit very well at BCU with his resume. He will raise a lot of NIL money for BCU. This is an epic hire for that program. The big question is “what is the UConn response “? I think we should fire...
  29. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    A financial interest in the university? How is that possible?
  30. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    I’m a third generation UConn fan, not a Johnny come lately like you.
  31. NE Football

    ESPN contract with ACC only guaranteed until 2027

    They would get better matchups, but it’s not up to ESPN. If you’re in the bottom half of the SEC why would you want FSU? Why would Florida, UGA or South Carolina want FSU. The SEC really doesn’t need any additions. If they do expand it will not be just one addition. Same with the B1G, both need...
  32. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    What is our counter to BCU’s hiring of BOB??? Honestly, did you ever expect BOB would be head coach at BCU?
  33. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    BOB to BC looks like a done deal. This is a game changer for BC. I can’t believe it is happening, this will make us completely irrelevant
  34. NE Football

    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    BCU has the history in football and it’s a Catholic school, hence they have a large Irish & Italian following. Their location in a great sports city is another big asset
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