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Message: [QUOTE="ThabeetDown, post: 4343941, member: 4336"] It all hinges on ND for so many dominos. If ND pledges itself fully to ACC, ACC probably becomes safe because they can safely re-negotiate their GOR to appease Clemson/FSU/UNC/etc. If ND can get out of their ACC agreement (legal battle) it will go to the B10 and then Stanford probably gets the pity invite. In that case, I could see Wash/Ore maybe getting in as 19/20 to solidify a west coast B10 (5 is better than 2) but at the end of the day, Wash/Ore just don't really make the $ big enough to offset the smaller piece of the pie. Stanford has more appeal b/c of the ND winfall it would bring/having a Bay Area school isn't a bad thing. But I don't see why the B10 would have ANY appeal in Wash/Ore ultimately (which is why those two should go to the B12 where they have appeal to them). ND staying Indy would really put the ACC in a tough, but not impossible place. Even grabbing let's say a WVU (which I think WVU would welcome and frankly the B12) doesn't do enough to keep Clemson/FSU/UNC happy when they're still not getting SEC money. ESPN in a tricky spot where they don't want to cannibalize the ACC, but if they can make more money with a Clemson/FSU SEC than what a new-ACC looks like, they would of course do it. In an ACC where Clemson/FSU leaves for SEC, ESPN would need to do everything in it's power to keep UNC and really double-down on basketball at that point. This is really the only scenario where a Kansas/UConn could come into play, but unsure if they could keep the ACC at its current $ level without Clemson/FSU since they draw so much in terms of football revenue. [/QUOTE]

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