Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

Sam Connon

@SamConnon


It feels like all the UC Regents really accomplished during their 6-month temper tantrum was prove to the entire world that UCLA is a more valuable, lucrative and popular brand than Cal. This may bring the Golden Bears a bit of cash, but it also cements them as a little brother.


7:48 PM · Dec 14, 2022

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Texas and Oklahoma would at least owe the Big 12 a termination fee for leaving early. The contract states any school departing early owes two years' worth of revenue. Using an average annual figure of $42 million, the Big 12 could reap as much as $168 million if Texas and Oklahoma give notice to the league 18 months in advance.

That sum could be negotiated down depending on each side's willingness to get a deal done. Whatever monies are paid could conceivably be used to fund Big 12 expansion, sources told CBS Sports. It could also be distributed to existing members.

 

[Kolumbo]

I'm inclinded to think this is a no-go. Texas and Oklahoma will want need out of conference games they can win.

 

[bobbyinaz]

 

[Exit 4]

I nominate AD David Benedict to fill the position. Dave will have the right vision to elevate the B1G to its fullest and that starts with adding the flagship state university of New England. Once UConn is added ND will have no choice.

 

[noeynox]

Imagine leaving that job to run the Bears.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CL82]

I nominate AD David Benedict to fill the position. Dave will have the right vision to elevate the B1G to its fullest and that starts with adding the flagship state university of New England. Once UConn is added ND will have no choice.

I was reading this thinking “what?! Oh, OK”

 

[jostar1]

David Benedict Retweeted

 

[shizzle787]

David Benedict Retweeted

Phillips-the ACC commissioner-had a slip earlier where he said the league had 17 teams.

 

[Ha Who]

David Benedict Retweeted

Says Big not BIG

 

[Hoophound]

If this were really a thing, who would be the other school? I always anticipated WVU. The only other options would be USF, Tulane or SMU.

 

[shizzle787]

If this were really a thing, who would be the other school? I always anticipated WVU. The only other options would be USF, Tulane or SMU.

No way USF gets in with Miami and FSU in the league. I think it could be Cincy; they might not need to pay an 80 million exit fee to the Big 12 as they have not officially started yet. I suspect it would be a smaller amount. The Pac-12 may grab SMU so that may be moot.

 

[Hoophound]

No way USF gets in with Miami and FSU in the league. I think it could be Cincy; they might not need to pay an 80 million exit fee to the Big 12 as they have not officially started yet. I suspect it would be a smaller amount. The Pac-12 may grab SMU so that may be moot.

I was thinking USF was possible if FSU was leaving. Expansion now seemed unlikely unless someone challenged the GOR.

 

[noeynox]

Phillips-the ACC commissioner-had a slip earlier where he said the league had 17 teams.

Stop playing wit me!

 

[metsfan2323]

If this were really a thing, who would be the other school? I always anticipated WVU. The only other options would be USF, Tulane or SMU.

If the ACC offered WVU I bet they would accept. Their programs are pretty much floundering as of late and could use a reset. Which school would be a better fit for the ACC, WVU or Cincy? I don't know the answer.

 

[Hondo 77]

If the ACC offered WVU I bet they would accept. Their programs are pretty much floundering as of late and could use a reset. Which school would be a better fit for the ACC, WVU or Cincy? I don't know the answer.

WVU is Harvard compared to Louisville.

 

[Stinger92860]

No one talking about us, so I expect good things to happen. It’s the Constanza approach.

 

[Hoophound]

If the ACC offered WVU I bet they would accept. Their programs are pretty much floundering as of late and could use a reset. Which school would be a better fit for the ACC, WVU or Cincy? I don't know the answer.

Maybe. I think perception favors the B12 at the moment. I feel like the ACC is really dull right now. Spending time in Tallahassee, I can tell you, FSU fans have both feet out the door. The resurgence of their team is only adding fuel to the fire as far as urgency to leave goes. They’ll be suicidal when UConn to the ACC is announced. They just consider us a weaker version of Duke. Their experiences with Cuse and BC haven’t helped at all either.

 

[CL82]

David Benedict Retweeted

Benedict confirms UConn to the Big 10? You heard it here first!

 

[billybud]

Tallahassee has been my home since 1975...Still have my home there although I spend more time at my North Carolina house.

You are right about FSU fans...they never liked the ACC too much anyway and really don't like the BC and Cuse additions.

Tallahassee's northern county line abuts Georgia, the pan handle borders Alabama, and there are piles of Florida Gator grads in the city...The Noles primary rival is the University of Florida....

The fans yearn for playing the SEC...they played LSU this season and will play them next, have home and homes with Alabama and Georgia scheduled, and of course play Florida every year.

Many are hoping for a media collaboration that ends up with a P2 that looks like a north and south league that, of course, includes them.

 

[Slasher]

I don't see any way a Big 12 team leaves for the ACC -- right now. If something were to happen to the ACC TV deal to disrupt it, possibly, but what's the incentive for ESPN to do that? They have the ACC long-term = 9 more years for a bargain. Big 12 has momentum. The two leaving teams haven't played in the Big 12 football championship in the last two years. They will have had teams in the 4-team playoffs in back to back years (Cincinnati + TCU) -- with zero appearances for the ACC.

The Big 12 has back to back national championships in basketball and are adding Houston and Cincinnati. Their TV expires well before the ACCs so they can re-up again. They've had really solid ratings on non-Texlahoma teams. TV rights values are close to a wash.

 

[gioff2323]

Nothing in realignment is done w/basketball in mind. Nothing. We are Exhibit A.

I don’t get the B12 momentum stuff. Once bevo and boomer leave, what’s left? A bunch of directional community colleges and Kansas? I get the P12 is reeling, but the B12? It’s the best of the AAC and MWC.

 

[uconndogs]

Tallahassee has been my home since 1975...Still have my home there although I spend more time at my North Carolina house.

You are right about FSU fans...they never liked the ACC too much anyway and really don't like the BC and Cuse additions.

Tallahassee's northern county line abuts Georgia, the pan handle borders Alabama, and there are piles of Florida Gator grads in the city...The Noles primary rival is the University of Florida....

The fans yearn for playing the SEC...they played LSU this season and will play them next, have home and homes with Alabama and Georgia scheduled, and of course play Florida every year.

Many are hoping for a media collaboration that ends up with a P2 that looks like a north and south league that, of course, includes them.

I think the SEC needs more than just UF in Florida and I have to believe that FSU is first on the list. The waiting game on the GOR seems to be the big question. There are a handful of programs in the ACC that would seem to hold significant value for either the SEC or BiG. If someone figures a way to negotiate out of the GOR or they all simply wait it out, the ACC will lose major programs - I suspect FSU, UNC and Virginia are at the top of that list.