Only hope is some rich booster is willing to step up and get Mora market salary. He is under no pressure to win huge at UCONN, and he can coach as long as he wants. At other P4 schools, he will be under pressure from day 1. At his age, it might not be worth the stress.
The problem is that the money is not there for the ACC to expand. ESPN isn't going to take pro-rata, and the current ACC schools sure as heck are not going to take a reduced per school payout to expand.
From your lips to God's ears
The PAC didn’t have a GOR in place until 2036
Winning will change perceptions, but it will take time.
$$$$$$$$$$$ - either from the state or from some rich boosters.
Just stop.
260 to 1.
Sure we keep eating 50 mil a year like we are currently doing.
He is too proud and will get too frustrated. If it was just the under-funded program, I think Mora could take that build a winner here even with the disadvantages. But with the added combination of the upcoming NIL explosion and open transfers, even if he develops great players, they will leave for significant NIL money.
it's over. I can't think of a single reason why keeping the football program afloat makes sense anymore. We aren't going to be taken by the Big XII and not enough ACC teams are going to be leftover to form a conference.
Except that we know ESPN approved paying for UConn in the Big XII. They now have zero west coast content.
The only chance is a football-only conference with Stanford, Cal, Oregon St, Washington St… thrown in Memphis, SMU, etc.
While the further concentration of power schools may add to the difficulty, our scheduling as a football independent has been far better than anticipated when we left the AAC.
Why would a school that is already in a football conference leave that conference for what you are recommending?
It may not pay a lot but being with these schools will make us feel better about ourselves.
I’d love an ACC move if the top schools over there weren’t likely to get poached. Playing in a conference with Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, + UNC and Duke sounds amazing.
I find the probability of that to be very very small.
No offense, but what does that solve? Still would get minimal money and doesn't solve any of our problems.
the math doesn't add up. The B1G is going to take 2. The SEC is going to take 4. The Big XII is going to take 4. So only 4 teams will be left in the ACC.
if the Pac12 only has four members they have to add a bunch. So let's say Stanford, Cal, Ore State, Wash State, Air Force, Army, Navy, Tulane, USF, SMU, UConn, Rice
This isn't over yet. I feel dirty saying go FSU but it is what it is. ESPN the daddy posted this.
Florida State would consider leaving ACC due to revenue distribution
Florida State President Richard McCullough said the school's goal is to stay in the ACC but said it's "hard for us to figure out how we remain competitive" unless the conference makes a major change to its revenue distribution model.www.espn.com
I’m not too taped in to how conference alignment is suppose to happen all the way. I went with the assumption that the ACC may still be around. Outside of a few poached teams.