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

[Richmondhsky]

Not quite. Penn State was performance based and brought key large markets. Nebraska was added at a time when the conference was down for football (Ohio State was unusually weak), and was a straight on the field add plus national name in football. With those two in the fold, they could concentrate on TV markets with UMD and Rutgers. So what do they do now? Can they afford to further dilute football? I've long felt that they probably need at least one football brand and one basketball brand (no more Rutgers). As much as I like the idea of KU and UConn, it seems unlikely to me. OU and KU, fine. VT and UConn, fine.

VT is a non starter...B1G would target UVA, academics alone.

 

[CallMeBruce]

VT is a non starter...B1G would target UVA, academics alone.

I agree that UVA would likely be a bigger target for the B1G, but VT's academics are nothing to scoff at.

 

[Richmondhsky]

I agree that UVA would likely be a bigger target for the B1G, but VT's academics are nothing to scoff at.

VT is a fine school...absolutely agree. Just not in the same league as UVA.

 

[dayooper]

VT is a non starter...B1G would target UVA, academics alone.

Sure, but who would be easier to convince to make the jump? I think that UVA isn't going anywhere. They are just too ingrained into The ACC. UMD was not happy with tobacco row and UVA was part of that mess. VT doesn't have the ACC tradition that UVA does and are closer to a Big10 school than UVA. While I think that neither UVA nor VT are possibilities for the Big10, VT is more likely to jump than UVA is.

I think that the Big10 will be at 20 someday, and UConn, Oklahoma and Kansas will be part of it. I would love to have VT in the Big10, especially as UConn's partner. I just don't think it's happening.

 

[jostar1]

David Teel‏@DavidTeelatDP
Swoff on forecasts of declining TV rights fees: "I've been in this business 40 years, and it hasn't happened yet." #ACCMediaDay

 

[Ha Who]

David Teel‏@DavidTeelatDP
Swoff on forecasts of declining TV rights fees: "I've been in this business 40 years, and it hasn't happened yet." #ACCMediaDay

Swoff never heard the term bubble. Was he a stockbroker prior to being a snake oil salesman?

 

[Pudge]

Swoff has not shown me brilliance. Not strategic nor a genius as analysis.

 

[upstater]

David Teel‏@DavidTeelatDP
Swoff on forecasts of declining TV rights fees: "I've been in this business 40 years, and it hasn't happened yet." #ACCMediaDay

Oh no, imminent meltdown in college athletics!!!

 

[whaler11]

Swoff can say that because he gets to retire before the next ACC deal. He wouldn't say that if he was tasked with it.

 

[MemphisBlues]

Dan Wolken @DanWolken
Again, it’s not the football product. The SEC $$ is getting bigger every year. The Big Ten is about to get paid. The ACC is falling behind.

Dan Wolken @DanWolken
And that is not me interpreting. The term "Power 4" has been uttered to me by high ranking officials at multiple ACC schools.

Dan Wolken @DanWolken
I’ll say this. Several admins at ACC schools are worried that the Power 5 is really a Power 4 and they’re on the outside. This is a big deal

 

[jostar1]

David Teel ‏@DavidTeelatDP · 3h3 hours ago
Statement from John Swofford on report that ESPN delaying an #ACC channel: "Anything said ... is premature and speculative."

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

David Teel‏@DavidTeelatDP
Swoff on forecasts of declining TV rights fees: "I've been in this business 40 years, and it hasn't happened yet." #ACCMediaDay

Sounds like a newspaper executive circa 2008.

 

[jostar1]

David Teel ‏@DavidTeelatDP · 9h9 hours ago
Blog: John Swofford calls report of ESPN delaying an #ACC channel "premature." http://Post original url/1WlrSye

a perr ‏@aperr2 · 2h2 hours ago
@DavidTeelatDP What amt would be the increased rights fees be in lieu of ACCN?

David Teel ‏@DavidTeelatDP · 2h2 hours ago
@aperr2 Wish I knew.

Jeff ‏@JeffWirth2002 · 3h3 hours ago
@DavidTeelatDP @TheDalyPlanet and where exactly is ESPN getting this money from to pay them - they have mandated budget cuts

David Teel ‏@DavidTeelatDP · 1h1 hour ago
@JeffWirth2002 @TheDalyPlanet May well be contracted.

Forrest Clinard ‏@forrestatty · 3h3 hours ago
@DavidTeelatDP thanks for info. Swofford can't keep being vague. If his relationships can't get this done maybe we need new commish.

David Teel
‏@DavidTeelatDP @forrestatty Yes, sir. The non-negotiable is that ACC needs more revenue. Somehow, some way.

 

[Slasher]

Not a tweet but quote from Gordon Gee, "“We’re being very cautious,” Gee said. “Right now we’re happy with 10 teams. There’s no template to measure anything.”

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20151102/GZ02/151109883/1115

No idea what that means though.

 

[CL82]

Not a tweet but quote from Gordon Gee, "“We’re being very cautious,” Gee said. “Right now we’re happy with 10 teams. There’s no template to measure anything.”

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20151102/GZ02/151109883/1115

No idea what that means though.

"He referred all other comments to Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby."

Interesting.

 

[CL82]

If this were any other Big 12 prez than Gee, I think it wouldn't be newsworthy.

But the fact that West Virginia, out on an island, who has been most vocal about expansion, is saying "We are happy at 10 teams" makes me think there is no consensus to expand right now.

It feels like he's measuring expectations with a comment like that. So that when the Big 12 doesn't expand he can point back and say, "What? I've been saying all along we are happy at 10."

Or is that movement is planned or possible and they been told to be quiet? If nothing were happening, why refer questions back to Bowlsby?

 

[NYUConn]

Or is that movement is planned or possible and they been told to be quiet? If nothing were happening, why refer questions back to Bowlsby?

Standard media deflection tactic. Any time a principal doesn't want to answer questions you punt it away.

It's why during a criminal investigation people typically get quoted as saying something like, "Due to an ongoing police investigation we cannot comment further at this time. Please contact the PD with additional inquiries."

 

[CL82]

Standard media deflection tactic. Any time a principal doesn't want to answer questions you punt it away.

It's why during a criminal investigation people typically get quoted as saying something like, "Due to an ongoing police investigation we cannot comment further at this time. Please contact the PD with additional inquiries."

I'm not sure that's really apples to apples. There's a whole lot reasons why you wouldn't want comment during an ongoing investigation. Here, if the issue is dead, just say it's dead. Moving questions to a central point man is an indication that you are managing the message. JMO.

 

[Point6]

Of course "right now" in expansion parlance would not necessarily extend to "later this afternoon."

 

[jostar1]

Travis Haney ‏@TravHaneyESPN · 4h4 hours ago
Houston not messing around: Board willing to go $3 mil per to keep Tom Herman. Road map to join Power 5 league part of pitch, as well.

 

[Glastonhusky]

Travis Haney ‏@TravHaneyESPN · 4h4 hours ago
Houston not messing around: Board willing to go $3 mil per to keep Tom Herman. Road map to join Power 5 league part of pitch, as well.

I'd like to see exactly what their "road map" looks like.

 

[Fishy]

I'd like to see exactly what their "road map" looks like.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I'd like to see exactly what their "road map" looks like.

It's basically turn-by-turn directions how to get from U Houston to U Texas along with a signed contract to be the Long Horns' indentured servant until the end of time.

 

[Seaa Blue]

Probably just the late hour, but I though some of you might find some humor in this little detour.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Dave Sittler ‏@DaveSittler 13h13 hours ago
The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things - of shoes and ships and Oklahoma changing conferences and becoming Big Ten kings!

ChuckSinclair ‏@ChipnBogey 12h12 hours ago Lincoln, NE
@DaveSittler Would love to see OU in the B1G.

Dave Sittler ‏@DaveSittler 12h12 hours ago
Many would want Castiglione's statue in OU's Heisman Park if OU AD pulls off B1G move and brings back OU-NU yearly.

Chris Park ‏@chrisdopark 12h12 hours ago
@DaveSittler I have ZERO interest in joining the big 10.

Dave Sittler ‏@DaveSittler 12h12 hours ago
Talk to me in a few weeks after the CFP committee screws the Big 12 yet again.