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The only hope Stanford has of making The B1G is as ND's +1. That said with The CFP affording ND special privileges, that could be many years in the future if ever. My gut feeling is that The B1G would probably move to poach UNC and FSU if at all possible. Most of the Southern ACC Schools would realistically prefer The SEC, but who knows how many would actually have a spot in the conference outside of UNC? Would the SEC adopt a defensive posture and take schools like Clemson, GT, and FSU just to keep The B1G out of the region? As great of a school as UVA is, much like Stanford, academics alone will not carry the day for any new B1G Selection. TV Rankings and potential streaming dollars will likely be the driver.I don't think the BigTen would want Stanford or Cal anymore. 20 years ago, sure. Great academic schools with lots of cable boxes. Rutgers got the cable box invite, but it's too late for Cal and Stanford. Nobody cares about the schools' football teams, and that's what gets you an invite nowadays.
It’s my favorite conference for watching games on tv (not including the Big East). Very entertaining, good crowds and I’m not supporting the P4 when doing it.I realize it isn't on most of y'alls eyes, but Sun Belt Conference football, basketball and baseball are a blast to watch in-person.
It’s my favorite conference for watching games on tv (not including the Big East). Very entertaining, good crowds and I’m not supporting the P4 when doing it.
It's so ironic that the Sun Belt is a better conference than CUSA when CUSA at one time raided the Sun Belt. Turns out CUSA was raided more than it could raid, which is part of how it ended up like this.
There's nothing going on with Connecticut and realignment, thus, there's no key tweets to post in this thread.This thread has certainly gone downhill
I envision the “super-league” to be more of an NFL-lite between the SEC/B1G and some also-rans. Not sure that there are even 6 ACC teams worth a super-league invitation. Maybe FSU, Clemson, UNC, UVa, Miami based on history?So who is it going to be, the ACC Football "super-league" or a second-tier league. It could actually be brilliant if the ACC secures 2 auto-bids in the 16-team playoff and then their second-tier league becomes the highest G5 league; may allow for them to steal and extra share of money.
At least in the ACCThe ACC agreement defines the exit fee, the timeline to leave the conference, the ability for a group to exit for a super league, new rev share model, and the ability for a school to leave with their media rights. So, we won’t have to argue about Grant of Rights anymore.
Sorry man, but you 100% land at Souuth Alabama for grades and/or money.I live out on the western part of the Florida panhandle and plenty of our friends have kids enrolled at South Alabama and at Troy. Plus, I have a niece from CT who's a Chanticleer. And none of our friends' kids or my niece went to those schools due to grades or financial restraints. Kids can have fun there without the pressure of going to a bigger name school.