I'm not fully buying this. The information came from a WVU source. When a neutral (or fully ACC) source verifies it I'll believe it, until then I'll be a skeptic.
At a certain point the national level grievances are going to go to the conference level, right? SEC takes whoever they want, B1G takes whoever they want. Big12/ACC take the wreckage and cannibalize each other. Now you have 3 conferences with like 25 teams. But you've only got a 12 playoff spots. Well how do you determine who wins a conference with that many teams when you can only really play a third of the other teams in the conference in a year. Suddenly you have conference committees to determine who should be going to the CFP and everyone loses their mind over that instead of everyone losing their mind at the CFP committee we have right now. The game is too big now. It can't be squeezed into the framework that the rest of NCAA sports fits into. If they keep trying, it's going to blow up and the lawsuits and fallout are going to crumble everything, not just football.
I believe it. WVU and Cinci would both prefer the ACC. Natural rivals with Pitt and VT. Ideally the Big XII could poach Cal and Stanford in return and conferences could be a bit more sane. An SMU for UCF trade would also make sense.
The ACC and B12 would be smart to declare a truce and make some trades. I don’t think it’s unlikely. It’s all about Fox - ESPN and whomever else has media money. I think just think UNC or ND need to make the first move before that discussion can happen.
The economics of a trade don't work for the ACC. The ACCN can't lose California and Texas for Florida (already there) and West Virginia and Ohio. And, Cal/Stanford/SMU are all getting either reduced payouts and WVU/Cincy/UCF are going to accept less than they are making in the Big 12?
I'm sure they would. I'm also very confident that we would prefer the ACC to our current situation. That doesn't mean anyone has been contacted.
I agree with this with the caveat that one can never predict the outcome of a season with confidence. I think the combination of good coaching and solid team gives us a chance to have a good season but I expected maybe 7-5 last year. And honestly 6-6 or 7-5 in 2023. Hoped to be 5-7 in Mora’s 1st year but expected 4-8. But I agree that a consistent good record is very important. Getting ranked would be a huge boost, too as would winning 10 games.
And start a hockey program.
