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Before you flame remember that the last time I told you the Big was ready to move it was a mere two weeks later that MD and Rutgers were added...
The Big10 held a secret meeting two nights ago with unofficial representatives from 4 current ACC schools(UNC, UVA, GT, BC) and 1 current BigEast/Indy(ND).
Numerous topics were discussed including the BTN, TV contracts, and of course, expansion.
At this point the Big10 can not just stop at 16. They may very well only take 2 to begin with but it will be on the promise of more invites coming. No two schools in the ACC will move together at this point in time. Even with whispers of MD getting out for less than $25 million, no two schools will move yet. Now if the BiG sends out 3-4 invites they can get some of their better targets, but no one is leaving without at least two friends right now.
With that being the case, the Big is close to issuing invites to UVA, GT, BC, and UNC. That puts them at 18 with no plans of stopping there. Fox wants Notre Dame. The BiG wants ND. A 20 team BiG that included ND would have FOX paying nearly $600 million per year for Tier1(including CCG) rights-close to $30 million per team not counting Tier 2, Bowl payouts, playoffs, and BTN.
So assuming ND is 19, Who is 20?
Line up and beg!
Here's a list of who has told the BiG “NO”: Texas
Here's a list of who has told them “probably Not”: Kansas
Here's who remains that have been in talks of some type...
Uconn-would jump in a BigEast minute
Duke-would love to stay with big brother
Cuse-don't count them out
Pitt-nope
Wake-nope
Navy-Laugh if you will but do not count them out as a dark horse even with having MD, the midshipmen are a national name with a national following
Clemson-very unlikey
Miami-has possibly a better chance than...
FSU-not going to sugarcoat it here, FSU wants the BiG bad...real bad. So bad that their president has created a plan to reach AAU status within 5-7 years in hopes it will be enough to convince the BiG to take them as well. The SEC has already told them no. If they can get a BiG offer they believe an SEC offer will follow then watch the drama!
Like it or not, expansion is coming again, soon. We can't stop it, or slow it down. It will continue it's inexorable march and we will simply look on and add commentary.
Where does this leave the Big12? Fox is driving that bus too so no worries guys. If we happen to not land FSU there are still great pickings left from the group of NCST, VT, Clemson, Miami, Pitt, and the rest. Unfortunately the Big12 is not in quite the same position as the SEC and BiG. We will have to wait for the leavings...
EDIT------------------
I left out a big one...the NCAA will give a 20 team conference an extra game(semi-final) and it could allow for any conference with at least 10 teams to have a CCG as well(Delaney's own words). Lots going on in the shadows there. I'll keep you posted
in this senario this looks good for us.
also a tweet
MHver3 @MHver3
I can tell you at this point 16 going to be a problem for BiG. It's at least 18 to get certain schools
The Big10 held a secret meeting two nights ago with unofficial representatives from 4 current ACC schools(UNC, UVA, GT, BC) and 1 current BigEast/Indy(ND).
Numerous topics were discussed including the BTN, TV contracts, and of course, expansion.
At this point the Big10 can not just stop at 16. They may very well only take 2 to begin with but it will be on the promise of more invites coming. No two schools in the ACC will move together at this point in time. Even with whispers of MD getting out for less than $25 million, no two schools will move yet. Now if the BiG sends out 3-4 invites they can get some of their better targets, but no one is leaving without at least two friends right now.
With that being the case, the Big is close to issuing invites to UVA, GT, BC, and UNC. That puts them at 18 with no plans of stopping there. Fox wants Notre Dame. The BiG wants ND. A 20 team BiG that included ND would have FOX paying nearly $600 million per year for Tier1(including CCG) rights-close to $30 million per team not counting Tier 2, Bowl payouts, playoffs, and BTN.
So assuming ND is 19, Who is 20?
Line up and beg!
Here's a list of who has told the BiG “NO”: Texas
Here's a list of who has told them “probably Not”: Kansas
Here's who remains that have been in talks of some type...
Uconn-would jump in a BigEast minute
Duke-would love to stay with big brother
Cuse-don't count them out
Pitt-nope
Wake-nope
Navy-Laugh if you will but do not count them out as a dark horse even with having MD, the midshipmen are a national name with a national following
Clemson-very unlikey
Miami-has possibly a better chance than...
FSU-not going to sugarcoat it here, FSU wants the BiG bad...real bad. So bad that their president has created a plan to reach AAU status within 5-7 years in hopes it will be enough to convince the BiG to take them as well. The SEC has already told them no. If they can get a BiG offer they believe an SEC offer will follow then watch the drama!
Like it or not, expansion is coming again, soon. We can't stop it, or slow it down. It will continue it's inexorable march and we will simply look on and add commentary.
Where does this leave the Big12? Fox is driving that bus too so no worries guys. If we happen to not land FSU there are still great pickings left from the group of NCST, VT, Clemson, Miami, Pitt, and the rest. Unfortunately the Big12 is not in quite the same position as the SEC and BiG. We will have to wait for the leavings...
EDIT------------------
I left out a big one...the NCAA will give a 20 team conference an extra game(semi-final) and it could allow for any conference with at least 10 teams to have a CCG as well(Delaney's own words). Lots going on in the shadows there. I'll keep you posted
in this senario this looks good for us.
also a tweet
MHver3
I can tell you at this point 16 going to be a problem for BiG. It's at least 18 to get certain schools
