ND bowl destination to be decided by random drawing

[Yawkey Way]

All I know is Maryland wanted out of the ACC and into the B1G so bad that they willingly spent $30 million to do so.

Well today they can use that money to see if they can find a Bowl Game for their players to go too. Maybe they should call the Murder Bowl committee today out there in the midwestern state of Michigan.

 

[Yawkey Way]

What about an undefeated ACC Champion having to beg and plead to get into the CFP?

Even begging and pleading won't get a BIG team to the Title game.

 

[B1GOSU]

Such jealousy. It's kind of fun reading your posts.

 

[Yawkey Way]

Such jealousy. It's kind of fun reading your posts.

Glad you like them,( but you needn't be jealous. )

 

[uconnell]

All I know is Maryland wanted out of the ACC and into the B1G so bad that they willingly spent $30 million to do so.

Didn't the Big give MD the $30million up front? So it actually didn't cost MD anything.

 

[Seaa Blue]

Well today they can use that money to see if they can find a Bowl Game for their players to go too. Maybe they should call the Murder Bowl committee today out there in the midwestern state of Michigan.

That title could just as easily go to New Orleans.

 

[Yawkey Way]

That title could just as easily go to New Orleans.

True, but in Louisiana, if Cassidy wins over Landreiu tommorrow, there is at least a smidgen of a chance of finding a future pulse. Not so, Detroit, Mich. That once vibrant city is now completely cadaverous, imo.

 

[B1GOSU]

The B1G gave Maryland $20 million as a one time "travel allowance". I think this was just a way for the B1G to cover the exit fee for Maryland which was $20 million at the time of the Maryland-B1G secret negotiations. The ACC then upped the exit fee and Maryland and the ACC took each other to court, but agreed on letting Maryland go for the amount of money that the ACC had withheld from Maryland, which was $30 million. So you could say that the B1G paid for $20 million of the exit fee under the one time "travel allowance" and Maryland took a $10 million hit. Small price to pay when they will be raking in $45+ million a year as a fully vested member of the B1G.

 

[pj]

Wasn't the travel allowance an advance to be deducted from future payments?

 

[CL82]

I think it is a safe assumption that the B1G will survive rather comfortably going forward. Just look at their network and their wallets. ND was looking for the deal they wanted and the ACC was the only conference willing to do it. Period.

Actually I believe the big 12 would have as well... and of course the Big East already did.

 

[CL82]

I caught Yakey in a lie he can't talk his way out of. Can't take anything he posts seriously now.

Wait, does that mean that you once did?

 

[bobbyinaz]

The B1G gave Maryland $20 million as a one time "travel allowance". I think this was just a way for the B1G to cover the exit fee for Maryland which was $20 million at the time of the Maryland-B1G secret negotiations. The ACC then upped the exit fee and Maryland and the ACC took each other to court, but agreed on letting Maryland go for the amount of money that the ACC had withheld from Maryland, which was $30 million. So you could say that the B1G paid for $20 million of the exit fee under the one time "travel allowance" and Maryland took a $10 million hit. Small price to pay when they will be raking in $45+ million a year as a fully vested member of the B1G.

It was also later defined as an advance against B1G revenues so it wasn't a $20MM bonus. It

Wasn't the travel allowance an advance to be deducted from future payments?

Pretty sure it was. Thought I remember reading somewhere that they would receive the same amount as Rutgers over the initial 5 or 6 year buy in period just that they would receive it in different increments due to the $20MM advance

 

[TerryD]

True, but in Louisiana, if Cassidy wins over Landreiu tommorrow, there is at least a smidgen of a chance of finding a future pulse. Not so, Detroit, Mich. That once vibrant city is now completely cadaverous, imo.

I have lived in Louisiana for the last 31 years. My law firm has some of the top lobbyists in the state. I was General Counsel for a Federally recognized Indian tribe. I have met and dealt with Louisiana politicians for a couple of decades or more.

All that will happen is one group of corrupt Louisiana politicians will replace the outgoing crop of corrupt Louisiana politicians.

 

[hoophuskee]

Stop. Just stop.

I know this guy just needs to stop. His defintion of "spurned" is deceitful and imo just a way for him to save face. He simply could have said "I misspoke" because it isn't so important - but instead he keeps going with it. Who does he think he's fooling with the sill ananlogy he made and how he is defining the word "spurned." Looks like someone here needs to grow up a little.

 

[uconnell]

I have lived in Louisiana for the last 31 years. My law firm has some of the top lobbyists in the state. I was General Counsel for a Federally recognized Indian tribe. I have met and dealt with Louisiana politicians for a couple of decades or more.

All that will happen is one group of corrupt Louisiana politicians will replace the outgoing crop of corrupt Louisiana politicians.

That's true just about everywhere, sad to say.

 

[NickyNewark]

Such jealousy. It's kind of fun reading your posts.

I know....OSU is so obviously more deserving than FSU and esp TCU who nearly joined the BE before it imploded. There will be major grumbling from the B1G brass if OSU isn't included. I'm impressed after BM went down how Barrett improved by the week after that flukish loss(no disrespect to VT who may be the only team I really respect in that conference). Just plug in the next guy....thats depth of talent!

 

[Section205]

Even begging and pleading won't get a BIG team to the Title game.

It won't huh? Actually you're right- after OSU's statement win last night, no begging or pleading was needed for them to have a chance to play in the national title game.

 

[Pat125]

Well today they can use that money to see if they can find a Bowl Game for their players to go too. Maybe they should call the Murder Bowl committee today out there in the midwestern state of Michigan.

Thanks for the suugestion. I'm sure Maryland will give it the consideration it deserves. I have to agree that teams in the Big Ten or ACC with a 7-5 or 6-6 record don't necessarily deserve a bowl invite. Maryland had a chance to go 8-4 and instead, threw it away. If they don't get a bowl bid, so be it. I might be a little more upset if they lost a bowl bid slated for a conference member to a non-conference member.

 

[justinslot]

I thought this thread was going to be talking about the very un-random way Louisville was bumped out of the Music City Bowl vs LSU in favor of Our Lady of the Parasites...

 

[Yawkey Way]

I thought this thread was going to be talking about the very un-random way Louisville was bumped out of the Music City Bowl vs LSU in favor of Our Lady of the Parasites...

Yes, after the hyperbole, in the end, no school in the ACC is crying in their cereal over ND today and the Bowls. It turned out to be nothing. Sort of like the Rolling Stone article of Rape at Virginia, and angst about crazy rumors of AAC schools Cincy, Memphis to the B12., TCU at# 3 a lock for the playoffs if they win Sat. Quite a week of wacky stories in the media and internet, huh ? Seems like a routine week in the Blogosphere actually.

 

[Fishy]

That Rolling Stone thing sure was wacky and a perfect analogy to the college bowl schedule.

Wow.

Just wow.

 

[Yawkey Way]

The Selection Committee probably got it right with the 4 schools they ultimately chose, imo. But they set themselves up for criticism when they put TCU at #3 earlier in the week. Had they not done that, they'd probably not be getting the flak that they are. But if the #3 team wins and wins big, its hard the next day to try and cobble together an explanation that makes any rational, reasonable sense at all in dropping the #3 TCU out of the playoff altogether among the 4.

 

[zls44]

That Rolling Stone thing sure was wacky and a perfect analogy to the college bowl schedule. Wow. Just wow.

You'd think a person who roots for a school that is so closely tied to the Boston Archdiocese would be sensitive to stories of sexual assault....

 

[TerryD]

I thought this thread was going to be talking about the very un-random way Louisville was bumped out of the Music City Bowl vs LSU in favor of Our Lady of the Parasites...

You got it all wrong. The word out of Louisville is that LSU was going to decline the Music City Bowl if Louisville was the opponent. LSU would have opted to play Texas in the Texas Bowl instead.

LSU told the bowl that if ND were the opponent, the Tigers would accept that bid. At least that is the word out of Louisville and matches what LSU's preferences were as mentioned down here in Baton Rouge.

 

[Yawkey Way]

So we should be able to put to rest this thread title,culled from multiple national newspaper articles and other media outlets , that "random drawings " would determine the schools in the Bowls. And that an ACC or a BIG school that is bowl qualified would be locked out of going to a Bowl Game. Its just one more example that what we read in the newspapers these days is oftentimes no more credible ( oftentimes less so ) than the nonsense and silliness cooked up by someone with nothing more than an agenda, a computer, and an internet connection.