It would be fantastic to see Pitt's President in this situation after he shivved the BE, rejected the B12, and bowed at Swofford's feet.
nd will never goto the acc.
u do not understand the acc contract. if uconn never gets a invite to a big 4 conf, we need to be in the nbe with a fresh contract from nbc or espn or fox. the accs contract is a no go. also while bball may be great with cuse/wake/duke/bc, those schools are trying to be bad at fball. usf/ucf/temple/bsu/uh/ecu/mem etc etc are trying to be good at fball. give me those in the same boat trying for the same thing, not those just living offs the 70's.
First, the ACC contract will be ripped up if those teams leave. Secondly, the ACC will become THE basketball conference. Third, the idea that a small team like UConn or whoever is going to come out of the Big10 or SEC or other Big4 conference as one of the playoff teams is totally farfetched. It will be more traditional schools. UConn football has a much better chance going 12-0 in the ACC and being ranked #4. Will the money hurt UConn? $17 million rather than $20 million or $25 million is not going to end UConn football, and I suspect the basketball side will ramp up.
I'd watch...i'd cat if we got a invite to the b10.
u do not understand the acc contract. if uconn never gets a invite to a big 4 conf, we need to be in the nbe with a fresh contract from nbc or espn or fox. the accs contract is a no go. also while bball may be great with cuse/wake/duke/bc, those schools are trying to be bad at fball. usf/ucf/temple/bsu/uh/ecu/mem etc etc are trying to be good at fball. give me those in the same boat trying for the same thing, not those just living offs the 70's.
Love for a purged ACC is making me nauseous. You people out of your minds?! There will be nothing left! The B1G strives to have strong football, basketball and hockey programs. Exactly what UConn is aiming for.
I think the bigger reason the B12 is where they are is one word, Texas. Once the biggest, baddest football program on the planet decided not to go to the PAC12 that gave the B12 all the stability they needed. Any league with the Horns, and OU, was going to get a seat at the big boys table.Here's the thing.... if the Big East had made a Sworford type take it or leave it, it's now or never to Kansas and Kanas St. when Big 12 was on the brink of collapse, the Big 12 breaks up, Syracuse and Pitt stay, and we are not in the nightmare conglomeration. Instead, the Big East promised to be a safety net for the B12 and helped to stabilize it. It's amazing to me that Big 12 has come back to be a major player but a big reason for that is that the BE with it's not ready for pirme time leadership squandered another opportunity to stabilize itself.
I think the bigger reason the B12 is where they are is one word, Texas. Once the biggest, baddest football program on the planet decided not to go to the PAC12 that gave the B12 all the stability they needed. Any league with the Horns, and OU, was going to get a seat at the big boys table.
Love for a purged ACC is making me nauseous. You people out of your minds?! There will be nothing left! The B1G strives to have strong football, basketball and hockey programs. Exactly what UConn is aiming for.
Not reading about Uconn going to every conference is a good thing.Besides a bit of schadenfreude, how does this help us? I went and read a few articles associated with this news and when they turned to the subject of team movement, UConn wasn't mentioned once. Rutgers and Louisville and ND, no UConn.
I don't see ND joining and not getting equal or more pay than any other school in the conference... If Texas takes a back seat to the Irish, maybe this happens, otherwise it's the ACC.I agree with that 100%. I just don't get all of the rumors that have floated around for about 6 months now, stating that ACC would be the conference of choice for ND if they ever decided to give up independence. It just doesn't make sense at all! I grew up watching ND football, and I can tell you with a high level of confidence that they fashion themselves as a pseudo-Big10 team. If they called the Big10 office for an invite today, they would have a certified-mail invitation on their doorstep the next morning. So to think that ND is going anywhere else but the Big10 seems kind of nuts to me. I have heard recent rumors that state a Big12 with FSU and Clemson on board could have enough (with Texas and OU) to coerce ND into joining the Big12. Maybe, but I just don't see it. To me, that school will fight to the bitter end to be independent, and when the fighting stops (no pun intended), it will be the Big10.
Hold up... I don't know that anyone has weighed ACC v. Big Ten.. we are discussing ACC versus the "New Big (Frankenstein) East" That said... in the various ACC implosion scenarios, UConn is far from assured a Big Ten invite... and I'd still take the rump ACC schools over the FrankenEast under either conferences umbrella. Yes in the event the ACC completely implodes, the Big Ten would be prefered, but if that invite doesn't come... would you rather a relationship with BC, Syracuse, Duke, and Miami or SMU, Houston, and Memphis? To me that's a no brainer.