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  1. They were. https://theathletic.com/3904973/2022/11/16/cfp-expansion-revenue-rose-bowl/ Article is dated November 16th, 2022. Its just bad faith and greed by Sankey and Petitti. Its the same bs from commissioners that nearly killed the expansion to 12 teams before the end of the contract.
  2. '77 always comes to mind. After Texas lost the Cotton Bowl to ND, they dropped from 1 to 4 in the final poll, behind Arkansas who they beat in Fayetteville. Kentucky dropped to #6 behind Penn St. who they beat in Happy Valley. All the top 6 had 1 loss. Going into the bowls, #2 OU and #6 Arkansas had lost only to Texas. Don't get me started about 2008!
  3. So call them the A4 (autonomous). And we still aren't sure the Pac 12, 10, 8, 4 Pac isn't dead yet. Close, but still a weak pulse.
  4. Auburn, UK and Florida are probably all down. Let's put it this way. Charley Strong might even take that Georgia team to a 10-0 start. Kirby Smart probably could have taken one of Charley Strong's Texas teams to a 10-0 start with that schedule.
  5. Then the committee will always rank the G5 champ #16.
  6. Alabama and several other SEC and Big 10 teams do this.
  7. The "Best 12" is nothing but bs. Nobody knows until you play it on the field. Remember 2014? Everyone was sure Alabama and Oregon were the top 2. Ohio St./TCU/Baylor were 3-4-5. FSU had to get in because they were the only unbeaten. FSU lost 59-20 to Oregon. Ohio St. beat Alabama. TCU won 42-3 over the only team to beat Alabama in the regular season. And then Ohio St. beat Oregon in the title game. TCU dropped from 3rd to 6th in the final ranking after beating Iowa St. 55-3. The committee might as well just pull out the 247 recruiting rankings. That's pretty much how they pick teams. I thought it would be better than the BCS, but its worse. You've got groupthink with a few people dominating the conversation. We need autobids so we have concrete criteria. Teams that actually accomplish something get rewarded. Teams that can't finish any better than 5th in the SEC or Big 10 don't make it? So what? Finish better than 5th in your own conference!!! I think its bs that teams with losing records in conference play get into the NCAA bb tourney. We don't need those teams.
  8. The autobids and first round bye automatically make your ccg more valuable. There's even talk about giving UC/UH/UCF/BYU less than P5 shares for the next couple of years. Just sounds unbelievably greedy. Its a really, really bad look for an industry that already looks that way. Especially with the massive money coming from the CFP and the massive raises the SEC and Big 10 just got. Some of the presidents just need to slap Sankey and Pettiti, the way the presidents read the riot act to the commissioners sabotaging the expansion to 12.
  9. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-acc-presidents-to-meet-on-conference-expansion-on-monday-night-173527541.html Maybe they are getting ready for Tuesday: "ACC presidents are scheduled to meet on a call Monday evening to discuss and potentially take action on expanding to add Cal, Stanford and SMU, sources tell Yahoo Sports. Three weeks of deep exploration into the three-team expansion plan appears to be at its end, with a determination coming from the meeting or soon afterward. The league needs support from 12 of 15 members to pass the expansion proposal. Over the last several days, momentum has been building in support of expansion — a change from 2 1/2 weeks ago. In a straw poll of presidents Aug. 9, an expansion vote fell at least one vote short of passing. There were four dissenters: Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina and NC State. Notre Dame receives a vote as the 15th member and supports expansion...."
  10. At one point it was reported that all the Pac 10 had conversations. Doesn't mean any of it was more than quick informational calls.
  11. Yep. Jumping the shark. And its happening. Appears to be just internal ACC haggling over how to divide the spoils. How do you split up the $30 million left after giving everyone money for extra travel costs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/d...r-AA1fMGAl "Atlantic Coast Conference athletic directors held a video call to discuss — again — the possibility of adding California, Stanford and SMU to the league and what to do with the extra revenue that could come with expansion. The ACC's university presidents and chancellors have the final say on expansion and the full board was not involved in Thursday night's talks. As of Friday morning, the next formal meeting of ACC leadership had not been scheduled.... At issue in the ACC is how that money will be distributed, according to multiple people who have been involved in the discussions, all speaking to AP on condition of anonymity to share private internal discussions. With Florida State, Clemson, Miami and North Carolina leading the push, ACC leaders earlier this year agreed to a “ success incentive initiative” that would allow schools to earn more of the money generated from their own postseason performances in football and men's basketball, plus other potential bonuses. The amount of expansion-generated revenue that goes toward the incentive initiative as opposed to being distributed equally among members is a key issue that could determine whether Phillips can get the required 12 of the 15 schools to approve adding new members, a person briefed on the ACC’s talks told AP...."
  12. Whittingham will be retired by then.
  13. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/sports-world-reacts-to-stunning-acc-realignment/ar-AA1fGNYr This article from this morning quoting a San Francisco reporter claims SMUCalFord to the A&P conference is a done deal. Just doing the paperwork. I don't consider this authoritative, but its the first one I've seen saying it is definitely happening.
  14. They would be better off begging BY and ESPN to let them in the Big 12. But I don't think their ego will allow that. And maybe ESPN and Fox don't want them dragging down the Big 12.
  15. That's $7-$10 million TV money which as good as they could do in Pac -8 + X. And they will get a share of other distributions which will be better in the ACC.
  16. note: The ACC figure is higher than the AAC total distributions per school.
  17. ACC makes more in non-TV revenue per school than AAC makes for all revenue. So it will still be more money for SMU.
  18. There was a time when they were called the best professional football team in Dallas (yes the Cowboys had a streak where they were pretty bad).
  19. ACC will feel right at home. Just like Wake Forest and Duke. And empty like BC. SMU will not trail the league in attendance.
  20. if the opposing players are doing it to other players, it is taunting. We need to treat all taunting the same. So its not stupid.
  21. Nobody, even Baylor, deserves relegation more than SMU. Maybe they will get another death penalty and Rice will get their slot!
  22. I think Iowa has quite a few also. The state has a gambling problem.
  23. Schools like Iowa and Auburn might be at risk with more powers in the conference.
  24. Great minds think alike. But its still an interesting rumor.
  25. I remember reading one time DKR was trying to get UT to copy Michigan and couldn't get the administration to do that. Track helps with football. Many athletes are dual sport.
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