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  1. 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...."
  2. Whittingham will be retired by then.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. note: The ACC figure is higher than the AAC total distributions per school.
  7. ACC makes more in non-TV revenue per school than AAC makes for all revenue. So it will still be more money for SMU.
  8. 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).
  9. ACC will feel right at home. Just like Wake Forest and Duke. And empty like BC. SMU will not trail the league in attendance.
  10. 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.
  11. Nobody, even Baylor, deserves relegation more than SMU. Maybe they will get another death penalty and Rice will get their slot!
  12. I think Iowa has quite a few also. The state has a gambling problem.
  13. Schools like Iowa and Auburn might be at risk with more powers in the conference.
  14. Great minds think alike. But its still an interesting rumor.
  15. 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.
  16. Cal has 14 men's and 15 women's sports, well over the 16 minimum for FBS.cross countrytrack indoortrack outdoorbasketballbaseball/softballgolftennisswimming & divingsoccerrowingwater pologymnasticsmen's footballmen's rugbywomen's lacrossewomen's field hockeywomen's volleyball Rugby would clearly be on the chopping block. Maybe women's lacrosse. Not sure what else. They have had some success in one or the other sex in water polo, gymnastics and rowing.
  17. They still have to keep the kids eligible. That will always give Alabama an advantage over Yale, Harvard and Stanford.
  18. In 1990, Stanford vetoed us. aggy wanted to go to the SEC. They were going to the SEC. Texas to the Pac. But then Stanford vetoed after UT president Cunningham had already briefed our board. If you want a reference, its in "The Texas Way" by William Cunningham, pages 230-231. There were long rumors of Stanford vetoing us, but I didn't really believe it until Cunningham wrote about it in detail in his book. He has a chapter about the breakup of the SWC and how we eventually ended up in the Big 12.
  19. While I think there is a lot of truth, it is clearly written from Kliavcoff's office point of view. And the LA Times is a bit of a joke.
  20. ESPNU is WAY behind FS1. FS2, ESPNU, ESPNNews are all real low. ESPN2 is comparable to FS1.
  21. It will matter because the A5 are getting about 80% of the money and G5 15%.
  22. Remember the Alabama-LSU rematch? One of the worst watched BCS title games ever? After a couple of Alabama-Georgia games, even the SEC knew the playoff needed to be expanded so it wasn't an SEC invitational. The rest of the country was tuning out.
  23. Its a hollow threat. it would cost the SEC and Big 10 massive dollars. Probably more than it would cost the rest (just not on a % basis).
  24. Name schools get ranked in the preseason polls. Hate to say it, but how many times has Texas been ranked in preseason polls since 2010 and finished unranked?
  25. Except the football and basketball overall ARE better. And have been for the last decade.
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