To me, the key takeaway is:
- FSU and/or Clemson are not enough to do the expansion thing again right now.
unless...
- The ACC blows up and then SEC/B1G/Big 12 may take some risks to keep up with each other.
I could also see that neither the SEC or the B1G see the additive value now, but may see it don the line and feel no need to speed up the timetable which could also explain their annoyance that FSU/Clemson.
Both have already stretched their TV contracts: SEC with still negotiating a 9 game schedule and B1G giving partial memberships to Oregon and Washington until their next contract.
Yeah... they don't care in Athens. They just got Etienne off.
Instead of an underage DUI, they gave him all of the pieces separately so they could minimize the punishment to probation and community service.
- Driving with alcohol
- Failure to maintain a lane
- Going 80 in a 50
- Reckless driving
They determined that there wasn't enough evidence besides the drinking and the driving and having the alcohol on his person since they never gave him a test.
My understanding was that the GoR gave the conference the right to negotiate on behalf of the members, and the exact contract with ESPN was never shared.
I have no idea if that's the norm or an outlier.
FSU's gonna get all of that value by having the Seminole Network. Can't wait to see Chief Osceola show us how to make fish tacos at 2am, brought to you by Hard Rock Casinos.
Good to know that. But NCState still needs to do something about 2026 as they have 5 OOC games.
And Cal needs more OOC games in 2026-27.
I think for them it has to do more about travel. . They've got to fly like 25000 miles this season with the ACC schedule.
Same with UCLA dropping Auburn and Georgia.
That still gives them 4 OOC games since they just added Marshall to replace UCLA.
Edit: Disregard. Marshall is only for 2025 which we've already locked down as an 8 game conference schedule.
We've all been looking at this wrong once again.
According to the Dude from WV who has never been wrong about anything realignment, WVU is more valuable property than half of the SEC/Big10 and all of the Big12.