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1 day 17 hours ago Other than Texas and ND,

Other than Texas and ND, North Carolina is the crown jewel in realignment. They are a national brand in a growing state. I live in the West and you see a ton of UNC gear here as you do anywhere because they have a national following. On top of that, they are good in EVERYTHING else.

As far as football, the potential is there if the school wants to put the money and resources into it. 25 years ago, Florida had never won an SEC title. I don't think UNC football has THAT potential (North Carolina isn't Florida as a recruiting state), but they CAN be a top 15 program.

They are the best fit for the B1G outside of ND.
1 day 18 hours ago That goes both ways

Getting outgained and beating #8 Wazzu by 5 in the Rose Bowl didn't exactly help Michigan either. It was hardly a dominating performance by the #1 team in the land.
2 days 6 hours ago He got a raw deal

Luck needed to either nut up and fire the man (after going 28-12 in 3 seasons) or keep him and allow him to coach. The one-year planned shotgun marriage between Holgorsen and Stewart was a terrible idea that put both coaches in an awful spot, particularly Stewart. "Hey, you get to be coach for one more year and then we're putting you out to pasture. Treat the new guy well." What would you have done?
2 days 15 hours ago It would be

real lucrative if they could ever get to a BCS bowl.
2 days 15 hours ago If I'm not

mistaken the Big Ten Network takes all the media rights of the conference that ESPN/ABC don't take, correct?

The SEC money doesn't include their Tier 3 rights. I don't know how much money Vandy made, but Florida has a $10 million / year deal with Sun Sports. Combining that with the national money, they are looking at close to $30 million this past year.

Also, why did the BTN pay out LESS money this year according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article--7.2 million as opposed to the 7.9 of last year? Nebraska?
3 days 8 hours ago I'm certainly

no Texas fan, but to blame the fall of the SWC on them is a stretch. 4 private schools (Rice, SMU, TCU, and Baylor) and a commuter school (Houston) with 3 big state schools all centered in one state wasn't a recipe for long-term success.

Now if the football had been SEC good during the 80's maybe the conference survives, but it had fallen off the deep end and had become something like the Big East now without any power teams--champion lost last 8 bowl games, most in embarrassing fashion.

Could Texas have helped? Yeah, not being a part of the cheating and not sucking ass during the 80s could have made things better. But the conference was eventually doomed and it's hard to blame Texas for finding the first life raft off the proverbial Titanic.
3 days 11 hours ago That was written prior to the

That was written prior to the SEC/Big XII "bowl" game announcement and that is a HUGE turn of events.

I agree that I don't think this thing is as far along as most people think. I also think any team would be foolish to jump until the parameters of a playoff are determined.
3 days 19 hours ago 100% This

That article was really good by the way. I highly encourage everyone to read it.

There are two other issues however. One is power. There seems to be a belief, and I have no idea if it's true or not, that the North Carolina schools run the conference (particularly UNC). I can imagine that other teams, particularly the football powers, would have an issue with that. It seems to have come out in the media deal the ACC just signed.

The other thing is the new Big XII / SEC bowl game. The ACC needs to find a post-BCS home bowl game. Does the Orange really want to re-up with the ACC? It hasn't exactly worked out well for them the past 10 or so years. The ACC NEVER had a major bowl agreement until the Bowl Alliance / Coalition in 1992. Before that, their champion was locked into the Citrus Bowl. Now they have football powers in the conference that they didn't have in 1990, but they HAVE to get themselves a major bowl for their champion with big-time money.
4 days 11 hours ago The ACC

COULD go another route. Lose the football teams: Miami, V. Tech, Clemson, FSU. Keep the core of the original ACC and a few Big East castoffs: G. Tech, Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, Maryland, Virginia, Syracuse, BC--maybe NC State, Pitt, Rutgers. Commit to being a great conference in everything BUT football. Still eligible to go to a 4-team football playoff, but probably stuck in Citrus Bowl or something like it champion isn't top 4.

In other words, the ACC could go back to being what it was some 20, 30, and 40 years ago minus Clemson.

I'm not sure it's monetarily feasible--is it worth it to get $10 million less a year than an SEC school?--but it's probably worth exploring.
4 days 14 hours ago November isn't winter. It can

November isn't winter. It can get wintry at times, but it's late fall.

"The truth is it's an all-weather sport, barring lightning, and only in the South do they refuse to play it in all weather."

What refusal? There are no bowl games in the Midwest. Is Florida supposed to sign up to play Illinois in December to prove their manhood? Out of conference games are generally over by September. When are these hypothetical games supposed to take place?
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