Clay Travis says every ACC school wants out

GT flunkout said:
You're mostly right. Mizzou would trade SEC for B1G in a heartbeat. The irony being that in B1G they would easily be the most "redneck" school and it's not even close. Mizzou is not some paragon of academic reputation. That's not a bad thing, they are the flagship state university of a largely low growth rural state, STL and KC notwithstanding.
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Mizzou more redneck than Neb, Iowa, Wisc, Indiana?
 
WracerX said:
Mizzou more redneck than Neb, Iowa, Wisc, Indiana?
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Iowa, Wisc, IU? Definitely absolutely no doubt.

Neb the only one close to their orbit, no coincidence they were both in the B12.
 
ACC is obviously still the third best conference. Conference realignment did not change that. It just made the gap from 2nd to 3rd place seem like an even more insurmountable gap. I want to thank the SEC and B1G for killing college football for me.
 
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coit said:
I gotta think that the NC schools do not want out of the ACC.

They will not get the preferential treatment they have gotten in another conference.
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UNC wants out. NCSU wants out. Im sure WF would rather stay put. Have no idea about Duke.
 
Maybe everyone is waiting until after media days so they don’t have to answer questions
 
I still say there is more money in a coast to coast athletic conference made up of 16-20 of the little 3 leftovers. Leave ND out.

Edit: Relative to the ACC
 
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savbandjacket said:
If Clemson and FSU (and others) move the needle enough, the SEC and/or B10 are going to move in and take them and enough other teams necessary to vote away the ACC penalties.
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Do you think the ACC GOR was written so poorly to allow an easier path to voiding the agreement?
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
Do you think the ACC GOR was written so poorly to allow an easier path to voiding the agreement?
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I think it was written so poorly that no one knows exactly what it does. Maybe that means it was masterfully written.

And there is confusion I see a lot over the money/GOR statement. The GOR means that the ACC owns your media rights. As long as the conference exists (and there’s no other challenge to the GOR that can be made), that’s it. It’s an irrevocable grant for the term of the agreement. It means a new conference doesn’t get the benefit of that school’s home games. And it probably means that you don’t get to share in the media distribution of a new conference. To me, the only way to get out of the GOR is to disband the acc completely. If it’s a partial thing, then wake, Duke, Syracuse, and whoever else is left behind is going to make media money from schools no longer in conference.
 
Tampa Jacket said:
Why would you think he’s kidding. The ACC is terrible. Everyone knows that.
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Refresh me on why the ACC is “terrible” (as opposed to just “not as rich and popular as the SEC”). Some perceived favoritism toward the Triangle schools, and…

I know we’d rather be hitched to the SEC hype train (and think we’d be more like Auburn and less like Vandy if we were).

JRjr
 
vapspwi said:
Refresh me on why the ACC is “terrible” (as opposed to just “not as rich and popular as the SEC”). Some perceived favoritism toward the Triangle schools, and…

I know we’d rather be hitched to the SEC hype train (and think we’d be more like Auburn and less like Vandy if we were).

JRjr
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Well, that’s why it’s terrible. Cause it all comes down to money.
 
What do you guys think about GT, Duke, Vandy, & UVA joing the Ivy League & form a Southern division within that conference?Or form a new football conference with the aforementioned schools along with Texas Tech, Rice, Tulane, & Vanderbilt?
 
georgytech said:
What do you guys think about GT, Duke, Vandy, & UVA joing the Ivy League & form a Southern division within that conference?Or form a new football conference with the aforementioned schools along with Texas Tech, Rice, Tulane, & Vanderbilt?
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georgytech said:
What do you guys think about GT, Duke, Vandy, & UVA joing the Ivy League & form a Southern division within that conference?Or form a new football conference with the aforementioned schools along with Texas Tech, Rice, Tulane, & Vanderbilt?
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The last I recall the Ivys were non schollie D3. Would simplify a lot of things for sure.
 
georgytech said:
What do you guys think about GT, Duke, Vandy, & UVA joing the Ivy League & form a Southern division within that conference?Or form a new football conference with the aforementioned schools along with Texas Tech, Rice, Tulane, & Vanderbilt?
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Interesting idea, but money is more important than academics in this country.
 
georgytech said:
What do you guys think about GT, Duke, Vandy, & UVA joing the Ivy League & form a Southern division within that conference?Or form a new football conference with the aforementioned schools along with Texas Tech, Rice, Tulane, & Vanderbilt?
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I actually wouldn’t mind that IF the Institute decided it COULDN’T complete in the athletic arms race. However, I’d rather see Tech actually try to compete with the big boys if possible.
 
Valdosta_Jacket said:
Interesting idea, but money is more important than academics in this country.
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Considering what has been done to academics that is perfectly reasonable.
Trade school should have teams. Now that guys can transfer as much as they want they could pass through one of those and get an actual marketable skill.

Is bolting an athletic department onto a trade school any more incongruous than the amount of importance placed on those attached to colleges.

Sheet metal work, auto mechanics, etc., may be more closely related to athletics than business or playground design or psychology.
 
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