Some say the ACC destroyed the Big East. Some say the Big East was imploding and the ACC gave some a lifeline. Either way, to take that many programs from a sinking conference is going to ultimately stress your league, too. IMPO, way too much representation now of the former Big Least.
Spot on. While other leagues were bringing in large state schools with huge bucks and fanbases, the ACC was bringing small private schools with minor fanbases.
I hear you but they are sitting just fine. When we played they were 4-3 and just came off 3 straight losses so sure a lot of folks had bailed on the season. They then won 6 straight to finish with 10 wins. Yes, they were bad after Bowden due to a bad hire and the usual post legend drop off. I’m not a FSU fanboy but I‘m on the side of anyone who can help destroy this conference. The ACC is nothing but a country club that has been financially destroyed by its leadership. It needs to end and I am one GT fan not scared of the future.
Patience, friend. Mediocrity will come in time.
The ACC seems like a good idea in theory, but a quarter century of Lil Miss Commish & The Carolina Circlejerk of Suck would lay waste to just about any enterprise.Considering how bad 2019-2022 was and how little Tech was on the major TV networks, the numbers for Tech are remarkably good. CPJ's offense got eyeballs I guess.
Tech would be an asset for any conference. Great academics. Competitive, good and sometimes great athletics. Regardless how this stupid musical chairs game goes with the various conference power brokers, Tech will have a seat somewhere. Frankly, I'd be happy leaving the ACC. It seems to be a conference made up of teams that don't really want to be there except for the NC circle jerk. I think Tech would be a great fit for the Big 10. The SEC I think eventually collapses under it's own weight.
But what the hell do I know?
I don’t think the notion of “markets” means as much as it once did. Look at the “eyes” of viewers for FSU and Clemson. They are proven brands. And as a matter of fact, Tech still is much more of a brand to viewers nationally than the vast majority of the ACC schools, even the larger state schools.
FSU best shot at anything outside the ACC is going to be the BIG12. SEC could give two öööös about FSU, Clemson, GT, or Miami. None of them move the needle at all for them. So with that said, FSUs best option is for the survival of the ACC. I also don't think GT is worth as much to the BIG10 as everyone wants to think. We're also not a needle mover and quite honestly, with the way the demographics of Atlanta are, the BIG10 doesn't need a team in Atlanta. They already have what they're gonna get here.
I just think you are using old logic from the early days of expansion. The calculus is always changing. It changed again the second USC/UCLA joined the BIG. Aren’t they from the same state let alone same city?
Let's hope so. It is on the way to anywhere else we might want to end up.
What the öööö is "the needle?"
Ask your mom, she knows
She's been dead and buried for more than 15 years. So there's that.
