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MidnightJacket said:
Saw someone post on another board something to the effect of “only the ACC leadership would be dumb enough to suggest combining 2 conferences on the brink of collapse and demand more money from ESPN for it”.
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If true - at least the ACC is looking at all options
 
MidnightJacket said:
Saw someone post on another board something to the effect of “only the ACC leadership would be dumb enough to suggest combining 2 conferences on the brink of collapse and demand more money from ESPN for it”.
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Yeah, the only way that works is if you jettison teams. No more than 1 per state unless it is a large population state like TX or FL. Something has to give. Unfortunately, you are going to end up with coupled schools like UVa/VT. That’s going to make the math harder. And you need 8 ACC schools with a landing spot. So if one Virginia school or NCSt gets left out, that is 4 no votes. Add in Duke & Wake not finding a football home and you are stuck with an unappealing 8 from the ACC.

It’s unfortunate. Miami, FSU, GT, Clem, UNC, VT, WVU, and Pitt would make a decent conference. Tie those 8 with Wash, Ore, Stan, AZ, CO, Baylor, BYU, and OKSt and you have a decent slate of games across all time blocks on Saturday.
 
Well said.

RIP CFB

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I ain't gonna lie, it's ööööing depressing. A lot of teams are gonna be left downsizing. It is what it is I guess but dropping from $35 million a year to $4 million a year is devastating. What do these teams do? Go all in on basketball ala Gonzaga? Because no one is going to hang around a downsized football team in a downsized conference.
 
TechRush said:
I ain't gonna lie, it's ööööing depressing. A lot of teams are gonna be left downsizing. It is what it is I guess but dropping from $35 million a year to $4 million a year is devastating. What do these teams do? Go all in on basketball ala Gonzaga? Because no one is going to hang around a downsized football team in a downsized conference.
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I’d actually look forward to some level playing field football. Kind of over all of it
 
I just wonder if anyone behind all these big deals and ideas of these mega conferences have taken into account the loss of viewership from people who just won't watch anymore since their teams have been eliminated from big time football. I used to always tune into the big match ups and even watch plenty of MACtion years ago. I mean part of it is just growing up and having more responsibility and less time, but if GT is left out of the big picture I'm not watching any games in NFL lite.
 
GoJackets89 said:
I just wonder if anyone behind all these big deals and ideas of these mega conferences have taken into account the loss of viewership from people who just won't watch anymore since their teams have been eliminated from big time football. I used to always tune into the big match ups and even watch plenty of MACtion years ago. I mean part of it is just growing up and having more responsibility and less time, but if GT is left out of the big picture I'm not watching any games in NFL lite.
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They’ve really ruined the whole thing. NIL was the final mail. College player parking lots should not resemble NFL player lots. Earn it
 
GoJackets89 said:
I just wonder if anyone behind all these big deals and ideas of these mega conferences have taken into account the loss of viewership from people who just won't watch anymore since their teams have been eliminated from big time football. I used to always tune into the big match ups and even watch plenty of MACtion years ago. I mean part of it is just growing up and having more responsibility and less time, but if GT is left out of the big picture I'm not watching any games in NFL lite.
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They haven't. Make money before you die I suppose.
 
It is sad to see what is happening but part of me hopes the factories go on to their own nfl minor league model and the rest of the colleges remain behind in a version of what college football used to be. Student athletes playing for pride and glory and love of their school instead of today’s mercenary model where college football is about $$$ all the way around
 
jts1207 said:
They’ve really ruined the whole thing. NIL was the final mail. College player parking lots should not resemble NFL player lots. Earn it
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I don't have a big problem with NIL, it is the portal that ruins the sport for me. Combined with NIL the portal basically makes teams of mercenaries, not student athletes playing for a school they have real connection to.
 
GoJackets89 said:
I just wonder if anyone behind all these big deals and ideas of these mega conferences have taken into account the loss of viewership from people who just won't watch anymore since their teams have been eliminated from big time football. I used to always tune into the big match ups and even watch plenty of MACtion years ago. I mean part of it is just growing up and having more responsibility and less time, but if GT is left out of the big picture I'm not watching any games in NFL lite.
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I wonder the same things, but I also wonder about a couple more things, too.

The first is, do the schools lining up to enter the BIG 2 consider, with so many top programs joining up, the lessening probabilities of their team reaching the pinnacle? It's a whole lot easier for OU to reach the playoffs from the B12 than it will be from a bulked-up SEC. What happens when these schools see the handwriting on the wall? Will they leave or be content to become Ole Miss or Maryland?

The second is, does life really change all that much for a GA Tech who is left playing with UNC, NCSU, Wake, Dook, UVA, VPI, Miami, Pitt, Louisville, etc. Except for Clemson and UGA, and occasionally FSU, what's different? A couple of teams. So, we schedule Oklahoma State, Arizona State, and/or Stanford instead.

I don't see much of a change for GA Tech except that the den of thieves has engorged itself with a bunch of programs that want to be a minor league pro division that we won't play anymore. To them I say, "Good riddance." Those programs that will ultimately just be fodder. It will cost us 2 maybe 3 teams on our schedule. There are more where they came from.
 
BranMart said:


Ha ööööing ha
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I’ll believe it when I see it. IF (Big IF) the PAC stays together, it’s likely due to Oregon and Washington only getting a deal to become partial members to the B1G with a significant payout. Either that or Uncle Phil made some calls and stopped everything.
 
theDude47 said:
I’ll believe it when I see it. IF (Big IF) the PAC stays together, it’s likely due to Oregon and Washington only getting a deal to become partial members to the B1G with a significant payout. Either that or Uncle Phil made some calls and stopped everything.
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The PAC staying together would be great. If USC and UCLA started sucking it would be even better for Oregon and Washington to be at the top of their conference.
 
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