USC and UCLA to Big Ten

theDude47 said:
Tech’s main hope is that the Big Ten still wants the Atlanta market. If so, we might actually have some leverage with the SEC. They won’t want the Big Ten to take a foothold in the heart of their territory. We might be able to play our way back into the SEC, which is where we have always belonged.
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I wonder if we have a chance with the SEC based on the additional teams. With a larger total membership, the cesspool and the Mississippi schools might not be able to black ball us.
 
andrew said:
Was it ever confirmed that we actually had a chance to join the Big X?
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SEC should take 8 more.....Miami, FSU, GT, Clemson, Louisville.....that's five that are already in their footprint. NC State, VT, and Notre Dame. Virginia, UNC can go to the Big 10.
 
05GTCorndog said:
Really look at what the grant of rights means for ACC teams. Unless the entire league disintegrates, no one has the money to go anywhere.
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You could likely ask the Big10 or the SEC to foot that bill while you take a pay cut in the new league for the next decade or more to pay it back and likely still come out well ahead financially.
 
I think you guys are too wet for the SEC. I'd take getting vacuumed up by the SEC over getting thrown in the attic, but the 2022 reality is that we're a better cultural fit with the Big Ten, geography be damned. The SEC schools are just weird, they're a terrible mixture of moonshine mountain rednecks and prissy white-shoes old money. They're all very same-y, don't have very strong brands, are in areas you'd never want to visit, etc.

Schools like Wisconsin/Michigan/Michigan State/Nebraska are way more our overall vibe. Cooler road trips, better fans, healthier football culture. Especially with the Big Ten launching itself as the national mega-conference with the LA schools, it would be much more fun to be part of that than the same old SEC swamp (plus the yee-haw Texas/Oklahoma schools) that we ditched 60 years ago.
 
StraightFresh said:
All this really makes you wonder WTF the ACC was doing back in their early 10's expansions. Boston College, Louisville, Syracuse, Pitt...wat. Pitt is defensible, but the others-wow.
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There was a different motive back then - cable subscriptions. You could say the same thing with B1G and Rutgers. That no longer is a factor as much as potential ‘marquee matchups’
 
77GTFan said:
I think we are headed to two. The Big 10 and SEC will become two super conferences with about 24 teams each. That means there are about 16 spaces left in the heavyweight division. Our chances are not good, but not impossible, to be a part of this.

I think Washington and Oregon get in, Baylor and Oklahoma State, Clemson and FSU, Notre Dame and UNC. Who the next 8 might be will be a real Darwinian contest. Our history and location helps. Our recent football success and fan base size hurts.

The great question will be whether this extends to all sports. This could end up a football only move. Or, this could extend to all sports. If I were the left out schools I might play hardball and tell the Super 48 to do their own championships in all sports. A tournament without Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, Villanova among others is a hard sell to TV.
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In this scenario, and considering the impacts of NIL, I think you could find the likes of Duke, Kansas, etc. not being BB superpowers any more. Also, consider that Duke and Villanova just lost their legendary coaches.
 
StraightFresh said:
I think you guys are too wet for the SEC. I'd take getting vacuumed up by the SEC over getting thrown in the attic, but the 2022 reality is that we're a better cultural fit with the Big Ten, geography be damned. The SEC schools are just weird, they're a terrible mixture of moonshine mountain rednecks and prissy white-shoes old money. They're all very same-y, don't have very strong brands, are in areas you'd never want to visit, etc.

Schools like Wisconsin/Michigan/Michigan State/Nebraska are way more our overall vibe. Cooler road trips, better fans, healthier football culture. Especially with the Big Ten launching itself as the national mega-conference with the LA schools, it would be much more fun to be part of that than the same old SEC swamp (plus the yee-haw Texas/Oklahoma schools) that we ditched 60 years ago.
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Strange point of view
You really want to go games in northern Midwest in late fall
What is so great about Nebraska or Michigan State road trips?
I get the Starkville, Norman and Fayetteville might not be someone’s dish of tea. College Station sure isn’t mine!
But Austin , Baton Rouge and Nashville plus some of the others would be awesome
I guess the Big House and Madison would be interesting
 
All this doom and gloom and worrying about Clemson leaving, this and that.
Don’t y’all know we’re about to beat Clemson and get all eyes on us? Someone will pick us up.

I almost typed that with a straight face.
 
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