ACC GOR

[SMU89]

McMurphy‏@McMurphyESPN30m
ACC presidents approve Grant of Rights thru 2026-27 sources tell @espn. B1G will have to look elsewhere. 1st reported by @DavidGlennShow

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[ponyinNC]

Great news for us - bad news for Uconn Cincy and maybe even USF/UCF

This hopefully gives the AAC a chance to brand itself and grow, with some fabulous BB schools and up and coming FB programs.

[East Coast Mustang]

Pretty significant...but can ACC public universities still leave and claim "sovereign immunity" like Maryland has in attempting to avoid the $50m exit fee? Assuming they can't, yeah, this pretty much shuts down any more ACC schools going to the B10 for awhile, or, as I had previously and consistently predicted, VT and NC State going to the SEC.

How does this apply to ND? The article I saw said the "15" ACC schools were subject to this, so I'm assuming ND is as well? If not, they go back to once again being B10 target #1, although that's unlikely to happen - ND doesnt want to regionalize (is that a word?) themselves to the Midwest.

Who would be the B10's targets now? UConn? They would add to their draw in NYC and add Hartford. Hartford isn't LA but it's another market. Not an AAU member, though (not sure how much that matters anymore)

Could they convince Mizzou to leave the SEC, given the SEC's looming massive new TV network? The only reason I even mention them is that their admin previously wanted B10 membership over the SEC when the B10 ultimately took Nebraska a few years ago. Mizzou would make sense for the B10 from an academic (AAU member) and geographic standpoint, and it gives them more a foothold in the STL market as well as new market exposure in KC. If they get pummeled in the SEC again this season, does their fanbase start to think they perhaps they've bitten off more than they can chew? Remember, it was the near-revolt of the Mizzou fanbase which helped convince their admin to seek SEC membership in 2011.

West Virginia would make sense geographically, but academically they're a mess and I can't see the B10 powers that be signing off on that. Ultimately, I think the B10 is stuck at 14 for the foreseeable future; they really have to stretch to get to 16 now and it's probably not worth it for them unless they can convince Mizzou to bolt.

What about the SEC? Maybe EJ Holland can fire up those SMU to the SEC rumors again. I guess VT and NC State are out. West Virginia could be a target if they really want to go to 16, but again, they don't add a whole lot. Looks like they're stuck at 14 for awhile, too. The idea of four 4-team pods with a two round SEC championship would be a ratings/revenue bonanza for the conference, though.

Props to Jim Swofford for putting a grinding halt to all of this ridiculousness. Long live the American!

[StallionsModelT]

This really is outstanding news for the new conference. It is just a shame that we lost Boise State and San Diego State. All we can do now is focus on building the brand and winning as many high profile games as we can and hope that the exposure we get from ESPN will allow the conference to be in the conversation.

[mustangxc]

I just wish it had come before the BIG poached Rutgers and the ACC poached Louisville! We'd have better competition, more visibility, and significantly more money!

[sbsmith]

Real kick in the nuts for Cincy and UConn.

[StallionsModelT]

Yeah well maybe now they will STFU and actually try to build this conference and work towards creating some unity. This also, IMO, puts to rest any doubt that staying with the American was the right choice even after Boise/SDSU went back to the MWC. Had we gone MWC we would be in a conference where every schools is Boise's financial redheaded stepchild with far less money, smaller media markets, awful times for games, increased travel expenses, and worse competition. American >>>>>>>>>>>>> MWC hands down.

[ponyinNC]

Yeah well maybe now they will STFU and actually try to build this conference and work towards creating some unity. This also, IMO, puts to rest any doubt that staying with the American was the right choice even after Boise/SDSU went back to the MWC. Had we gone MWC we would be in a conference where every schools is Boise's financial redheaded stepchild with far less money, smaller media markets, awful times for games, increased travel expenses, and worse competition. American >>>>>>>>>>>>> MWC hands down.

agreed.

[PonyKai]

Yeah well maybe now they will STFU and actually try to build this conference and work towards creating some unity. This also, IMO, puts to rest any doubt that staying with the American was the right choice even after Boise/SDSU went back to the MWC. Had we gone MWC we would be in a conference where every schools is Boise's financial redheaded stepchild with far less money, smaller media markets, awful times for games, increased travel expenses, and worse competition. American >>>>>>>>>>>>> MWC hands down.

agreed.

Double agreed.

[that's great raplh]

Well then, we are not encumbered by any gor

[Water Pony]

Big Ten would never take UConn or West Virginia. They simply are not in the league of the current B1G members or SEC, for that matter. I would have preferred Mizzou in the Big Ten, but that ship has left the dock. Perhaps stability will reign for the short and mid-term?

[Rebel10]

Great news for us - bad news for Uconn Cincy and maybe even USF/UCF

This hopefully gives the AAC a chance to brand itself and grow, with some fabulous BB schools and up and coming FB programs.

Unless SMU wants to go to a BCS conference.

[SMU2007]

Screw Boise.

[East Coast Mustang]

Big Ten would never take UConn or West Virginia. They simply are not in the league of the current B1G members or SEC, for that matter. I would have preferred Mizzou in the Big Ten, but that ship has left the dock. Perhaps stability will reign for the short and mid-term?

I've learned you can never say never with respect to college realignment. If you told me 6-7 years ago that Rutgers and Maryland would be in the Big Ten, or Louisville in the ACC, I would've laughed in your face.

I agree with UConn and WVU by themselves. But if Mizzou expressed interest (which I think is highly unlikely, but just for the sake of the argument) as a 15th member, then the B10 would be in a position where they might have to settle somewhat on their 16th member with the ACC teams off the table. I think they'd take UConn way before WVU- WVU will pretty much assuredly never be a B10 member- but like I said, never say never.

[GRGB]

Great news for us - bad news for Uconn Cincy and maybe even USF/UCF

This hopefully gives the AAC a chance to brand itself and grow, with some fabulous BB schools and up and coming FB programs.

Or... Cincy and UConn are the next 2 to join the ACC.