(05-06-2015 03:13 PM)EvilVodka Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 01:27 PM)Lou_C Wrote:  Notre Dame draws attention and eyeballs coast to coast. While Texas is a big deal, it doesn't move the needle in the ACC footprint at all. They've got no presence here. And Texas Olympic sports don't juice anyone. Notre Dame is on such a higher level than Texas that it's not even funny.

this misses the point on quite a # of levels

When you talk expansion, you have to talk POTENTIAL....not how things are now, because once you add the team, the dynamic will CHANGE

IN today's college football world, everything is about the TV network. Texas actually delivers markets....Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin...growing markets. They also deliver RECRUITING

There is a reason why Texas basically has an unofficial standing invite to the PAC 12 and Big 10....

And no one gives a flying crap about olympic sports....really???

No, I'm all for adding Texas all in.

But a 5 game a year deal? Plus sending all the Olympic sports out to Texas?

Bleh. Look at the current OOC schedules...if people want to play Texas they can play Texas, just like they play Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, UCLA, Auburn and a bunch of other games that are high profile. Why replace most/all of those with Texas?

If Texas wants to join ACC football, most definitely. But why cut them a special deal and force everyone's hand in scheduling? I mean, ND is a no brainer...that's always a big game, and half the ACC schools have some sort of "rivalry" with them. And there's a ton of ND fans everywhere to buy tickets.

But having to play an 8-win Texas team that won't draw any fans in Raleigh or Pittsburgh, isn't going to draw any special eyeballs and be a big network game?

Texas - Oklahoma State drew a 1.1 rating in a primetime game on a broadcast network. Really. Texas - Texas Tech drew a .4 rating on FS1. Yes, they deliver markets in Texas...how big a deal is that for 2-3 games a year?

They are not a national draw, no matter what anyone tries to tell you. Texas is big, but the ACC has no stake in Texas. They aren't worth a partial deal at all, unless you are hell bent on trying to kill the Big 12.