(02-02-2018 09:48 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  And the ACC has the most viewers in its footprint. The ACC is stable.

IMO, the ACC is very stable, but because of the GOR, the buyout, and because the SEC and B1G don't want any of their schools and are unlikely to in the foreseeable future.

Viewership-wise, I think there's only real loyalty to the ACC in the NC - VA core. The deep southern schools, particularly Miami and FSU, don't identify with the ACC at all except as a paycheck, and it's pretty much the same among the northern schools.

The ACC is a good working arrangement, and it has never been more successful on the court and on the gridiron at the same time as it is now. But it is a 3-component hybrid anyway. It lacks and likely always will lack the cultural cohesion of the SEC, B1G, and PAC.

If we think about "Big 10 country", it's basically the entire mid-west. The SEC? The entire southeast save for North Carolina. The PAC? The whole west coast.

The ACC? Basically North Carolina and Virginia. A much smaller core footprint.