Nerdlinger
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RE: Does TCU/Texas Tech/Baylor interest the ACC at all?
(10-11-2017 01:31 PM)TerryD Wrote: (10-11-2017 12:57 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: (10-11-2017 10:10 AM)TerryD Wrote: (10-11-2017 09:15 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote: (10-10-2017 09:16 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: The ACC, without those 4 schools is still a better league than the Big 12 without the Texlahoma 4. I see the ACC raiding the Big 12, possibly taking all 6, as more probable.
About the only way I see ACC schools joining the Big 12 is if Florida St and their likeminded compatriots who are not Big Ten or SEC targets, strike up a deal with the schools who are on those radars in a plan to disband the league and land the major players in higher paying leagues.
As the paradigm shifts away from cable subscribership I think the SEC might some day see the advantage of adding programs like Florida St and Clemson because overall viewership and popularity is more important. in the future I don't think it will matter so much where the fans are just how many of them are there.
The ACC GoR makes this scenario implausible in the next 10 years, but here's how it might look:
ACC
East: Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
North: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia
South: Baylor, Florida State, Miami-FL, TCU
West: Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville
Big Ten
East: Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State
North: Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue
South: Maryland, North Carolina, Rutgers, Virginia
West: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin
Pac-16
East: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
North: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
West: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC
SEC
East: Florida, Georgia, NC State, South Carolina
North: Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech
South: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
West: Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M
For this to occur, the Big 12 would have to survive the expiration of their current GoR intact and adopt a new one that lasts until around the time the ACC GoR expires in 2035-36. The NC and VA schools wouldn't defect too far before then, if at all.
The ACC GOR runs through 2036. No ACC schools want to move, nor will they.
Note the other bolded part.
Yep, I saw that well before I posted.
Do you take umbrage at the 10 years part? I would have said 20, but that put us past 2036. Does 17-19 work for you? To be clear, I'm saying it's implausible for any ACC teams to defect until near or at that point. We're already in agreement, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I was merely running with the hypothetical scenario.
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