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Conference Realignment Board
4 mo ago
Conference Realignment Board
5 mo ago
Don't think that kind of debt can be considered a good thing
Leveraged or not. Financed with bonds or not.
What is the cash flow of their athletic department? Can they service that debt adequately? Are the investments resulting in higher annual revenue, are there suites and luxury seats being sold?
It doesn't seem like things are going well
Football Board
6 mo ago
Seems really unfair
To Miami and Indiana.
Teams will be gunning for their stars, and they cannot even replace them at this point.
Conference Realignment Board
6 mo ago
Miami and Texas Tech are saving the p4
Miami is is going to be really, really good next year, and Texas tech is not going away.
We really need to break the myth of invincibility of the sec.
Conference Realignment Board
7 mo ago
ACC needs all their historical powers to compete
That includes FSU, Clemson and the U.
Mario could land a top 3 class. They will be good for a while.
Conference Realignment Board
7 mo ago
The rule next year protects them
The ACC needs to fix their tiebreaker rule and even their standing rule. UVA didn't play Miami, Pitt, GT, Clemson or SMU. Lost to crappy NC State (but that didn't count).
I'd rather the top 2 ranked teams play absent a head to head tiebreaker.
Conference Realignment Board
7 mo ago
Lol at best law school making a difference
You are not good at this.
Public comments about a member school, that are factual (head to head duh) is not disparagement. I went to a big ten and an ACC law school myself and even I know that ...
Conference Realignment Board
9 mo ago
Football Board
9 mo ago
Football Board
9 mo ago
Seriously?
He has had South Carolina, maybe the hardest place to win in the country, in the final rankings 2 of the last 4 years. His recruiting classes have averaged in the top 20. He was on the best teams in Virginia Tech history and recruits the 757 and DC/MD. He's charismatic and tireless and knows everyone in football, and he has coached at big time programs so he knows what is needed.
It's literally a no brainer if we are lucky enough to have a shot.
Football Board
9 mo ago
Football Board
9 mo ago
Shane would be a no brainer
2 times in the last 4 years he had a top 25 team at SOUTH CAROLINA. That's where coaching careers go to die. He can recruit. He's charismatic. He's a Hokie
Get it done.
Conference Realignment Board
9 mo ago
Conference Realignment Board
9 mo ago
Yep
Best thing for the ACC is that the Big Ten signs this deal. That likely stops expansion for a generation. And those schools will just blow the money on bad coaching decisions and inefficient capital construction.
In the NIL era, money needs to go to the players. Stop wasting it on coaches.
Football Board
11 mo ago
That's a loser mentality
Unfortunately.
It's sad we have come to being scared to play South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Purdue, West Virginia, etc!
That's not exactly a murderers row. It's exactly who we should be playing: mid or bottom tier P4 programs.
Meanwhile Miami is playing Florida and Notre Dame. Clemson is playing LSU. FsU is playing Florida and Alabama.
It's truly embarrassing.
Conference Realignment Board
11 mo ago
VT needs the ACC to be as strong as possible
Odds of the Big Ten and/or the SEC expanding around 2030 are unknown. I think lower than most of the clickbait addicts on here.
And the odds of VT being included in any such expansion are even lower, depending of course on the scope of any expansion. Recent performance certainly isn't helping.
So, VT needs the ACC to survive and get a better TV deal. Miami and Clemson (notwithstanding the loss to a very good LSU team at home) are loaded. Lots of first round picks on those two teams. FSU, GT, SMU and Louisville could be ok.
Conference Realignment Board
11 mo ago
Miami and Clemson (despite the loss) have playoff caliber rosters
FSu, gt and smu could go on a roll.
Be nice to get 3 teams in. 2 seems like the floor for the current state of the conference and playoffs.
Conference Realignment Board
11 mo ago
Conference Realignment Board
11 mo ago
That would be ideal
Get rid of the weak link or two.
But I just took my daughter on a tour of Wake Forest. Half of that tour was them emphasizing their Power 4 athletic affiliation. Seems like a bit part of their culture and identity.
Conference Realignment Board
11 mo ago
Odd
More like Top 2, then ACC (with top teams in ACC now roughly equal to the Top 2), then jump down to Big 12.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
It needs to be a national coverage sport to keep the demand high
That means local schools across the country need to be in the conversation.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Skeptical of the buyout #s reported
We will see soon.
I'm fine with changing the payoff formula. F$U and Clemson, if they continue to invest in their programs, may find that the acc is an easier path to the playoffs.
3 bids is doable
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Only reasons would be (1) if ESPN wants it or
(2) they thought they would lose the lawsuits.
Neither seem likely to me so I doubt the reporting.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
History is everything
After that many years, you have built in alumni advantages, fanbase size, wealth advantages, expectation advantages, decades of a head start and momentum.
A blue blood can always recover quickly after a downstretch because of those advantages.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
I question if number three is accurate
Has there been solid reporting on that? I'm not sure why the conference would agree to that with the leverage, they have right now
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
This is so dumb
Virginia tech could easily be Oregon State and Washington State.
That's not a good place to be. Cold and lonely.
Keep the acc around for 10 years, remain relevant, and see what happens.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Will be interesting to see what happens if ND loses to USC
And Clemson wins but doesn't make the ACC CG.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Miami, SMU and Clemson win this weekend
... and it will be interesting.
Indiana, Georgia and Tennessee (less so) are all big favorites. But certainly one could lose.
A&M should lose.
I think Penn St, Oregon and OSU are in either way.
Notre Dame could easily lose.
Should be fun.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Top teams in the sec are not that great.
I could see tennessee losing to vanderbilt, Georgia losing to GT or USC losing to Clemson. A&M could easily beat the horns.
Louisville over Kentucky and FSU showing a pulse against UF would be nice too.
Lots of games left to shake things up.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Clemson could easily get in
If they beat Shane's hot team and we get a few more upsets, they are in.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
ACC Teams Ranked in the Top 12 in 2nd-to-last AP Poll ...
Slow day at the office, so here is my research below FWIW. Most years in the 21st century, current ACC schools should expect 2 playoff teams on average (1.7 rounded up to 2). Of the 24 years, just going by the AP top 12 (or highest ranked champ), you would have 12 years of one bid, 8 years of 2 bids, 3 years of 3 bids and one year of 4 bids.
And then below shows the schools in the top 15 (not top 12 below, just to see how many were close) and total in the top 25. Stanford had lots of good teams - sleeping giant now.
2000: 3 in top 15 (all top 6), and 5 in top 25.
2001: 3 in top 15, and 6 in top 25
2002: 1 (#1) in top 15, and 4 in top 25.
2003: 2, 2
2004: 4, 8
2005: 3, 7
2006:3, 5
2007:3, 4
2008:1, 3
2009:3, 5
2010:2, 3
2011:2, 4
2012:3, 4
2013:3,5
2014:2, 4
2015:4,4
2016:3, 6
2017:3, 4
2018: 1, 2
2019:1, 1
2020: 2, 4
2021: 1, 5
2022: 2, 3
2023: 1, 4
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
I'm not sure if the replies are sarcastic or defeatism
If there are 3 in the top 12, it is what it is. I went back and looked at the last 25 years of AP ratings. There were multiple years where 3-4 current ACC schools were in the top 15 in the second to last poll. Normally those were when Stanford had their nice run. And to be fair, there were also multiple years where there was only one school. Personally, I don't see how you could keep out a one loss SMU or Clemson (if they didn't make the ACC CG), because they would be ranked in the top ten.
It's very unlikely, but I am going to be rooting for SMU over Pitt and Clemson over Pitt and VT.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Put it this way: 11-1 SMU in over a 9-3 Tennessee?
Again, this is just for fun. I really doubt Clemson, Miami and SMU run the table.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Clemson, SMU and Miami won't all go 8-0 obviously. Nice parlay.
But if they do, I think all get invites. Be cool to see.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
2 should be the baseline expectation most years
3 would be difficult but certainly possible.
And enough with the silly Miami conspiracy nonsense. The holding call against them (that took the TD off the board) was the worst call of that game.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Could the ACC have 3 playoff teams?
Easy to see a scenario where Miami and Clemson win out, Clemson beats Miami and both get bids.
Meanwhile, Big Ten and SEC schools keep beating up each other while SMU or Pittsburgh has a 1 loss season.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Well, I'm guessing ABC,ESPN and Disney execs, plus super highly paid media
consultants hired by the ACC, know more about media rights valuations than HokieCentral posters ... but you never know.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
Come on. FSU and Clemson have lots of football fans
There are lots of metrics that support this fact. Facebook engagement, attendance, ratings, merchandising.
This is a silly chicken/egg argument. They get good game times and network slots because they will deliver good ratings, not the other way around.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago