SMU could turn into the top football team in the ACC. FSU and Clemson are
tops now, but once SMU starts throwing around cash they might bump off one of those teams. They are borderline top 25 in the AAC now. Even a haircut share of the ACC money is better than what they are getting now.
Whoever is running things there, either their AD or Prez has his act together. The SMU addition seems to rub people the wrong way more than Stanford and Cal. Some schools just need a better conference affiliation to reach their potential. SMU seems like like one such case.
Looks like we're stuck in the ACC, so we might as well get some more money and have better teams to play. This checks both boxes. I'm no ACC fan, but I'm pretty excited about this, relative to the status quo.
Thread Replies (22)
12-3 vote and SMU will forgo 9 years of ACC TV revenue, Stanford/Cal start
-- icelus
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:23 AM ET
icelus
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09/01/23 10:23 AM ET
So the ACC is giving SMU the ole Big East treatment they gave the Hokies.
-- jdkhokie
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:52 AM ET
jdkhokie
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09/01/23 10:52 AM ET
SMU could turn into the top football team in the ACC. FSU and Clemson are
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-- TDVick
Sep 01, 2023 at 12:09 PM ET
TDVick
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09/01/23 12:09 PM ET
SMU wanted this deal.**
-- VaTechHokiesACC
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:55 AM ET
VaTechHokiesACC
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09/01/23 10:55 AM ET
SMU agreed to it, but would have liked a better deal. Just like VT/Big East
-- marcbvtgm
Sep 01, 2023 at 11:45 AM ET
marcbvtgm
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09/01/23 11:45 AM ET
I think SMU will be the VT addition.
-- Truthahn
Sep 01, 2023 at 11:08 AM ET
Truthahn
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09/01/23 11:08 AM ET
I agree. They could turn into a machine. Lots of Dallas talent. They are
-- TDVick
Sep 01, 2023 at 12:11 PM ET
TDVick
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09/01/23 12:11 PM ET
They are under rated, and now that they can recruit in the "P5", with
-- Big12 guy
Sep 01, 2023 at 11:13 AM ET
Big12 guy
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09/01/23 11:13 AM ET
Think of the new ACC legends just acquired.
-- greygoose
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:52 AM ET
greygoose
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09/01/23 10:52 AM ET
I can't wait for the ACC off season programming on those people.**
-- Truthahn
Sep 01, 2023 at 11:09 AM ET
Truthahn
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09/01/23 11:09 AM ET
Wondering what changed NC State mind?
-- Hokie12thman
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:28 AM ET
Hokie12thman
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09/01/23 10:28 AM ET
Yes. UNC would ditch them in a second**
-- VT ChemE 1986
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:33 AM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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09/01/23 10:33 AM ET
You got that right **
-- VaTechHokiesACC
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:59 AM ET
VaTechHokiesACC
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09/01/23 10:59 AM ET
They aren't arrogant asshats???**
-- Hokebury
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:32 AM ET
Hokebury
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09/01/23 10:32 AM ET
I actually don't know why they voted No in the first place, maybe
-- icelus
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:31 AM ET
icelus
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09/01/23 10:31 AM ET
Likely only UNC saying they were against it!! **
-- VintonHokies
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:31 AM ET
VintonHokies
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09/01/23 10:31 AM ET
I wonder how much UConn would give us?
-- Truthahn
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:24 AM ET
Truthahn
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09/01/23 10:24 AM ET
lol, I am wondering how ACC is going to share this extra $55M/yr. How much
-- icelus
Sep 01, 2023 at 10:30 AM ET
icelus
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09/01/23 10:30 AM ET
Yep, but what happened to the $72 million that was thrown out there?
-- RJHokie
Sep 01, 2023 at 11:52 AM ET
RJHokie
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09/01/23 11:52 AM ET
55M is extra, they said 1M per school just over the extra travel expenses,
-- icelus
Sep 01, 2023 at 12:01 PM ET
icelus
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09/01/23 12:01 PM ET