My ideal scenario, but it won't happen.
Those seven schools break away from the ACC. But instead of joining the SEC or Big 10, they form their own conference, add Penn State, Tennessee and Florida. That would make 10 schools, and you could play everybody during the season, and I believe that would allow us to have a conference championship game. If you offered those three schools to join you all at the same time, negotiated a deal with some network, so they knew they financia , that would make a killer conference which might could compete financially, which would be necessary to draw those three schools in. Schools might be motivated to be in a smaller conference where it actually feels like a conference, and where they're not having to fly across the country to play conference members. I think that conference could justify its own network, and a nice financial package. Might even give Florida and Tennessee the opportunity to be relevant again. Would give Penn State the opportunity to escape a conference that's growing too big and moving westward.
** Edited by wwhokie1 at 5/16/2023, 9:16:11 AM
Posted: 05/16/2023 at 09:13 AM ET
Thread Replies (33)
My ideal scenario, but it won't happen.
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-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 09:13 AM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 09:13 AM ET
You're sniffing glue. UT and UF will NEVER leave the SEC.
-- KeithHokie89
May 16, 2023 at 12:35 PM ET
KeithHokie89
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05/16/23 12:35 PM ET
Why not? If the conference could bring in equivalent money, then money
-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 02:16 PM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 02:16 PM ET
He’s on something much stronger than glue……**
-- RJHokie
May 16, 2023 at 12:37 PM ET
RJHokie
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05/16/23 12:37 PM ET
I doubt UF and UT would ever entertain leaving the SEC
-- Victor Tango
May 16, 2023 at 11:43 AM ET
Victor Tango
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05/16/23 11:43 AM ET
Would be better than the current situation, but still not good enough
-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 11:55 AM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 11:55 AM ET
I dunno - it has some big names
-- Brother Griswold
May 16, 2023 at 04:15 PM ET
Brother Griswold
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05/16/23 04:15 PM ET
Is there a 10-team rule for Championship games?
-- Truthahn
May 16, 2023 at 11:42 AM ET
Truthahn
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05/16/23 11:42 AM ET
Another possibility is we’ve reached “peak football.” Some high schools
-- RoswellGAHokie
May 16, 2023 at 09:55 AM ET
RoswellGAHokie
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05/16/23 09:55 AM ET
We may be the exception out here in Katy, TX - apologies if I repeat
-- ValveHokie
May 16, 2023 at 11:23 AM ET
ValveHokie
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05/16/23 11:23 AM ET
That’s correct. Katy’s an exception. **
-- CrystalCoveHokie
May 16, 2023 at 11:36 AM ET
CrystalCoveHokie
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05/16/23 11:36 AM ET
I live in a pretty well-off small town in NE Ohio...
-- mancunian
May 16, 2023 at 10:13 AM ET
mancunian
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05/16/23 10:13 AM ET
Same thing I see here in Orange County NC**
-- HboroughHokie
May 16, 2023 at 04:43 PM ET
HboroughHokie
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05/16/23 04:43 PM ET
Youth football numbers are down...that will have an effect**
-- Tuckahokie
May 16, 2023 at 10:05 AM ET
Tuckahokie
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05/16/23 10:05 AM ET
i feel it has demographics going against it
-- MrBayAreaHokie
May 16, 2023 at 10:03 AM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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05/16/23 10:03 AM ET
Add into that demographic…..
-- CrystalCoveHokie
May 16, 2023 at 10:15 AM ET
CrystalCoveHokie
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05/16/23 10:15 AM ET
NE to South migration is the demographic the MAG7 is chasing, IMO.
-- Truthahn
May 16, 2023 at 11:09 AM ET
Truthahn
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05/16/23 11:09 AM ET
B1G can’t satisfy coast-to-coast members long-term
-- Colonel Jessup
May 16, 2023 at 09:47 AM ET
Colonel Jessup
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05/16/23 09:47 AM ET
Exactly, the BIG is unsustainable, so this is not the end of all this
-- Vienna_Hokie
May 16, 2023 at 11:17 AM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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05/16/23 11:17 AM ET
I'd be curious to know if Bezos has interest
-- VT757to276
May 16, 2023 at 09:47 AM ET
VT757to276
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05/16/23 09:47 AM ET
I think you could execute a real “value buy” for 8 teams each from the
-- Justin Berkley
May 16, 2023 at 10:07 AM ET
Justin Berkley
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05/16/23 10:07 AM ET
Nobody in their right mind is going to voluntarily leave the SEC/B10**
-- HokieNoVA
May 16, 2023 at 09:28 AM ET
HokieNoVA
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05/16/23 09:28 AM ET
If the money is equal they might. Plus, there are other reasons.
-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 09:49 AM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 09:49 AM ET
there is really no such thing as guaranteed money
-- MrBayAreaHokie
May 16, 2023 at 10:06 AM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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05/16/23 10:06 AM ET
Young ended up getting $4.8M of his $40M contract from the usfl**
-- MrBayAreaHokie
May 16, 2023 at 10:09 AM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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05/16/23 10:09 AM ET
Appreciated ww’s creativity, but thought the same thing. **
-- RoswellGAHokie
May 16, 2023 at 09:41 AM ET
RoswellGAHokie
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05/16/23 09:41 AM ET
I"d love to see a return to 10 team conferences
-- obguthr
May 16, 2023 at 09:24 AM ET
obguthr
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05/16/23 09:24 AM ET
everyone wants to move to mega conferences, but there is no evidence they
-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 09:39 AM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 09:39 AM ET
My hope is that B1G and SEC meet the same fate as the WAC circa 1998**
-- obguthr
May 16, 2023 at 10:01 AM ET
obguthr
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05/16/23 10:01 AM ET
I love Fantasy land, there I don't have a job but more money than i know
-- VT Pez4Life
May 16, 2023 at 09:19 AM ET
VT Pez4Life
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05/16/23 09:19 AM ET
Such a simple concept, seems like it would give great results, but college
-- wwhokie1
May 16, 2023 at 09:30 AM ET
wwhokie1
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05/16/23 09:30 AM ET