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TheOriginalCane said:
Wellll....F$U actually IS running their mouths...the President is a lame former politician. The AD has a booster club background at prior stops, including running the F$U booster club immediately before taking the job. Oh, and he was an AD at Central Michigan.

It's amateur hour over there at F$U. They are leaking like a sieve and yapping like a chihuahua.
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Jonnyblaze said:
Not disagreeing with you. I'm just saying FSU is no closer to getting out than anyone else, despite the saber rattling.

There's also a narrative out there claiming FSU has a standing invite to the B1G. I doubt that seriously.
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The guy who has been putting that narrative out there (@Genetics56) is pretty wired into the B10 administrators. He has a lot of very solid information on this entire P2 realignment ... especially as to B10 interests / desires. Things do change ... and ESPN / SEC might get their act together and grab FSU / Clemson ... but when @Genetics56 states

a). The B10 goal is a national conference
b). The next "tier" to their conference is the "Southern Tier" with potentially as many as 4 ACC programs
c). First two priorities based on viewership (games with 4 million viewers and over since 2012) are FSU / Clemson
then Miami (and ND is included as a scheduling agreement).

I believe he has solid information. The B10 wants those schools, if they could grab 4 today it would most likely be FSU / Clemson / Miami / UNC. BUT the GOR has to be addressed and according to his comments there is a lot of horse trading going on behind the scenes with different media partners. From a tactics standpoint, it probably makes the MOST SENSE to delay, let all 8-9 programs that are seriously interested in getting out get soft commitments on landing spots (B10 / SEC / B12) then with a coordinated effort vote to dissolve the conference a year from now and commence play in 25 or 26 in whatever that landing spot is for the teams involved.
 
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Jonnyblaze said:
Not disagreeing with you. I'm just saying FSU is no closer to getting out than anyone else, despite the saber rattling.

There's also a narrative out there claiming FSU has a standing invite to the B1G. I doubt that seriously.
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That “standing invite” is about as legitimate as the “benefactor” that they supposedly have that’s willing to cover “most” of the $120,000,000 exit fee. They don’t have any leverage and are trying to give the impression that they do.
 
Tony4Miami said:
Everyone remember when B1G allegedly vetted about 10 schools?

FSU & Clemson were not on the list if it was accurate.

All a smoke screen for them to SEC and others to B1G??
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At the time, I believe that the vetting of schools was more in harmony with "AAU schools", which Clemson and F$U are not.

Fox/CBS/NBC have forced the inclusion of Clemson-F$U on viewership grounds, and have really seized the upper ground away from the Big 10 Presidents/ADs when it comes to decision-making.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
At the time, I believe that the vetting of schools was more in harmony with "AAU schools", which Clemson and F$U are not.

Fox/CBS/NBC have forced the inclusion of Clemson-F$U on viewership grounds, and have really seized the upper ground away from the Big 10 Presidents/ADs when it comes to decision-making.
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The media partners also have the ability to negotiate with ESPN and horse trade in the event the ACC isn't dissolved and they want to get 2-4 teams OUT of the ACC. FOX can do that while the B10 presidents cannot. Would be fascinating to know what is really taking place behind closed doors.
 
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Yoyo82 said:
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I just can't imagine the SEC giving up Clemson and FSU. There's nothing left for them, expansion wise, if those programs are gone. They no longer have a regionally dominated conference and the BIG10 becomes truly national. The BIG10 could even go into Texas and grab a a few to diminish that share. If they take FSU, Clemson, and say UNC then they do have a lock on the Southeast market.

I think the BIG10 stuff with FSU/Clemson was leverage to get the SEC to give them whatever it is that they want.
 
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