MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread(Its still personal)

[hoops156]

If NCSt flipped, then that tells me that they didn't like what they were hearing from either of the real football conferences.

they were banking on the state legislature forcing any conference to take both NC schools. maybe they learned it wont work out that way anymore

 

[Angry Ibis]

But did they really take a vote…. If CIS isn’t there for a vote, did a vote really occur…

 

[Rickd]

Doesn’t change anything in terms of Miami’s conference alignment future.

Just makes it now virtually impossible to dissolve the ACC and leave without the $120M exit fee and a 'cloudy' GOR.

 

[KANE]

they were banking on the state legislature forcing any conference to take both NC schools. maybe they learned it wont work out that way anymore

maybe... but I do know one thing. The ACC was built on basketball, and I bet it was hard for the grey hairs making these decisions, to imagine a future where a Duke-UNC basketball game wouldn't mean a **** thing.

 

[hoops156]

maybe... but I do know one thing. The ACC was built on basketball, and I bet it was hard for the grey hairs making these decisions, to imagine a future where a Duke-UNC basketball game wouldn't mean a **** thing.

well duke unc would still mean something but theyre not tied together like UNC and NCSU (both are public whereas Duke is a private school).

 

[edge]

New members of the ACC. sMU?

Sources: ACC presidents approve expansion, adding Stanford, Cal and SMU to conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is going Pacific.

www.yahoo.com

 

[The U is back to work]

So we are stuck here.

 

[rascon]

So can the ACC now go poach Vanderbilt from SEC and Northwestern from Big 10? Lmao.

 

[KANE]

well duke unc would still mean something but theyre not tied together like UNC and NCSU (both are public whereas Duke is a private school).

Not if UNC and NCst were to leave the conference. That basketball rivalry would be destroyed. That could be why it was important for some to get NCst to flip..... if it was them that actually flipped. Just speculation on my part, though.

 

[hoops156]

New members of the ACC. sMU?

Sources: ACC presidents approve expansion, adding Stanford, Cal and SMU to conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is going Pacific.

www.yahoo.com

its what we knew was going to happen if not for the tragedy at UNC the other day. they got the expansion votes.

 

[hoops156]

I believe we leave the ACC

tbh, im not sure on thtat anymore.

 

[caneworld]

Don’t underestimate UM’s ability to **** this up

Fk'ing up is in the Hecht DNA.... we have watched it for 2 decades.

 

[TriStarCane]

the amount of bloviating in this thread is at absurd levels. Idk why I’m surprised

 

[rascon]

Is it possible those that voted yes think this will work long term, especially if FSU and Clemson bolt in the next two years and the conference can then split the exit fees from those schools?

 

[KANE]

So can the ACC now go poach Vanderbilt from SEC and Northwestern from Big 10? Lmao.

Well...... Unless Vandy and NW are kicked to the curb, they ain't going nowhere near the ACC. That would be the very definition of "hustlin backwards". The ONLY thing that can save this **** from sinking, is the one thing that I just can't see happening, and that's for ND to join... and they ain't coming, no time soon. The higher ups of the ACC is just trying to hold on to some power until 2036.

 

[BostonCanes47]

At this point I would add Boise State, Tulane or Memphis, and UCONN to bring it to 20 teams. I’m an idiot but it appears the damage is already done so might as well expand to ensure you’re the #3 conference in front of the big 12

Boise has the football pedigree

UCONN is a top 5/10 men’s college basketball team and they’re improving in football.

Then Tulane or Memphis get the ACC into a new state and both have shown signs of being nationally competitive athletic school in basketball or football.

All contingent if we truly can’t get out of the ACC now

 

[ssvir]

Just makes it now virtually impossible to dissolve the ACC and leave without the $120M exit fee and a 'cloudy' GOR.

It doesn't change that one bit.

 

[Hold My Beer]

X speculation is NCST flipped

Confirmed by Brett McMurphy

Good to know we've aligned ourselves with the likes of Boston College, Syracuse and so on instead of FSU and Clemson.

I feel better already

 

[Tony4Canes]

So, for now, how does a 17-team football schedule look like next year?

IIRC, some said no way ACC expands since they have schedule plans for '24

Definitely schedule SMU-Miami!

 

[ssvir]

A bunch of ill informed dopes putting up complete guesses in here.