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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

caneingville said:
Also the 10:30 game (edit: just realized your 7:30 is our 10:30 so you didn’t leave that out - sorry!!), which I forgot about until I looked up UNC’s schedule to see which games were actually plausible here.

ESPN is already slotted to do the TCU, Cal, and Syracuse games. Charlotte is on ESPN+, and Richmond is on ACCN. (This is per ESPN’s app but I took a screenshot from Google that would fit here since I’m on my phone.)

Pretty safe to say Clemson has a good shot of being on ESPN, possibly UCF too. So there’s seven. And then you have UVA, NC State, Duke, Stanford, and Wake that will probably take up random ACCN slots.

So I think you bring up good points, but given that their schedule sucks, it won’t be too bad. People will tune in for that TCU game to see Belichick (and they are playing each other again next year in Ireland), but they won’t watch Charlotte and Richmond after that. And we have ND that weekend and no other games on at the same time.

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What a pathetic schedule. Don't know how anyone could watch that.
 
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QuattroCane said:
All valid point's I was merely sharing my experience. One of the things I haven't seen discussed is non-revenue sports. IMO this will be a deterrent to Miami going anywhere. I expect us to stay in the ACC or maybe, just maybe go to the Big 12.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a school with Miami's profile with as few sports as we have.
No men's golf(stupid is the nicest thing I can say), softball, men's soccer, women's beach volleyball...
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Tell me more about this beach volleyball...

I am sure you have a blast attending games with your daughter. My cousin really enjoyed the same with both daughters at SEC schools. Enjoy that friend!!!
 
Angry Ibis said:
Fans at games are thinking football, not the full picture.
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QuattroCane said:
All valid point's I was merely sharing my experience. One of the things I haven't seen discussed is non-revenue sports. IMO this will be a deterrent to Miami going anywhere. I expect us to stay in the ACC or maybe, just maybe go to the Big 12.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a school with Miami's profile with as few sports as we have.
No men's golf(stupid is the nicest thing I can say), softball, men's soccer, women's beach volleyball...
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Of course, but the point is that it will be an extremely easy and logical sell to the fans if and when the SEC decides that they want to make it happen. As usual, the SEC dolts will fall in line and drink the kool-aid. (And one of my degrees is from an SEC school; I can say things like this. 🤣)

And non-rev sports have been discussed, particularly in the NIL / House Settlement thread, but it’s been discussed here too. People are concerned.
 
caneingville said:
SEC fans consider themselves to be the dominant basketball conference now, because of ~two years of “history.”

For the conference and network, they want all those new households an additional southern state brings them.

Football-wise, UNC is probably just mediocre enough to for them to claim SEC-quality losses to help ESPN pump them up in the polls without a real challenge.

Solid non-revenue sports.

And academically, they help raise the SEC’s profile quite a bit.

What’s not for the SEC to love?
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The basketball stuff is wild. I live in Atlanta. On Friday, a work colleague was telling me that UNC needs the SEC for basketball to survive.
 
Angry Ibis said:
Clearly this writer studies this thread with all the word wizardry to ensure they are not wrong, even when being wrong...

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Or they have really ****** in-house counsel, and they got to it first! 🤣
 
Angry Ibis said:
Tell me more about this beach volleyball...

I am sure you have a blast attending games with your daughter. My cousin really enjoyed the same with both daughters at SEC schools. Enjoy that friend!!!
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It's gotten pretty big, FIU has a very good team and even FAU fields one, it seems natural, but Miami athletics seem to push against natural.

As for attending the games, it's really a fun experience. I was raised to hate the SEC, but it's refreshing to be able to go to a game and be around a majority of fans who know they are mediocre and still have a good time. Our expectation is so out of whack that it takes away from the experience...at times.
 
Fluffhead said:
The basketball stuff is wild. I live in Atlanta. On Friday, a work colleague was telling me that UNC needs the SEC for basketball to survive.
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That’s right - so do I. I think you told me about a Cuban place here once?

They really do live in their own little bubble. It’s adorable.

QuattroCane said:
As for attending the games, it's really a fun experience. I was raised to hate the SEC, but it's refreshing to be able to go to a game and be around a majority of fans who know they are mediocre and still have a good time. Our expectation is so out of whack that it takes away from the experience...at times.
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FYI, this is NOT an SEC-wide thing, despite what they tell you.
 
QuattroCane said:
It's gotten pretty big, FIU has a very good team and even FAU fields one, it seems natural, but Miami athletics seem to push against natural.

As for attending the games, it's really a fun experience. I was raised to hate the SEC, but it's refreshing to be able to go to a game and be around a majority of fans who know they are mediocre and still have a good time. Our expectation is so out of whack that it takes away from the experience...at times.
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Agreed all around -- and with the lack of other sports as a concern.
 
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Angry Ibis said:
Fans at games are thinking football, not the full picture.
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Meanwhile:

SEC presidents: "We'd love to add UNC, UVA, Duke and Georgia Tech. It would do wonders for how educators and the general public perceive our conference academically."

Sankey: "Couldn't agree more."

ESPN: "Can you imagine the ratings for Miami-Texas or FSU-LSU or Clemson-Tennessee? Those schools would bring a lot of eyeballs and value to the SEC."

Sankey: "Two out of three ain't bad, right?"

SEC coaches: "It's hard enough to win in this league as it is. I'd like to keep my job, but it'll be harder if we keep adding these schools that are serious about winning in football."

Sankey: silence

AD's: "If it generates more dollars for our athletic departments, we are in favor of it. We just don't want Miami."

Sankey:

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Hold My Beer said:
1. ACC departure announcements by June 1, 2026 in time for Fall 2027 exit to new conference homes

2. Canes, ND, Stanford and Cal to the B1G

3. UNC, UVA, FSU, Clemson, NC State, VA Tech, Duke and GA Tech to the SEC

4. Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and BC to the Big XII. SMU to the Big XII or American. Wake to the American

5. SEC gets every school Sankey wants. B1G lands Miami, which most Canes fans want
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I’m sticking to my FSU to Big X still. Stanford to Big X is a strong possibility but Cal has no shot.
 
caneingville said:
That’s right - so do I. I think you told me about a Cuban place here once?

They really do live in their own little bubble. It’s adorable.


FYI, this is NOT an SEC-wide thing, despite what they tell you.
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Never said they did, again, this is my experience ****, I know that's not what it's like in Gainesville
 
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QuattroCane said:
All valid point's I was merely sharing my experience. One of the things I haven't seen discussed is non-revenue sports. IMO this will be a deterrent to Miami going anywhere. I expect us to stay in the ACC or maybe, just maybe go to the Big 12.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a school with Miami's profile with as few sports as we have.
No men's golf(stupid is the nicest thing I can say), softball, men's soccer, women's beach volleyball...
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lacrosse... hockey

Both sports played across the BIG
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
lacrosse... hockey

Both sports played across the BIG
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Oh and gymnastics...
Considering the surge of hockey and the pretty successful club team, it would be funny if Miami decided to field a team.
As for lacrosse, I know two kids that are both going to Miami and are successful HS lacrosse players, I can only imagine the number of players already on campus.
I also understand some of the reasons we don't field more teams. I think that will be a major hindrance to moving.
 
QuattroCane said:
Oh and gymnastics...
Considering the surge of hockey and the pretty successful club team, it would be funny if Miami decided to field a team.
As for lacrosse, I know two kids that are both going to Miami and are successful HS lacrosse players, I can only imagine the number of players already on campus.
I also understand some of the reasons we don't field more teams. I think that will be a major hindrance to moving.
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The ACC has recently been expanding gymnastics; I would LOVE Miami to have a team as well. Clemson has done well so far with their new team.

Lacrosse also would make sense for Miami with our more national recruiting. The sport isn’t as big in Florida but is up north, and even is getting pretty big here in the south in high school sports.

But you are right. This needs to be done, or plans need to be started. If they are going to keep growing the student population the way they are, then the expansion of additional sports could and SHOULD happen, and that’s why we need a real, full-time AD. One who lives in the same state. It’s not 30 years ago where we had an undergrad population of 4500 students and they still bragged about Greg Louganis at my freshman orientation.
 
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