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

[Empirical Cane]

Drink Wisconsinbly.

 

[TOcane]

um. we struggle w teams with far less talent than we have. there is more talent and better coaching overall in the b10.

And those are the teams we perform better against problem solved. Just kidding, but for real the Big is trash outside 4 teams and we would have a similar record there.

 

[Felonious Monk]

i dont want to leave the ACC. i cant fathom going 5-7 every year

Where would we be if we didn't have these ACC refs looking out for us and had to face fair competition in the B1G?

 

[CaneFan79]

Drink Wisconsinbly.

Yes, Ohio University there..Rufus (famous for KO'ing Brutus about 12 years back) may be the official mascot of Ohio, but everyone knows it is this:

 

[Tony4Canes]

That was quick

 

[Tony4Canes]

 

[Ispyin]

very interesting- thought the whole point was having ND play miami fsu and clemson more regularly, including and in addition to clemson direct deal with ND

 

[Mi.Cane]

very interesting- thought the whole point was having ND play miami fsu and clemson more regularly, including and in addition to clemson direct deal with ND

ND to the B1G ?

 

[LeanMeanOrangeGreen]

ND to the B1G ?

Or FSU to the SEC!?!

Jkjk. But this is probably another byproduct of the ACC adding another conference game. Feels like the 8th time the 2026 and future schedules have changed for ACC teams in the last 4-5 years. We just had to add those teams from the west to further complicate the leagues inevitable demise.

Slightly off-topic, what’s the future of FCS games in relation to realignment? I haven’t seen anything about them going away so I’m assuming nothing, but I wonder if there’s been any talk about axing them. Seems like they’d be more irrelevant now than ever considering everyone and their mother wants to claim conference superiority and boast strength of schedule. Personally I would love to see them go. Need a tuneup game? Play a G5 team or UConn.

 

[CaneinBroward]

Which ACC team is FSU's replacement?

 

[Tony4Canes]

Which ACC team is FSU's replacement?

Not sure unless this was their 4th OOC before the changes

They now have 3 OOC games

 

[CaneinBroward]

Not sure unless this was their 4th OOC before the changes

They now have 3 OOC games

I'm sorry, I meant which ACC team is the replacement for FSU on ND's schedule. They are contracted to play 5 ACC teams each year.

 

[Tony4Canes]

I'm sorry, I meant which ACC team is the replacement for FSU on ND's schedule. They are contracted to play 5 ACC teams each year.

Looks like they have 6 ACC games

 

[Empirical Cane]

Has Auburn cancelled home-n-home with Miami yet?

Interesting ND signed home-n-home with Auburn recently...

 

[Empirical Cane]

Why the Big Ten is losing the college football ratings war

Despite high over-the-air television exposure on multiple networks, the SEC continues to dominate the Big Ten in ratings.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[scane]

Why the Big Ten is losing the college football ratings war

Despite high over-the-air television exposure on multiple networks, the SEC continues to dominate the Big Ten in ratings.

awfulannouncing.com

Maybe adding the most watched team in the ACC would help

Miami leads ACC's new TV ratings-based revenue sharing model

The Miami Hurricanes lead the way in the ACC's new TV ratings-based revenue sharing model through Week 10 of the football season.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Tony4Canes]

Has Auburn cancelled home-n-home with Miami yet?

Interesting ND signed home-n-home with Auburn recently...

Will be very disappointed if it gets canceled

This far in advance I believe is both P4 opponent for both years

 

[Tony4Canes]

Looks like Auburn has their 1 P4 OOC opponent for next several years so no excuses not for Miami to play them

Auburn Football Schedule | Future Schedules

View the Auburn football schedule for the 2025 season, plus future schedules and opponents at FBSchedules.com.

fbschedules.com

 

[Calinative]

can we take that game? I think we're already schedule to play them, but I'd rather play ND twice than have to play GTech, SMU, or Louisville next year... Not even close to joking.

 

[CaneinBroward]

Why the Big Ten is losing the college football ratings war

Despite high over-the-air television exposure on multiple networks, the SEC continues to dominate the Big Ten in ratings.

awfulannouncing.com

Thanks for posting the link. Very interesting.

It says the B1G doesn't care viewership is down on their games because of their current deal, but they better care. The TV networks sure as **** care about viewership and that will have an effect when it comes time for renewal. It could cause a financial crunch, especially when they may be entering into a $2B private equity deal.