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At least one thing is clear now - the whole line that Miami could never have joined the SEC because the in-state school, Florida, would "block" it was a bunch of garbage.... as I said all along.
I was proved 100% right on that point.
A&M tried that tactic and were not able to block UT. Like I said the first time I made the point... where there's money to be made, people will find a way to make it happen.
I don't think they are miles ahead of ****.Hate the SEC but they're just miles ahead of every other conference & give zero *****.
I don't think you can use that transitive logic though. UF may have had enough other teams in the old conference set up to block us.
And too many couch burners.....ACC Presidents do not want "rogue" academic institution WVU (always have had low admissions standards).
Completely ahree and that's the biggest problem. The media has built the SEC up so much and viewed so many conferences as insignificant that you have to build super conferences to match them after this. Pac 10 is stuck they're just slowly dying, Big 10 has OSU so they'll live off of them until they potentially leave but the SEC is so powerful now that they're toxic for everybody elseThe rise of the SEC coincided with the fall of Miami when they started poaching SoFla kids. Bama, LSU and UGA benefit in recruiting from SEC bias - they want to play "big boy ball". You put an SEC patch on Miami's unis and they lose that recruiting advantage.
No way Bama, LSU, UGA and UF are letting Miami in.
We're going to be on the outside looking in when the dust settles unless something crazy happens. For example...
Clemson
Miami
FSU
UNC/VT
Ohio State
PennSt
Michigan
Wisky
MichSt
Nebraska
Oregon
USCw
Washington
ASU/Zona
OkieSt
Baylor/TCU
Convince ND to join if you can and boot MichSt.
You make a football-only super-conference out of that, surround the SEC geographically make it NWO vs WCW 2.0, Saturday Night Wars. Let ESPN bankrupt itself on the SEC media rights while CBS, Amazon etc. bid against each other to cover the only other game in town.
Wishful thinking and yes, I'm drinking before noon.
I'd honestly rather see UCF than freaking WVU in the ACC. UCF has the size and alumni to be something one day and could make a nice new rivalry. Have no interest in WVU vs Miami anymore.
The ACC had been working behind the scenes with Texas and OU, about a move, for the past 3-4 years. A move was supposedly imminent. The SEC news caught the ACC off guardIf Texas and OU had any balls they would join the ACC to compete with the SEC. OK, that may be me just hoping The ACC can pull off a miracle. If the ACC schools said no to that arrangement, they would get what they deserve.
One of the reason Miami's brand is so big is bc they are one of the few brands that have an identity. The bad boys. A lot of ppl can relate no matter what part of the country you're in. What's Bama brand identity? Or Clemson? They don't really have one. ND vs Miami is the best national rivalry imo. "good vs bad". Ppl who aren't fans of either team will tune in.Funny you mention pro wrestling. I was thinking that if the ACC wants to make some real money, it needs to prop up Miami and have us be a major heel again for CFB. Ratings ratings ratings. Rig the schedule to make it so Miami has an easy slate and has an easy path to the expanded playoffs, and encourage players to wear fatigues, kneel during the national anthem, or do anything that will make Fox News anchors foam at the mouth. You can have Notre Dame or Clemson be the babyfaces, but CFB needs a true bad guy. I don't think Bama fits the bill for being a truly hateable team for casual fans, they are just unfeeling machines without distinct personalities. It has to be Miami.
All good things come to an end. People watch college sports because it’s not a corporate cess pool and professional and boring. Anyone not in these super conferences will stop caring quickly and not watch. Look what happened in europe with soccer, nobody wanted a super league.
In this model each SEC team should still have to play 4 tough games each season which means it will be difficult to make it out of that schedule with less than two losses unless you are really **** good. It is the best way to allow the better teams to dodge Bama as much as possible (except Auburn who has to play them every year regardless in the Iron Bowl.) Smart way to keep the less consistent recruiting teams like UF happy but could backfire if the right teams only drop a game or finish undefeated.Two powers, two cupcakes. SEC has its collective crap together. ACC is playing with crayons and a ball of yarn.