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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Like I’ve been saying for months, the SEC hit the law of unintended consequences head on.

This is as best as we could’ve hoped for a response.

As far as future OOC opponents that have been scheduled that may somehow throw a wrench into the process, those games can be rescheduled out further, spread out, or outright cancelled.

We’re talking peanuts in contract payment penalties versus the income potential that the alliance will provide. Not only that, but the survival of a viable product supersedes any short term contract money that may have to be given up.

Make no mistake: this is a businesss WAR.
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And in this business war, we have the quantity and quality over the SEC.
 
Some additional notes from ESPN:

Sources are telling ESPN that the Pac 12 has been the driving force behind the.

Tuesday's announcement will include mention of a scheduling alliance in football, women's basketball and men's basketball, which will go into effect "as soon as practical," based on existing contracts.

A working group of athletic directors will oversee the scheduling component and strategy. The group includes ADs from the ACC (Clemson's Dan Radakovich, North Carolina's Bubba Cunningham, Syracuse's John Wildhack and Virginia's Carla Williams), the Big Ten (Iowa's Gary Barta, Ohio State's Gene Smith and Penn State's Sandy Barbour) and the Pac-12 (Cal's Jim Knowlton, Oregon's Rob Mullens, Washington State's Pat Chun and USC's Mike Bohn).

From 2022 to 2035, the three leagues already have 68 games scheduled, and the number increases to 103 with Notre Dame, which plays USC, Stanford and five ACC opponents annually.

Future men's and women's basketball schedules will feature more early and midseason games between the leagues, as well as annual events such as the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, which has been held since 1999.
 
Baba Yaga said:
******* Swafford.
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Uh huh.. what a dip****.

IIRC the ACC has a presence in more of the top 50 media markets than any other conference. The problem, even with the alliance, is Texas. The SEC would still have the entire state to themselves.

Somebody needs to jump on Houston. They could be a sleeping giant in a P5 conference.
 
SCarolina Ibis said:
Uh huh.. what a dip****.

IIRC the ACC has a presence in more of the top 50 media markets than any other conference. The problem, even with the alliance, is Texas. The SEC would still have the entire state to themselves.

Somebody needs to jump on Houston. They could be a sleeping giant in a P5 conference.
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I would take Houston & SMU in the ACC in a heartbeat. Fight fire with fire.
 
Hurracanes said:
It’s corruption and concerning. The NCAA and ESPN are in bed with SEC. This needs to stop.
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I wonder could the alliance pull out of the CFP. Or at least threaten too create our own championship amongst the three major conferences. I think the threat of such a thing would make ESPN, the SEC, and the NCAA concede to some demands.
 
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SCarolina Ibis said:
Fck making the schedule more difficult. I think the ACC should copy SEC scheduling.

Never leave the state unless its in our geographical region AND on a neutral field.

Never play home and home games if ACC teams wouldn't likely be favored in both games.

Never let our top teams schedule ooc games they risk being blown out in.

No more warm weather teams traveling to play team in cold weather cities in Nov or cold weather teams playing in warm weather cities in Sept.

And most importantly, ALWAYS schedule 2 FCS teams, one of which must be scheduled for late November by every team in the conference.

The ACC would have multiple 10 win teams too.
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With the alliance in place, we can now start calling them out on their bull****. Florida hasn't played a real OOC road game in probably a decade. Alabama will only play neutral sight games in the south. Let's call em out.
 
Been reported that the Pac 12 doesn't believe any Big 12 schools not named OU or Texas add value. I'm sure Fox and the TV people feel one way but all the Pac-12 would be doing is splitting up the pie and reducing what they get per team. Same for the ACC. What type of value financially does Morgantown add?
 
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dodaniels said:
The SEC doesn't need to play OOC games. For example, Bama can play the following teams on an annual basis:
UGA
UF
LSU
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Auburn (forgot about them)

That's 6 top 25 caliber teams on the schedule alone.
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The gaytors play Bama every year? LOL
 
Everyone is excited about playing usc taint Michigan pedo state etc but more often than not it’ll be Purdue Illinois Washington state Colorado level teams.
 
QuattroCane said:
Until it happens I refuse to believe WVU to the ACC. I see zero upside to it?
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Usually adding a team allows the conference to reopen TV contract negotiations so if that is true of the current ACC deal that alone is a benefit as the new guy can try to fix Swafford mistake
 
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