Next up: SEC vs. Big Ten for the biggest fish in the pond -- Notre Dame
The SEC added Texas and Oklahoma. The Big Ten countered with USC and UCLA. Now, all eyes turn to Notre Dame.
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Will Notre Dame end up in the Big 10 or SEC?
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Oklahoma to the SEC? Southern Cal to the Big 10? Nothing seems obvious anymore. ND to the Big 10 always seemed to be obvious and logical choice, but geography and traditional matchups don't mean anything anymore.
If ND joins the Big 10, it will leave the SEC in the dust as far as revenue is concerned. ND, Michigan, OSU, SoCal in one conference? Not even the SEC can compete with that.
SEC is gonna be going hard after ND.
ND, Miami, Fla St, and Clemson would be the obvious move for SEC and maybe Va Tech and NC St
UF will most likely try to quash this from happening, whether they would be successful or not is another matter.
Agree....that's where the majority of their fanbase is and with the addition of SoCal and UCLA it adds to some of NDs old rivalries being in that conference.
Tennessee,South Carolina,Georgia should squash this move as well.
Yes from way, way back. I believe a President of one of the B1G Universities (Indiana/Purdue maybe?) pretty much blackballed them because it was a Catholic school.
ND will take what they think is the easiest path to the post season just like FSU did imo. Hello ACC.
If the SEC added two more, I would hope at least one of them would be an eastern type team. If we couldnt get an acc team like say Miami, I'd like to see us make a play for WV. Yeah I know it's not a big tv market but whatever... it would still be a good addition. Plus it would add a spot in the Big12 for a Pac12 team. They should be deleted from the Power 5. That said, I wouldnt mind the other team of the two being Arizona. Just think our next expansion doesnt need to all come from one region.
If the SEC added two more, I would hope at least one of them would be an eastern type team. If we couldnt get an acc team like say Miami, I'd like to see us make a play for WV. Yeah I know it's not a big tv market but whatever... it would still be a good addition. Plus it would add a spot in the Big12 for a Pac12 team. They should be deleted from the Power 5. That said, I wouldnt mind the other team of the two being Arizona. Just think our next expansion doesnt need to all come from one region.
If you subscribe to the theory that this conference expansion is being pushed by the 2 TV power brokers Fox vs ESPN, then here is something to ponder.
Both Finebaum and Kirk Herbstreet, faces for ESPN, declared the SEC should pick up Miami. Hmm.
Both Finebaum and Kirk Herbstreet, faces for ESPN, declared the SEC should pick up Miami. Hmm.
WADR, and basically JMHO, Not gonna happen...
"Which means basically if you don’t understand what we are talking about that if school X of the ACC decided that hey I am going to go join the SEC or the Big Ten or whatever I am out of here. Your media rights between now and 2035-36 belong in the Atlantic Coast Conference. So all of the money that you are making with that guy over there the league (ACC) keeps,” said Packer."
Packer on the 'trillion dollar question' for the ACC...
That article is from the clemons insider. I refuse to link it here, so Google it if you wish.
The bottom line is simply that The SEC & the Big10 are pretty much calling the plays from here on out. Will/can things change where as certain schools can part ways with certain conferences so as to join other conferences?? I guess we'll see what we'll see as attorneys "get involved" in figuring out what's "agreeably" next.
Just playing Devils Advocate, the ACC Media Rights contract would make it financial suicide for one school to leave on its own. However,
if several schools decide to leave (3-4), then one could assume that caveat changes things considerably. In addition I think it's safe to assume
that every school in the conference has their crack team of lawyers going through that contract line by line looking to find the loophole.
At this point it's anyones guess what happens next.
It could turn into a waiting game, just as it has with Texas and Oklahoma. On that score, if the expanded Big 10 is going to be ready to go in 2024, then the SEC needs to move to get its new teams playing in 2024 as well.
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