That's what Maryland and Rutgers said too. The only way you fill stadiums is by winning and creating buzz.
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Lol. Figures. F’in twitter man. Every time it’s fake.
Well thanks for letting us know that a wvu fan likes wvu more then pitt. Definitely a surprise. Maybe we can get a psu fan to give us his opinion on if he likes his team or Pitt better.
Agree if I do think if there is one 32 team supper league it will lose interest as fans of schools like Pitt Virginia Maryland etc won't have the same interest if their teams aren't involved
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Big Ten went after us. Not that I think we’re the most appealing option, but I’m not entirely impressed by their new commissioner. They seem to be a bit unpredictable in terms of what direction they’ll go.
And I'd rather have 9 national championships and a full set of teeth.
Not to mention leadership that didn't lead us into a evaporating conference in another timezone.
The ACC is contractually obligated to provide ND with 5 opponents a year.
I suspect that USC, Stanford and Navy will still want to schedule ND.
That is 8 games a year baked into ND's schedule.
Can they find four more good/decent opponents a year? I think so.
I didn’t realize your leadership in 2011 was Pittsburgh area cable subscriptions.
AAC or CUSA, their 247 overall ranking kills them. We align perfectly with the no give a crap about good football ACC, it's perfect for our eggheads, so depending on where each person stands , road games to Duke NC STATE, GTECH, WAKE, is our lifeblood
What's even worse, just like the Big East, conference caught again not prepared, ah ah ah , we were just getting ready to add Texas and Ok, like just nest week. Lmao. ACC LEADERSHIP, brings back suing memories of the old Big East, Bucky and Slick Donny Osmond
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Yes, but let me add, Bozik was a horrible AD, but we could come back from him with heavy lifting by all of us, what Nordy and Pedey did, Pitt football will never come back , there is the difference. But Wanny, you know Pedey wife sang with the Pittsburgh Symphony, IDGAF then or now
Look we can talk about the history of hoops, married couples being previously related and lack of teeth but let's stick to FB. The P5 conferences are all going to change due to the move by TX and OK.
Completely agree. Have no idea if it’s happened yet, but B1G inviting Clemson, FSU, Miami and GT makes too much sense. They MUST have a presence in the South and Florida due to recruiting. This is the sort of impetus to have them respond.
Even if it’s the lesser program in ATL, having a share of that market would be meaningful for B1G.
You are panicking over a blog rumor. If there is any meat on this bone the ACC will be pro active.
Panicking? Lol. It's not difficult to figure out what is real and what isn't. I put it out because it is funny. I don't panic about the college football landscape.. Regardless WVU is the only school with a strong football program that makes any geographic sense to add.
None of those ACC schools are joining the B1G.
I've seen Virginia mentioned by some. Anyone who thinks Virginia is going to whore themselves over football money have no clue.
Like I said, have fun in the MAC. Their conference payout will drop to a third of what it was.
They're finished.
But it can be the ACC's long anticipated foray into the desirable crystal meth market.
I guess so. It was the same leadership that turned an invite from your now Big 8 into ACC membership while yours was chasing SEC jackalopes.
While it wouldn’t have been good for Pitt, part of me wished we joined the Big XII when we moved to Kansas City. The road trips would’ve been much easier.. for me that is!
Nobody and I mean NOBODY is more susceptible to fake news than WeaverIsComing
No one should feel secure right now, but I feel better being in the ACC with the GOR through 2036 than I would in being in the B12 or even the Pac. So many moving parts.
The only real counter move within a contiguous geographical footprint that the B10 has is to pull ND, and that isn't happening as long as the ACC sticks together which looks like it pretty much has to for another decade. That may mean the only other real counter, this decade at least, is to rip out the core of the Pac, or do nothing. I can't see the B10 expanding just for expansion sake by adding an B12 remnants. That doesn't make sense to me.
I searched twitter for a troll source post and posted the best one. Your assumption is wrong again..
this is the football board
The ND joining a conference continued chatter is amusing. They’ll never join a conference prior to conference format collapsing in a few years.
B1G adding the 4 schools I previously listed doesn’t make sense from B1G historical sense. However, I truly do think they finally realize that the moves they make must be driven by football. I’ll eat a hat if they invite Kansas. I think it’s possible they could reach out to USC and Oregon but their geographic isolation is a really big issue.
Just because Pitt is a member of ACC, and this is a Pitt board, doesn’t mean that reasonable thoughts can’t be delivered that might be detrimental to Pitt. Who cares? Tons of stuff is detrimental to WVU and I’m very comfortable acknowledging it. I don’t have a need for positive affirmation to make me feel better. What is reasonable? Those schools I listed. Recruiting for B1G is a MAJOR issue. Thamel even listed these schools.
Like it or not, the ACC grant of rights, 3X annual exit fee, and network likely makes it prohibitive for the B10 to raid the ACC this decade. If the GOR ended in 2026, instead of 2036, I might agree with that. Still, I don't think the B10 going south is a good counter for what the SEC is pulling.
I also think the one weakness of the SEC, even with UT and OU, is its geographical isolation. It is still contained largely in the deep south, eschewing the entire north, west coast, and northeast, making it still a regional conference with a relatively limited regional footprint. NASCAR if you will compared to the NFL. Very popular, but mostly regionally compartmentalized. If the B10 moves into the west with big brands like USC, UCLA, and Washington, it becomes a much more national conference than the SEC stretching from coast to coast. If it moves into the Southeast with mediocre football brands like UVA and UNC, I don't see how that does nearly as much for them. Geography on its own isn't as important as it was when they took RU and MD. You want a combination of geography and brand.
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The South is much closer for TOSU and others versus California, etc. It all comes down to recruiting footprint for the B1G. TOSU can recruit anywhere but the others can’t. They must be able to recruit from more than Midwest. Number of recruits in West is significantly less than the South/FLA/TX.
This is perfect opportunity for B1G to finally achieve a hold in the South. The GOR won’t be a detriment if all hell breaks loose. Those are mostly for isolated instances like MD leaving for B1G.
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ESPN owns the Longhorn Network. Rumor is they aren't renewing it.
The GOR probably won’t matter if a conference just completely collapses under the weight of a mass exodus. Like what you’re about to see in the Big 12.
But that isn’t going to happen in the ACC if for no other reason than there isn’t anywhere to mass exodus to for all these schools.
I could see B1G and SEC continuing to add teams. It COULD come from PAC for B1G but geography isolates the PAC so much from all of this. It’s also a very weak conference.
