FSU Football & Clemson Preparing to LEAVE ACC?



A Conference Realignment rumor dropped this week on social media and it delivered a timeline for FSU Football, Clemson, and …

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  1. SEC gets Clemson, FSU and maybe The U and/or NCSt
    B1G gets UNC and UVA maybe Duke if ND commits for the even numbers
    XII gets Pitt, VT, Louisville and one of; The U, GT, NCSt or Duke
    Syracuse, BC, Wake will be left out.

  2. If Clemson leaves the ACC, where over the last 10 years at least they've basically had nothing but Cup Cake competition by compairson, and if they say go to the SEC or Big 10 they'll go from being a dominant top team to a mediocre team at best!

  3. I believe Acc will break down .Everyone will be gone by 2024 or 2025 no exit fee
    Maybe the networks will pay the sec Big 10 and Big 12 a little extra money so acc teams can get out sooner then networks can make more money.

  4. B1G probably has more to gain by grabbing FSU than SEC and while SEC makes more logical ā€œsenseā€, I believe teams like UF will do their best to block FSU.

  5. I would like to see 4 acc teams in Big 12 conference. Louisville Pitt NC State Virginia tech or some other team in the near future.Can the Acc have all early exit fees waived if all teams leave

  6. Nobody is leaving the ACC until the mid 2030s.
    John Swafford screwed the ACC by adding BE teams that havenā€™t accomplished a damn thing in the ACC!

  7. Buckeye fan here. I believe that the 4 + 4 Dissolution Scheme is the probable answer. The B1G, SEC, and the Big 12 should be able to promise a new home for at least eight ACC teams to facilitate the overthrow. I also think an agreement could be reached in a year as opposed to never-ending litigation.

    Iā€™m going to share my perspective as a B1G guy as to which ACC teams might be attractive to us. I think you will be surprised.

    First, you need to understand how the B1G is approaching expansion. Rule #1 is that each deal has to be athletic-dollars additive. That is driven by TV dollars. When the B1G adds a team, every schoolā€™s share of revenue has to increase. For example, Duke has no chance in Hell of being invited to join the B1G.

    The B1G is going to want a recruiting footprint in Florida. We will be coming after FSU. I know you disagree. I suggest you take a look at their new president, who came from Harvard. He has ambitious plans, including achieving AAU status. He is going to want to be in the conference with the nerds not the jocks.

    The University of Miami is a maybe for the B1G. Miami is a major TV market, but UofM is only an R1 school.

    UVA and UNC fit the B1G academic profile, but Iā€™m not sure they can clear the financial hurdle. Their media markets are mediocre at best. FOX will run the numbers, and then we will know. (I have trouble understanding why UNC sees themself as such a valuable asset. Football ā€œdrives the bus.ā€)

    Atlanta is the #5 media market. Georgia Tech might be a ā€œdark horse,ā€ when it comes to receiving an invitation from the B1G.

    Good work on your part. Thank you for putting numbers to the gameplan. This could work.

    Notes:
    The AAU teams in the ACC are UVA, UNC, Duke, GT, and Pitt.
    Dissolution of the ACC would force Notre Dame to review their independent status.

  8. It's not an immediate change. A slow change while not fun to wait for is best because it allows all parties to prepare for monetary gains and losses, scheduling, etc.

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