If they do this , then form some kind of allliance with acc to get a better deal maybe, and block any further action by big and sec
USC and UCLA to the Big 10?
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CountryFrog
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Hoosierfrog
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go find an sec board to bother
vicarfrog
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I like where you're going, but I think an alliance puts us on equal footing. Instead of an alliance with ACC, we basically do a "vassal treaty." They're kept alive, but they do our bidding, we get a slice of their pie, and we protect them. But break the treaty, and we will raid them until they become a G-5. I'm talking an old school style.
Palliative Care
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The SEC and the B10 will not care what league you form. When they seek further expansion they will money in hand for whoever they please. Stability only comes when they max out their draws with the networks.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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If this happens and assuming they are in the conference by 2024, by my count TCU will have been conference mates with 41 of the 124 FBS teams since 1990.
McFroggin
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Sounds reasonable but we should pass on Wash State, Oregon State, and Cal. We can pick the top 3 from a broken ACC when it occurs.
TCUdirtbag
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What does Miami bring to the SEC that TCU doesn’t?
Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying TCU a has a shot. But the arguments against TCU (small, private, etc.) seem to apply to Miami, which like TCU may be in a major metro, but one that’s more dominated by the states’ distant but more popular public schools.
So no, I don’t see Miami as a foregone conclusion.
HG73
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Cal is the perfect conference member. Big state school in #6 TV market with great academics and a punching bag on the field. Like Colorado and Arizona. Bring them on.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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If Clemson can get out then FSU and Miami will too. I really don't see any ACC option at this point.
But just speaking hypothetically...if the ACC can break up the GOR, I would think FSU, Clemson and Miami go to the SEC.
B1G would take UNC.
UVA, GT and Syracuse are possibilitiesfor B1G as just bc of academics but I would be surprised if they take any.
NCST might be an option for SEC.
Then, LV, VT and Pitt might be options for the Big 12.
Wake, BC, and Duke might be relegated to the AAC.
Bottom line is the ACC have a millstone around their necks and the B12 really can't sit around and wait for someone to figure out how to bust it up.
I think RN, the B12 has Cougar regret...Houston and BYU...we'll take them but they might get in the way of us getting better institutions.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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Miami's biggest assets are FSU and UF. Funny how 10 years ago, no one in the SEC wanted any more intrastate members and now it's bring it on. Adding FSU as conference members gives Florida a permanent opening in the OOC which they can always use as a home game. Also makes the Miami/UF game an annual rivalry, something it's never been.
Finally, and maybe the biggest, all the SEC fans would love a trip to South Beach. Miami barely fills half their stadium...Bama, UGA, etc can easily bring 20k fans to every game.
Paul in uhh
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I don’t see any way in which Florida allows FSU or Miami into the SEC, much like aggy and UT won’t let tech or TCU in.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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There's so many potentially wild scenarios and I don't think any of them are beyond the scope of possibility. Could woke Cal just decide now's the time to get super woke and drop the barbaric, misogynistic, systematically racist sport of college football? Would Stanford follow suit? They'll play U of Chicago is some weird 3-way annual game for academic superiority.
Oregon St and Wazzoo would go to the MWC...man, what a crazy league that would be.
I can see WVU going to the remnants of the ACC and allowing B12 to take another decent school.
I can see the SEC paying Vandy half a billion to just go away. Same with Rutgers in B1G.
Almost every far-flung scenario makes at least some kind of sense.
What a time to be alive.
Oregon St and Wazzoo would go to the MWC...man, what a crazy league that would be.
I can see WVU going to the remnants of the ACC and allowing B12 to take another decent school.
I can see the SEC paying Vandy half a billion to just go away. Same with Rutgers in B1G.
Almost every far-flung scenario makes at least some kind of sense.
What a time to be alive.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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That's not an apples to oranges comparison. As down as FSU and Miami have been of late they still carry a huge name and are definitely top 25 programs of all-time.
Miami is way more supported by local people in south Florida than tcu is in Fort Worth. It is not even close. Additionally, Miami has national/regional draw based on historic performance and their 20 years of elite level football.
This obviously coming from a die hard tcu fan
The best way for FSU & the U to get relevant again is to join the SEC. Why would UF, Ga or Bama want that? Why help them get back on their feet when they already own the Florida market?
