Dumbest move by a conference in the “Expansion Era”
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A lot of people will say adding Rutgers and Maryland. But it’s not a coincidence the payouts exploded after adding them.
ACC members buying the bullshit pushed by Swofford and signing the GOR.
Any of the ACC/B1G/PAC10 trusting the other to honor their alliance.
I would change my answer to this if it was a choice
Quit trying to make us think! This is HORT after all.
If you didn't want to think, you should have been a gator. If you didn't want to win, you should have been scUM joining the All Canes Conference.
I now look for the B1G to get Oregon and Washington next to lock down TV markets for the entire West Coast, maybe Colorado as well, and make a play for Notre Dame. [Insert Iowa State joke here.]
Adding Maryland and Rutgers was a brilliant move that secured our conference and ensured we wouldn't be in the same position the Big 12 and pac 12 now faces.
Absolutely serious. Anyone that doesn't think adding those two schools was brilliant is either stupid or clueless. It absolutely was the smartest thing that has been done to ensure the viability of this conference.
The dumbest thing conference-wise was putting numbers in the conference names
ACC schools with grant of rights thru 2036. 😆 🤣 😂
Big 12 jumping with cincy, houston, byu vs poaching pac 12 schools.
The Big 10 adding Neb has been glorious on so many levels.
Starting in 2023, FSU will face UM, Clemson and 'Cuse every year. The other ACC foes will only be faced every other year or something like that.
I didn’t originally put it up because it definitely held the ACC together (other than losing Maryland which was a net win for the ACC as Louisville may be dirty but at least they win in multiple sports regularly) the first time. It’s definitely not a bad decision BY THE CONFERENCE and most of its members no matter how stupid it was for FSU to sign it without concessions on $$$ (ie we should get more now than Wake and Duke). But since several people put it, I added it.
Well, I don’t think I’m stupid or clueless….but I could be wrong. Maybe you’re actually brilliant….
It gave B1G a presence in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast markets. That's a pretty big deal.
I understand, but lets be real, neither Maryland or Rutgers have much of a following. Relatively of course. I mean Rutgers has been dogshit for as long as I can remember. Maryland is at least a decent basketball school.
Yep, the fan in me wanted to vote that, but in reality it's probably one of the better moves on that list.
I mean, owning the huskers the last decade has been nice, so there’s that.
The B1G doesn’t care how many people actually watch Rutgers or Maryland on tv. All they care about is the number of new subscribers to BTN on every basic cable package in New York City, Baltimore, and the DC metro area.
True, still, was Maryland and Rutgers the best they could poach? I mean, cmon…..
The ACC GOR is the runaway winner. The other choices listed are not even in the same league.
The Big Ten is on the brink of signing a TV deal that will pay each member institution 100 mill+ a year no additions hurt the product
The SEC has signed and will negotiate a new deal in a couple of years that will have member institutions receiving over 100 mill+ a year, no additions hurt the product
The ACC signed and extended an ok deal for TWENTY freaking years at the exact time people started talking about how this new streaming thing would change media forever. The powers that be in the ACC placed all their hopes in the ACC Network but failed to secure the largest cable company in the country prior to having people sign away media rights. This is an all-time bad business decision, the ACC is the New Coke of college football
The Big Ten is on the brink of signing a TV deal that will pay each member institution 100 mill+ a year no additions hurt the product
The SEC has signed and will negotiate a new deal in a couple of years that will have member institutions receiving over 100 mill+ a year, no additions hurt the product
The ACC signed and extended an ok deal for TWENTY freaking years at the exact time people started talking about how this new streaming thing would change media forever. The powers that be in the ACC placed all their hopes in the ACC Network but failed to secure the largest cable company in the country prior to having people sign away media rights. This is an all-time bad business decision, the ACC is the New Coke of college football
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Yeesh, I knew nothing about all of this. Clearly the worst by a large margin. I changed my poll choices accordingly.
Wanna join the B10, Noles fans?
It’s about getting the money from every basic cable and entry level streaming package. Millions and millions of people are giving the Big10 schools money that never watch a second of sports.
Maryland and Rutgers was the best move.
Nebraska was the worst.
it’s about the money. Period, end of discussion.
Maryland and Rutgers was the best move.
Nebraska was the worst.
it’s about the money. Period, end of discussion.
Between the two, possibly three (ie an amalgamation of the PAC, Big 12 and ACC remnants becoming a tier 1.5 conference) options, I do think the Big is the best remaining option.
Academically, FSU fits in better with the Big Ten than the SEC. Here’s the football schools academic rankings with the Big in Bold and SEC in italics.
9 Northwestern
14 Vanderbilt
20 UCLA
23 Michigan
27 USC(w)
28 Florida
38 Texas
42 Wisconsin
47 Illinois
48 Georgia
49 Ohio State
49 Purdue
55 FSU
59 Maryland
63 Ped State
63 Rutgers
68 Indiana
68 aTm
68 Minnesota
83 Michigan State
83 Iowa
99 Auburn
103 Tennessee
117 USC(e)
122 Missouri
127 Kentucky
127 Oklahoma
136 Nebraska
148 Alabama
148 Ole Miss
162 Arkansas
172 LSU
196 Mississippi State
And FSU means more to the Big Ten as it adds new markets and access to fertile recruiting grounds while its duplicative to the SEC teams.
I voted for that and the ACC adding teams/killing the Big East. Never should have done that.
It's always a bit weird seeing Joe Paterno in old Big Ten game replays.
