Why Shouldn't the ACC Be Proactive with Expansion?
by furrer4heisman on Apr 19, 2010 12:26 AM EDT
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PrintReports today have the Big Televen expediting its expansion process with the possibility of it becoming as many as a 16-team conference. If that happens, there would probably be dominoes that would affect the ACC. But why wait for the B10 to complete its process before making the move?
If the B10 start to drag its feet with expansion (as it often has in the past), I think the ACC should go out a pursue possible expansion candidates while the B10 lallygags.
Would Rutgers, Pittsburgh, South Florida and West Virginia be willing to join the ACC to make it the first 16-team super conference? Who knows. I know Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun would probably tell us to go fuck ourselves so the Cuse and UConn are unfortunately out, but adding the four I mentioned would make the league more viable for football and get us into the New York market.
Plus it would piss off the Tobacco Road schools, which would be awesome.
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They wont
and Swoffy will do his usual damnedest to piss off and screw over every school not in the state of NC.
Clemson should be proactive themselves and at least engage the SEC
Considering the main goals of conference expansion elsewhere are
1) Adding a championship game
2) Adding new TV markets for increased revenue
I don’t see the ACC benefiting much from adding 4 more schools, most likely in markets that they either already have (south Florida) or are inconsequentially small (West Virginia).
But pissing off Tobacco Road is a noble cause, so I’ll give you that.
if the alternative is losing key members or being left with the pickings when the Big10
expands, then what?
For the record, I dont want further expansion. I do believe the SEC will react if the Big 11 goes to 14-16 teams just to stay ahead moneywise, and that the ACC should begin looking into it.
Adding Schools
First of all there’s no shot USF of WVU get into the ACC so eliminate those options. If they get proactive to go 16 it will be some combination of Syracuse, UConn, Rutgers, Pitt and ND. Those are the only schools that fit our profile. That means more NY, Pittsburgh or the ND brand for TV markets.
Yeah BoYeeEEeeE
by InTheBleachers on Apr 22, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Academics are too important
to the ACC officials. At least 2 of the 4 schools you named are barely better than community college status. Rutgers is a decent school, but I don’t know about Pitt.
If the Big Ten is considering Pitt, then their academics are up to snuff.
by collegegameballs on Apr 19, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Anything to piss off Tobacco Road works for me
Amen to pissing off the status quo in the ACC…Tobacco Road. I wouldn’t want to mess up the current parity in the ACC, but at the same time I argue with anyone who lectures me on the Big East over the ACC that if we had a 16-team uber-conference we’d be just as competitive in basketball if not more so. And in football? Would we send 14 teams to bowls and be the first conference to do that too!?
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