Meanwhile, the big picture of college football expansion unfolds:
At 18 teams, the Big Ten will be the biggest FBS conference once Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA and Washington join next year, but will it be the nation’s best conference?
...Ohio State is the only program outside of the Southeast to win a national championship in the past 17 seasons...
Unlike the Pac-12, the ACC has produced three national champions in the past 10 seasons (Clemson twice and FSU once). Clemson and FSU are ranked preseason top 10. The Big Ten snapping up either of those programs would be a coup...
Then there’s North Carolina, a basketball blueblood with a football program that’s played respectably under Mack Brown. North Carolina is a growing state, and Charlotte headquarters the SEC Network...
Bottom line: The Big Ten’s heist of four Pac-12 schools made it better. However, the adds don’t propel the B1G past the SEC. But, if the ACC were to fracture and the Big Ten outdueled the SEC for some of the ACC's top brands, that would be a fiercer blow.
It was thought that ACC teams would stay put because of the league's air-tight grant of rights agreement that doesn't expire until 2036, but now some schools could be looking for a way out, according to a report from SI insider Ross Dellenger...
Seven current ACC members — Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, Miami, NC State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech — have met in private to determine how unbreakable the conference's current agreement really is...
The deal these schools want out of gives ownership of media rights to the ACC in a deal with ESPN that runs through 2036. If a school leaves, it would have to pay a gigantic exit fee — thought to be around $120 million — to the league, which would also continue to own the TV rights for that school's home games.
SEC football doesn't have to fear the Big Ten – yet. But what if the ACC fractures?
The Big Ten’s heist of key Pac-12 schools made it better, but that didn't push the B1G past the SEC. Plundering top ACC brands would change the outlook, though.
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At 18 teams, the Big Ten will be the biggest FBS conference once Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA and Washington join next year, but will it be the nation’s best conference?
...Ohio State is the only program outside of the Southeast to win a national championship in the past 17 seasons...
Unlike the Pac-12, the ACC has produced three national champions in the past 10 seasons (Clemson twice and FSU once). Clemson and FSU are ranked preseason top 10. The Big Ten snapping up either of those programs would be a coup...
Then there’s North Carolina, a basketball blueblood with a football program that’s played respectably under Mack Brown. North Carolina is a growing state, and Charlotte headquarters the SEC Network...
Bottom line: The Big Ten’s heist of four Pac-12 schools made it better. However, the adds don’t propel the B1G past the SEC. But, if the ACC were to fracture and the Big Ten outdueled the SEC for some of the ACC's top brands, that would be a fiercer blow.
It was thought that ACC teams would stay put because of the league's air-tight grant of rights agreement that doesn't expire until 2036, but now some schools could be looking for a way out, according to a report from SI insider Ross Dellenger...
Seven current ACC members — Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, Miami, NC State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech — have met in private to determine how unbreakable the conference's current agreement really is...
The deal these schools want out of gives ownership of media rights to the ACC in a deal with ESPN that runs through 2036. If a school leaves, it would have to pay a gigantic exit fee — thought to be around $120 million — to the league, which would also continue to own the TV rights for that school's home games.
