Honestly my health and my aversion to what’s happened to college sports has kept me away from here for about a year now. I watch the games. I talk to my sources still-but realignment and NIL has almost killed it for me
I’ve also been told that if the SEC has the votes, they will absolutely expel LSU. They have enough votes to put them on a very crippling probation. I don’t want them, but the Big12 would be their most likely landing spot if they were expelled.
There are multiple schools that have already had talks with SEC about replacing LSU if indeed that is where this path takes us. WVU is one of them-But there are two other big 12 schools that have had the same talks, and several ACC schools. I don’t like WVU’s chances.
Eager to silence their critics that are starting to come out of the woodwork, the SEC is speeding up their timeline for additions to the conference. Expect the grant of rights of the ACC to be challenged very publicly and very directly very soon.
It’s a good thing short term for WVU and all other members but hedging our bets on a breakaway with the other power conferences is the riskiest venture in CFB history.
Big12 selling its soul to private equity-it’s been almost 2 years in the making. Reported here first way back when (with TKO at that point). Michigan and USC keep fighting the good fight -but it’s a lost cause. B10 will be next
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We literally have reports coming out about the playoff committee guaranteeing the ACC a spot in the playoff regardless of the outcome of the championship game. Collusion.
Yormark feels that adding Notre Dame as a partial member is a poison pill for any Conference despite heavy support internally from the big 12 athletic directors to pursue that as an option. BY completely sabotaged that effort last night with his statements. Crazy stuff.
In other news-beating the big 10 to the punch, Utah put the final nail in NCAA football by continuing on with private equity after the Big12 passed on it.
Notre Dame is preparing to list damages that they are going to argue the ACC is liable for. I’m assuming this is how they are going to try to get out of the buyout.
On the football side of things, Notre Dame only realistically needs 4 to 6 games a year to fill out their schedule. The big 12 has a large inventory of quality teams to choose from every year that are also needing to schedule games outside of the Conference schedule
West Virginia and Cincinnati leadership are trying to convince the big 12 leadership to propose adding UCONN alongside Notre Dame as partial members if Miami is not on the table
The Big Ten and Notre Dame had already previously worked out the Irish joining as a full member post 2030. At least they thought they had. The immediate souring of the relationship with the ACC may have forced the Irish to show their hand.
The big 12 already has a proposal laid out for adding Gonzaga and Uconn from a while back. If those projections and estimates remain the same, they can potentially offer Notre Dame about $8 to $10 million a year on the next television contract as a partial member.
