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Yes, which is why it was a no-brainer for SMU and quite honestly and act of brilliance.
Stay in the AAC- get paid $8 million and NEVER get a promotion
Move to the ACC and get paid $20-25 million and be part of the Power club.
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FIFY.
NahâŠthey will get $20-25 million from the ACCN
Considerably more than the $8 million they would have been paid from the AAC had they not made the move.
No brainer to everyone but you!
Weâll see what they end up making post-ACC apocalypse.
they lose nothing for making the move
They 100% would be G5 had they not made this deal and remained in the AAC.
Not certain the ACC will lose its Power status if only 2-4 leave. They didnât remove the Power status of the Big 12 when the non P2 worthy 8 back filled with G5 brands.
Why would the ACC be any different?
Found out that SMU is sending its whole band to Duke this year. Not LâVille, UVA or Stanford. I figured it would be LâVille due to distance. SMUâs closest road game is at Louisville which is 837 miles away. Duke is 330 miles or 5.5 hours farther. Maybe tickets are cheaper at Duke. Great home slate.
Which game will UH send its whole band? TCU? Oklahoma?
A friend plays for Ok State and said that Tulsa is the only game where the whole band is attending. They may also go to TCU and hoped to go to Colorado but the latter is likely too expensive.
Nah, I think they just hate them (I started at A&M, went to all of the games, and donât give a sh*t if A&M and texas ever play again).
They still have bonfire every year, but yeah, canât see it ever being on campus again,
You mean that SMU is sending all 12 members of their band to their game at Duke? What a gig. You get to travel in style while only having to learn to play one song, âSheâll be coming 'round the mountain.â
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Sorry, but SMU in the ACC is such a farce.
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I know our primary focus was always the Big 12 but I wonder, before the UT/OU defection, how seriously Tilman, Renu and crew pursued a spot in the ACC?
Many FSU fans, at the Peach Bowl, welcomed a Houston addition but we always seemed to be Big 12 or Bust!
UH owns Florida State, leading the all time series 13-2-2.
Joining the Big 12 wouldnât hurt Stanfordâs reputation. It would help everybody elseâs.
Before UT/OU left the Big 12, the Power 5 landscape was still the norm. Regionality still mattered.
UH was always Big 12 or bust because that was essentially the only conference that made any sense or would ever consider adding UH (other than the SEC but UH would never get invited to the SEC before UT)
Stanford isnât interested in joining a conference to help other schools, and I donât think that Stanfordâs reputation would ever be in question regardless of the conference they are in.
They simply just prefer to be in a conference with other academically-prestigious schools for which the Big Ten and ACC hold that standard.
Regardless, Stanford does nothing for the Big 12 in terms of TV viewership. They struggled to pack their stadium in the PAC, and most Stanford alumni are going to be fans of Olympic sports, lacrosse, etc. not football despite having some good seasons in their past.
Big 12 canât really place emphasis on academics at this point. Thatâs not the Big 12âs identity.
It wasnât the Secâs reputation until they started adding all the AAU schools from the Big 12. Now, itâs another thing they brag aboutâŠjust like the B1G.
I mean yeah⊠and if they end up grabbing UVA and UNC, then they essentially have the right to brag to be honest.
I donât the the reputation of the SECâs academic prestige can really be questioned and that point. Not only will they have some of the best academic schools in the country, but they still have the best football culture compared to everyone else.
Itâs exactly why I think schools like Michigan and Ohio State will end up joining the SEC, and then the remaining 4-6 schools will join the Big 12, mainly because of the Networkâs demands.
Iâll play alongâŠif the networks want a P2 and the âchoosenâ conferences are the SEC and Big 12, wouldnât it make more sense to move some of the bigger brands to the Big 12 to balance them out instead of stacking all of the blue bloods in one conference?
Well my prediction is way further down the line, but essentially you have 2 problems with the Big Tenâs long term sustainability
- The Big Ten conference values academic pedigree, but the networks do not.
- The Big Tenâs lack of presence in the South is going to pose a problem for the networks, not the conference. Itâs unlikely any school leaves the SEC for the Big Ten