IF ACC implodes, could B10 offer ND an ACC like deal & why

IF ACC implodes, could B10 offer ND an ACC like deal & why
by Domerduck (2024-03-21 13:08:43)

wouldn't their TV folks want that? Here's the quick take: Big 10 goes after Miami and UNC and cements its National football footprint while SEC takes Clemson & FSU in their Southern footprint so ACC is done. ESPN has SECN & ACCN so wants to keep as much ND as it can so doesn't care if ND stays in the ACC deal or joins the SEC to get to 19 schools which the SEC has said they'd want ND. Fox & CBS have no ND except B10 home games and NBC/Peacock have B10 and ND home games. Why not those three networks help B10 keep ND football independence with a 5 game B10 deal and get best of both worlds? ND gets B10 for all its other sports instead of ACC and has some similar FB bowl tieins with the B10 for everything but the CFP which ND keeps a similar current deal, but maybe leverage more CFP money for ND.

One downside is B10 would have 21 team Bball conference along with a 20 team football conference. Still I would suggest the Big10 just let the 4 west coast schools go back to the PAC in all sports but football to reduce travel and join OSU/WSU along with Stanford & Cal (who would want out of the ACC with no ND/Miami/UNC/FSU/Clemson) to bring the conference of champions back together in 2026 as well as create some sanity for college athletics. Then the Big 10 would have 17 schools at most for their other sports.

For other sports I'd rather be in a more competitive B10 vs a watered down ACC. Thoughts or am I a crazy west coast old ND Alum who still wants to keep our football independence?

Replies:

If the ACC implodes, NCAA as overseer of FB isn’t far behind - ThreeD 2024-03-22 09:18:29
- That’s murky legally speaking. - usaf_irish 2024-03-22 17:03:27
A naive question about conference affiliation and ND - - tenndomer 2024-03-21 15:12:01
- BTAA (link) - veets 2024-03-22 09:43:02
  - formerly CIC - Emil 2024-03-22 16:07:33
- if I recall correctly - quasimodo 2024-03-21 17:24:47
- My experiences at Clemson would back that goal for ND - rhodyjack 2024-03-21 17:01:23
As an aside, the Athletic thinks FSU is actually - ndstein04 2024-03-21 15:10:01
- Seems plausible - Groundhog 2024-03-21 23:31:23
- It’s the opposite * - acrossdmiddle 2024-03-21 20:52:48
At that point, B1G membership is a fait accompli - El Kabong 2024-03-21 13:23:15
- The pipe dream of building a new conference. - usaf_irish 2024-03-22 16:17:21
- I still can't see a need for FB to join a conference. - Revue Party 2024-03-22 13:31:12
- I belive it's all over but working out the details and that - Mhicil 2024-03-21 20:30:31
- if ND has a decent TV deal, why is any conference needed? - melanzana 2024-03-21 17:27:31
  - For other sports needed. For football not necessary as long - Domerduck 2024-03-21 18:06:42
  - Schedule Quality - Irishbuzz 2024-03-21 17:58:50
    - No chance * - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-21 18:10:10
      - Exactly - Melanzana 2024-03-22 00:02:35
        It's already happened * - Irishbuzz 2024-03-22 19:17:32
        This year’s schedule is of our own doing - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-23 06:56:21
  - Playoff access, which will eventually be throttled * - ndzippy 2024-03-21 17:56:23
    - That's being worked on now. - Mhicil 2024-03-21 20:06:44
      - I thought they considered and ultimately rejected the - tf86 2024-03-22 08:40:54
        Not finalized yet - gordonbombay 2024-03-22 16:03:59
- I think we can justify a game of chicken - ACross 2024-03-21 14:07:23
  - Add Clemson, UGA and Florida - acrossdmiddle 2024-03-22 19:53:04
  - You do realize that roughly the bottom half of your list - tf86 2024-03-22 08:44:46
    - Both Pitt and PSU are on my list - ACross 2024-03-22 09:58:22
  - Spoiler: no one cares about academics at this point. - Wooderson 2024-03-21 20:13:34
    - Ivy league athletes are trying to unionize - jt 2024-03-22 12:54:24
    - Spoiler: you are a mental defective * - ACross 2024-03-22 01:07:08
      - And yet ND was more selective when I got in. - Wooderson 2024-03-22 10:49:03
        I never said WVU was an academic peer, you dummy - ACross 2024-03-22 11:20:10
  - I like this, and football would be just fine - Irish2003 2024-03-21 16:50:37
  - Normally I'd think the Air Force typo was unintentional - VT2ND 2024-03-21 15:35:53
    - It was intentional * - ACross 2024-03-21 16:13:26
    - There’s a vineyard in Colorado Springs he likes - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-21 16:09:06
      - The El Paso Club? * - ACross 2024-03-21 16:14:07
  - Assuming it all blows up - I can't think of a reason why it - SWPaDem 2024-03-21 15:11:47
    - Yeah, I like the idea. But how long has it been since the - cmhirish 2024-03-21 23:03:38
      - We can only hope - SWPaDem 2024-03-21 23:14:20
  - How did West Virginia find its way to that list? - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-21 14:32:57
    - You know you are from West Virginia if your 12 year - Homeboy73 2024-03-21 23:21:52
    - They play pretty good football, and I like the state * - ACross 2024-03-21 15:18:35
      - Wild and Wonderful - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-21 15:53:55
        I disagree - ACross 2024-03-21 16:13:01
        Snob?! You have the boorish manners of a Yalie! * - DawsonMayes871 2024-03-21 16:26:29
        In the words of proud Virginian, Fr. Paul Doyle - manofdillon 2024-03-21 15:57:53
- We are past the point of conference membership mattering - gordonbombay 2024-03-21 14:03:44
  - Agreeance - tf86 2024-03-22 08:49:36
We should have tried this 8 years ago - ACross 2024-03-21 13:14:01
- ND might become prettiest girl who doesn’t get Prom invite * - Frank Drebin 2024-03-21 14:43:22
  - B.S. - ND will always have a seat available. - treisele 2024-03-21 15:27:24
    - imagine the bidding war if that was what ND wanted - irishrock 2024-03-22 11:45:09
  - What does that mean? * - ACross 2024-03-21 15:20:56