Genetics has gotten REALLY bad as far as being "anti Miami". He said recently that FOX wouldn't take Miami ... period. The list he just put out:
-Next B10 choices: FSU, ND, A&M, UNC
-Later on: Duke, Stanford, UVA, Clemson, Ga Tech, Missouri
Really don't see ND doing anything outside of a scheduling agreement with the B10 for the time being. Could see FSU + A&M to the B10, with UNC / UVA to the SEC. FSU and A&M would land two huge markets for the B10.
Especially since Joe Echevarria is taking over IMMEDIATELY as acting president while they do a search for the next president. Told to find a job and booted the second he got one.
Well the comment has been made that realignment is all about optimizing media broadcast slots and programming big game matchups. That is what Petitti has done for his entire career.
Three conferences will NOT have equal shares ... that has already been established when the P2 made the CFP payout % for each conference with the SEC and Big10 getting double the amount of the ACC and the Big 12 getting less. Once the ACC no longer has FSU / Clemson their payout will decrease...
One very interesting facet of the "comparative realignment goals" of the Big 10 and SEC is to take a look at the conference commissioner bios of the two:
SEC
Sankey started as an intramural sports director at Utica College, and in 1992 joined the office of the SEC working in compliance. He has...
"Will play defense if necessary" ... as in ... the B10 is out front more aggressively, with a plan to develop a "southern tier" by grabbing key programs from the ACC, and the SEC "target list" is a carbon copy of the B10 priority list. So, the SEC, if forced to do it, will try and keep FSU /...
Hard to say WHO is a top priority when you don't know exactly WHO is making the decision between the media partner and the conference member presidents. As little as 9 months ago all of the scuttlebutt was "FSU & Miami" to the B10. But our chances to the B10 improve significantly with FSU /...
I am saying from everything I read it has Big10 written all over it ... unless the SEC is able to sway them last minute. I really hope they end up in the SEC as that opens space for Miami in the Big 10.
He has really gone on an "anti Miami" rant. Said that even if the B10 goes to 24 FOX has no interest in Miami, there would be more interest in UF or USF. Guy really developed a hard on for Miami ... was ****ed that UM voted after the fact to approve the ACC's action of suing FSU.
GT to the B10 brings in a new geographic market and carriage fees, and a growing state. There is no real solid clue as to program priorities due to the fact that the "decision" isn't made solely by B10 presidents, but FOX carries a lot of weight. To get over 20 now there would be "dilution" as...
Pretty sure what you're going to find is that FSU will announce by 8/15/24. Before OR/WA joined the B10 there was a strong belief that Miami was headed to the B10 for 25/26 along with FSU. OR/WA joining the B10 changed the dynamics of B10 addition candidates / priorities dramatically. And, ND is...
Right ... ND is just standing around waiting to help the leftover ACC teams join up with a bunch of other B12 leftovers to form a "new power conference"!! Believe we should have a RULE to continue this thread ... anybody that brings up adding ND to anything for any reason is banned.
Anybody arguing any differently is only accomplishing adding more pages to this thread ... and we're way behind as FSU's Realignment thread is already at 2300 pages and counting!!