MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

[canefanforlife1]

I would rather go to the SEC. Do you want to be playing Big 10 teams on the road in November? Too much chance of nasty cold and even snowy weather.

This right here is why the SEC should be the only real option

 

[Alex Del Piero]

Jesus Christ, Gary Ferman…

 

[Houtxcane]

I don't see FSU as an academic fit for the B10. If that remains one of the protocols I'd be surprised to see FSU part of a B10 package.

I do think Miami is a much better fit for the B10 than the SEC as far as that goes...

I thought the same until this year. Surprised me when i saw FSU climbing the academic rankings. Unfortunately they are not that far off from us.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

I thought the same until this year. Surprised me when i saw FSU climbing the academic rankings. Unfortunately they are not that far off from us.

You don’t understand the academic rankings you’re looking at , are not actual academic rankings.

 

[Baba Yaga]

Jesus Christ, Gary Ferman…

Ferman may have actually meant what Miami is doing behind the scenes trying to leave the ACC, but this take is hilarious.

 

[TemplarCane]

This post might get overlooked because I’m not a known poster but Dan has strong ties to the SEC. Worked at LSU for years and was supposed to get the AD job but got screwed and took the Tech job instead of waiting around longer. He’s been in the ACC since 2007 so I’m sure he knows where the bodies are buried. He’s also pretty close with Saban.

Regardless, he mentored and groomed Clemson’s AD Graham Neff. Was with him at Tech and brought him to Clemson. I have no doubt they are working closely on this.

FSU is fcked though. They are way down on SEC or B10 wish lists.

FSU can join the Big 12, with UCF

 

[Canes Legacy]

I may be a minority in this but the SEC isn't as amateur as the ACC is. I do not think they will ***** us as bad as the ACC did. A strong Miami only elevates their brand more.

Very reasonable.

 

[1murhurricane]

Who says it is Clemson, it might be ND.....or even FSPoo.. F them all take VT.

It's Clemson

 

[Ispyin]

That’s not an actual academic ranking you’re looking at.

I know what I’m looking at. I’m talking what is most commonly referenced, the us news and world report. Didn’t say its a good gauge but it is USED

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

I know what I’m looking at. I’m talking what is most commonly referenced, the us news and world report. Didn’t say its a good gauge but it is USED

It’s not used by people that take academics seriously.

 

[Cribby]

I posted other day it would be Clemson and Miami off the rip, Then i heard Fsu is trying to jump in with us. Miami and Clemson were always leaving together , they were paired up in this. I still believe it’s the sec.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

I posted other day it would be Clemson and Miami off the rip, Then inheard Fsu is trying to jump in with us. Miami and Clemson were always leaving together , they were paired up in this. I still believe it’s the sec.

I think/hope that both conferences want us, puts us in the best situation.

 

[Houtxcane]

You don’t understand the academic rankings you’re looking at , are not actual academic rankings.

Not sure what you are talking about. If you are talking about prestige or grant funding, may be. Hate to say it, but Miami is also a new kid on the block in terms of prestige. And I am an alum.

 

[Cribby]

This likely happens pretty fast. The announcing and the move. 24 or 25 is where I’d put my money.

 

[Ispyin]

Does Fsu admin have it in them to leave the ACC… I’ve heard they’re admin is weak like ours used to be and they are content.

The administration of FSU will just get pulled along in the momentum of the riptide. They will be fine when it’s all said and done conference wise. As for Mike Norvell well

 

[Rickd]

This is theoretical, but we don’t need to collapse the league by actually leaving, we just need to create instability by announcing that we are. That instability will inevitably result in other schools jumping ship as well, which moves us closer to 1) Getting out of the GR entirely by the conference collapsing (unlikely, IMO) or 2) having multiple other schools who leave and are thus willing and able to negotiate down the GR as a bloc (much more feasible). We announce that we’re leaving and the conference will implode, albeit over the next year or two.

To the original question, once the ACC is dissolved or greatly diminished in negotiating power, we either pay a lesser fee or none at all. Once the conference is defunct, who would we pay?

I recognize that everything I just said was delivered in the coldest, most clinical terms possible. I reiterate that I hate all of this, but nonetheless that’s the path forward.

Miami and Clemson are paired up last I heard.

Paired up in developing an exit strategy from the ACC? Which could mean they go their own way as far as conference affiliation. Or ... going to a new conference as a package?

 

[ChoadCane]

I feel like with the moves the B1G has made, it's less likely they ***** us. This seems to be becoming more of a National conference, with teams out west, Midwest and east coast. Adding teams from the southeast fits the mold. The SEC is more regionalism and I just have this bad feeling we're gonna get screwed over like we have in the ACC.

 

[RVACane]

Jesus Christ, Gary Ferman…

This the dumbest ****. Clemson would rather play Bama and LSU and that group because we’re on the rise??? Lol

 

[Cribby]

Paired up in developing an exit strategy from the ACC? Which could mean they go their own way as far as conference affiliation. Or ... going to a new conference as a package?

Package

 

[Cribby]

This the dumbest ****. Clemson would rather play Bama and LSU and that group because we’re on the rise??? Lol

Especially when they are in the deal with us lol.