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Seems about right. I lean towards 6 wins as I don't think we have done enough in the transfer portal to sure up the defense, nor do I think we will before next season. Going by percentage guesses. FSU - 25%, GSU - 90%, Cuse - 60%, VMI - 100%, LVille - 30%, Duke - 70%, UNC - 40%, ND - 20%, VT -...

UCLA is basically going the same route we did. They are broke so they are hiring a position coach who used to play there. They really need to get the Big 10 money rolling. Right now they don't appear to be a serious football program.

You will have to worry about players choosing to sit out as well. In reality there is no 12 team playoff. You will still have the same small handful of teams that actually have a chance. For potential first round picks on those 8-12 seed teams, how many of them are going to risk 2-3 more games...

I wouldnt bank on those autobids being in place after 2026.

The verbiage in the FSU complaint suggests that there was a contractual trigger for ESPN to exercise the option: Presumably this is in the media rights contract.

When the ACC members agreed to the 2016 rights extension, it was known that upon the launch of the ACC network that ESPN would have to exercise its 9 year option shortly after or walk away. Membership signed the GOR with that knowledge. By extending the option without any consideration from...

They did extend their media rights agreement for 9 years. That we know. What is said in the legal complaint is that they did not guarantee payouts past 2027. Basically ESPN has the media rights to the ACC past 2027 if they choose to have it. It's their choice.

I don't think FSU is referencing the 9 year option as a means of nullifying the GOR as much as they are referencing it for their argument on the ACC's failure to meet their fiduciary responsibility. I don't know if that entire argument holds water. I don't know how anyone determines where the...

Pete Thamel is about as well connected as anyone out there and his expansion rankings go 1. UNC, 2. UVA, 3/4. FSU and Clemson in some order. https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/ncaa-football/college-football-expansion-realignment-big-ten-sec-north-carolina-virginia It may not make...

A completely reasonable approach would be for ESPN to move some of the better ACC teams to the SEC. Let some others go to the Big 10. Refuse the 2025 option, shut down the ACC Network and then negotiate a new deal with whatever remains in the ACC for lower tier content at a much cheaper rate...

I mean if you really want more verification they also discuss it in the latest BOT meeting that you can find on YouTube. They are very clear in those discussions as well. How do you look at this spreadsheet from the legal complaint and think, I'm still not sure what they mean? It's pretty...

No its not. The only reason we know about the option is because FSU leaked it in their legal complaint. This is what they said: Followed by: How are you guys interpreting that as the ACC network? There is nothing anywhere that even hints that the option is for the ACC network.

I'm with you. Lets blow this thing up and get things moving. 12 years in purgatory sounds awful.

UVA would add another state to their foot print, a big state school, an AAU member, and a program fairly solid in many sports other than football currently. Just what the Big 10 typically looks for. We have all of that except the big state school part. We are also a candidate though. What I...

Agree with all of this. There is also the matter of what else is on to consider. Here are two separate years: 2022: GT vs UGA (noon) 2.06M viewers. LSU vs A&M (7pm) 3.92M viewers. 2023: GT vs UGA (7:30pm) 5.33M viewers. LSU vs A&M (noon) 2M viewers What happens at noon? Ohio State vs Michigan...

Here is an example though. LSU vs Missouri. Two top 25 SEC teams. ESPN noon timeslot. 2.37 million viewers. Not too bad, but below Arizona vs USC, and FSU vs VT the same day. Go two weeks later and Missouri plays UGA in the 3:30 CBS timeslot. 7 million viewers. There is obviously a drastic...

Do those teams actually have good individual viewership numbers or are they fortunate enough to play UGA and Alabama in good timeslots on major networks? How do you think Missouri or Arkansas would do ratings wise if half their games were on the ACC network or CW against other teams that don't...

It includes the CW but not the ACC Network. For Duke, they were inflated because they played Notre Dame and because of the week one matchup where they pulled what was at the time a stunning upset over Clemson in a timeslot that unopposed.

Viewership numbers aren't everything. Especially when looked at in a vacuum. The Big 10 didn't add Rutgers, Maryland, or UCLA because of their incredible TV ratings, nor did the SEC add Missouri for that reason. Adding UNC not only raises the profile in several sports, it plants a conference...

UNC and UVA are big state schools in territory that they SEC and Big 10 cannot currently claim. That's the main reason they are attractive. Plus they are fairly good at other sports (both won men's basketball championships recently), great academically, AAU members, etc. They are attractive...