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i lived there for three months for work stuff. you are preaching to the choir. the sec exit fee is $0. b10 should call them

also how they weren't scared to come try to compete in the sec

Our mens hoops team is a steaming pile right now, but the rest appear on solid footing, at least until conference play starts in baseball.

They lost Anderson who was very successful there, they will come back at some point.
Bucket loads of hoops talent up there, mostly thug but damn, they can ball.

As far as the SEC move most folks that were around for the last go round have been dreaming of it ever since.
We were blocked for selfish reasons, I guess wanting to leave is also a selfish reason but the SWC was crumbling and we should have split with the pigs.
My gawd that was a great and heated rival, now it is a game.
Hoping that one also comes back but I doubt it with LSU back on the slate.
A&M has plenty of history with SEC schools and it is not a city, the town exists for A&M and when its football season its football season.

think about the annual usc-unc game. would be epic

You mixed up your letters for your Florida team I think.

If ND joined the ACC fully then the ACC would stabilize. Adding ND would allow the ACC to renegotiate their TV contract.

The B10 wants to add two more teams before they renegotiate their TV deal. Preliminary conversations have been had with all of UNC, Duke, UVA, GT, Miami and Syracuse. As soon as the Maryland litigation is resolved, a major push will be made to pull two of them. UNC is #1 on the wish list, but they are probably the hardest to flip. If the B10 can't convince UNC fairly quickly, they will move on to the others with the goal of getting something done in the next 12-18 months.

yes and the next move may tell us what will probably happen overall

The question is what is the endgame for the North Carolina and Virginia schools? If they reject the B10 and the B10 moves on and takes, say, GT and Miami, will the SEC take all four North Carolina schools? Will it take at least three (leaving WF behind)? Same with UVA and VT ... will the SEC take both? If not, the North Carolina and Virginia schools could be left in an ACC that has a very ugly footprint.

ND will never join the ACC in all sports. It's the same flawed logic the BE held onto until it was too late. ND gains nothing by joining the ACC in football and ND is not going to join the ACC to save the ACC. ND couldn't care less about the ACC.

Edit: If the B10 takes GT and Miami, it won't be long before the B12 comes for FSU and that will be all she wrote.

Considering the new playoff system ND NEEDS to join a conference for football. That extra championship game is huge for getting into the top 4 at the end of the season and staying competitive. They will make moves to join for football in the next 8 months. Just watch.