USC & UCLA to B1G by 2024/Conference Expansion/TV contracts thread
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ACC settlement paradox is one of strength and futility, but college sports will eventually tear itself apart
The ACC has bought itself time by settling with Florida State and Clemson, but the writing is on the wall
www.cbssports.com
The CW is big time. What did that contract run? 4-5 hundred at least
These guys are making lemonade out of lemons....rooting for them.
“And the Lord spake, saying, ''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.””
Nice dust-off of a Monty Python classic....kudos!
Between The Holy Grail and Life of Brian they pretty much hit on everything. Its timeless.
Delayed flights, missed meals and little sleep: How college teams adjusted to cross-country travel
How Oregon State baseball and multiple teams at UCLA adapted to new schedules, for better and for worse.
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Pac-12, CBS Sports agree to long-term media rights deal
The Pac-12 announced a five-year deal with CBS Sports on Monday that will see the network handle a significant portion of its football and men’s basketball broadcast rights from 2026-27 through 2030-31.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
Rebuilding Pac-12 reaches deal with CBS for its football and men's basketball games
The Pac-12 struck a media-rights deal with CBS that sets up the network to broadcast a minimum of four football and men’s basketball games per season on its main network and provide a cable and streaming presence for the reconfigured league from 2026-31.
apnews.com
PAC 12 has added Texas State for 2026. Kinda sad to see one of the former great conferences rebuilding with schools that do not field competitive teams in multiple sports. A shell of their former conference.
Interesting article as I thought the ACC settlement deal would keep that conference together for a longer period of time. I was hoping to see the Virginia and Carolina schools eventually join our conference to see our conference go into regional divisions, with an East Coast regional pod that included PSU and some of those schools down south. I have read for quite some time that the UNC faculty prefer the B1G, but the alumni prefer the SEC.
This is interesting. That would create 17 teams in the SEC. Wonder if, as a State University, they would have to (by state legislture)/want to bring NC State with them and end up making it an even 18.
UNC, UVA next to realign?
Lots of heat out there about them being the top two targets for the B1G and/or SEC - both excellent academic fits for the B1G and UNC has been an athletics powerhouse forever. Think they would be smart additions to the B1G; could see that happening and Clemson/FSU maybe bolting for the SEC. Thoughts? Is UVA somehow tied to VA Tech (UNC/NCST for that matter too)? Too soon to expand? Any other attractive candidates? I don't see how regional schools like Pitt survive this.
Lots of heat out there about them being the top two targets for the B1G and/or SEC - both excellent academic fits for the B1G and UNC has been an athletics powerhouse forever. Think they would be smart additions to the B1G; could see that happening and Clemson/FSU maybe bolting for the SEC. Thoughts? Is UVA somehow tied to VA Tech (UNC/NCST for that matter too)? Too soon to expand? Any other attractive candidates? I don't see how regional schools like Pitt survive this.
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With Belicheat at UNC it brings a big name and following to the B1G if they are offered. Still not sure how he will do at UNC.
20-team Big Ten in 2030, Maryland AD says; Notre Dame will not budge on independence
The Big Ten is expanding! Again! Don’t believe me? New Maryland athletic director Jim Smith, in an interview this week with Inside Maryland Sports Radio, was asked how many teams will be in the Big Ten in 2030. “Twenty,” Smith said. The next obvious question is what two teams get called up to...
That’s paywalled, but my guess is Notre Dame is the prize and targeting other ACC teams accelerates that option.20-team Big Ten in 2030, Maryland AD says; Notre Dame will not budge on independence
The Big Ten is expanding! Again! Don’t believe me? New Maryland athletic director Jim Smith, in an interview this week with Inside Maryland Sports Radio, was asked how many teams will be in the Big Ten in 2030. “Twenty,” Smith said. The next obvious question is what two teams get called up to...www.on3.com
Perhaps UVA, UNC or another Mid-Atlantic oddball to make the math work. Could see NC State or GA Tech or Duke.
The real question is can they stop at 20 or do they need to take on more ACC schools to pull this off?
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I would love to see UNC join the B1G, mainly for selfish reasons. I live in Raleigh and having PSU come to Chapel Hill would be great!
Plus, we own unc in men’s hoops.
I think the Big Ten and SEC go to 20
UNC goes to the SEC. Then they fill out the rest with Clemson, Arizona or Arizona State and probably Houston
Notre Dame and UVa to the Big Ten
I think FSU gets left out and then we get some weird ACC/Big XII/Pac whatever merger.
I’m thrilled to see both the ACC and SEC commit to 9 conference games - that was never fair that they played fewer and it has helped to bolster the SEC’s reputation as they played/won games against more cupcakes. I really would like to see the Big Ten also mandate 10 games versus Power 4 teams for all members, something that is theoretically on the books but has been enforced (as illustrated by PSU this year and tOSU and UM in the years they each won the MNC). Probably too late to fix next season though for PSU - though I’d be a fan of just canceling the game vs Temple and scheduling a neutral site game somewhere against a real opponent. Or setting up an away in 2026 and home in 2027 series if we could find someone with openings.
I would rather have NC State. Yeah they aren’t the name, but their fans really care about football, wrestling, etc. With most unc fans the other sports are just filler until basketball starts, even the ones they are really good at.
Houston is a huge market
Why would Florida allow FSU in? I think that's a hard sell