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In this scenario, the two could continue to operate as separate entities, but combine forces for things like in-season tournaments, postseason games, early season scheduling, TV resources, etc. But with the Pac-12 and ACC clearly far behind the SEC and Big Ten already from a revenue standpoint, aligning themselves with one another could be advantageous. Maybe a less ridiculous version of the USC/Stanford idea above. Hell, if you wanted to tack on Kansas State and Iowa State too, it would be even more impressive - though the football product’s basically thrown out the window at that point from a collective culture standpoint.
Would it potentially be fine since there’d arguably be one national basketball conference and then everyone else? Possibly. Are we thrilled about this football result? Not particularly. The resulting men’s conference is 18 teams deep, with over 80 Final Four trips and over 20 national championships. So what about some solution where the ACC decides to bite the bullet on UConn and Kansas football, with West Virginia joining as well. But even USC alone is enough to at least get Notre Dame considering the whole conference membership thing a bit more.įootball obviously drives the bus, but being THE men’s and women’s basketball conference would be worth something, too. Would Stanford go along with this, though? Maybe not. And they’d still be able to play UCLA every year if the Bruins didn’t hold a grudge. An ACC membership gives them a lot of those perks without the sacrifices.
There’s always talk of USC going independent, in part due to how much their own conference despises them. In a post-geographically aligned college football environment, the ACC’s academic bend (more significant than the Big Ten’s without the pomp about it) is a perfect fit for the Pac-12’s at-times disgruntled private institutions. Want Notre to feel more at ease with joining the ACC full-time? How about adding two of their biggest rivals? Meanwhile, it’s basically the “permanent rivals’ setup, just simplified.
So that bumps the number up to six ACC games for the Irish - a reasonable price for them to pay for the ACC continuing to provide them with the best of both worlds. So this format noticeably lacks Notre Dame, but you can basically make them a floating team here (three games), and then have them play another pod as well each season. Pod 5: Clemson, Louisville, Wake Forest.Pod 3: Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia.Pod 2: Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami.
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But the bottom line is, there’s a reality where the superconference era can truly start and they don’t necessarily have to join the ACC as part of that shift.Ĭlearly pods would be a necessarily part of any WVU addition, though, so why not find a way toss Notre Dame into one of those without making them a full member (so still play some games, and also can’t play for a conference title)? ESPN’s David Hale details more about ND’s current situation and why they still seem far off from joining full-time. But even after last year’s taste-test of conference life, the Fighting Irish do seem more emboldened than ever to remain independent. Ideally, adding West Virginia to the ACC includes bringing Notre Dame onboard as well. Add Notre Dame to a pod format, without making them a full member So we look at some of the more ridiculous ideas that are at least worth a look.ġ. But there are far more outrageous solutions the conference can embrace as realignment clearly enters a #BRAND-focused next phase over any sort of TV market or geographic motivation. Rumors both reasonable and unfounded were flying, panic seemed to be setting in for non-SEC fan bases, and every hour provided a new avenue for the story to veer down.įor the ACC, we gave the most obvious suggestion, and the one most have championed the whole time: Add West Virginia.
After last week’s bombshell that Oklahoma and Texas appear likely to join the SEC, the conference realignment internet revved right back up to 2010 levels of wild.
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