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What Will Probably Happen: The ACC will stay in place as is, but that won’t keep everyone from trying to figure out how to steal the star schools. Who might be out there right now for the taking? Cal and Stanford.Īgain, it’s crazy, but academically those two are rock stars, they make it very, very attractive for Notre Dame to join the fun, and even though college football interest is, well, fickle in the Bay Area, it’s still a monster market to totally own.
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What did the Big Ten just do? It raided the Pac-12 to go coast-to-coast with its footprint. – 10 Most Attractive Group of Five School for ExpansionĬrazy Idea That Won’t Work, But … READ … THE … ROOM. Worst Case Scenario: ESPN – or some crafty lawyer – figures out how to blow up the horrible grant of rights deal that locks the schools into their football media deal until 2036, and the SEC and Big Ten have have an epic battle to see who can get North Carolina, and Clemson, Florida State, and Miami. Even so, everything appears to be fine … for now.īest Case Scenario: The ACC vastly improves its long-term media deal, ends its friends with benefits relationship with Notre Dame and puts a ring on it, and gives some thought to West Virginia joining the fun. The SEC is supposedly interested, and the Big Ten isn’t saying anything – but would LOVE North Carolina. What’s Going On? Nothing at the moment, but the rumors are flying. With all that said, what’s going on in realignment? What are the best and worst case scenarios for all the conference expansion options, what’s a crazy idea that might work for each one, and what’s about to happen – maybe? So be warned, while everything below is rooted in reality to some extent … nah. And how about the Sun Belt being the most proactive league of the bunch with Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss being snagged from Conference USA?