FSU to B12?

[jvwvu]

The Big 12 has not called FSU or Clemson to prevent lawsuits, this was done by contacts, possibly even one notably to soon be former Big East school Athletic director. ACC can't sue the Big East for recruiting to the Big 12 can they?

Edited May 23, 2012 by jvwvu

[charsibb]

The Big 12 has not called FSU or Clemson to prevent lawsuits, this was done by contacts, possibly even one notably to soon be former Big East school Athletic director. ACC can't sue the Big East for recruiting to the Big 12 can they?

I LOL'd

[Who'sYourData?]

Oops Part II:

UPDATE: Per the Star-Telegram's Stefen Stevenson, Del Conte's comments were a reference to the rumor mill, not confirming school's interest in the Big 12.

Yeah, we are supposed to believe that.

[Who'sYourData?]

Look at this Twitter scenario, my dream come true, in some respects:

Matt Modellâ€@mattmodell

B10 would keep name MT @AdamMSwift @DanWetzel FSU/Mia/GT/Clem to B12, UNC/Duke/Mary/UVA to B10, NCST/VT to SEC looks logical in 4x16 confs

I don't expect all this to happen in the next month or two, but it'd be cool if the ACC died all at once. How funny would it be for Pitt and Syracuse to look up and see they are alone with BC and Wake. I'd vote for the BE then taking BC, Wake and any other school in the nation to leave Pitt and Syracuse for CUSA.

[Triple B]

Oops Part II:

UPDATE: Per the Star-Telegram's Stefen Stevenson, Del Conte's comments were a reference to the rumor mill, not confirming school's interest in the Big 12.

Yeah, we are supposed to believe that.

Oops Part II:

UPDATE: Per the Star-Telegram's Stefen Stevenson, Del Conte's comments were a reference to the rumor mill, not confirming school's interest in the Big 12.

Yeah, we are supposed to believe that.

I'm not believing anything until an official press release ...

[Rizman]

Most of it is made up speculation.

[Joe]

Most of it is made up speculation.

Exactly. Last year the Big 12 was the conference that was going to blow up with teams going everywhere.

In the end only a couple moves from this rumor will happen.

[macphisto]

Big East meet ACC; Pitt and SU is at pucker level 7 right about now

Pitt is actually a higher, if ND does got to Big 12 there partners for 13 & 14 would be either GT or Pitt, imo, so they are working hard right now behind the scenes also to possibly pull a TCU.

Now if **** hits the fan which conference would PItt and Cuse be better off in BE or making the move to ACC.

I say when its done the BE will be the more stable of the two with the better contract in NBC. ACC is going to have to renegotiate with ESPN when its done because if wont be worth what they just signed.

The big plus for the BE could be the TV contract opening they have whereas the ACC is locked in. It would have to be a question of if the remaining schools feel they can do better by bailing. Yet the major drawback for the BE is that it still has that hybrid model. Would remaining ACC schools really want the baggage of GTown, Nova, etc?

I wonder where the legality would be in dissolving the current BE and dissolving the ACC to form a new conference? The BE TV obligations are coming to an end, so I think that's not a problem after next year. The basketball schools could keep the name and even consider expanding - adding schools like Dayton, Xavier, etc to the mix to strengthen their basketball.

If the ACC dissolves, Then the ESPN contract ends since it would be with a non-existent entity. That leaves ESPN with a whole in their TV programming and could set up a different bidding war. Then you start a new conference from the remnants and immediately have decisions to make. Whither Boise State? Do you want to be a continental conference? Could you set up to accommodate someone like BYU and Air Force? You really need to become an all sport conference, IMHO, unless those teams prefer being in west coast conferences for other sports.

I think much would depend on who was left in the ACC and how big everyone else became. ND is going nowhere fast for football, so I doubt any add ons will be leaving any conference soon to go with them.

No idea where any of this will go beyond Clemson and FSU going BXII.

[Who'sYourData?]

Most of it is made up speculation.

Exactly. Last year the Big 12 was the conference that was going to blow up with teams going everywhere.

Yeah, and only eleven teams changed conferences.

[Reliable Source]

Most of it is made up speculation.

Exactly. Last year the Big 12 was the conference that was going to blow up with teams going everywhere.

Yeah, and only eleven teams changed conferences.

Yeah, all that stuff last year was just rank speculation, OU and TX probably weren't really talking to the Pac 12 and MU and TAMU weren't really talking to the SEC and UConn wasn't telling everyone that would listen they wanted into the ACC, Louisville wasn't having senators call the B12 on their behalf, Pitt and Syracuse weren't negotiating behind the backs of their conference partners and WVU wasn't trying to get out out the BE anywhere they could get to. Thank God none of that happened. We are really glad it didn't because it would have really affected us.All that speculation was just that, thank god.

Edited May 24, 2012 by Bullwinkle