Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Gismo]

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One top-level Big 12 school official tells me: "We need 2 more teams to have 4 nonconf games. It would help everybody’s records."

One top-level Big 12 school official tells me: "We need 2 more teams to have 4 nonconf games. It would help everybody’s records."

— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls)

November 19, 2012

[jjlovecub]

Uggghhh I can't stay away from these threads. I hit refresh every 5 min in fear I will miss something. Dumb cause obviously nothing news will be revealed tonight. Bet I hit refresh till at least midnight though.

[Gismo]

https://twitter.com/MHver3

This MHver3 guy is spewing all sorts of specifics... here are some high lights... no idea if he is credible or not... but hey, it's the rumor thread.

MHver3 â€@MHver3

3 votes against adding Uconn, 6 votes against UL currently in ACC. Lobbying could reduce UL votes to 2 against. UM, FSU, BC against Uconn

MHver3 â€@MHver3

@JSi07 yes. Possible unprecedented 20 team conference in the works. If this happens..whispers 2 other power conferences merging.

MHver3 â€@MHver3

I'm getting a very solid "Big 10 not done yet" Florida state may be in the mix as well as Clemson. Both schools have received contact

MHver3 â€@MHver3

Love it!! WVU contacted by ACC officials today!

MHver3 â€@MHver3

Espn practically begging us to swipe UL and USF to prevent the demise of the ACC as legitimate FB conference. MD to Big is fine. GT, UVa too

Edited November 20, 2012 by Gismo

[Gismo]

TomahawkNation: FSU president on $50M exit fee: “If Maryland challenges it, I’ll be watching closely to see if that works.†http://t.co/eJ7ZmAZj

[tampabull]

usf will be fine. all of you are on genshaft but she has the best interest of the university. she has connections.

[tampabull]

big business is all about connections

[jjlovecub]

usf will be fine. all of you are on genshaft but she has the best interest of the university. she has connections.

Priceless

[FatDaddyBull]

I really don't see us being left out in the cold. How terrible would it be if all former aq schools were in the power 5 but USF?

Just on pure numbers I think we find a home in either big 12 or acc, wherever fsu isn't. Miami isn't enough if a Florida presence for the acc, and the big 12 would be adding a market in Florida, which they clearly want in fsu. So I think we're tied to fsu in a backwards way, if that makes sense.

[Triple B]

Uggghhh I can't stay away from these threads. I hit refresh every 5 min in fear I will miss something. Dumb cause obviously nothing news will be revealed tonight. Bet I hit refresh till at least midnight though.

Step ... away ... from ... the ... computer.

[TherapyBull]

Not to throw salt on the gaping wound, but its no longer 2007. The victories against Auburn, West Virginia, Kansas, even the victory against Notre Dame seems like decades ago. What makes us think that USF is such a better option than UCF if the goal is to break into the Florida market? One could argue that we had our chance and did not do anything with it, give the other university a shot. We must face, that at this point we are equal, and UCF built a stadium that can be expanded.

Would a better option be to pair up with them, offer ourselves as a packaged deal to the Big 12 in order to lock up the hole I4 corridor. What about considering taking a reduced revenue sharing rate? All options should be on the table.