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The reason FSU is still in the ACC is because it only sued the conference five weeks ago. Maybe that seems like a long time to an SMU fan because five weeks is 25 percent of the time you've been a member of the conference.

SMU made the cut between the G5 and P5. Now it's the P4 and the ACC is in an existential crisis to avoid it becoming the P3. Good luck buying your way out of that.

The smart money is on Florida State getting out. Once a conference power decides to leave it always happens. I don't see the ACC surviving at the P5 level when FSU and the other big dogs leave. ESPN and Fox Sports want two superconferences. They'll gladly decimate the rest of the P5 to make that happen.

As a CFL fan I don't think Mason Fine has gotten enough of an opportunity. A lot of the time he was brought in, things were hopeless.

From the link: "Does he have a presence? It comes down to one word: Sparkle. Or pizzazz, Or magic." That's three words, you hoser.

That performance gets so much cooler when Toby shows up. Nice of him to use some of his star power to lift up a boy band member trying to make it solo.

There is a limit: nine years. Some of y'all would have booed when Notre Dame put Rudy in the game.

As a UNT fan you have to cultivate an appreciation for bitterness. Nothing goes with a Mean Green game on television like an IPA.

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That would make sense. Before games at Doak, with a frothing horde of 82,000 fans who know how to pregame drink, the presentation on the video boards makes Norvell look like a mix between Bobby Bowden and Jesus. I was ready to run through a wall for him and I didn't even go there.

FSU seems like a top job to me, but winning the ACC undefeated and not making the playoff suggests otherwise. The early predictions for 2024 have a top 12 that's all SEC and Big Ten aside from Notre Dame and 1-2 other teams.

Maybe, but Lanning, Norvell and Sarkisian actively withdrew themselves from consideration. So far the only big name who didn't do that is the Bear Bryant of Sioux Falls, Kalen DeBoer. Sources say he's in negotiations to take the job.

I am bombarded by pro-FSU messaging by being in Tallahassee so much, but my first reaction to this news was that it's a softer penalty than I would've expected for the infractions they committed. FSU self-reported and didn't get a hanging judge. P.s. Not as soft as Michigan's in-season penalty of Jim Harbaugh sitting out a few games while his replacement cried giant blubbery tears after a game, which was weird since Harbaugh was suspended not dead.

The player was Georgia offensive tackle Amarius Mims. Entered the portal, got driven by an assistant coach to the NIL collective head, was offered $15,000 a month, left the portal, stayed at Georgia. Poor lad was traumatized to be offered $180,000 a year. I hope he's recovered.

Add that to the list of reasons not to take that job. Following a legend is rough. The big names who want to coach Bama should wait until his successor gets fired for not being Saban.

It's a good point. The massive salaries and mobility of coaches, along with the enormous TV deals, made the total ban on players making money ridiculous.

Malachi Nelson, the top QB prospect in the 2023 class, is transferring from USC to Boise State. A year ago he switched his commitment from Oklahoma to USC when Lincoln Riley made the same move as head coach. The last line of ESPN's story cracks me up: "With four years of eligibility remaining, he could be a long-term solution for the coaches." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39255802/ex-usc-qb-malachi-nelson-no-1-recruit-2023-picks-boise-st The era of the long-term solution is deader than disco. If he plays well he'll pack his bags. He did not move to Idaho because of a lifelong dream of playing on the smurf turf.

If you're going to cut ties, this is the time of year to do it. Micho Lavine has a lot of time to land somewhere else. We have a lot of time to find alternatives at the position.

Because they can benefit from what FSU is doing without their participation. Until that changes they will keep their powder dry. The Florida attorney general has made a public records request to the ACC for all of its financial, business and membership records related to FSU, including the grant of rights agreement and all contracts and communications with ESPN. Given Florida sunshine laws that's likely to happen, and Clemson and UNC among others will be happy to see those documents. Clemson, Miami, UNC, NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech all met with FSU last spring to discuss breaking the grant of rights because of the growing TV revenue gap between the ACC and other conferences. These seven schools consider the current situation untenable. As a fan I wish the PAC-12 had not been killed and ACC could remain intact, even with SMU as a kid-brother member. I've enjoyed a lot of ACC football living in Florida. There are no examples of a top school in a Power conference declaring their desire to leave and not finding their way out within a few years.

Has ESPN lost more programming than it has gained so far in realignment? It looks to me like the superconferences have enriched both ESPN and Fox Sports by putting the most valuable teams from other conferences into the Power 2. The teams with less value get shunted into worse TV deals.

You sound like the people who were convinced Texas and Oklahoma would never pay to bolt for the SEC. When this all shakes out it won't be financially catastrophic for FSU to leave. It'll be much closer to the $50 million Texas and Oklahoma paid than the outlandish grant of rights penalty. I can understand why an SMU fan would be in the bargaining stage of grief over the ACC. Of course the conference is going to stay intact until 2035! It has to because that's how long it'll be until your school gets full TV revenue! If it falls apart you will have paid a king's ransom to go from G5 TV revenue back to G5 TV revenue. What's going on now between the ACC and FSU -- and by extension Clemson and North Carolina -- isn't actually a court case one side will win and one side will lose. It's a negotiation over the exit fee.

FSU didn't walk away. A year ago they began preparing their attack on the grant of rights and that effort culminated in suing the ACC last month. They were always going to sue. The CFP snub just accelerated the process.

Nothing in the Power 5 happens in 10-year timeframes any more. When FSU proves that the ACC has been taking care of itself over the interests of its biggest schools, the fight will be over. They will be able to leave under much better financial terms. If SMU has the financial means to forego 10 years of TV revenue to join the ACC, FSU has the means to get out of the ACC. Cal and Stanford accepting 30% of conference revenue and SMU accepting no revenue strengthens FSU's legal case. Those three schools are obviously not an improvement to the ACC, or else they would be getting full shares. They were only brought in to help the ACC avoid contract terms that are triggered if it falls below 15 members. ESPN has to decide in February 2025 whether to end the ACC TV deal or extend it to 2036. The ACC has one year to prove it isn't going to be the next PAC-12. For all we know ESPN would rather have a Power 3 of superconferences and a decimated ACC that can only get G5-level TV money going forward.

The NCAA does not permit NIL deals to be tied to on-field performance in any way. https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-bans-performance-based-nil-205541938.html If the NCAA changed this, NIL deals might look like employment and bring a host of new issues to a complicated legal situation. I am all for athletes getting paid but the present situation where some take the money and skip games is terrible for the sport.

I think all the players do the endorsements they get paid for. They just don't get much attention since the endorsement was never the point. Maybe players should have to wear a patch on their jersey for each of their sponsors, like NASCAR.