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When the ACC implodes (and it will) this will directly impact the AAC and UNT football.

This article is dated July 13. It's basically a re-hash of the same article/info, on the same link (glorycolorado.com), from the previous July 11 article. Nothing new. Click bait.

This is the same article posted on GMG last Thursday....2 pages of posts....

https://cbbreview.com/2023/07/11/tbt-2023-bleed-green-team-profile/#google_vignette

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226236658805?itmmeta=01J2ZF5641GKHB24CNM2DBJ2M2&hash=item34acc17475:g:5fIAAOSw3d5mIaep&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwCXMdhiKnLUbj5KuURMz6WBoOm0QvGgdnBZ1NUUDGi3DrOvWU5BOdx2ENh0l8kR%2B1crxkGYpc0uXjbeoPdmCgQAvC4qiGtGbPhwTDDn0eD0%2BSbe3IFhF8KAafj9XI5oRVCKHS5TizI7zt0j51tYAZ%2FaoslT20%2Fbyt6Kq5x%2BMtHT35W1hhVQx3UKnwx6XQ%2FmhwMlF%2FWydTnfMhNPjSC%2BphjNTi9%2FOb1Qiy7jDtnx%2FUWquOLQ%2FxizPD2TjMKoq%2FTFyog%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4rilO-XZA

This is going to affect your school’s conference faster than you think!

I’m sure there were several candidates, but most don’t want their current employer knowing they are applying elsewhere. Once a top candidate is named the others probably withdrew from consideration. Same as for coaching jobs. He was head of a state agency that oversees higher education policy. Probably well connected in Austin. Hopefully that helps UNT at budget time.

L.A. went for height on their roster... 6-7, 6-8, 6-8, 6-9, 6-11, 7-1, 7-1. https://thetournament.com/tbt/teams/la-ignite/

Sankey denies recruiting schools (to keep from litigation), but if you read between the lines... they are waiting for the courts to free Florida St, Clemson, etc.... In the first media days with Texas and Oklahoma as SEC members, Sankey was asked multiple times about the future of the league, and how much he pays attention to the current lawsuits between Florida State, Clemson and the ACC. Judges in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina are currently hearing arguments in those cases. Florida State and Clemson have sued challenging the grant of rights; the ACC has sued those schools to defend the conference. "Our presidents have been clear that I am not going to entangle us in litigation around expansion. So I pay attention, but I'm not engaged in those conversations. The broader implications, obviously if things change, then there's a new level of uncertainty." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40568517/commissioner-greg-sankey-says-sec-not-recruiting-other-schools

Yes, since the 1960's Denton has been hippie-centric. Very similar to the culture and attendance issues at Cal/Berkeley: Slight-Ad-9029 •8mo ago "If we are honest it’s just the modern day student body. Most people I met here do not really care about sports and if they do it’s very surface level nba or nfl. The student body in general truly could not care any less" Also, the Denton town fathers/council didn't/don't want to promote UNT sports over fear it would somehow diminish TWU. If we could be like Jerry Jones, we would move the school to another DFW town that would value us....

It's not accurate regardless. Yes, we need more attendance overall at sporting events. How? Better marketing. More engagement with Denton, DFW, students and alums. It's still more campus-culture based indifference than the product. We have added better opponents in Conference but fail to schedule quality home OOC games in football and men's basketball. They are not attractive enough to fans to make them excited to attend when the football team is sub .500. UTA is the definition of a commuter school. 41,000 students, dropped football because of poor attendance, built new $70m basketball arena, averages 1200 attendance.

This is a false statement. That's like saying UT-Austin is a commuter school because most students commute from somewhere off campus, but in Austin. UNT gets a lot of students that reside in DFW, just because it's close. But UNT has a huge residential dorm community on campus and a ton of apartments and houses close to campus. It's not a commuter school at all like UTA, with little to no dorms on campus.

I hope so. Not a fan of feathers-only helmets...

Right here! Business major. We have historically been a mostly teacher's college, plus music and arts majors, some business and science. We don't have the core of wealthy law, medical, and engineering alums that other university's have.

LOL, you'll never see Notre Dame in the Big12. I assume you meant UNC? If those schools leave, and Stanford/Cal experience the long travel for a couple years in all sports...will the appeal still be there for the ACC? Could they consider a return to a reinvented 10-team PAC again? Better opportunity for them to make the CFP from there, plus less costs.

Here is another Pernetti interview from April 2024. He talks about his views on the expanded CFP, FBS in general, and private equity getting involved with conferences as another revenue source. https://tulsa.rivals.com/news/new-aac-commissioner-says-cfp-expansion-is-encouraging

If it's an employee/employer relationship, then kill the scholarships. Pay them a salary to play (similar to scholarship rate), with the requirement to maintain minimum school hours and grades. Athletes can deduct the cost of education from their salary...books, room, meals, insurance, tutoring, etc....like normal students. So what has changed? Nothing. Next up will be band members and cheerleaders wanting similar.

Excellent!

Washington State Prez says the ACC is in a very similar situation to the PAC...before it was picked apart. If the SEC/B1G take ~4 schools total, then the Big12 could snatch another ~6, leaving the unwanted to either the AAC/MWC/or new PAC. I can see P3 in the future.

CFN: North Texas preview for those who want to compare with S. Alabama... https://collegefootballnews.com/news/2024-north-texas-college-football-preview-key-players-game-schedule-season-predictions#:~:text=North Texas Football Preview 2024%3A Offense,-- The offense had&text=The attack cranked up close,the team a solid starter.

Like $mut, UT-Dallas is not in Dallas either. The University of Texas at Dallas 800 West Campbell Road Richardson, TX 75080-3021

Oregon State, Washington State keep bowl ties from Pac-12 deal The Pac-12 said each of the league's bowl partners will "continue its agreed upon selection process″ among both current and former teams. The conference previously signed six-year bowl agreements that run through 2025. The league has worked with the ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten conferences on the agreements for the Holiday Bowl, Independence Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, LA Bowl, Sun Bowl, Alamo Bowl and the ESPN bowl pool. The Rose Bowl is now part of the College Football Playoff. It will host a quarterfinal and semifinal game in the new 12-team format. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40548476/oregon-state-washington-state-keep-bowl-ties-pac-12-deal

Coit Road and George Bush Tollway near there both have plenty of billboards we could rent.

We should never be playing a Non-D1 team. I don't believe there are not more opportunities with Dl programs to have to settle for Miss Valley and LSU-Shv. Same for playing FCS in football.

The Big12 Commish is not shy about sending invites. They tried to lure Duke basketball already. If the invite makes his conference move up the food chain he will try it.