Florida State officially leaving ACC?

[emmitt01]

 

[MeanGreen22]

That first AAC/ACC merger meeting gonna be wild. All the AAC schools just gonna be staring at SMU like this

[GoGreenBeans]

12 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

That first AAC/ACC merger meeting gonna be wild. All the AAC schools just gonna be staring at SMU like this

SMU definitely has the Big 12 on speed dial right now, but the thought of them crawling back to the AAC is just too sweet. All that money couldn’t buy them a brain it seems

[GMG_Dallas]

3 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

 

I was moreso thinking this.

 

 

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by GMG_Dallas
Edit to add better link

[NM Green]

SMU will still be in the ACC but it will be a shell of the league they gave themselves up for. New ACC would be BC Syracuse SMU Pitt Wake Tulane Rice USF Memphis Georgia Tech UCONN UMASS 2 others. 

They won’t come back to the AAC but other options include joining the SBC or giving CUSA a presence in the Metroplex again. 

GMG

[DentonStang]

20 hours ago, NM Green said:

SMU will still be in the ACC but it will be a shell of the league they gave themselves up for. New ACC would be BC Syracuse SMU Pitt Wake Tulane Rice USF Memphis Georgia Tech UCONN UMASS 2 others. 

GMG

........this is still a substantial upgrade over AAC in every possible metric. How would that be a bad thing?

"SMU quit their job with us pushing carts at Target to go be a CEO, but then they found out the job is just being a VP.  Dur idiots!  They should have just kept pushing carts with us!"

[GMG_Dallas]

19 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

........this is still a substantial upgrade over AAC in every possible metric. How would that be a bad thing?

"SMU quit their job with us pushing carts at Target to go be a CEO, but then they found out the job is just being a VP.  Dur idiots!  They should have just kept pushing carts with us!"

Not quite the comparison.

"SMU quit their job with us pushing carts at Target to go be a VP at a bankrupt company and now they're about to be unemployed. They'll soon be pushing carts at Kroger."

[Wag Tag]

ACC school will never get into the college playoffs because strength of schedule. With the 3 additions it has made the ACC weaker and more expensive to travel.. Let’s face it there is going to be a P3 or a Chip Kelley model. ACC will become AAC plus after having to raid the AAC, because of exits. SMU didn’t commit the $$$ for this kind of ending.

[NT80]

42 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

........this is still a substantial upgrade over AAC in every possible metric. How would that be a bad thing?

 

Is it really an upgrade when you Pay first-class price to join, but then still get seated in Business class?

[GMG_Dallas]

25 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

ACC school will never get into the college playoffs because strength of schedule. With the 3 additions it has made the ACC weaker and more expensive to travel.. Let’s face it there is going to be a P3 or a Chip Kelley model. ACC will become AAC plus after having to raid the AAC, because of exits. SMU didn’t commit the $$$ for this kind of ending.

This is an extreme take, especially with the 12 team playoff. If FSU, Clemson, and the other big programs succeed in leaving, the new ACC will likely compete with the AAC and MWC for whatever spot the non P3 conference champion will get.

[untphd]

1 hour ago, DentonStang said:

........this is still a substantial upgrade over AAC in every possible metric. How would that be a bad thing?

"SMU quit their job with us pushing carts at Target to go be a CEO, but then they found out the job is just being a VP.  Dur idiots!  They should have just kept pushing carts with us!"

Keep dreaming.

[akriesman]

I would like to see SMU left out in the cold,  However, even without FSU and Clemson, the ACC would easily be the top G? conference unless it completely implodes.

SMU's dreams of being a P? however will be dashed though.

Edited December 24, 2023 by akriesman

[Rudy]

On 12/22/2023 at 8:24 PM, DentonStang said:

FSU comes to Dallas next year.  It's now our Superbowl.

Yeah, but for FSU, you are the new NC State or Wake Forest. 

[Arkstfan]

On 12/22/2023 at 10:44 AM, Hunter Green said:

How long would it take them to make up $572 million dollars.

Word has been that a private equity firm is standing by to hand them the money in exchange for a percentage of revenue.

[BigWillie]

7 hours ago, DentonStang said:

........this is still a substantial upgrade over AAC in every possible metric. How would that be a bad thing?

"SMU quit their job with us pushing carts at Target to go be a CEO, but then they found out the job is just being a VP.  Dur idiots!  They should have just kept pushing carts with us!"

Sure. Justify the millions however you want to make yourself feel better.

[Hunter Green]

Fla. State rips smut. Said it was a bad move to add them to ACC.

https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/12/22/florida-state-rips-smu-mentions-big-12-in-acc-lawsuit/

[UNTLifer]

SMU is the rich kid nobody likes. They threw so much money at it that their new “friends” just couldn’t say no. They act like they like them to their face but talk about them behind their back. They are just the annoying kid who did nothing to earn their spot so Daddy bought it for them. 

[DentonStang]

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

Is it really an upgrade when you Pay first-class price to join, but then still get seated in Business class?

If the only other option was to get left at the airport, then yes, overpaying is the better choice.

AAC is getting left at the airport.  B12 and ACC might be on the plane, might not.  It's worth a shot

[Hunter Green]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

SMU is the rich kid nobody likes. They threw so much money at it that their new “friends” just couldn’t say no. They act like they like them to their face but talk about them behind their back. They are just the annoying kid who did nothing to earn their spot so Daddy bought it for them. 

Exactly right. They weren't invited. They bought themselves in. 

[Wag Tag]

12 hours ago, Hunter Green said:

Fla. State rips smut. Said it was a bad move to add them to ACC.

https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/12/22/florida-state-rips-smu-mentions-big-12-in-acc-lawsuit/

I believe this may be part of the FSU suit strategy. When the ACC was devalued by adding SMU and others,  it also devalued FSU as an institution.

[emmitt01]

16 hours ago, Hunter Green said:

Fla. State rips smut. Said it was a bad move to add them to ACC.

https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/12/22/florida-state-rips-smu-mentions-big-12-in-acc-lawsuit/

I think SMU should remember this and totally take it out on them when they play next year.

 

 

[Rudy]

22 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

I think SMU should remember this and totally take it out on them when they play next year.

 

 

 

I think you meant to say $smut should bend over and totally take it FROM them next year.

[Cougar King]

[97and03]

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

 

I think you meant to say $smut should bend over and totally take it FROM them next year.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

On 12/24/2023 at 9:37 AM, NT80 said:

Is it really an upgrade when you Pay first-class price to join, but then still get seated in Business class?

Perfect analogy. And the genius will still say yes.