This sucks on so many levels.
Not a fan.
Smu is in the middle of Dallas, not exactly easy to get around from point a to point b.
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We are so fucked.
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I don’t like the area and traffic sucks. It’s a lot closer though than Charlottesville to catch a non-rev game. I haven’t been to a non-rev game since I was in school.
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Nice obituary from CBS:
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As weird as this sounds, I’m glad the ACC did this. Will make the future break up easier to swallow. If the ACC as we knew it wasn’t already dead, it is now. When we find a way out of GOR and join BIG or SEC, it will come with a sense of relief, rather than remorse.
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It was all good. Watched us get spanked at Houston too.
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Agree to disagree. Definitely do not see this as a surrender. I mean if we lose Clemson and FSU down the road who were we going to bring in? UConn maybe makes sense but who else? Tulane, USF, Memphis? Cal and Stanford are P5 brands and their additions brought in additional revenue for performance incentives that could help entice one or both to stay. The road to the playoffs will be much easier in the ACC (who will keep it automatic birth). Strange turns might be ahead. But in my view (and I certainly understand the frustration on your side) this kept us alive to be a player in the future.
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Need to replace in n out with whataburger or Tex next
I like that Stanford is in the ACC now, geography be damned.
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I mean are people really super excited at the prospect of going to East Lansing or Starkville? Because that is what most of joining the B1G or SEC would be for us.
The Big XII expanded for stability and went to market for a tv deal early after Houston and the others were added. That put them in position to add PAC refugees after Texas and Oklahoma left. The PAC stood still after losing USC and UCLA and blew up. The ACC would be in the exact same position after FSU, Clemson, and UNC left if they were not pro active.
It is absolutely incredible how conference realignment is spun on message boards and in the media. The ACC has the worst PR.
The Big East is gone, the PAC is gone, and the Big XII lost Texas, Texas A&M, Mizzou, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
We lost MD. How this is spun as the ACC being dumb baffles me. 25 years ago the ACC was short stacked against arguably all of the other major conferences for what was to come in realignment. Still around, we have the GOR, and a linear network. Might as well play it out and try to out last the Big XII.
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Outlasting the Big 12 is lost in all of this for some reason. Through these additions we stay ahead of the Big 12 for now. Down the road maybe we can add Arizona and Utah to bridge the gap a bit.
I hate all of this. Meaning conference shit. ACC was so special back in the day
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Key word Fresh WAS
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I know my brother. Just sad
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If we lose FSU or Clemson? Or UNC for that matter? They are gone. They aren’t gonna accept bringing in $30mm-$50mm a year less than the schools they want to compete with.
This move was to make sure we had 15 teams so espn couldn’t renegotiate the contract.
We just added three teams that have combined for 4 NCAA basketball tournament appearances in the last decade. Absolute bottom feeders. And now we are forced to play them regularly, dragging down our SOS. Unmitigated disaster.
I’m holding on to the fact that we are likely gone too. Bc the ACC is marching straight towards G5 athletics relevancy.
Also hoping Jim Ryan only voted yes because he is the head of the ACC Board of Presidents and felt he had to vote with the majority here and when the time comes he will do right for UVA and jump ship.
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Well, better hope there is room with them in the SEC or Big 10 for us. Otherwise we are stuck in the ACC in which case it’s good for us to be pre filling those spots with P5 teams. This is an insurance policy against the worst case scenario.
Very fargin sad
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Ship sailed 20 years ago Fresh. I wish we could get a reset.
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