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The alliance is a disaster
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:08 am
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:08 am
No meaningful changes ….. only hope that they will work together . Acc is locked into a deal for like 12 years ….. with espn. What were they thinking ?
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Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:09 am to MOJO_ERASER
I think of it more as a voting block, tbh.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:10 am to MOJO_ERASER
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:11 am to higgs_boson
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I think of it more as a voting block, tbh.
Because Ohio State, Duke, and Washington State’s interests are all aligned
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:12 am to allin2010
The alliance is like thinking having 3 carollas in your driveway makes you look as nice as someone with one Porsche.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:12 am to higgs_boson
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I think of it more as a voting block, tbh.
Who needs the expanded playoff more, the SEC or Pac 12?
They will be voting against their own best interest.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:12 am to MOJO_ERASER
A rash decision over football, only to pretend it is not a rash decision over football.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:12 am to higgs_boson
Yes....they will vote against anything that the SEC might be for even if he's in their best interest.
F um.
Hopefully the SEC AD's will revise any games they have scheduled with Big 10 and Pac12. With the addition of UT and OU you don't really need those games.
F um.
Hopefully the SEC AD's will revise any games they have scheduled with Big 10 and Pac12. With the addition of UT and OU you don't really need those games.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:13 am to Draconian Sanctions
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Because Ohio State, Duke, and Washington State’s interests are all aligned
Let's be clear, they will be voting for what is best for the top tier teams of those leagues, not Duke and Washington State.
Just wait until they use that leverage to try and limit SEC teams in any expanded playoff --- that is not for the benefit of fricking Oregon State or Rutgers.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:14 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
Oh yeah, I agree it is a terrible idea. I just think for all practical purposes it is little more than a voting block.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:15 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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Hopefully the SEC AD's will revise any games they have scheduled with Big 10 and Pac12.
That’s dumb. Alabama has games scheduled against Ohio State, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Not to mention series against Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:16 am to MOJO_ERASER
Sour grapes. All three of those conferences are simply jealous that the SEC was able to add Texas and Oklahoma without having to take all their baggage with them (the Longhorn Network, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, etc.). To be clear, any of those three conferences would have done the exact same thing the SEC just did if they had been able to pull it off (and in fact, the PAC tried it in 2010).
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:17 am to MOJO_ERASER
Itll suck and wont move the needle. Though I do think an B1G-PAC12-ACC challenge on 1 weekend every year would be cool
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:19 am to CapstoneGrad06
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That’s dumb. Alabama has games scheduled against Ohio State, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Not to mention series against Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.
So is this whole "alliance" nonsense. It's about to be ratified and so-called experts still aren't sure what it's about.
I'm waiting a little longer to rule out any childish schedule boycotting by this group.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:21 am to Draconian Sanctions
That's a pretty good analogy
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:22 am to higgs_boson
Yea this has much more to do with ESPN/SEC dictating playoff expansion/network deals than it does scheduling games, but the latter could change I suppose.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:22 am to bamameister
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So is this whole "alliance" nonsense. It's about to be ratified and so-called experts still aren't sure what it's about.
Of course. I’ve already stated as much. But boycotting playing them is stupid. College football is better when it’s played in all sectors of the country.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:25 am to MOJO_ERASER
To wait until the ESPN contract expires regarding the playoff scenario makes sense to me. Get more networks in the bid process, if that is possible. I don't understand CBS and NBC not getting involved with college football. I know, I know NBC and Notre Dame but Notre Dame is not the draw they were years ago plus they only broadcast Notre Dame home games which is six or seven a year. It sounded like CBS just walked away from the SEC after the end of their contract without a fight.
The Alliance will definitely try to limit the number of teams from one conference. I fully expect that to happen.
The Alliance will definitely try to limit the number of teams from one conference. I fully expect that to happen.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:28 am to CapstoneGrad06
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Of course. I’ve already stated as much. But boycotting playing them is stupid. College football is better when it’s played in all sectors of the country.
Of course, it is. But I just watched all these voices of reason cancel games needlessly last season and gave themselves no wiggly room to even get their schedule in. I'm not sure these scholars deserve the benefit of the doubt.
The only thing I have gleaned about this move is that they are running scared of the SEC. People who panic do weird stuff.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:29 am to MOJO_ERASER
From CBS Sports; "Talks between the Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 have been described to CBS Sports as a "non-aggression pact" against the SEC after the Big 12 was destabilized following the losses of the Longhorns and Sooners"
WTH? Is Poland gonna be invaded next?
WTH? Is Poland gonna be invaded next?
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