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re: Maryland AD says B1G will have 20 teams in 2030
Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:24 am to GoGators1995
Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:24 am to GoGators1995
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That's when the real fun begins, if the B10 and SEC start kicking schools out.
I don’t see that ever happening for a ton of reasons, the most obvious of which would be the de-stabilizing effect it would have on the conference that chose to start booting members.
More likely (but still very unlikely) would be the top brands from both the B1G and the SEC leaving to create a new super conference. Akin to what the top soccer clubs in Europe tried a few years ago. I think it would go over like a lead balloon, just like the soccer super league idea did.
There is a limit to folks’ palette for all this conference consolidation/realignment, and I think we’re go to reach the limit when the ACC gets plundered. I genuinely don’t believe we’ll see anymore significant changes to the B1G or SEC after that (aside from the B1G perpetually trying to convince ND to join).
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Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:32 am to BreakawayZou83
If both the BIG and SEC go to 20. That is 8 more added. What schools are worth getting?
West coast has nothing left.
BIG 12. WVA, COLO, OKST, TEX TECH, UTAH
ACC- UNC, UVA, FSU, CLEM, NCST
Non-power 4?????
ND needs to be pushed out if they dont join a conference.
Just go to 2 24 team conferences and a 16 team playoff, 7 from each conference make it and 2 at large.....smaller schools will have trouble keeping the lights on. All power teams are gonna have 9 conference games and 1 power team on the schedule. Not much meat left for paydays.
West coast has nothing left.
BIG 12. WVA, COLO, OKST, TEX TECH, UTAH
ACC- UNC, UVA, FSU, CLEM, NCST
Non-power 4?????
ND needs to be pushed out if they dont join a conference.
Just go to 2 24 team conferences and a 16 team playoff, 7 from each conference make it and 2 at large.....smaller schools will have trouble keeping the lights on. All power teams are gonna have 9 conference games and 1 power team on the schedule. Not much meat left for paydays.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:37 am to BHTiger
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If both the BIG and SEC go to 20. That is 8 more added. What schools are worth getting?
I think you’ll find that the B1G already has 18 members. So it’s six more additions if both go to 20.
I predict that the B1G will add Notre Dame and one of the following: UNC (rumors are they want SEC), Virginia, Miami, FSU (probably SEC).
I predict the SEC will add Clemson, UNC, FSU, and VT or Virginia. Frankly, there are three obvious additions there, and then a fourth school is going to be the lucky rounding error - probably a Virginia school, could be NC State or GT. I could also see the SEC stopping at 18, just adding two of the following three: UNC, Clemson, FSU. Especially when you consider that the SEC has historically expanded by twos.
This post was edited on 8/28/25 at 6:39 am
Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:40 am to 1801
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LMAO - that pretentious conglomerate is gonna have to eat their pride and bring in some non AAU schools if they think they're pulling from Dixie - Tech/Emory in Atlanta
What does this mean? Tech is AAU
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:03 am to Dick Jacket
quote:yes - I listed the AAU schools in the South - but did omit Virginia -
What does this mean? Tech is AAU
if the big ten is gonna get to 20 teams by 2030 and they're targeting Southern schools - the options are limited - that's what it means -
Tech is certainly on the board for the taking if the big ten wants them - there's enough football pedigree along with AAU -
Tech UVA NCU & Duke are the likely targets - but NCU power brokers want the SEC and Duke isn't gonna go anywhere NCU doesn't go - UVA will have to fight the VA legislature to separate from VPI - the big ten already passed on the Bay Area twins - for who? USF UMiami?
big ten may have to swallow its pride re AAU if it wants 4 Southern schools that can play football too -
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:05 am to Dick Jacket
I think the BIG will grab 6 ACC teams and create a Southeast pod
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:45 am to hogcard1964
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SEC will add Florida St, Miami, West Virginia, Va Tech, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, Memphis, Duke, and Virginia.
...within 3 to 4 years.
The SEC will never be larger than 20 schools. Book it. Might even stop at 18 depending how things shake out. West Virginia, Tulane, and Memphis have a 0% chance of getting an SEC invite. Hell, even the current ACC and Big 12 don't want Tulane or Memphis. Duke is extremely unlikely unless the Blue Devils sneak in as the 20th SEC member with UNC as a partner.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 3:48 pm to BreakawayZou83
What have the Mississippi States and Purdues of the world done to earn Big 2 status?
Posted on 8/28/25 at 4:16 pm to hogcard1964
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SEC will add Florida St, Miami, West Virginia, Va Tech, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, Memphis, Duke, and Virginia.
Bolded schools would be net negatives from a revenue standpoint, why would the conference add them?
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:29 pm to 1801
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Then why does each big school make $80M / yr and each SEC school makes $68M?
one conference commissioner opened up TV contract negotiations to the entire market - while Greg Sankey worked exclusively with an existing partner - SEC's most recent TV deal was not given the opportunity to get into a bidding war and end up with an over-inflated deal as the other conference did -
case in point - CBS way over paid the big2t8en for 3rd & 4th choice terrible ratings games that nobody will watch because it did not want to get shut out of CFB Saturdays after Fox and NBC out-maneuvered them - and the real winner was that conference -
Sankey limited what an open market could deliver for the SEC - the difference in $$$ is a result of that - and not which conference - TOP TO BOTTOM - is a better ratings product -
Sankey's not a mercenary - and that's why we ended up with the $$$ disparagement that exists -
Your description of what happened makes Sankey sound like a retard.
Why wouldn’t he maximize revenue and dramatically fall behind his rival?
This post was edited on 8/29/25 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 8/29/25 at 12:57 am to BreakawayZou83
I would guess
ND
Cincy
North Carolina
Colorado
Georgia Tech
Kansas
Duke
Louisville
ND
Cincy
North Carolina
Colorado
Georgia Tech
Kansas
Duke
Louisville
Posted on 8/29/25 at 1:34 am to BreakawayZou83
I'd love to see Virginia and North Carolina in the SEC. Class the joint up a bit.
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