DukeDev
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This is 100% the biggest problem for ACC - a terrible media rights deal. And ESPN likes to report on it as if they had no hand in it. ESPN could easily fix that but doesn't want to because a) $$ and b) breaking up the ACC would allow SEC to get valuable pieces and ditch the less valuable pieces.
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re: SEC Expansion Target Rankings
Posted by DukeDev on 8/15/26 at 2:03 pm to BreakawayZou83
SEC and B10 are playing different games. Both are chasing $, both believe that comes from viewers - but SEC believes viewers = brands, while B10 believes viewers = strongest team in region/market. ACC cant figure it out - Syracuse is strong in Boston and NYC, but is it stronger than . . . Boston College or even Penn St? SEC has quietly batted eyelashes at UNC, and UNC has blushed and written SEC on its baby blue Nikes. UVa has long been rumored to have mutual attraction with B10 - and remember, B10 has non-athletic requirements such as research $ and academic standing.
Notre Dame believes its brand and Chicago market (still more Catholic of city than people think) means it can stand alone.
Frankly, so many teams/brands like K-State and Iowa State have so little cachet and command no media market - they will be lost.
What would be best for SEC? Do you want to keep B10 out of Texas? Go get Texas Tech as a defensive measure. You want brands? Clemson, Miami, and FSU are better football brands NOW, with two being somewhat questionable/mediocre than Carolina ever was under Mack Brown. [To be clear, i don't pick on UNC - Duke is not a football brand even with Spurrier - Syracuse is much more footbal brand, had Jim Brown, Donovan McNabb, while Duke has had Dave Brown and Daniel Jones].
Let me throw a wild card at yall - Arizona Wildcats. Footprint expansion, great brand.
Notre Dame believes its brand and Chicago market (still more Catholic of city than people think) means it can stand alone.
Frankly, so many teams/brands like K-State and Iowa State have so little cachet and command no media market - they will be lost.
What would be best for SEC? Do you want to keep B10 out of Texas? Go get Texas Tech as a defensive measure. You want brands? Clemson, Miami, and FSU are better football brands NOW, with two being somewhat questionable/mediocre than Carolina ever was under Mack Brown. [To be clear, i don't pick on UNC - Duke is not a football brand even with Spurrier - Syracuse is much more footbal brand, had Jim Brown, Donovan McNabb, while Duke has had Dave Brown and Daniel Jones].
Let me throw a wild card at yall - Arizona Wildcats. Footprint expansion, great brand.
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