ACC and PAC are Discussing a Partnership

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CBS Sports has confirmed the ACC and Pac-12 have discussed a ‘loose partnership' that could include 'championship game' in Las Vegas as a way to get ESPN to pay more — http://CBSSports.com

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ACC, Pac-12 discuss 'loose partnership' that could include 'championship game' in Las Vegas

Both conferences, along with the Big 12, are aiming to fortify their membership and increase their media rights revenue
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There is actually a lot to digest here:

1. I would love to know who leaked this gem if it was the PAC or ACC (I'm betting the PAC in an attempt to keep teams from bolting but could it be someone in the ACC trying to undermine the conference?)
2. I wonder when these discussions took place and if the ACC is still considering it because I'm not sure the PAC survives
3. What does this really accomplish because the goal would be to get your best team in the playoff so unless you fail the best you are going to be able to send is your second-best team and if they have a shot at a major bowl would they really pass this up to play in this game?

The SEC and B12 have that game that is played in the Cotton but I'm not sure anyone even pays much attention to it other than its a bowl game and not thought of as anything super special.

This just stinks of desperation and I'm betting the ACC is not happy this broke.
 
I was really hoping that UNLV would become the bottom feeder of the PAC12, and that still might happen, but the PAC will just be the MWC II.
 
acc is trying to get as much revenue as it can.. that extra game would net about 40 mil right?
 
Adding one championship game split 24 ways is not going to do anyone a favor lol
 
This is a short term solution. If this ends up being true, I sure hope Oregon is ready to bounce.

But if this PACC happens, it is a good idea if the ACC and PAC-10 no longer schedule B1G, SEC or even Big12 schools. Just schedule each other and shun the others.

Oregon and Clemson in Vegas would be lit though.
 
OregonDucks said:
This is a short term solution. If this ends up being true, I sure hope Oregon is ready to bounce.

But if this PACC happens, it is a good idea if the ACC and PAC-10 no longer schedule B1G, SEC or even Big12 schools. Just schedule each other and shun the others.

Oregon and Clemson in Vegas would be lit though.
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OregonDucks said:
This is a short term solution. If this ends up being true, I sure hope Oregon is ready to bounce.

But if this PACC happens, it is a good idea if the ACC and PAC-10 no longer schedule B1G, SEC or even Big12 schools. Just schedule each other and shun the others.

Oregon and Clemson in Vegas would be lit though.
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That is a great way to get ACC teams to defect. Gone is Louisville-Kentucky, Florida-FSU, Georgia-Georgia Tech, and Clemson-South Carolina annual rivalry games plus tons of other great OOC matchups.
 
OregonDucks said:
This is a short term solution. If this ends up being true, I sure hope Oregon is ready to bounce.

But if this PACC happens, it is a good idea if the ACC and PAC-10 no longer schedule B1G, SEC or even Big12 schools. Just schedule each other and shun the others.

Oregon and Clemson in Vegas would be lit though.
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Where are you bouncing to?

Inquiring minds and all....
 
Volbound1700 said:
That is a great way to get ACC teams to defect. Gone is Louisville-Kentucky, Florida-FSU, Georgia-Georgia Tech, and Clemson-South Carolina annual rivalry games plus tons of other great OOC matchups.
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I don't know, I could stand not getting our shit pushed in by Georgia for a few years.
 
Wonder if the ACC pulls a Hail Mary and adds Oregon, UW, Stanford and Cal. Then makes a run at ND, giving them everything they want in negotiations. Probably won’t work but you gotta try something before 2035, right?
 
duckboy33 said:
Wonder if the ACC pulls a Hail Mary and adds Oregon, UW, Stanford and Cal. Then makes a run at ND, giving them everything they want in negotiations. Probably won’t work but you gotta try something before 2035, right?
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I'm hearing Oregon, Washington, Utah and Colorado to the Big 12.

I need a drink.
 
duckboy33 said:
Wonder if the ACC pulls a Hail Mary and adds Oregon, UW, Stanford and Cal. Then makes a run at ND, giving them everything they want in negotiations. Probably won’t work but you gotta try something before 2035, right?
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From a ACC point of view, adding UW and Oregon (possibly Cal and Stanford) would be very nice.
But from a Oregon fan's prospective, do you think moving to the ACC is a good move or do you rather join BIG12 or wait for BIG?
 
TaikoTiger said:
From a ACC point of view, adding UW and Oregon (possibly Cal and Stanford) would be very nice.
But from a Oregon fan's prospective, do you think moving to the ACC is a good move or do you rather join BIG12 or wait for BIG?
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I’d much rather play in the ACC than the Big 12. Especially if the long term play is to try to lure in ND.

Obviously the Big Ten would be Oregons first choice
 
outofyourmind said:
What about the Arizona's
Where do they go.
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If those other 4 move then they will bolt to the B12 immediately.

I have to say, I said about three years ago that the B12 would fold because I totally expected Texas and OU to leave at some point as the conference wasn't sustainable. I would have never guessed that TX and OU would go to the SEC and just assumed the PAC would cherry-pick the B12.

It's crazy to me how things flipped so quickly and its the PAC folding. When you think about it there were strains and a ton of missteps the last 5 years but I don't think the COVID debt reports are wrong and you have to think that was the last straw and UCLA and USC took the B1G as a lifeline to get out of a tough spot. That is exactly why you don't want to live in California, their liberal thinking has seriously damaged college football:

- It has killed the PAC as we knew it
- They were the ones that started this whole NIL nightmare

People joke about Texas but the state of California has eclipsed Texas as the college football boogeyman. If Cal and Stanford don't find homes they will have killed both those programs as well.
 
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