ND schedules game with Rice in 2026

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If this is the replacement game for USC, if they do pussy out and back out of a game we've been playing for like 100 years, perhaps this will help our SOS since USC has become totally irrelevant, worthless and we own them. Scott Abell would run circles around Lincoln Riley on the sidelines. Pussy.
 
I know this makes no sense right now, but this could be Rice’s first step into eventually joining the ACC.
 
I'm hearing USC wanted/needed to back out due to B1G schedule. In the past USC could take on ND due to weak schedule in Pac 10/12, now in tough conference, they need to schedule down.
 
ericd7633 said:
If this is the replacement game for USC, if they do pussy out and back out of a game we've been playing for like 100 years, perhaps this will help our SOS since USC has become totally irrelevant, worthless and we own them. Scott Abell would run circles around Lincoln Riley on the sidelines. Pussy.
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psaboy said:
I'm hearing USC wanted/needed to back out due to B1G schedule. In the past USC could take on ND due to weak schedule in Pac 10/12, now in tough conference, they need to schedule down.
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Translation: they pussies.
 
Laugh all you want @ericd7633 but there is a real possibility when certain universities bounce from the ACC, the remaining schools (Stanford and Duke leading the charge) may want more academic minded first folks. Rice absolutely fits that description and could be seen as a travel partner for SMU.
 
ralphiewvu said:
Laugh all you want @ericd7633 but there is a real possibility when certain universities bounce from the ACC, the remaining schools (Stanford and Duke leading the charge) may want more academic minded first folks. Rice absolutely fits that description and could be seen as a travel partner for SMU.
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If and when the ACC powers leave, I can't see them adding anything. Maybe USF. If FSU, Clemson and Miami leave, they'll still have 14 football schools (15 overall in other sports). They added Cal, SMU and Stanford for that reason.
 
ericd7633 said:
If and when the ACC powers leave, I can't see them adding anything. Maybe USF. If FSU, Clemson and Miami leave, they'll still have 14 football schools (15 overall in other sports). They added Cal, SMU and Stanford for that reason.
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It makes zero sense for the SEC/B1G or both to add an odd number of teams. Sure if the ACC only loses two they wouldn’t need to add anyone iirc they need 15 for the espn deal to remain the same until 2036. However if they would lose as many as 6, they’d have to add at least 3. That’s where I could see Rice being potentially one.

If I was the ACC and this happened my first calls would be B12 teams like ASU, Utah and TCU.
 
ralphiewvu said:
It makes zero sense for the SEC/B1G or both to add an odd number of teams. Sure if the ACC only loses two they wouldn’t need to add anyone iirc they need 15 for the espn deal to remain the same until 2036. However if they would lose as many as 6, they’d have to add at least 3. That’s where I could see Rice being potentially one.

If I was the ACC and this happened my first calls would be B12 teams like ASU, Utah and TCU.
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If they lose as many as 6, that means the B1G and SEC each have at least 20 teams, and everything goes out the window. Including me really caring at that point.
 
Deep Creek said:
Rice, Stanford, Vandy, Northwestern, etal should have their own conference. Jmo
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I honestly think the ACC may actually try something like this depending on who leaves. Mix good sports with high academics. Obviously they aren’t getting NW or Vandy, however there is some others that could potentially fit this bill. But again, it depends on who remains in the ACC.
 
ericd7633 said:
If they lose as many as 6, that means the B1G and SEC each have at least 20 teams, and everything goes out the window. Including me really caring at that point.
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Great.

I truly expect each to be at 20 by 2031. At that point I’ll be interested to see what the networks want from the ACC and B12. It’s very possible the B12 could get a lesser deal in 2031 while losing no one.
 
ralphiewvu said:
Great.

I truly expect each to be at 20 by 2031. At that point I’ll be interested to see what the networks want from the ACC and B12. It’s very possible the B12 could get a lesser deal in 2031 while losing no one.
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If the ACC loses 6 teams, my guess would be it's FSU, Clemson, Miami, UNC, UL, and for arguments sake let's say GT.

At that point just have Cuse, BC, Pitt and ND move back to the Big East, and go independent for football. Make a scheduling agreement with ND and maybe Uconn for football, which Id be okay with since Pitt and BC are historical rivals of ND.

At that point you're left with UVA, VT, Wake, Duke, NC State, SMU, Cal, Stanford. And you're basically the new P12 from a football perspective with great potential in basketball. If you think VT goes in place of GT, I can see that, but in the grand scheme still doesn't change much.
 
ericd7633 said:
If the ACC loses 6 teams, my guess would be it's FSU, Clemson, Miami, UNC, UL, and for arguments sake let's say GT.

At that point just have Cuse, BC, Pitt and ND move back to the Big East, and go independent for football. Make a scheduling agreement with ND and maybe Uconn for football, which Id be okay with since Pitt and BC are historical rivals of ND.

At that point you're left with UVA, VT, Wake, Duke, NC State, SMU, Cal, Stanford. And you're basically the new P12 from a football perspective with great potential in basketball. If you think VT goes in place of GT, I can see that, but in the grand scheme still doesn't change much.
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I have the SEC adding UNC, NCst (because they have to w/UNC), Clemson and UVA.
The B1G adding FSU and GT.

Every single other school in the ACC stands to make a boat load of money not only from the media deal but from the exit fee every one of those 6 schools have to payout. It’s crazy to suggest teams leave and go independent/BE before the media deal runs out.

At that point the ACC has 11 football members and again has to add (I believe to get to 15 for the media deal) 4. Imo their first call should be to B12 teams that share their passion for academia and still have higher level sports. If not them I’d expect USF, Tulane, Rice and SDSU to get back to 15 at partial shares.
 
ralphiewvu said:
I have the SEC adding UNC, NCst (because they have to w/UNC), Clemson and UVA.
The B1G adding FSU and GT.

Every single other school in the ACC stands to make a boat load of money not only from the media deal but from the exit fee every one of those 6 schools have to payout. It’s crazy to suggest teams leave and go independent/BE before the media deal runs out.

At that point the ACC has 11 football members and again has to add (I believe to get to 15 for the media deal) 4. Imo their first call should be to B12 teams that share their passion for academia and still have higher level sports. If not them I’d expect USF, Tulane, Rice and SDSU to get back to 15 at partial shares.
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If that many teams leave ESPN can renegotiate, if I'm not mistaken. That new ACC isn't getting close to what they're getting now, probably not even half. My guess is those 11 might get $10-14M/year, that might be high. The BE basketball schools are getting just over $7M/year.

Join the BE, sell your home football games for $1-$2M. Along with the basketball share you're looking at around $9M. And you're in a more regional conference that your fans actually care about.
 
ralphiewvu said:
I have the SEC adding UNC, NCst (because they have to w/UNC), Clemson and UVA.
The B1G adding FSU and GT.

Every single other school in the ACC stands to make a boat load of money not only from the media deal but from the exit fee every one of those 6 schools have to payout. It’s crazy to suggest teams leave and go independent/BE before the media deal runs out.

At that point the ACC has 11 football members and again has to add (I believe to get to 15 for the media deal) 4. Imo their first call should be to B12 teams that share their passion for academia and still have higher level sports. If not them I’d expect USF, Tulane, Rice and SDSU to get back to 15 at partial shares.
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Here's another hypothetical situation... an eventual merger of the ACC remnants with the PAC-12... here's a way it could happen:

6 ACC schools go to the SEC -
North Carolina & NC State are linked and go together to the SEC... same thing goes for Virginia & Virginia Tech to the SEC... finally Clemson & Florida State also go to the SEC.

Next, 4 ACC schools go to the B1G -
Miami & Georgia Tech are the first two to go to the B1G. After all 8 schools I mentioned above (UVA, VA Tech, UNC, NC State, Clemson, FSU, Miami, GA Tech) leave the ACC, Notre Dame & NBC finally realize it's time to go for the massive $$$ and the Irish go to the B1G with Stanford. (yes, I'm considering Notre Dame as an ACC school)

The above scenario results in a 22 member SEC, and a 22 member B1G, and an 8 member ACC.

Let's also say that during all this dismantling of the ACC, the Big XII makes a move and takes UNLV, Memphis, USF, and Tulane. Now we have a 20 member Big XII.

The 8 remaining members of the ACC (Cal, SMU, BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, Duke, Wake) don't go anywhere, instead they sit back and collect a massive payday in exit fees from the 10 schools mentioned above that bolted from the ACC.

Finally... with Cal & SMU as the only western schools of the 8 member ACC, and the PAC-12 still sitting at 9 members (8 for football)... the two conferences eventually merge into a 17 member PACC, and possibly add UConn as member 18.

I'm not saying the above crazy hypothetical scenario will happen....I'm simply saying that I would not discount anything from eventually occuring...

...never say never.
 
ericd7633 said:
If that many teams leave ESPN can renegotiate, if I'm not mistaken. That new ACC isn't getting close to what they're getting now, probably not even half. My guess is those 11 might get $10-14M/year, that might be high. The BE basketball schools are getting just over $7M/year.

Join the BE, sell your home football games for $1-$2M. Along with the basketball share you're looking at around $9M. And you're in a more regional conference that your fans actually care about.
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The only way ESPN can renegotiate is if the ACC falls below 15 teams for a season. That would be absolute malpractice if the ACC did that ie that would never happen. Losing 6 means they’d just need to add 3. Even at a partial share the likely midmajor adds are getting more than their current leagues deal. We agree if the ACC loses the brands I expect them to it won’t get close to what it gets now. But that’s why I said my first call would be to B12 teams to see. If some would agree, you are more then likely getting closer to what ya get now while severely hurting the B12 who I also expect to not get the same deal regardless of who stays or go’s.
 
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