It was weird seeing ACC games on a Monday Night — as far back as I can remember Big Monday showcased the Big East. But this is the world we now occupy. It’s odd that so many of us are struggling so mightily to reconcile Swofford’s new and improved ACC with the once great conference […]
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ACC adds Louisville
Per Pat Forde at Yahoo!, Mike & Mike on ESPN and WRAL, et al, the ACC has approved the addition of Louisville for 2014. Others lobbied, but the consensus seems to be that the ACC could always add UConn and Cincinnati later. There are now more former Big East members (6) than charter members (5) […]
Thanksgiving Day Expansion Thoughts
This is a popular topic on the forums, so just a few more thoughts to kick around on Thanksgiving Day evening. This is a topic, along with a variety of others, being discussed on the SFN Forums. SFN wishes you a great Thanksgiving Weekend! Reportedly, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger told John Swofford the SEC […]
Maryland to the B1G
It is being reported here. Props to Swofford! Sweaty Gary’s take (The Washington Post): “Anybody that has been connected with the ACC will say there have been great moments,†said Williams, who led the Terps to the 2002 NCAA championship. “Up until they expanded in 2003, we were by far the best basketball coach in […]
Sunday Expansion Thoughts
I’ve long-believed expansion/re-alignment wouldn’t end until there were four 14- or 16-team superconferences controlling the football universe, i.e., TV/BCS revenue. The proliferation of college football on TV over the past 20 years has shifted the landscape such that traditional cultural and geographical alliances simply don’t matter, and conference names have little to do with affiliated […]
SFN & Wolken offer fix to college athletics through football realignment
Over the last few years I have been a staunch CRITIC of most hypothetical proposals for a college football playoff based on the holes that existed in the specifics, logistics, and massive unintended consequences of most proposals when laid against the backdrop of real world constraints and reality. Whether by design or by ‘luck’, college […]
A solution to NC State’s in-state football recruiting struggles?
ESPN The Magazine has undertaken a research project focused on high school football talent and where they attend college. Heather Dinich’s blog entry today at ESPN.com highlights the struggles that NC State and Georgia Tech have had since Chuck Amato left Raleigh. When it comes to keeping top talent at home, Georgia Tech and NC […]
Dare to Dream – Making the Pitch For NC State in the SEC
A few weeks ago, the college sports internets were all aflame with talk of SEC expansion and what it would mean for everyone left in its wake. Just when things calmed down a bit, Texas A&M is in the news again. Whether anything is imminent with the SEC and the Aggies, it’s clear that Texas […]
SEC Votes AGAINST Expansion (8pm Update)
Dennis Dodd offers up a little insight into what happened (CBSSports.com): Note to Aggies everywhere: Before you borrow daddy’s Caddy and rent a tux, make sure you have a prom date. It always seemed strange that A&M was fast-tracking this thing. In the end, SEC presidents didn’t want to be rushed. Why should they? With […]
Saturday Expansion (3:45pm Update)
As expected, this is all moving very quickly, and there is plenty of ongoing (opinionated) discussion on the SFN Forums about the inevitable next round of college football expansion and realignment, and more precisely, how it will affect State. So go on over there and join the fun, and it’s likely you’ll even win a […]
