(11-15-2017 09:18 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(11-15-2017 08:32 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(11-15-2017 12:57 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(11-15-2017 12:28 AM)ColKurtz Wrote:  Texas is not going to get a ND-type deal from the ACC. 3 football games 1 year and 2 the next is not going to move the needle enough to overcome the burden of housing their non-revs and the ACC having to send all of them on another long flight. No B12 moves will happen until long after the ACC network is in place, so there won't be that much pressure from espn to accept .

The ACC would likely hold out, knowing UT is in a bad spot (assuming OU and either KU or OkSt leave for B1G or SEC) for full membership, thinking this would put some sort of pressure on ND for full membership as well -- pipe dream or not. Or, the ACC would demand more games.

The ACC would jumo at that chance. Frankly, with the LHN, UT is one of the few teams uniquely suited to go Indy and be successful. The ACC would have zero leverage.

Actually it's Texas that has no leverage.
The ACC does not need Texas, it has become a really good football conference without them (two out of the last 4 championships, two teams a possibility for this year). The only thing Texas does for the ACC is eyeballs. With the record of the Horns for the last 6-8 years, the ACC would be adding football credibility to Texas rather than the other way around.
Texas is screwed if the Big 12 fails. The only conference where their fans can travel to away games would be the SEC. The schools itself fits best into the B1G (but the Horns don't want to become another Nebraska, and who wants to play in the cold?) The ACC offers NO natural rivals and a lot of travel just like the PAC (but in a better direction).

I guess that depends on your definition of cold. It's not like Texas would be playing Minnesota in the middle of February. November is hoodie weather for most of us hearty folk who live here.

The average October temperature in Madison is in the mid 40's, not exactly Arctic conditions. If you look at the map, the only B1G schools further north than Ames (who they already play) are Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Michigan State, two of which would most likely be in the other division. I'm sure something could be worked out in the way of scheduling to prevent far north games later in the year.

Besides, if Texas were in Madison and it was cold, their fans wouldn't have to look hard to find a UW person willing to share some blackberry brandy to help them warm up.

Not to hijack this thread, but I spent 5 days in Minneapolis for some meetings back in 2013. It was the week following Thanksgiving. The air temperature was 17 degrees BELOW zero in the daytime. That was the actual air temperature, not the windchill factor. I have seen the temp drop to 15 below, over night, here in Rochester, but its usually February, not in November before winter starts. When I left Rochester it was in the mid 40's. Needless to say, that was the coldest air I had ever been in.