03-01-2015, 09:37 PM
Actually it's pretty major. My sources in Ohio are telling me the following.
Cincy was told by the ACC a while back when LVille was accepted that they needed to hVe certain measures met in order to get invited down the line. Supposedly the ACC told them they needed to have a stadium at least 40k as there home. That's the real reason why they expanded and spent all that money with no real reason to at the time. They are expecting to get invited to the ACC this calendar year. Who is 16? It's ND. They are joining full. They have seen the new system now nd know that if they want to be a yearly threat to get a playoff invite they need that 13th game. In order to make this possible NBC will have a significant share of the ACCN and help espn with cash to buy back what's needed from Raycom. I'm told ND has asked to play its division and a crossover. So the league will be at a 9 game schedule which means 2 cross over games but ND will play 1. So 1 team a year over a 15 year rotation will also miss 1 crossover and as result have a 4th OOC game. This level ND with 4 OOC every year. USc, Stan an Navy are in. They get to keep those all important games. Then they get one extra slot to do as they wise. Works out well for all involved it seems.
Cincy was told by the ACC a while back when LVille was accepted that they needed to hVe certain measures met in order to get invited down the line. Supposedly the ACC told them they needed to have a stadium at least 40k as there home. That's the real reason why they expanded and spent all that money with no real reason to at the time. They are expecting to get invited to the ACC this calendar year. Who is 16? It's ND. They are joining full. They have seen the new system now nd know that if they want to be a yearly threat to get a playoff invite they need that 13th game. In order to make this possible NBC will have a significant share of the ACCN and help espn with cash to buy back what's needed from Raycom. I'm told ND has asked to play its division and a crossover. So the league will be at a 9 game schedule which means 2 cross over games but ND will play 1. So 1 team a year over a 15 year rotation will also miss 1 crossover and as result have a 4th OOC game. This level ND with 4 OOC every year. USc, Stan an Navy are in. They get to keep those all important games. Then they get one extra slot to do as they wise. Works out well for all involved it seems.