They are currently in not deep(finish line) but prolonged talks with the ACC. Its way more left and right turns then many here think. Here are some of the points of interest.

-Temple has decided they are going full tilt for a p5 spot after having some dark years not to long ago. They are upgrading everything they can one after another.
-There has been one leaked rumor a couple moths back that was quickly swept under the rug about coaches telling recruits that "Temple would be moving leagues by 2015". Where and other more direct parts of that rumor have not been adressed in any way but if you look at how they are recruiting it sure seems possible now that they are feeding kids better days ahead lines. If anyone will remember rutgers 2 years ago...
-The ACC has been toyed with by the B10 when it comes to the Mid Atlantic. No other way to put it. The ACC got hit in the jaw. Phili would be a very quality regain of territory and very underrated tv wise. The ACC finds the city to be very important and with Nova not ever taking a move to big boy football seriously, Temple is the prize now.
-The ACC wants to have the contract Temple has with the Eagles stadium extended and a bowl game put in place with ACC ties as part of the deal. The ACC wants the B10 to be the other team and is already starting to pressure the state of PA to make this happen on both sides if things work out with Temple being added.
-Temple is offering several different options to make progress and quickly. They have discussed a couple very desperate but serious options. They basically have shown cards but the ACC respects the desire they have and there worth product wise. Talks have involved such ideas as Temple getting a half share for its first 10 years in the league and getting a basketball(others) invite imediately with a written clause of football being added as the next school when expansion happens. How that would work is if ND one day joins full then Temple would get the other spot football wise. If the ACC decided it wanted 16+ND lets say if a 4x16 happened and ND was as is now then Temple would be slot #15 and the ACC would need slot 16 to be filled still.
-Temple wants to have its contract with the Eagles stadium for the lenght of the half share they would get from the ACC in the first 10 years. They think by then the added revenue they would have would be enough to get a on campus stadium project going. By that time they feel its possible and that the bowl game would have enough sway itself to live alone at the eagles stadium.

I think the ACC would have had a better shot at Notre Dame with 14 teams than 16. With 14, they only have to have them play 1 additional conference game (6 divisional games).

no no no & no

if the acc wanted to add schools

nd cincy & uconn

the ac is not getting raided and no p5 school is gambling on temple, they have no athletics of note right now

This thread is going to go well.

(07-17-2013 05:25 PM)john01992 Wrote:  they have no athletics of note right now

That is ridiculous.

Other than that, due to your incorrect use of homonyms, misspelling of Philly, and generally disclosing known or vague info, it's hard to believe you. I think we are certainly a viable option for the ACC. When is another story.

Temple can dream.

(07-17-2013 06:23 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Temple can dream.

It's a lot more likely than NIU, I'll tell you that much.

Forgive me if I'm skeptical, dude who's never posted before making wildly implausible claims.

I'm sure Temple, and many other universities, have been flirting with the ACC, and also the Big XII.

While I don't think the thread starter has any inside information, I've long thought that if Temple decided to make investments in sports (which they are doing for the first time in almost forever), that they would make an attractive candidate. It's a big state school with solid academics sitting right in the middle of the fourth biggest media market in the country. Unfortunately for Temple, they waited just a little bit too long to decide to go in this direction so they'll probably have to sit this round out. Maybe in 10-15 years when crap hits the fan again.

Please remember, this is the OP's post #1 (in a thread entitled "Howdy"):

FromTheInside Wrote:Well if I have been reading enough here over the past year or so then I would know that the first post has to be the exact ending of CR. here it is:

In 2015 Texas, Mizzu, Kansas and Oklahoma will head north to the B10 to join Nebraska in a pod. It will be a future announcement like in the year 2017-18 taking place.

The PAC will have to react. Thy need to grow or risk never growing and missing out on money long term. They will create a east and west.
Original 10 as the west. The east will be Utah, Colorado, Kansas st, Oklahoma st, Texas tech, Iowa st, BYU, Boise st, UNLV and either a California school or UNR. Boise will have to build more both program wise and academics wise. They will. They will be the swallow and smile pill for the PAC like Louisville was to the ACC academics wise. Money trumps...UNLV during this time will get that stadium built in Vegas. They will quickly become a easy add once all is in place. That city is in need of a real brand to rot for. The rise back to life of UNLV will do it. BYU is in the east division. Heck maybe name them mountain and pacific? Now I'm getting to cute. Anyway, the west 10 don't have to touch them much so its tolerable relationship wise. Money trumps...

ESPN now will be faced with dire circumstances. The SEC is great on the field but they need to match at 20. They need the money and territory. At this point Texas is split 3 ways. The PAC has a seat at the table but they are not top heavy. The B10 at this point can play ball with the SEC now more than ever. The SEC and really ESPN has one more trick up its sleeve.

Over time the ACC ate up the BE. It was greedy hands and ESPN doing the work. But in the end it actually right now ousts ESPN more money contracts wise then what it could have been. There were many decisions that led to this over time. But ESPN has had a just in case plan. A gold one.

ESPN has plans to rip up the acc. A public and private affair. Louisville is a kink in this. Connecticut makes way more sense with what your about to read but here we RE today. The SECnetwork is being built. It will have a high carriage fee and be carried automatically across the territory. The ACCright now is all rumors about a network. We keep hearing about a piggy back on the SECn possibly in Charlotte.

ESPN will blown up the ACC. They will also bring in WVU.
SEC West- Texas am, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss st, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Tennessee.
SEC East- Florida, Florida st, Georgia, Georgia tech, Clemson, S Carolina, N Carolina, NCST, WVU, Virginia tech.

The B10 will add UVA and Connecticut. Those 2 with PSU, Rutgers and MD will be a Atlantic pod in that conference. You can easily figure out the other 2. Or you can make a 10 team east and west. Great balance either way.

We now have a 3x20. The NCAA will make a rule for the breakaway top group(NCAA makes them a new d1 to keep them from leaving the organization, stipend and all that jazz) that 20 team leagues can have a playoff bid or each division. The playoff is now 8 teams.

The ACC is Miami, Wake, Duke, BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville. They will add Baylor, TCU and Cincy for 10. They will apply to the NCAA for a new ruling and get a playoff bid with 10 teams. That's bid #7 of 8 in this playoff. ND this whole time is still in its other sports and semi football relationship with the ACC. They have no reason to change that. The last playoff spot is selected by the highest BCS ranking not in it.

8 playoff teams will have a scripted December schedule wise. First 2 rounds are at home team stadiums -best ranking in the seeding. Championship can have 4 locations rotate or some type of location merger based on schools trading locations. Not important for this.

D1a- 71 teams above. They pay a stipend and have different rules and all that stuff.

The BE joins. The couple schools who play fcs football drop it. The BE now plays all sports but football and they expand.
BE Atlantic- Georgetown, Villanova, Providence, St Johns, SHU, Fairfield, Siena, Holy Cross, Duquesne and St Bonie.
BE West- Marquette, DePaul, Xavier, Dayton, Butler, St Louis, Creighton, Gonzaga, St Mary and San Francisco.
The tv contact they have will almost double. They will fit money wise and be very competitive.

For the basketball tney each league will get a bid per 10 teams. So the ACC will get 1 auto bid. 20 team leagues will get a bid per division they have.

That makes 91 teams for a 64 team tney. Over time these 91 will be way ahead of the rest. 16-1 games will have upsets.

You can figure out all other sports post season wise. Thy like bball will be way above the rest of the NCAA over time. This slowly kills special gigs like rice baseball for example. Is what it is.

D1b- will be 8 ten team conferences each will battle to dominate in hope of a d1a invite for that last auto bid to the playoff. This group will have a 4 team playoff and no bowls.

MWC- SDSU, Fresno, SJ, Hawaii, USU, Cst, AF, NM, WY and Witcha St.
SouthWest- Utep, Utsa, Rice, Uh, SMU, Texas St, NT, Tulsa, Ull, Ulm.
Big South- Latech, Tulane, Smiss, Uab, USF, UCF, Fiu, Fau, Bama St, Troy.
Big Country- Marsh, Ohio, North Ill, WK, App, Memphis, NY(buffalo), Miami(oh), MT, Mizzu St.
Big Atlantic- Ecu, UDel, Army, Navy, Massachusetts, Odu, Jmu, Charlotte, Ga St, GA South.

D1c- will be all other previous d1 and d2 schools under a restricted ship rules. Fcs, ivy and all those types. D1b and c will play all other sports together post season wise. Football will just be separate. D1c will have a 16 team playoff.

D2 will be d3 today.


Now onto the networks.
Hockey, baseball, soccer, softball and basketball will dominate bringing bread home. All the live tv will rake it in. Football will always be king but the other sports will boost profits big time. The B10 is best set up for this. Followed by the SEC.

-The B10 will add Boston U just like they added JHU but or puck. The ACC will do something with HE for BC and ND to keep there programs alive. The B10 will ravage that league in time puck wise. It will become the goto league and the tv inventory will be the best.


The end for now. Hope I met the requirements of a first post. So, lets now talk about my knowledge about tv stuff. Shoot!

If he is this knowledgeable about every single conference and every single NCAA division, then how could you possibly doubt what he says about Temple & the ACC? His insider info is both amazing and unquestionable.

(07-17-2013 06:27 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-17-2013 06:23 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Temple can dream.

It's a lot more likely than NIU, I'll tell you that much.

What does Northern Illinois have to do with anything?

(07-17-2013 06:27 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-17-2013 06:23 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Temple can dream.

It's a lot more likely than NIU, I'll tell you that much.

Keep it civil guys. No need to throw mud.

What a wonderful piece of bait Temple would be to the ACC.

(07-17-2013 07:32 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  What a wonderful piece of bait Temple would be to the ACC.

What an amazing lie.

The ACC no more wants Temple than a college girl wants an STD.

I think the only place that Temple can go before 2025 is the Big 12, if and only if the big 12 is forced to expand to at least 14. The American's TV contract can be renegotiated if Temple, Memphis, Connecticut, or Cincinnati leave. Fox can stick it to ESPN one more time.

(07-17-2013 06:31 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  Forgive me if I'm skeptical, dude who's never posted before making wildly implausible claims.

This.

/endthread

(07-17-2013 07:40 PM)lumberpack4 Wrote:  

(07-17-2013 07:32 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  What a wonderful piece of bait Temple would be to the ACC.

What an amazing lie.

The ACC no more wants Temple than a college girl wants an STD.

Just like pretty much every other school on the outside looking in, the one thing Temple needs most is the one thing money can't buy, and that's fans.

(07-17-2013 06:21 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-17-2013 05:25 PM)john01992 Wrote:  they have no athletics of note right now

That is ridiculous.

Other than that, due to your incorrect use of homonyms, misspelling of Philly, and generally disclosing known or vague info, it's hard to believe you. I think we are certainly a viable option for the ACC. When is another story.

do they have tremendous bb history? yes?

have they shown signs of success in bb recently? yes

have they done anything in the last 5 years in bb that makes them different from your average mid major? no

their fb is less than a decade away from being kicked out of a bcs conference for low attendance and came within one vote of being dropped from d1.

like i said no athletics of recent note