(03-30-2017 02:34 PM)green Wrote:  

(03-30-2017 02:07 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(03-30-2017 10:25 AM)green Wrote:  ...And with no Big 12 left to spend money on (in all likelihood), ESPN can probably help make the Longhorn Network palatable to the ACC by giving the ACC a break-the-bank television deal with Texas on board that will blow the ACC members away.
-- rivals posted on 9/13/2011 by Chip Brown

FIFY. That is based on Chip Brown's speculation almost 6 years ago!

JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY

It's time for Texas fans and faithful to start getting their heads around a possible move to the ACC. It's by no means a done deal. But it's looking more and more like Option No. 1 for the Longhorns if the Big 12 falls apart.
-- rivals

hyperventilate much ...
nothing in the interim has altered that informed opinion ...

MOUTHPIECE SNORE

First, for everyone else on the board who is interested in where Green is getting certain quotes in his posts from, here is the LINK. Not sure why he didn't link it previously, like the FranktheTank quote in another post. Probably slipped his mind.


Yes, if the B12 were to fall apart, I think the ACC would be in the running. But then the other four conferences would be as well. This notion however that things haven't changed in the interim (since September 2011, when the ACC and Texas were actually in talks) is flawed in my opinion.

The ACC didn't have a conference network back then, ND wasn't a partial member back then, from all I have heard the ACC actually turned down one of Texas' requests in not willing to take Texas Tech (although that may now actually be more likely under today's climate then it was back in 2011), and finally the gap between the Greater 2 and the Lesser 3 has widened since 2011. So yes, things have changed. Again, not saying the ACC wouldn't be in the running, but I don't see it as the front runner like Chip Brown did in 2011 or obviously you do as of right now.

But I have been known to be wrong before. Time will tell.

Cheers,
Neil