(06-16-2019 08:59 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(06-16-2019 03:05 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(06-16-2019 02:20 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(06-16-2019 02:13 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Unless Florida St and Clemson suddenly have a change of heart and want to be SEC schools I think the ACC is safe from SEC poaching.

The next major alignment will involve a tug of war between the SEC and Big Ten over Texas and Oklahoma, the former of which will resist the overtures of both, preferring to stay top dog in the B12, unless financially leveraged to abandon that stance.

We'll only know if the SEC is interested in Clemson and Florida State when the GOR for those two is about up and well only know if those two are interested in the SEC at the same time.

Right now it is ESPN that has refused to pay the SEC for Clemson and F.S.U. and that's kept them in place no matter what any of them wan't or don't want.

Other than that, I agree that the emphasis will be upon Oklahoma and Texas, but not just from the Big 10 and SEC. But those two have the most to offer.

Clemson in particular has a hard time generating sufficient income to truly be competitive in the SEC, and two schools in South Carolina is a bit of overkill for the market.
I also have a hard time seeing Oklahoma fit into B1G culture (I see them as a much better candidate for the SEC).
Texas will do what Texas will do and money won't be their driving force.

We are no longer in a market driven economy; we are in a content driven economy. If people want to watch them it doesn't matter if they play on Manhattan Island or Wake Island.

The area of revenue Clemson trails in is tv revenue and that is remedied by a move to the SEC.

Oklahoma plausibly fits in both the Big Ten and SEC. The SEC is the better fit but the Big Ten has serious academic appeal that's hard for university presidents to resist.

Very true, and if we were still in the market driven economy, ESPN would be encouraging Texas to join the ACC, very, very strongly, and discouraging a move to the SEC. Why?? Because of Texas A&M's presence (in our hypothetical scenario). However, ESPN's execs will tell you themselves the market driven economy is dead.