(07-09-2019 12:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-09-2019 12:14 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-05-2019 11:21 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-05-2019 08:39 AM)gosports1 Wrote:  during the 1st ACC raid of the BE I believed that Vandy was a better fit for the ACC(and the ACC a better fit for Vandy) than BC and Syracuse (or pitt and Louisville for that matter) BE teams were an easier get .


I haven't heard any reports they were even considered which suggests to me expansion wasn't just about FB and a championship game. it was also an attempt to weaken the competition on the east coast

Yes. Vanderbilt wasn't going to move for less, or change their brand. And yes, ESPN took the programs they didn't want becoming an option for Big 10 expansion eastward. And the ACC was their cheapest product to own so paying for those brands in the ACC made a lot more sense (and cents) than potentially having to bid for them at Big 10 prices and back then the BTN was solely the possession of the Big 10 so they wouldn't even have T3 access to them.

Vandy only moves if they drop football. And I'd say the odds are much higher of that than them moving to the Big 10 or ACC.

It wouldn't surprise me if one day they became the SEC's first partial member. I consider that to be the likeliest option if Vandy de-emphasizes or abandons football.