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I like to get ND fans look on the landscape -- goldendomer 05/08/2017 10:40AM The ones that prefer Villanova, Marquette, and St John's are interesting. -- HOO86 05/08/2017 2:04PM Didn't see a single poster that was happy to be in the ACC -- EDGEMAN 05/08/2017 12:12PM Most see it as a necessary evil on that board -- goldendomer 05/08/2017 12:35PM ND fans don't like any conferences... -- TerryD 05/08/2017 12:24PM 2036 is a long ways off. -- Old Line Hokie 05/07/2017 11:16AM The lockdown gor -- SoCloseHokie 05/07/2017 05:46AM No, that just fended off the Big Ten -- TerryD 05/07/2017 10:42AM Meaningless; there are so many assumptions there -- WestyHokie 05/06/2017 10:52PM Yeah, I am pretty sure the network is coming, but this is -- reestuart 05/07/2017 08:03AM Because of the layoffs...maybe? ** -- Stech 05/07/2017 09:10AM That's kind of the point of the skepticism. Layoffs now. Then what? -- reestuart 05/07/2017 9:11PM Re: That's kind of the point of the skepticism. Layoffs now. Then what? -- Stech 05/08/2017 07:18AM You have explicit trust in Swofford, Skipper, and espn. -- Atlee Hokie 05/07/2017 12:55PM Re: You have explicit trust in Swofford, Skipper, and espn. -- Stech 05/07/2017 3:55PM IKR. None of those folks/entities deserve VT's trust. -- chuckd4vt 05/07/2017 3:46PM Tell us how you .... -- 2hhoop3 05/08/2017 09:49AM Probably more. VT's down $20-$30 million/yr to mid level SEC & B1G schools. -- chuckd4vt 05/08/2017 11:24AM S.O.S. ** -- daveinop 05/08/2017 5:15PM Ask CZY about how dearly Vt could use a budget like Iowa or USCE. ** -- chuckd4vt 05/08/2017 5:20PM Has nothing to do with blinders.. -- 2hhoop3 05/08/2017 12:02PM If you say so. More folks agree with me about this than you. -- chuckd4vt 05/08/2017 4:01PM I'd think it should easily be somewhere between the BTN & P12N -- reestuart 05/07/2017 9:13PM BTN and SECN didn't distribute any profits before 2015 -- daveinop 05/08/2017 09:23AM BTN was profitable very early, but they didn't start sharing -- reestuart 05/08/2017 09:59AM I stand corrected -- daveinop 05/08/2017 1:56PM Yeah, it's not real clear how it all worked. They have ownership of -- reestuart 05/08/2017 2:15PM If the ACC is a solid third and the Pac-12 is in fourth -- VTHokie2000 05/08/2017 4:57PM Very good point. And after just a little digging, it doesn't look like -- reestuart 05/08/2017 5:16PM Perceptually the ACC is late to party. My biggest concern -- VTHokie2000 05/08/2017 11:08PM Disney's goal -- daveinop 05/09/2017 07:06AM Maybe so, but Disney's first priority is to themselves; not the ACC -- VTHokie2000 05/09/2017 12:53PM Nm** -- daveinop 05/11/2017 08:47AM Sorry, i misread your post...totally agree ** -- daveinop 05/11/2017 08:46AM No worries. I do think (or at least I hope) the ACCN comes to fruition -- VTHokie2000 05/11/2017 10:28AM Indeed ** -- daveinop 05/12/2017 07:40AM +++ ** -- daveinop 05/08/2017 3:31PM Whoever first said it would be a rebrand of ESPN News probably got it right -- PadrosWindup 05/06/2017 8:47PM I was the one that originally said that -- CobbCountyHokie 05/08/2017 5:42PM What's funny in that article is this quote -- WestyHokie 05/08/2017 12:11PM HOO86 was the first to say it, ** -- Stech 05/07/2017 09:11AM If espn had re-purposed one of those channels, I'd know they were serious. -- Atlee Hokie 05/07/2017 12:52PM Re: If espn had re-purposed one of those channels, I'd know they were serious. -- Stech 05/07/2017 3:58PM They would have to do that when their contracts with cable providers renew. -- HOO86 05/07/2017 1:37PM I've said it, but I'd seen it before that. -- Atlee Hokie 05/06/2017 10:59PM The target date was always 2017. -- HOO86 05/07/2017 1:21PM I'm waiting for the standard response to your post... and crickets ** -- Calamitous 05/07/2017 09:47AM That gor assured our quasi-independence -- goldendomer 05/06/2017 6:35PM Irish? -- SoCloseHokie 05/07/2017 05:49AM P-4 changes nothing really, unless they all get together to -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 11:14AM Until there is a P-4. ** -- Stech 05/06/2017 9:14PM That still won't do it, they will still want access to more -- goldendomer 05/06/2017 9:25PM If it goes to 4 - then ALL conferences get 2 - CCGs are 1/4 finals and $$$ ** -- RTFC 05/07/2017 7:45PM Agree to disagree on that point. With a P5, there would always be -- daveinop 05/07/2017 07:57AM Unless there is a 6 or 8 team playoff which could happen for a # of reasons ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/07/2017 10:29AM I expect(Not want though) for the expansion of the playoff in the next -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 11:12AM Yes. The 4 Conference Championship Games will be the quarterfinals. -- HOO86 05/07/2017 1:27PM That's it...4 Conference Champions means the Conference Championship games -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:04PM Re: That's it...4 Conference Champions means the Conference Championship games -- 33laszlo99 05/07/2017 11:29PM No actually it's to get rid of the committee. -- HOO86 05/08/2017 12:12PM You put it better than I did or could, thank you. ** -- goldendomer 05/08/2017 06:48AM Weren't the Presidents against a playoff forever? ** -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 4:29PM Virginia Tech President Charles Steger as Chairman got it done... -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:35PM For years they(presidents) railed -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 4:40PM True, but change is constant. ** -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:54PM The fact is Notre Dame's Independence hasn't been this safe for a long -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 5:04PM Agreed ** -- TerryD 05/07/2017 11:01PM Your administration has said repeatedly... -- Stech 05/07/2017 6:50PM ND folks view joining a football conference as a disaster...... -- TerryD 05/07/2017 11:17PM That's a really good post. I grew up a ND fan watching Lindsey Nelson -- Stech 05/08/2017 07:10AM Good grief -- SoCloseHokie 05/07/2017 6:07PM We're not competing now and may not forever -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 6:11PM Its not just Kelly -- TerryD 05/07/2017 11:26PM Chin up! ** -- daveinop 05/07/2017 8:46PM Oky doky -- SoCloseHokie 05/07/2017 6:22PM Any opposition by the Presidents is completely disingenuous. ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/07/2017 4:18PM Re: Any opposition by the Presidents is completely disingenuous. -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:19PM Very simple....Money.... -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/07/2017 4:41PM Re: Very simple....Money.... -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:53PM Isn't a playoff all about the money? Wouldn't expansion mean more money? ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/07/2017 5:03PM Re: Isn't a playoff all about the money? Wouldn't expansion mean more money? -- Stech 05/07/2017 5:10PM I didn't say they wanted one. I suggested that they would not oppose it... -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/07/2017 6:25PM Re: I didn't say they wanted one. I suggested that they would not oppose it... -- Stech 05/07/2017 7:41PM Again that one way it could go after 2036. But what is -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 4:20PM ESPN wants more P4 regular season match ups, they are totally behind this. -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:27PM You addressed one point, the rest is a huge hurdle -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 4:33PM You are blind to ND independence, let's see Bama & FCS or USC-w? -- Stech 05/07/2017 4:49PM ESPN will not want to marry themselves to that concept -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 5:06PM The chances of 6-6 team winning a 16 team conference & then beating another -- Stech 05/07/2017 5:06PM It will happen though, million to one? no. More like -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 5:09PM Re: It will happen though, million to one? no. More like -- Stech 05/07/2017 5:15PM Timing of Big 12 destruction may be everything; can they last til 2025? ** -- daveinop 05/07/2017 12:32PM They will last to 2025 by contract with the CFP. -- HOO86 05/07/2017 1:30PM Yes it will, but I don't expect you to believe it. -- Stech 05/06/2017 9:40PM G5 will be better off? Can you explain that one? ** -- Calamitous 05/07/2017 10:42AM Re: G5 will be better off? Can you explain that one? -- Stech 05/07/2017 3:51PM Boise St, UConn, Houston, BYU, ECU etc may think differently ** -- Calamitous 05/07/2017 7:26PM Re: Boise St, UConn, Houston, BYU, ECU etc may think differently -- Stech 05/07/2017 7:44PM UConn and BYU make pretty decent cash considering their surroundings... -- Calamitous 05/07/2017 8:16PM They will and many others who fundraise off -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 7:28PM The G-5 will not go quite into that goodnight (Thomas, non MLA citation)) -- goldendomer 05/07/2017 11:11AM THAT's my question. How much money we talking? -- chuckd4vt 05/06/2017 7:53PM To get $10M per school per year, it takes -- daveinop 05/07/2017 12:42PM Yep. ND football contractually doesn't have to join the ACC -- TerryD 05/06/2017 7:08PM Glass half full/ glass half empty -- RTFC 05/07/2017 7:37PM And I may get to do that until 2036 if I live that long ** -- TerryD 05/07/2017 11:27PM Re: Yep. ND football contractually doesn't have to join the ACC -- Millpoint 05/06/2017 7:33PM
