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Louisville officials are saying they are in....

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  • hokiefan14 said...

    100% Wrong - this pisses the 3 football schools off even more.

    How so, who else was there out there to get?

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  • 78hokie said...

    I still have the bad taste of Crum from the old metro days.......they were not our friends......

    Wasn't alive/very old for them, but I have heard that UofL was kind of a dick when it came to media and sharing revenue

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  • Hokiedaus said...

    The ACC is pathetic...we are done.

    "We are done" ? .... says who?

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  • casual 1 said...

    Well stated, Louisville would probably be best case scenario for the ACC because it is an upgrade in terms of football, basketball, and revenue. The ship may have already sailed on the possibility of VT going to the SEC so maybe our efforts should go into making the ACC an attractive, competitive conference to the SEC. These decisions are made by college presidents and not athletic directors and your decision can't be just about football alone.

    If the so called football elite in this conference start winning games that they need to win we will not have to worry about what other conferences do or don't do. The money will come.

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  • raleighoo said...

    If the so called football elite in this conference start winning games that they need to win we will not have to worry about what other conferences do or don't do. The money will come.

    I don't see anyway ACC $ can come close to SEC or B1G $, as we're late to the party for a conference network, and with four schools in the state of North Carolina, that's a tall hurdle. The SEC won't take FSU because UF already has the whole state locked up. Clemson can't go SEC because USC-E has the state locked up. An ACC network in an SEC footprint isn't worth much it seems. Projections are the ACC $ is 10-15 million less than SEC or B1G. Maryland claims that even with a 50 million exit fee being deducted from their B1G payout, their revenue is still more than their projected ACC $. Winning would help, but the ACC is and will be at best the #5 football conference, and recruits will know that.

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  • raleighoo said...

    If the so called football elite in this conference start winning games that they need to win we will not have to worry about what other conferences do or don't do. The money will come.

    That's just it. Who's elite? FSU and Miami were supposed to be the bell cows. Miami is a joke and FSU-- while improving-- is a shell of what they were prior to expansion.

    If you're insinuating VT needs to win more big games, I agree, but I'm not taking lip from a HOOver. Remember, VT was a "throw-in"-- an "also-ran." According to your brethren, it would be years before we won a game....in any revenue sport..... and some wrote that VT would NEVER win an ACC title in ANYTHING.

    Why doesn't UVA step up and fill that 50+ year void and win an outright football title? Tell Clemson to stop waiting 20 years between championships. Tell Tobacco Road to take football as serious as hoops. Maybe then things will change.

    VT football has definitely disappointed it's own fans at time but has done nothing for the rest of the ACC except step up fill the void left by eveybody else.

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  • I hate it when people use the excuse: "winning solves everything" Guess what, the Big 10 has only won 2 National titles in over 40 years and they are still the most profitable conference there is because they know business.

    This post was edited by Hokie Scrubs on 11/28/2012 at 9:26 PM

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  • TabbHokie said...

    I don't see anyway ACC $ can come close to SEC or B1G $, as we're late to the party for a conference network, and with four schools in the state of North Carolina, that's a tall hurdle. The SEC won't take FSU because UF already has the whole state locked up. Clemson can't go SEC because USC-E has the state locked up. An ACC network in an SEC footprint isn't worth much it seems. Projections are the ACC $ is 10-15 million less than SEC or B1G. Maryland claims that even with a 50 million exit fee being deducted from their B1G payout, their revenue is still more than their projected ACC $. Winning would help, but the ACC is and will be at best the #5 football conference, and recruits will know that.

    We can because we have ESPN in our corner and that honestly may save the conference. ESPN WANTS ND BADLY! The only way they can get them is by having them join the ACC. JS has made our bed with the ACC, it's his end game. If ND stays INDY they are with NBC, B10 with ESPN/FOX/B10, BIG12 FOX/ESPN. The ACC is the only conference with its 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tier rights with ESPN. ESPN has a vested interest in keeping the ACC together or they lose VT/NCST to the CBS, FSU/CU to FOX, and UVA/UNC to FOX,B10N. They want to keep the ACC together and I believe that they will give us a ridiculous deal to get ND on board.

    If we take our third tier rights and create an ACC Network, grab ND, then we will make just as much money as the B12, maybe up there with the B10 and SEC. ESPN is in our corner here, they don't want the ACC to implode and they honestly might be the strongest ally to have in this whole mess.

    This post was edited by FrankTheTankVT on 11/28/2012 at 9:47 PM

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