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we’ve been playing it for decades, but the strategy of the winners was to pretend they weren’t playing until we approached end game. We’re approaching end game now, it’s clear to all and sundry that we’re playing Risk. Whoever recognizes the concomitant change in the game first, wins
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
Re: Notre Dame, I said it a few pages ago and I'll say it again. Notre Dame is going to be in the Big Ten. Probably sooner than later. Make your peace with it now
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the above is something that we are already getting too much of… a glib oversimplification
The past is not as simple as just pretending you’re not playing.
The future is not as simple as just realizing the game is up and grabbing for pieces.
The past was made up of two conferences that held enough cards to pretend they weren’t playing and three teams that needed a different strategy to survive. The ACC has played that game better than the other two, their position is protected with poison pills for all members and special contract clauses with NoD.
But now that we’re approaching end game, they are left as the prey conference that is holding the morsels that the two predator conferences want the most. They are in a well defended position, but a brittle one. When one team bolts, the dam breaks.
The SEC probably wants Miami and Clemson… perhaps FSU and one other to get to 20. The B1G, whether we like it or not, wants NoD.
Both are hoping the other bites the poison pill first, because the instant someone does, someone else is going to say, “this is not the conference that I signed up for” and will challenge the payment of their poison pill clauses in court, or at least in arbitration.
The B1G has other teams tapping them on the shoulder saying, “can I play too”. The B1G responds, “come back later, kid, I’m busy”, and continues to pace back and forth in front of the cornered ACC.
The ACC is in this position because they have played the game better than the other two lesser conferences. They did that by facing the fact that they were lesser and that their members would be tempted to leave for greener pastures. They need to face reality again. If they wait too long, the poison pill clauses expire with the contracts they’re a part of, because their members will absolutely not sign new poison pill clauses right now, as much as the lesser schools might want them to. When the contract expires, they get nothing. They need to cut the best deal they can, while they can. That best deal is probably with the SEC, because they probably want more of their teams.
If Kevin Warren is smart, that’s what he’s waiting for..
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If I were Jim Phillips I might call both the SEC and the B1G and say, “the time to pretend you’re not playing this game of Risk has passed. You both want multiple members of this conference, pretending you don’t fools know one.”
A three way deal might be the best option for what remains of the ACC. The biggest risk for them right now is that, for their members who think (or know) they have other options, AND for the SEC, AND for the B1Growing, waiting might be the best option.
The teams that are on the bubble and the teams that KNOW they are going to get left out both need to face reality and realize that, for both of them, the best case scenario is to force the issue NOW. The bubble teams can negotiate a seat at the big boy table by making a deal now. The teams that get left out get nothing unless a deal is made before the poison pills expire.
I’d just as soon not debate who the bubble teams are, but if I were Kevin Warren, I’d be talking to the presidents and chancellors of teams that either are on the bubble or who might think they are on the bubble. Those are the people who can change the game right now.
A three way deal might be the best option for what remains of the ACC. The biggest risk for them right now is that, for their members who think (or know) they have other options, AND for the SEC, AND for the B1Growing, waiting might be the best option.
The teams that are on the bubble and the teams that KNOW they are going to get left out both need to face reality and realize that, for both of them, the best case scenario is to force the issue NOW. The bubble teams can negotiate a seat at the big boy table by making a deal now. The teams that get left out get nothing unless a deal is made before the poison pills expire.
I’d just as soon not debate who the bubble teams are, but if I were Kevin Warren, I’d be talking to the presidents and chancellors of teams that either are on the bubble or who might think they are on the bubble. Those are the people who can change the game right now.
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Would need to call my doctor if that happened. It would be absolutely the worst thing they could do to and for themselves short and long term.
I welcome the destruction and carnage.
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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
Until there's a credible news report, I'm not believing it (all that ive seen out there is "what if" articles between ND & SEC). But I welcome it.
They would be on their way to becoming a has-been in a regional conference, especially if USC and the rest of the Big Ten stopped scheduling them. Years and years of getting beat down for 6-7 win seasons will take the gold right off your helmet
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
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I honestly can’t tell the pretentious boat-boy wannabes from the sarcastic satire anymore. This could be either.
He cites Mike Golic Junior as his source. That’s funny; I just don’t know if the humor is intentional or not
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