Re: actually, IMO, points to UF being scared

The entire circumstance is connected to ND. If UT can get them to join the Big 12 on a partial membership then matters get resolved, however if they hold back then Ga. Tech may be asked first to then lure ND to join later. Clemson, while having a fine football/baseball tradition, could well be on the outside of conference expansion if we are not careful. The BOT must insist the conference commissioners (ACC) make broad scope changes immediately starting next month or Clemson will indeed look elsewhere.

First Swofford must be gone thru retirement by July 30th or earlier.

Second bowl revenue must be split with the school participating receiving a majority.

Third the ACC must hire top notch football officials.

Fourth the ESPN contract must be revised for third tier rights before the five year window and Raycom must be removed from this deal.

Notre Dame, Louisville and not UConn, Rutgers or Georgetown must be issued an invitation to join by no later than 2015. ND would be given a partial membership until their NBC TV contract expires.

Unless the above demands are met starting by June 15th then Clemson should take appropriate action to seek new conference status.

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May 24, 2012, 11:44 AM

Nice to see someone on the board posting info from a good source. Chip was all over the Texas to PAC 10 stuff a couple of years ago and was the first to talk about it I think.

Are you an insider on the UT Rivals board? Just asking, because I check out what they are saying over there from time to time and I thought Chip's article were insider only.

Chip does morning radio in Austin and we can listen online. He said in his Big 12 update yesterday essentially what you posted above. I would add that he mentioned these items as well:

- Notre Dame is interested in joining for Olympic sports only until their NBC contract runs out in 2015, then ND could become a full member.

- Notre Dame will no more about what their future looks like after the four-team playoff standards are set. PAC 10 and Big 10 are pushing for conference champions only. SEC wants top 4 teams.

- Chip said there is no rush within the Big 12 to expand since the TV contract is set and the 10 schools stand to make a lot more money if they stay at 10. They make even more this year because TCU got penalized by the conference for the drug scandal.

- Probably most importantly, the SEC is currently butting heads with CBS because the SEC wants more money for adding A&M and Mizzou but CBS is stating that they will add enough money to make sure these two schools receive an equal share but CBS does not believe revenue for each member school should go up. This is a major issue because it has been assumed by most everyone that networks will pay more when the conference expands and all the member schools will make more money. If the SEC can't get more money out of CBS then what makes the Big 12 think they can get more money on a new tv contract? It would likely take a MAJOR football school with a national brand to cause the contract to go up significantly (see ND).

Bisreal, thanks for mentioning Chip Brown. I would encourage all T-netters to check out his morning show archives on "The Horn's" Facebook page. With all due respect to York and the WV-dude, Brown has legitimate sources and his comments carry a lot of weight.

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Not a slam dunk?

Re: Not a slam dunk?

cu/fsu is 11 & 12. cu lead the charge not fsu. it's a

FSU and Miami will always play. Like when UM was in the BE

Re: FSU and Miami will always play. Like when UM was in the BE

actually, IMO, points to UF being scared

they have had a horrible ooc sos, not as bad