ACC Fall Meeting Rumors

Nine-game league schedule still possible for ACC football, but divisions appear set


ACC Fall Meeting rumors

JMGNole on 1/27/2014

Don't trust every rumor, but some posters make me think twice more than others:

"ACC Stuff

Expect ND full time by 2017, with the NBC contract with ND still be in place.  They would not be fully supplemented by the ACC media deal, till the NBC deal is done.  For instance, if they get the estimated ~12M from NBC, and ABC is paying ~24M per school, ND would only get ~12M of that, or the difference.

ND wants a game in Florida every year, which means FSU and Miami would be two nearly certain conference games.  It's also possible that an ACC team might play them on a neutral field in Florida. This is one of the reasons for the proposed reshuffling of the conference, and who plays in the ACCCG.

Big question is who 16th ACC team will be.  No one seems to lead this race.

ACC Bowl payouts are changing as well, but nothing is finalized yet.

FSU obviously has the most juice in the conference right now. 

National Stuff

The B1G, PAC-12, SEC, ACC, Big 12 Conferences are maneuvering for the Super 5 for the playoffs, and if you're not in one of those, you're on the outside looking in.

There will be a pot of cash that the top five will draw from, which will bring the payouts to within 15% or so of each other.

The playoff field will probably expand to eight, timetable to be determined."