ESPN joins ACC in lawsuit against Florida State, references potential felony in disclosing trade secrets
ESPN filed a memorandum in support of the ACC's lawsuit against Florida State, trying to keep details of their media deal sealed.
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College Football Playoff finalizes new 12 team format… for now
The College Football Playoff announced a new format for its first 12 team postseason tournament after the dissolution of the Pac-12.
SEC’s revenue increase further separates Power 2 from the rest of college sports
The SEC increased its revenue once again last year, crossing $50 million dished out to schools.
Florida State announces intent to leave ACC at potentially astronomical cost
Despite going undefeated and winning the ACC Championship, the Florida State Seminoles were left out of the College...
Florida State takes first step towards potential ACC exit
Florida State is calling an emergency meeting which is believed to be the first step towards challenging their ACC membership.
Big 12’s Brett Yormark, whose conference took 4 Pac-12 teams, is ‘not happy about the ultimate outcome to the Pac-12’
Yormark played quite the role in what happened to the Pac-12.
Florida State launches their own FAST channel, intriguing around realignment discussion
After lots of public musings on realignment, Florida State now has a new FAST channel that they hope to use "to elevate the distribution" of their original content.
Innovation, frustration, extinction: The complicated legacy of Pac-12 Networks
Clemson hired sports media consultant to explore conference options
Don't take it personally, SMU, Cal, and Stanford.
Fox helped pave the way for the Big Ten to add Oregon and Washington, thus bulldozing the Pac-12
"Any way you cut it, Fox destroyed the Pac-12."
Utah president explains Pac-12’s thought process behind failed $50m/school ESPN counteroffer
"... was only as a potential starting point in negotiations to help get us to the estimated true value.”
College GameDay is college football’s biggest cheerleader and biggest bully
Ryan Leaf blasts College GameDay after Jake Dickert misheard Lee Corso comments, Kirk Herbstreit fires back
"Is this a real tweet??? You must have been hacked Ryan."
College football schedule makers need to do better than this week’s awful slate
Hopefully the consolidation of college football and the superconference era brings no more Saturdays like this one.
Judge rules for Oregon State and Washington State, granting temporary restraining order against Pac-12
"Oregon State and Washington State must be able to chart a path forward for the Pac 12--not the members that have chosen to leave it."
Inside story reveals how SMU’s billionaire boosters bought Power 5 ticket
SMU and their move to the ACC was another twist in the conference realignment saga. Ross Dellenger detailed the fascinating path to get there.
Where do Oregon State and Washington State go from here?
Probably to the Mountain West, tbh.
ESPN tennis announcers blast NCAA conference realignment during US Open broadcast
"How can you be in the Pac-12, which stands for Pacific, and then end up in the Atlantic?"
ACC votes to invite Cal, Stanford, and SMU
SMU is reportedly coming in with no shared TV revenue for nine years, while Stanford and Cal are expected to get 30 percent shares.
SMU appears to be trying to buy their way into the ACC
ACC presidents are expected to take action on expanding its conference to add the likes of Cal, Stanford and SMU on Tuesday.
NCAA v. Oklahoma lawyer: ‘I think I screwed up college football.’
"We tried at every stage to negotiate an agreement of some kind, to limit what would happen. But we learned the ‘NCAA’ stood for ‘Never Compromise Anything at Anytime,’ and they wouldn’t even talk to us."
Key realignment player ESPN blasted for GameDay segment on realignment killing tradition
"College football as a regional game of rivalries is fading from memory."
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick calls realignment ‘complete disaster’
"I think the decision-making has lost its way in terms of the focus on the student-athlete and what's primarily best for them. But we are where we are, and we have to try to make it work."
Report: ACC could reap $72M in additional revenue from ESPN by adding Stanford, Cal, and SMU
Per a new report, Cal, Stanford, and SMU are finalizing deals to join the ACC in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
Is a College Football Premier League in our future?
The end of college realignment can be seen on the horizon - an elite group of schools making up a College Football Premier League.