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Under Armour would "invest" at least 10 mil to get their flagship school in the B1G.

But the schools we are talking bout do have the boosters for the money. That includes Maryland.

20 mil is not a lot. Not for a major university. They will find a way. A&m is paying over 20 mil to leave. They don't pay their players. Where does that revenue go? Don't forget about boosters. Stop saying the buyout is a hurdle. It is not.

Maybe the hold up was waiting for the ACC replacements. The first move was the ACC expansion with several meetings scheduled the following day. You know, we are leaving but we will be respectful type deal.

I think the ACC getting Pitt and Syracuse shows that they are more committed to basketball. FSU's bread & butter is football. They need to go to the SEC. I am hoping that Pitt and Syracuse are replacements for FSU and another ACC to the SEC school. 20 mil is not a lot of money to major programs. More like a NFL pay-roll. Maybe they approved the hike as a thank you to the ACC. Hopefully they were waiting on replacements before they left out of respect. My hope, But I know better.

FSU preparing for realignment possibilities

Wonder who will be the 14th. The rumor mill should be pumpin in the coming weeks.

The Palm Beach Post is reporting that FSU and the SEC has been talking for months. They also are saying that they will expand to 14 teams then 16 teams in later year(s). Texas A&M and FSU will be the first two. We will see.

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At SEC Media Days, Slive did say, "I can get to 16 (teams) in 15 minutes." Here is also an issue, only four teams can play in that prime CBS 3:30 slot and secondary ESPN/ESPN2 Saturday night slot. How many times a year will aTm, Clemson or any new team will actually play in those two slots? I wonder if CBS will add a night game. FSU will see their share of time.

BYU might not be a bad idea. I grew up Mormon. They love their Cougar football. No matter where they live.

FSU to the SEC could very well happen

I dont blame you. I may not be fat but that post gave me a chubby.

How well are the Aeros supported? Always thought Houston should had been one of the first southern franchises of the southern migration.

Even though there has been no talk about it, I wonder if the SEC has/will talk to any Big 12 schools. I think Texas A&M could be persuadable. Going to the SEC while Texas goes to the Pac 10 would be a great way for Texas A&M to lose the little brother stigma. Who knows, maybe they could snag Oklahoma. I am having a ball with this.

That Pac-10 article was exciting to read. Playoffs are slowly developing, people. It will be a long and weird journey, but I think it will be fun. Ten years from now I think the college football landscape will be very different. Maybe the champs of the four power conferences will battle it out in a playoff. Of course this would be after four conference championship games. I could be way wrong but I wouldn't mind if it turned out this way.

It's looks good so far. The Sailboat?