ACC Football: Week 3

[CrazyNotCrazie]

The SEC actually has a rule where each of their teams are required to play another power conference team (or Notre Dame) every season. Wake bailing out of this contract (they apparently had to pay a $1 mil cancelation fee) puts Ole Miss in a tough spot. They will either need to find another P4 team to play (I wonder if the old Pac 12 teams would count, Oregon St and Wash St) or they have to get a waiver from the SEC.

I understand that. But perhaps Ole Miss should have understood that when it negotiated the contract. That is generally how the business world works. Does the SEC have a penalty if Ole Miss doesn't do this? If so, the compensation from Wake for potentially bailing should have been greater than or equal to that. Not that hard. They need to stop whining.

 

[OldPhiKap]

I can't remember the specifics but Duke backed out of an out of conference game some years ago which led to some whining.

We tried to break a contract with Louisville. Our argument in court — and this is true — is that the contract allowed Louisville to replace us with anyone better than Duke, and by definition every other team was better than us. Essentially.

 

[budwom]

We tried to break a contract with Louisville. Our argument in court — and this is true — is that the contract allowed Louisville to replace us with anyone better than Duke, and by definition every other team was better than us. Essentially.

righto, I remember that argument!

 

[arnie]

righto, I remember that argument!

That was a valid argument during most of the Alleva years.

 

[budwom]

Arnie can we expect to see you enter WW at 3:59 September 28?

 

[BigWayne]

The SEC actually has a rule where each of their teams are required to play another power conference team (or Notre Dame) every season. Wake bailing out of this contract (they apparently had to pay a $1 mil cancelation fee) puts Ole Miss in a tough spot. They will either need to find another P4 team to play (I wonder if the old Pac 12 teams would count, Oregon St and Wash St) or they have to get a waiver from the SEC.

USC, Rutgers, or Northwestern are the likely candidates for them to schedule.

 

[arnie]

Arnie can we expect to see you enter WW at 3:59 September 28?

Maybe a bit later, closer to actual KO

 

[brevity]

The SEC actually has a rule where each of their teams are required to play another power conference team (or Notre Dame) every season. Wake bailing out of this contract (they apparently had to pay a $1 mil cancelation fee) puts Ole Miss in a tough spot. They will either need to find another P4 team to play (I wonder if the old Pac 12 teams would count, Oregon St and Wash St) or they have to get a waiver from the SEC.

We can rule out Oregon State. According to Brett McMurphy, they have a new playing partner: Wake Forest.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836429435383283870

 

[budwom]

We can rule out Oregon State. According to Brett McMurphy, they have a new playing partner: Wake Forest.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836429435383283870

just goes to show that travel isn't necessarily the major bugaboo many think it is. Go see a new place!

 

[AustinDevil]

Lots of teams figure out a new opponent, even a new P4 opponent, on less notice than this, and without an unexpected $1M to throw around. Ole Miss will be fine and looks dumb for whining.