We need to move to the ACC!
- Thread starter PensacolaBlue
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And would still be in a great basketball conference.
Sounds good at first thought but a lot of our best players come here because they want to play in the SEC.
Yeah, sure, let's leave the luxury of being a founding SEC member and a ton of money on the table to go to a conference that'll be the new Pac 12 the moment FSU and Clemson figure out how to leave.
Real smart.
Real smart.
Won't ever happen, but acc football is a joke. acc may not be around long due to $$$$$$
You have been throwing our team under the bus all season.
so you think giving up all that SEC money is going to help our program?
Duh! outside of those years Clemson made some noise, the ACC over all is at best the third conference in strength if they are that.
I mean we could go tear up the Sun Belt if that's what you want.
Because in 10 years the ACC might be dead.
Why? The thread was made in jest, but I’d love to be in the ACC. I could care less if we make more money for women’s volleyball.
A lot. Like I think something like $15 million more a year to play in the SEC vs the ACC.
And that gap is only going to get wider starting next year. Especially when the ACC either dies or goes down a peg and can't get nationally televised games.
Louisville would trade places with Kentucky in a heartbeat to jump to the SEC if they could.
No way. I love being in the SEC no matter we have a tougher schedule. Can't believe some of you want to be in a much weaker ACC just to add meaningless wins like UL. I don't care to be like them. SEC baby and we reap more benefits from it too.
I'm sorry but that's nonsense.
Acc has way better baseball programs than us and women's basketball and men's basketball would be a toss up most seasons. We wouldn't be at the top in football either.
Yeah, a lot of unhappy UK fans with the win today. SMH. And leave for a conference that pays $12M-$15M LESS than the SEC? Yeah, that's it....that's the ticket.
Let's not even bring up that we get most of the recruits/coaches we do because we're in the SEC in the first place.
It's not like Kentucky can dominate on name alone going into the ACC.
It's not like Kentucky can dominate on name alone going into the ACC.
I think it's more like $30 million. FSU and Clemson want out really bad.
The post was written to call out UL being in a weak league. I’m sorry some of you didn’t get the sarcasm. It was a dig to UL. But do I wish we were in the ACC? Heck yah. Do I think we would move? Of course not. Having said that, I also would rather win the ACC than get an extra $15M per year.
I look forward to the day when they're headed back to G5 when the ACC folds.
Duke's gonna have a problem too.
Wrong. The ACC is historically miles ahead of the SEC in basketball. For decades until recently, this conference has been a recreation league for basketball. Rupp knew this and took advantage of it. Years ago, basketball fans would have rioted if we had switched to the ACC.
Honestly I'd hate that. Our record would be better but would much more difficult to get hyped up for UK-Boston College, UK-Virginia, etc. Seems like every SEC game is a huge game that I can get really excited about (outside of Vandy). Also if you're not making a NY6 bowl in the ACC the best you can hope for is the ReliaQuest or Gator Bowl. If FSU doesn't get into the playoff and gets the Orange Bowl instead, Louisville might end up in the Gator Bowl even after having their best season in years.
Honestly, outside of the Orange type bowl, they’re all equally pointless. We would have a better opportunity for bigger bowls that actually matter. And who cares about big matchups like UT if we always lose? I doubt their fans see it as much of a rivalry…probably how we see Vandy.
Agree about UT, but even games like UK-FLA, UK-Mizzou, UK-USC are really really fun. I enjoy being a part of the SEC even if we could win more in the ACC
I agree but the basketball side would be better, and we’d not be bottom of the barrel in football. I tend to only watch SEC football though so that would be a bummer to have to watch teams like Virginia.
It’s called sarcasm smart guy. I wasn’t actually advocating for moving conferences.
Must be. It couldn’t be a frustrated actual fan. Real fans accept losing and build statues for 7-5 seasons.
