If conference realignment was the school bus in Forrest Gump, the SEC and Big Ten are ready to tell Florida State, “You can’t sit here.”
Brett McMurphy is reporting that should the Seminoles leave the ACC, the SEC and Big Ten are not interested in adding them as a new member.
If you’re just catching up on the latest realignment news, Florida State and Clemson are suing the ACC over its grant of rights agreement, which makes it outrageously expensive to leave the conference until 2036.
Both schools want more money through a new television contract (like the ones the SEC and Big Ten have).
Even if Florida State and/or Clemson settle with the ACC to exit the league, they may be searching for a suitor, as neither the SEC nor Big Ten want that drama.
McMurphy’s sources said the only way the SEC’s feelings toward Florida State could change is if the ACC dissolved and its schools were up for grabs; however, the Seminoles wouldn’t be at the top of the SEC’s list.
McMurphy reports that the SEC and Big Ten would be most interested in adding North Carolina and/or Virginia should the ACC fall apart.
Paul Finebaum says the SEC would go after the Tar Heels first.
“It’s North Carolina at the top,” Finebaum said on ‘McElroy and Cubelic In The Morning’ on Monday.
“I think, after that, it’s a little bit unknown. There are a million different theories.
Would North Carolina take someone with them? Or would they just sit around?”
