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Yes, many of those schools calling seeking to join the SEC and the Big Ten are in the Pac-12 and the Big 12, but it’s not a surprise those schools would be scrambling for new homes. I’ll discuss that below in a moment, but first let’s begin here: top ACC schools recognize that the future of college football is the SEC and the Big Ten and they want out of the ACC.Įver since the Big Ten poached USC and UCLA from the Pac-12, the phones have been ringing off the hook at the SEC and Big Ten offices. And there are two schools in particular, the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina, who will help to drive the next generation of college football expansion.

Because pretty much every ACC school wants to leave the ACC for the SEC or the Big Ten and unlike the Big 12 and the Pac 12, many ACC schools have substantial expansion value to both the SEC and the Big Ten. Purchase collectibles from Dear Old Clemson and the proceeds with go to support Clemson student-athletes.While most college football media and fans have been chasing Big 12 and Pac-12 expansion and realignment rumors, the truth of the matter is this: the future battles in college football expansion aren’t going to be fought in the Big 12 or the Pac-12, they’re going to be fought in the ACC. Now there is a new way you can support Clemson student-athletes. Dear Old Clemson’s marketplace is officially open. “It is going to be a critical time in my opinion in terms of the stability of the league,” Packer added. The stability and future of the conference are now at stake. So, all of the money that you are making with that guy over there the league (ACC) keeps.” The grant of the media rights that is currently in existence for the ACC gives you the fortress of we are all in this together, which means…that if school X of the ACC decided that ‘hey I am going to go join the SEC or the Big Ten or whatever I am out of here,’ your media rights between now and 2035-36 belong in the Atlantic Coast Conference. “The difference there and what this league has is that UCLA and USC’s grant of media rights were coming to an end, so there is no penalty to leave.

“There are a trillion rumors and that is what they are at this time but you can’t dismiss a week ago if we had said UCLA and USC they want out well that is not going to happen, said Packer. The former Clemson Tiger explained how the Grant of Rights makes things different for the ACC.

I think the ACC much like it was 20 years ago is now in a position of okay what is this going to turn into… We are now going to find out the ultimate where are we,” said Packer. The league is about to find out how committed they are to the survival of the conference. And, now you have the Alliance was formed and you got a sense that at least the Pac-12, the Big Ten and the ACC had this kumbaya and stiff-armed the college football playoff for a while and we had this saneness among us and then you had this issue yesterday,” said Packer. A year ago name, image and likeness was front and center and we have seen how it has altered the world. You have Fox Sports and they are in the football business. “So we have kind of been through this before but this how now reached the point where hey you have ESPN and they are in the football business. The ACC has been here before and was able to make the moves to survive. Here comes the expansion with Pittsburgh…and a lot of people didn’t understand…Well, if that had not happened by John Swofford and the grants of media rights the ACC would not be here.” And so what did you see happen? Here comes Boston College. And John Swofford had a front-row seat and knew it was coming. It felt like a critical time for the existence of the Atlantic Coast Conference and it was. “To me, this is going to be, we had a stretch during expansion, years ago with John Swofford. “The trillion-dollar question is our league,” Packer said on his final show with Durham. Packer gave his thoughts on what the news that UCLA and USC are heading to the Big 10 means for the ACC. Mark Packer had plenty to say Friday morning on the final edition of the Packer and Durham show on the ACC network about the future of the conference.