College Football It's All About TV Sets

I don't know too many people unhappy with the departure of Maryland from the ACC.  I hear a lot of people crying because of the TV market Baltimore/Washington no longer has an ACC school.  Guess what folks Rutgers didn't get into the Big Ten because they are one of the premier athletic programs in the country but they are close to  New York City.  Rutgers going to the Big Ten is a bigger hit for the ACC than losing Maryland.

Heard this on the David Glenn show one day this week that the ACC is the third most viewed football conference on Saturdays following the SEC and the Big Ten.  More people watch ACC football every Saturday over the Big 12, Pac 12.

If TV sets mean everything then who will the ACC go after to fill the void of Maryland and who could possibly filled Rutgers shoes even though they never got walked in.  Louisville, U Conn, Vanderbilt, Navy, ECU  and what about UNC Charlotte.

Top candidate now would be Louisville with a city of 141,000 but here is always what TV sets look at.  The Metro area of Louisville is 1.3 million. You must remember now the quality of athletics has absolute no reason for any school joining any league only TV sets.  Second on the list U Conn, part of the Hartford,New Haven TV market the 28th biggest in the country.

When I throw this one out there don't swear until you listen to reason.  Navy an academic institution location in the Baltimore /Washington market replacing Maryland.   I know ECU fans are already sending off tweets trying to get ECU back in the ACC talk but forget it,  Greenville-New Bern -Washington only 192,000 TVs.  Yes ECU  fans   UNC Charlotte has got a truly much better chance of joining the ACC than ECU will in the next thirty years.  Charlotte a city of 751,000 and here we go with a metro area of 2.4 million.  Now I ask all of you ECU fans if you were opening a gas station where would you built one in Charlotte who has two interstate highways and 2.4 million gas tanks or Greenville with 192,000 gas tanks.

There is one more team on the wish list and that would be Vanderbilt.  They fit the ACC mode of mostly Private Colleges with a city of 605,000 and a metro 1.5 million.    Why would Vandy want to leave the SEC where they already get  a bigger TV pay check than what the ACC can offer. If we forget all the TV set mumbo jumbo the next issue is football stadiums, basketball arena's and airports.  Where does ECU fit there?  Don't feel so bad ECU  Appalachian State now that they are considering D-1 football  are seeing the pain that you are going through because they have less TV's than you.