When Texas and Oklahoma left the Big 12, it would’ve been rational to assume it was on the way to extinction. Instead, it added BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston. It also devoured part of the Pac-12 (now Pac-2), including Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah.
Apparently, the conference is still hungry, looking for more programs to join the 16-team league. Two of those teams are Florida State and Clemson.
Greg Swaim of the Greg Swaim Show made an X post claiming the SEC and Big 10 have all but ended their negotiations with the schools. While he gives no reason why the SEC stopped the conversation, he said that FSU and Clemson not being AAU accredited made the difference for the Big 10.
BREAKING: As we’ve said for a year, #FSU and #Clemson will not get a #B1G offer, due to neither being AAU accredited. But from Vegas the talk is the #SEC has now turned the pair down. With new sponsorship the B12 p4obably won’t pay quite what the other two do, but with those two they’ll pay double what the #ACC does.
P.S. And it won’t end there. The talk is the B12 will take six from the ACC.
BREAKING: As we’ve said for a year, #FSU and #Clemson will not get a #B1G offer, due to neither being AAU accredited. But from Vegas the talk is the #SEC has now turned the pair down. With new sponsorship the B12 p4obably won’t pay quite what the other two do, but with those two… pic.twitter.com/JjKccxisqP
— GREG SWAIM SHOW (@GSwaim) July 10, 2024
After Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormak indirectly took a shot at the ACC, it was evident he was trying to vie for power among the remaining power conferences. But the comment looks to have more weight than initially thought, foreshadowing his plans to turn the ACC into the Pac-12 2.0. obvious