South Alabama at NCSU

 

We won, 35 to 13. Still, it seems like we're not playing as well as we should. I just can't tell if we're going to be a good team or not.

Weather was yucky - chilly and damp. Had a good time though. We tailgated with subway sandwiches and beer and had a good time hanging out.

Afterwards stopped by Sadlacks but the band was already finished playing and starting to pack up their gear. At 9:30. On a Saturday night.

Raleigh rolls up the sidewalks early these days.

Chip, me, Nuke, Dave.

Overall, a nice way to spend a Saturday evening.

ACC Expansion

Practically no one at the game had even heard that the ACC was seriously discussing expansion with Syracuse and Pittsburgh - who delivered 'official' letters of application yesterday. I figured it was a done deal and the letters were just making it official.

Turns out, that's right. The ACC apparently voted (while everyone was at football games) to expand by adding the 'Cuse and Pitt.

All the sudden, possible expansion of the major conferences (ACC, SEC, etc.) is not just speculation but is now gonna happen. The question for the ACC is who will be members / teams 15 and 16?

I predict that real soon there will be four Super-Conferences each with 16 members.

The ACC, SEC, Pac-(16?) and Big (16 made out of the Big 12 and Big 10). That will pretty much capture the top 64 football and basketball programs. Maybe, just maybe, there will be a fifth Super Conference - but that might be a long shot.

I'd also bet that the BCS will align with the pairings of ACC-Orange Bowl, Big Something or Other - Rose Bowl, SEC - Sugar Bowl and Pac-whoever - Fiesta Bowl.

The BCS bowls could continue as they do now with 10 teams in the the four bowl games plus the BCS National Championship Game. Or - the four bowl's eight teams could make up a final four playoff.

The Big (not really) East will slide down and become more like a top mid-major. Kind of like Conference USA.