The Smoking Musket, a West Virginia Mountaineers community

In case you didn't hear, the SEC and Big 12 have formed a new partnership that will send their football conference champion to a bowl game to play each other, should they not make the proposed 4-team "playoff" for the National Title. Why does that matter? Well, it basically leaves the ACC without a dance partner. The Big 10 and Pac 12/16 have a similar agreement with the Rose Bowl so now the ACC is the last conference standing. Could they partner with the Big East? Maybe, but who is going to care about a Big East-ACC game and who knows if the Big East will even exist in a few years... I'll have more on this tomorrow, but this is definitely a line in the sand of sorts that knocks the ACC down a peg, elevates the Big 12, and might kill hopes of ND ever joining the conference. It could also impact what FSU does. Hold on to your butts, things are about to get crazy...