Before we get to Texas, or the Women’s matchup against LSU (and their peacock head coach), a word about the ACC.
With apologies to Clemson and, I guess, FSU and those programs' accomplishments on the gridiron, the ACC is a basketball conference. The heart and soul of the conference lives on Tobacco Road. The conference headquarters are in North Carolina. The conference’s media rights deal reflects that it’s a basketball conference - $30 million per school is closer to the Big East’s football-less $15 million per school than the Big Ten and SEC’s more than $70 million per school.