We are three years down the road of conference questioning. In hindsight, I want to commend the FSU administration for identifying the issues early. What seemed like a minor problem three years ago has transformed into a major issue threatening the competitiveness of our football program today.

Last year, FSU approached the ACC regarding a revenue distribution model and floated the idea of leaving the conference. The ACC's response was to basically ignore the situation, label FSU as a troublemaker, and finish their annual meeting by holding hands and singing Kumbaya.

Meanwhile, the B1G decided to make a grab for the most valuable teams in the PAC, and those teams were more than happy to travel across the country in order to join in with the powerbrokers. The P5 as it was once known, became a P4 overnight.

The SEC had already made its own move, poaching the two most valuable B12 properties. By the time the ACC decided to add new members, we were left with the remnants, two PAC properties that haven't been relevant in 15 years and that have very little national audience, and the only program to my knowledge to have received the NCAA death penalty. The ACC showed up late to the party after all the champagne was gone, and served its members a concoction made from pouring whatever liquid was left in drinks lying around into a paper cup.

To add insult to injury, Notre Dame, who the ACC decided to make a full voting member despite ND's unwillingness to share football revenue, openly lobbied for the inclusion of these inferior members.

It wasn't finished yet though. ACC games in general are seen as filler for the most part, because the media partner prefers to televise SEC games and pays them handsomely for it.

But wait, there's more! And so after finishing the season a perfect 13-0, winning the conference championship, defeating a higher ranked opponent than Texas in their championship game and playing a more difficult schedule, the committee decided that FSU was not a high enough quality opponent for their invitational.

Instead, the final College invitational consisted of four teams affiliated with the two most powerful conferences. Adding insult to injury, the chairman of the committee, an ACC member, called the ACC, his own conference, a "so-called" P5 conference.

But the story doesn't end there! Because at the time all the pundits were saying, "This will be fixed next year, because the playoffs is going to 12 teams."

Everything seemed fine. After all, the formula stipulated that the champions from the five "highest rated" (to be determined solely at the Invitation committee's discretion) would receive automatic spots. What could go wrong?

Meanwhile, FSU gets disciplined for violating NIL rules. And we take our medicine. But Tennessee then gets cited and all of a sudden the SEC is meeting with the B1G to discuss the NCAA's role in the future and some changes they would like to see.

And this week, we see those changes. The SEC and B1G want a bigger share of the revenue from the invitational. Widening the gap. They also want to expand the field to 14 teams with guarantees that 6 of those slots go to their members. Plus additional teams from their conferences will be considered for at large bids. They also want guarantees that their two champions get first week byes.

As a gesture of inclusivity, the P2 has offered TWO of those fourteen slots to ACC teams. In my opinion, the ACC should jump all over it. No way that the ACC will get two teams in otherwise. Any further ACC teams would be considered for the at-large bids, but with the understanding that ACC schedules are always and forever inferior to anything the SEC or B1G plays.

Don't forget, the chair of the invitation committee, an ACC member, sold the conference down the river for the SEC last time the invitations were sent. No reason to think the ACC will get representation this time around.

Meanwhile, the ACC wants to hold FSU hostage as long as possible and it doesn't matter whether we like it or not. They want to strip our membership rights (voting) and yet still reap the rewards from our on-field accomplishments. To pimp us out and then shake us down for the trick.

The gap was wide before, but it's getting wider. The band on the Titanic were honorable, they kept playing. But they drowned. We need off this sinking ship immediately, and I believe the sooner the better monetarily, because this gap will continue to grow.

Until we find a home, we risk being a casualty of the moment.