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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 3 days 9 hours ago | More rumormill speculation |
From a very long WVU thread. The one school that approached the BiG was none other than UVA!
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| 3 days 12 hours ago | Only if they needed it. If |
Only if they needed it. If the Big 10 were to take them, they wouldn't need a lifeboat. If GTU is really looking at the Big 12 (or any other conference) that's three major athletic teams. The ACC as we know it would be dead. |
| 3 days 17 hours ago | You are absolutley correct in |
You are absolutley correct in that UVA wouldn't leave, nor should they. UVA, UNC, NC State, and Duke are the mainstays of the ACC. They set the tone of what the ACC is about. My question is how the other ACC schools fit the culture of those 4? What does Pitt, Srycuse, BC and Miami have in common with UVA, UNC, NCST, and Duke? Why are they acceptable in the ACC and Maryland, UVA, GTU or UNC not acceptable in the Big 10? |
| 3 days 17 hours ago | All great points, but . . . |
The idea the conferences will expand in their own regions isn't a reality. The conferences, with their own networks, will be looking to expand their footprint. Why do you think the Big 12 loked at WVU? To get into the East Coast of course. The Big 12, being the weakest of the four being looked at in this report, needs to bring in teams outside Texas and the Great Plains. If this super expansion happens, and it is the Big 12 that gets in, look for them to expand solely into the East. If they do get FSU and Clemson, watch them go after schools like NC State, VTU, and maybe even Miami. Will they get all of those schools? No, but they will get some and push their influence to a wider market while giving WVU and, assuming they pull South Carolina and FSU, more regional teams. Think how each conference could go about expanding and keep in mind that there are many ways for schools to fit. As far as the Big 10 goes, they potentially will take from many different areas. Just taking 4 ACC schools isn't in the cards, IMO. They want markets, mainly the NY market, the DC market, and a Southern market. I think they look at wanting to take ND, Rutgers, Maryland, and Geargia Tech. I think that the NY market is ripe for the B1G network, but need a local team to solidify it. Adding ND with Rutgers solidifies it, I think. Maryland, along with PSU, brings the DC market. With all of the Northern transplants, I think all they need a big school to bring the Atlanta market. All of the above schools are good academic schools with the potential to bring in other markets. Again, this only fits if a team is willing to leave their conferences. I think that traditional ACC teams like UNC, UVA, NCST, and Duke will never leave. They value the academic closeness and the basketball rivalries to much to break free. If the superconferences do come to fruition, I believe ND will be forced to join one. Rutgers is the new Nebraska in Maize and Brews College Football High School post. They are just waiting for their invite. A report out earlier in the year stated that Rutgers was telling recruits that they will be in the B1G shortly. Maryland and GTU are the stretches. They both fit what the B1G wants, but do they want to leave. Who knows, but if they can solidify their standing with one of the conferences, than they may jump. Remember, the Big 12 wasn't expansion, it was a merger and one of need. The Bis XIII and the SWC were falling apart. They joined to make themselves stronger by puttingNebraska, UT and Oklahoma together. The superconfeences can pick and choose the best fits for them. |
| 3 days 19 hours ago | Sure the Big East and ACC can align with a bowl . . . |
. . . but why would anybody care? If FSU and Clemson bolt for the Big 12, neither the Big East nor the ACC have any traditional football powers to draw from. The closest thing they would have is VTU and that's a stretch. Make no mistake, the big, traditional powers run the sport because they are the money draws. Each of the four talked about in the article have a traditoinal power. The SEC has Alabama, LSU, and Florida. The Big 10 has UM, OSU and now Nebraska. The Pac 12 has USC and a monetary power in Oregon. The Big 12 has Texas and Oklahoma. If the ACC loses FSU, they have no traditional football powers. No leverage. They can align themselves to a bowl all they want, but it will be meaningless in the grand scheme of things. The MAC can align themselves to whatever bowl they can, but it won't mean anything if nobody outside their region cares.
Now, if Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12, all bets are off.
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| 1 week 6 days ago | You can borrow mine. |
You can borrow mine.
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| 4 weeks 2 days ago | I'm 99% sure that if Green wanted to come in |
he could. Now, they may be waiting on Issac. If Issac passes, they would take Green in a heartbeat. He's a freaking bull. |
| 7 weeks 4 days ago | Well Played |
Well Played |
| 9 weeks 4 days ago | Bob Ufer would never had said |
Bob Ufer would never had said that about any kid UM was recruiting. |
| 10 weeks 4 days ago | This. A one seed is out of |
This. A one seed is out of the question. UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, and most likely, 'Cuse are the one seeds, imo. That isn't changing. If we win the BTT, a two seed might be in the works. |
