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Maroon Baboon
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If not, that would be a tremendous dereliction of duty.

From when I've heard about this conference realignment business in general is that the school contacts the conference. Not the other way around. Just think if one phone call would have resulted in a near term invite. Life would be a lot different now.
Posted: 08/23/2022 at 07:43 PM ET
(In response to this post by Vippie1)

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Conference Realignment history question (re: VT, ACC, SEC 2003)
Maroon Baboon 08/23/22 06:57 PM ET
In 2003 w/ the addition of Miami and VT, the ACC in my opinion was...
VPIVIP95 08/24/22 10:16 AM ET
I knew a few players on the team back than - they were being told that if
133193Hokie 08/24/22 08:27 AM ET
Who were the people deciding things
WarHog38 08/24/22 02:01 AM ET
Times were different
Mercury 08/24/22 09:29 AM ET
No knowledge, just opinion. I think VT panicked
HokieAl 08/23/22 09:40 PM ET
I think VT wanted to join the ACC really bad.
EDGEMAN 08/24/22 09:04 AM ET
We also had a lot of very valuable allies/connections within ACC back then
Hokie Fiji 08/24/22 10:19 AM ET
VT had wanted the ACC for decades.
mancunian 08/24/22 10:06 AM ET
Just think...the reason VPI was left out initially is because our president
EDGEMAN 08/24/22 10:50 AM ET
If your Conference is breaking up, you contact all the potential players.**
Stech 08/23/22 07:21 PM ET
You would think. But do we know?**
Maroon Baboon 08/23/22 07:41 PM ET
No one is going to admit it, but nobody is dumb enough to not to do it.
Stech 08/23/22 08:13 PM ET
my guess is no
Vippie1 08/23/22 07:06 PM ET
If not, that would be a tremendous dereliction of duty.
Maroon Baboon 08/23/22 07:43 PM ET
well if you recall....after the ACC announced the bc cuse Miami thing
Vippie1 08/24/22 02:36 PM ET
The SEC got interested in Tech
Sunsetunderground 08/23/22 07:54 PM ET
Hope so!**
EDGEMAN 08/24/22 09:05 AM ET
LSU game when Saban was the Coach and Mike was gone didn't hurt either. The
Stech 08/23/22 08:36 PM ET
I'll never forget LSU fans
Sunsetunderground 08/23/22 08:51 PM ET
They were professional tailgating travel fans!
EDGEMAN 08/24/22 09:06 AM ET