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of old newspaper and magazine accounts, even a book or two I think, on the break up of the old Southern Conference and the formation of the SEC and ACC. The roads were mentioned and the mountains have been mentioned as a natural dividing line, all geared more or less to transportation. The irony is not lost on old timers still around that a superconference combination today of the SEC and ACC would essentially be a back to the future old Southern Conference with a few additions and deletions.
Posted: 11/03/2022 at 03:58 PM ET
(In response to this post by IB4TECH)

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Should College football have different conference structures?
MaskedRacer 11/03/22 08:58 AM ET
The ACC was built pretty much along US29
mrcaniac 11/03/22 02:57 PM ET
I 64 was supposed to run east and west, not northwest and southeast, need
Stech 11/03/22 06:22 PM ET
There was alot of history in Virginia about that.
Mercury 11/06/22 11:29 AM ET
I have never seen that about 29, but it sure looks right. DC (MD),
IB4TECH 11/03/22 03:43 PM ET
There are a variety......
2hhoop3 11/03/22 03:58 PM ET
If you want to know where we are going, stop thinking in terms of NCAA.
33laszlo99 11/03/22 02:06 PM ET
You don't think the NCAA will continue serving the remaining DI schools
VTHokie2000 11/03/22 03:25 PM ET
I think the NCAA will continue to offer membership to any
33laszlo99 11/03/22 05:39 PM ET
Depending on which conferences are considered "major," I could see a few
VTHokie2000 11/03/22 05:45 PM ET
They're TV Alliances, not Conferences anymore, now their expanding so that
Stech 11/03/22 11:35 AM ET
If this is true, we could try to add just Washington and Oregon
Truthahn 11/06/22 10:14 AM ET
"TV Alliances, not Conferences" Bullseye!**
33laszlo99 11/03/22 01:58 PM ET
Thanks, once you realize that, it helps you understand what’s happening and
Stech 11/03/22 05:33 PM ET
Should…yes probably. But there is a Gordian knot of money, media and NCAA
HokieAl 11/03/22 09:27 AM ET