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I'd have to find it again, but I read somewhere recently that Wake Forest-

is the least valuable brand in the P4 by a significant margin. Boston College was pretty far down the list as well. When it was founded in the 1950s, the ACC was not founded with TV money or football at front of mind, and that handicap carries over to present day. It is what it is. Half of the ACC are either tiny private schools with tiny little fanbases, have no football pedigree to speak of, or both.
Posted: 06/16/2026 at 10:12 AM ET
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Sad that the Big12 has to ask a court permission to enforce its own rules
VT ChemE 1986 06/15/26 11:37 AM ET
I thought only unstable conference like the ACC is going through a legal
RandomAsianGuy 06/15/26 01:35 PM ET
I know you're trying to be funny, but this demonstrates the opposite-
Baltimore_Hokie 06/15/26 02:32 PM ET
Yeah they are "unified" against its member school
RandomAsianGuy 06/15/26 07:33 PM ET
I think the "stability" in the Big 12 is inherent in the fact the-
Baltimore_Hokie 06/16/26 08:58 AM ET
I get your point about BC and Wake. But going forward, they will get paid
RandomAsianGuy 06/16/26 12:06 PM ET
Even though Baylor has 7 SWC championships, historically it hasn't been
VTHokie2000 06/16/26 09:31 AM ET
I won't discount perception, especially
Big12 guy 06/16/26 10:39 AM ET
I don't disagree about people's perception of VT. Hence why I was asking
VTHokie2000 06/16/26 11:00 AM ET
No doubt. When they were bad, they were
Big12 guy 06/16/26 11:12 AM ET
VT getting into the Big East Football Conference was a real game changer
VTHokie2000 06/16/26 11:24 AM ET
I'd have to find it again, but I read somewhere recently that Wake Forest-
Baltimore_Hokie 06/16/26 10:12 AM ET
I don't disagree with you about BC's and Wake's value or the mindset of the
VTHokie2000 06/16/26 10:49 AM ET
Yep. Not a single B12 school would stay if they had a P2 ticket
EDGEMAN 06/16/26 05:42 AM ET