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Old Line Hokie
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Of all those schools listed...

Kansas is the only #1 school from their state. During the last ACC expansion, Syracuse was the only #1 school of the state chosen. Kentucky > Louisville and Penn State > Pittsburgh. Notre Dame isn't a football member. West Virginia would be my first ACC expansion school since they are their state's #1 brand. Right now the ACC only has the #1 football brand in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and tied in Florida. The Big Ten has the #1 brand in every state that they're located in (New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana - for state school, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and California). So does the SEC except for South Carolina and Florida and those are pretty even (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma). That isn't as impressive as the Big Ten's BUT the SEC has better football programs. The Big 12 has the #1 brands in Kansas and West Virginia. They lost Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. Major loses. The Pac-12 has the #1 brands in Arizona, Colorado, Utah (for state school), Oregon and Washingotn but just lost the #1 brand in California. The only #1 state brands realistically available for the ACC are West Virginia and UConn. Neither have large televison markets. WVU has a loyal fan base for all sports and UConn has a loyal fan base for men's and women's basketball. ** Edited by Old Line Hokie at 7/10/2022, 7:40:56 AM
Posted: 07/10/2022 at 07:38 AM ET
(In response to this post by MrFantastic!)

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Houston and TCU
MrFantastic! 07/10/22 06:01 AM ET
We're not all economics/finance majors here
Vippie1 07/10/22 11:08 AM ET
Texas Christian is about as valuable as Miami (FLA). Houston == Temple
LocalExperts 07/10/22 10:05 AM ET
Texas Tech with their crazy fan base is clear school #3 in Texas
LocalExperts 07/10/22 09:30 AM ET
PAC North (SU, Cal, UO, UW) are each worth more than our median
daveinop 07/10/22 08:55 AM ET
Texas Tech**
LocalExperts 07/10/22 10:22 AM ET
Why does Rice keep getting mentioned? They are smaller than WF
HokieAl 07/10/22 09:01 AM ET
Wealth, facilities, academics, location (media), and location (recruiting)
daveinop 07/10/22 10:49 AM ET
and Rice Stadium is halfway empty and shut off to make it look not as empty
LocalExperts 07/10/22 10:06 AM ET
TCU only has 11k students. It would be adding another WF/BC
HokieAl 07/10/22 07:42 AM ET
In order words, a classic ACC play Swofford would like
LocalExperts 07/10/22 10:10 AM ET
Also, if we went all in for both size and basketball
HokieAl 07/10/22 07:51 AM ET
Of all those schools listed...
Old Line Hokie 07/10/22 07:38 AM ET
I can't see how adding any or all of them helps anyone at this point.
Maroon Baboon 07/10/22 07:03 AM ET
Lingerie Bowl!**
3TechFanz 07/10/22 08:19 AM ET