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Jul 06, 2023 at 10:01 AM ET
If the ACC blew up, UVa and Virginia Tech might go different ways. Should
they? by Dwayne Yancey July 5, 2023 “For one thing, college athletic conferences across the country are in a state of flux: The Southeastern Conference raided the Big 12 for Texas and Oklahoma. The Big 10 just raided the Pac-12 for Southern California and UCLA. San Diego State has told the Mountain West it’s leaving, presumably to join the Pac-12. The schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference are bound together by a legal agreement called a “grant of rights” but some of them aren’t happy about this. They see other conferences — namely, the Big 10 and SEC — raking in a lot more television dollars than they are. Sports Illustrated recently reported that seven ACC schools, including Virginia and Virginia Tech, were evaluating their options.”

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anotherdamnyankeehokie anotherdamnyankeehokie
who knows consider that they have only been in same for 20 yrs. we can
still play as OOC opponents if the ACC implodes and each joined another conference
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WBGV OP
It’s a series that both schools will definitely want to continue in
the future no matter what happens. IMHO, VT has far better chance of getting an invite from the SEC than Virginia has in getting an invite from the B1G or the SEC.
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pine52x
Currently, other than football, UVA has a lot to offer.
I expect that their football program would turn around with an invite from the B1G. By turnaround, I don't mean competing for a B1G championship, just a much more competitive program.
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jmanatVT
Yeah, but I'd point out that they have historically trailed UMD who isn't
exactly lighting the world on fire, let alone lighting a candle on fire for that matter, in the Big10.
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EDGEMAN
Don't count those chickens...
VT needs to get better in football, and Sands needs to keep growing VT into a large public research university. Feel we're trending in the right direction in both areas, but this is no time to sit back on our laurels...lol
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Marchand and Ourand Podcast Link with Guest Host Paul Finebaum
Guest Host Paul Finebaum Talks ESPN and College Sports Media | Ep.94 | Marchand and Ourand Podcast Video: Discussions about the PAC 12 media rights deal starts at the 18 minute mark.
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SDSU departure from the Mountain West has turned into a 'Seinfeld episode
“In the classic Seinfeld episode "The Revenge," George Costanza famously quits his job, going out in a hail of a blaze of verbal glory, telling off his boss in a way that many employees fantasize about but so few rarely do. George then strategizes with Jerry about his next move and, having come to the realization he quit with zero forethought and he's not qualified to do any of the jobs he'd like to do, he ultimately realizes his best move will be the roll into the office on Monday morning like nothing happened. It goes about as well as you'd expect.”
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George Quits His Job, Then Pretends Like Nothing Happened
Video : 5 minutes