Notre Dame is not realistic
would poaching WVU and Cinci be realistic and would it save the conference
If not, would brokering deals with the SEC B1G & Big XII to find homes for the majority of schools, be a possibility
Not sure if the SEC wants Clem @ Fla St but I think the BIG XII would jump to take them.Do a package deal and add GT Louisville & Pitt
With VPI & NCSU to the SEC
UVA & UNC to the B1G
Duke Wake and BC to the Big East
If adding teams isn’t going to save it, blow it up now and move on
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2hhoop3
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to WVU 45 million and rising or 14,000 and declining.
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Black Diamond will be in Morgantown for a very long time.
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2hhoop3
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be able to afford even a box to store it in?
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hokieZ71
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Regardless.
Ranking the top acc and pac 12 (without usc and ucla) values, my opinion, something like this:
1. Fsu
2. Clemson
3. Washington
4. Oregon
5. Miami
6. Unc
7. Virginia tech
8. Stanford
9. Cal
10. Gt
11. NC state
12. Louisville
Etc
WVU and Cincinnati would be way below Pitt, uva, cute, Duke.
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VPI_1998
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I know football is mediocre right now, but they have a lot to offer as a brand and in a state with growing population, more than Washington for sure
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with fan base, facilities, academics. Weak campus environment. large % of students live away from the school and or with parents. would take West Virginia over UC..
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Find a way to blow it up now and start making big money sooner rather than later
If the SEC BIG XII & B1G are all going to 20+ teams, most of the ACC will land in one of them anyway
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to find homes in the SEC or Big10 for at least 8 ACC teams. Hard to find 8 teams in the ACC that would get the invite.
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could have gone to the B12 a year before the PAC disintegrated. They stuck it out with the bigger brands in the PAC - why? At the time, reports were that the PAC would get a good contract, and all would be good - they were strung along.
Looking at Pitt, Cuse, Duke - just to name a few, are watching this very closely, and none of them want to the the next OSU and Washington State.
So when you say "no one" with 1/2 of the conference trying to leave, and you have article after article saying you do not make the cut for the BIG or SEC - they may not even look back as they go for stability, a premier basketball conference, and a WAY underestimated football conference.
** Edited by Big12 guy at 8/18/2023, 7:39:21 PM
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Leave at any time. The grant of rights in the ACC prevents that. There's no real indication that anybody's leaving for the next decade. At least, nobody leaving unless enough schools vote to dissolve the conference. So as long as they don't vote to dissolve the conference, they can maintain status quo.
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just a matter of time.
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20 to 30 million per school. And expansion with Big 12, PAC4, or G5 schools will not accomplish that.
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I digress, the ACC would NEVER stop to he B12 or G5 level - and it will be your demise IMHO.
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