re: When will it be time to add NC State?

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f possible, sure. UNC might eventually join the SEC if the ACC falls apart, but I can't see UVA doing so. They'll look at the SEC as slumming it, academically. I think they'd bolt for the Big 10. In fact, I think that was part of the strategy behind the Big 10 taking Maryland.

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Jim Delany, former Big Ten commissioner, is a UNC grad, and really wanted to find a way to get UVA, UNC, and Georgia Tech into the Big Ten. If the ACC ever breaks up, look for those schools to head to the Big Ten.

As far as pealing off an ACC school, first, the grant of rights has to go away. But then, as to Virginia Tech and NC State, if you want either of those, it would probably have to be in a scenario where their fellow state school goes to the Big Ten. UNC and NC State share a governing board, if I recall correctly, so NC State won't be making any independent moves. UVA had to lobby hard to get Virginia Tech into the ACC, so Tech will not stab them in the back.