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re: How long until we go to 16 teams?
Posted on 5/2/12 at 1:47 pm to Quidam65
Posted on 5/2/12 at 1:47 pm to Quidam65
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I agree. That's why you won't see the SEC expand but to new states with Virginia and North Carolina (the states, not the universities) being the most likely.
I am still weary of this. With the Pac 12 and the B1G aligning themselves, I don't know if it is in our best interest to destabilize the ACC. I think the current situation is set up nicely for the SEC. The ACC and the Big 12 are both weaker than the SEC in almost every area, but if they consolidated themselves they could become a major problem. tu, OU, OSU, Texas Tech, FSU, Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech, WVU, UNC, Duke, and whichever others could make a conference that strikes right across our footprint, and regardless of what anyone wishes, a lot of those programs have value, and if they become overly marginalized by our success, they will get restless. Especially tu. The first time A&M experiences success in the SEC, and they feel the eyes of Texas start to wander, they will do whatever they can to restore themselves to former glory.
Do I think this will happen? Sort of, regionalism is a lot to overcome just for better football games, but the world is changing, so who knows?
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Posted on 5/2/12 at 3:20 pm to TeLeFaWx
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With the Pac 12 and the B1G aligning themselves, I don't know if it is in our best interest to destabilize the ACC.
I don't think the SEC will start anything to destabilize the ACC. We could have done that last year when looking for Member #14 but didn't. The SEC and ACC seem to have an alliance which may be stronger than the PAC/B1G has.
But that doesn't mean that the Big 12-2-1+1-1+1 won't try something--it has nothing to lose (having already sold it's soul to the Longhorn Network). If only FSU and Clemson (football schools in a basketball conference) jump, that won't be terribly bad--the ACC can grab UConn and Louisville out of the Big East (with South Florida another possibility).
The problem starts if a Big 12 move involves FSU and Clemson PLUS two more schools (Miami and GT being the most rumored). If the Big 12 goes to 14, will the B1G feel some need to go there too, or go on ahead and make it 16? Not counting GT the ACC has four AAU members (UNC, UVA, MD, and Duke) which is something the B1G prizes and may not get another chance to grab.
Should that happen, will VT and NCST see the writing on the wall of (at that point likely) an ACC implosion, and recognizing that this is probably their ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to get on the SEC gravy train, petition for membership?
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