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re: How long until we go to 16 teams?
Posted on 5/2/12 at 3:39 pm to Quidam65
Posted on 5/2/12 at 3:39 pm to Quidam65
Did we really make any half serious inquiries to VT last year. I heard very little about them. One of the few things I heard was Beamer not wanting to go be in the SEC(he's never been big on playing good teams). But I do know from having lived in VA for 12 years, VT has NO loyalty to UVA, like the loyalty between say OU and OSU. I also don't see UNC ever leaving Duke's side either. I doubt either would ever do anything to risk the bball teams playing twice a year
This post was edited on 5/2/12 at 3:46 pm
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Posted on 5/2/12 at 3:40 pm to Tiger Live2
OU and OSU are a package deal. There is loyalty between the two.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 3:55 pm to Tiger Live2
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Did we really make any half serious inquiries to VT last year. I heard very little about them
Not really, the VT (and NCST) talk was mainly on TD about who would be a good #14 to pair with A&M (and would we go to 16 with NCST and maybe WVU as well).
SEC and ACC seem to have an alliance whereby neither will poach the other. With the "block bloc" of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina we can safely rule out FSU, GT, Clemson, and Miami coming in to the SEC (and who really wants Miami at this point anyway). And none of the ACC members from Maryland north are realistic SEC targets in any scenario.
The only "prime targets" are the Virginia and North Carolina schools. Using the Big 12 as an analogy: UVA and UNC are somewhat like Texas (consider the SEC "beneath them"), Wake is like Baylor (a Baptist school with delusions of mediocrity--actually worse since Baylor actually competes in women's sports), Duke is like Kansas (great basketball add but horrible everywhere else) and VT and NCST are like K-State (decent programs that don't threaten the major players).
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