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i think that vt and ncstate would best suit us, however, i dont see that happening.

in the future, when the big random 12 collapses, i can see us going after ou and kansas and maybe end up with one of em and wvu.

i absolutely hate ou, like, a lot, but who wouldnt take em as long as osu isnt tagging along.

i see ou, osu, ttech and uta going to the pac no ater than 2026.

we can get kansas and wvu, realistically, unless kansas picks big10, which they might.

The problem with the 4 power conference thing is there are more than 64 major teams and non are willing to go to a non power conference. The ideal situation would have been for the ACC to collapse and the best teams be absorbed by others, but too many teams would have been left behind like Wake. Other teams wouldn't have options they wanted to take, i.e. GaTech. (They would have been low on priority for the B1G and wouldn't have gotten an invite from the SEC, leaving them to go to the Big 12.)Unless Baylor, Wake, K-State, TCU and a few others decide that going to a lower tier conference is fine, we are stuck where we are. You can blame ESPN for this.

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Posted by cardboardboxer

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Posted on 8/13/15 at 3:59 pm to MontyFranklyn

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Unless Baylor, Wake, K-State, TCU and a few others decide that going to a lower tier conference is fine, we are stuck where we are.

Which is A OK in my book. Does the SEC really need to get bigger?

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Posted by CrimsonCowboy

Member since Sep 2014

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Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:01 pm to MontyFranklyn

yeah, i agree for the most part, just wondering what happens when the big12 tv contract expires in 2025. i think the lhn expires then too.

as far as schools like wf and gt, there will always be a home for them somewhere, sec would be insane not to take one of the top 10 engineering schools in the world.

that said, the acc has some very serious academic clout with the cradle in nc and va. that conference isnt going anywhere. high end academic reputation (uva, unc, gt, duke, wake, etc) will always be important to conferences.

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Posted by dstone12

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Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:18 pm to MontyFranklyn

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The problem with the 4 power conference thing is there are more than 64 major teams and non are willing to go to a non power conference.

There is only one team that has to fall to mid major. See the map on the op.

-----ACC-----
ND added
WVU added
Pitt
Cuse
BC
Louisville
NC
Wake
Duke
NCSU
FSU
MIA
Clemson
GT
Va
Vtech

----SEC-----
OU added
OSU added
ATM
LSU
Arky
Missouri
Miss
MSU
AU
Bama
Tenn
Van
Ky
UGA
UF
USC

----Big 10----
Neb
KU added
KSU added
Minn
Wis
Ill
Indiana
OSU
MIch
MSU
PSU
Md
Iowa
NW
Rutgers
Purdue

----Pac 16----
Texas added
Ttech added
Bay added
TCU added
USC
UCLA
ORE
OSU
WSU
Wash
Stan
Call
Colo
Utah
ASU
Az

Iowa State is the only team to be left out.

AAC Incl ECU), Cusa, former big east sun belt etc. go to or, stay classified as mid major which still will play big away games at the Power 4 conference teams.

Only having one team (out of 65) bump down to mid major isn't bad. Should be Kansas though...they only average 35,000 fans per football game. But their basketball is enough to move them to Big 10.....but their football is like Southern Miss, though.

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