re: Realignment? The talks are starting again

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Why do you say that? Not saying you're wrong, just curious.

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They see themselves as academic schools and our conference as an athletics conference. To summarize, they look down on us as institutions and would want to be in a league with like-minded schools.

NC State and Virginia Tech would be much more likely options, though the politics of splitting in-state schools from their rivals would be difficult, especially in Virginia. Virginia (the state government) had a big battle when Tech got into the ACC, and I think they even passed bills stating they couldn't split apart (could be wrong there).