Dominoes: ACC edition
by utesfan100 on Feb 20, 2010 11:18 PM EST
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Like the SEC, the ACC has little ambition to start another round of expansions (that is so 2004). Also like the SEC, they would be the ones responding to the defectors. The Big East would smile.
Until they realized that the ACC was now looking their way ... again.
The Clemson Tigers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Florida St. Seminoles are the only teams likely to leave, and only if the SEC gives an invite. The East Carolina Pirates fits geographically and has some success recently. The West Virginia Mountaineers would be a solid program as well.
Both would be hindered with the ACC's PAC 10 like self image academically. That said, they got over it when they invited FSU.
The Cincinnati Bearcats and Memphis Tigers would help a loaded basketball conference. The South Florida Bulls and Louisville Cardinals deserve mention as well. Shoot, The Central Florida Golden Knights and Southern Miss. Golden Eagles can come along for the ride too.
This is the short list of who would be on the ACC's short list.
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You're nuts.
The ACC’s short list if they have a spot to fill is almost certainly Syracuse (SU was invited back in 2005, and that only fell apart due to the VA state government getting involved to drag VT in), UConn, and Rutgers (not the basketball power that SU and UConn are, but Rutgers would easily be a contender for the ACC title in football). All quite good academically, and all of which would help make BC less isolated in the northeast. It’s a lot more likely than the ACC snapping on academically marginal Big East schools in non-coastal states (Cinci, the ’Ville), non-BCS schools (Memphis, Southern Miss), or a third team in Florida (UCF, USF).
I have to agree
…not that you’re nuts, just that they’d be more likely to bring in a more northerly partner for BC (looking at a map of ACC schools, it’s just ridiculous how isolated they are). So I agree that UConn, Syracuse or Rutgers would be the next team in, and in a world where conferences start going to 14 probably all 3.
by commodore_dude on Feb 21, 2010 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
I may in fact be nuts.
But not as nuts as the ACC deciding to take Boston College in the first place.
BCS Evolution -- Punctuating the Equilibrium - twitter
As originally proposed, it wasn't nutty
BC and Syracuse would have added a respectable northeastern block to the ACC, both of which are the same kind of old-money private schools that most of the ACC schools are. It was only when the VA state government forced Virginia Tech into the mix that things got silly.
Stupid politicians.
Whenever they get their hands on anything it gets corrupted.
If the BCS has issues it is due to having too much politics already. I am not sure the government is capable of fixing this.
If you thought Virginia was bad, look what Texas did to the Big 12.
It is bad enough politicians are in control of the economy. God forbid they ruin college football. This is my beef with Playoff PAC and why I support change from within the BCS to the mutual advantage of all invovled.
BCS Evolution -- Punctuating the Equilibrium - twitter
Academics is everything in the ACC
I guarantee you that some ACC schools thought they could do better academically than BC as the 12th team. This all but rules out West Virginia, USF, and ECU. Also, the existing Carolina schools would never go for adding an ECU to the league.
If the SEC went and raided the ACC, they should take two. Take a Florida State and Clemson. I wonder if a Kentucky or Vanderbilt would consider moving over to the ACC then. Instantly boosts basketball credibility and gives them something to play for in football.
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