Realignment: The ACC enters the Suck Zone

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  1. IrishLAX2

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    Is it though?

    The same type of decisions were/are being made by the other conferences. Just at a different level.
     
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  2. brahmanknight

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    No, but the CIC research network is only schools in the Big Ten ( plus the former Big Ten member U of Chicago ).

    And the Ivy League gets it's name from the football conference. Beforehand, as far as I know, there wasn't any formal name for that group of schools.
     
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  3. ohbluefan

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    The B1G's CIC received 3.5 billion from the federal government in 2006, so yeah I'd say it's a pretty big deal.

    Just read the CIC may let john Hopkins join since they are joining the B1G in lacrosse
     
  4. kslim

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    Okay you have to be trying to troll
     
  5. IrishLAX2

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    I understand the desire for some to take college out of college football, but it's frankly not a realistic standpoint.
     
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  6. VaxRule

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    The SEC schools are trying to get something similar to the CIC going, too.
     
  7. brahmanknight

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    Would it be named Thirteenth Grade?
     
  8. PSU12

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    well we are playing them again starting next year and I foresee an annual game moving forward. This first set is only slated for a 4 game series but it's good for the state and fans I think.
     
  9. ohbluefan

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    It's called Vanderbilt
     
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  10. ohbluefan

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    Pitt and Virginia it is, welcome to the B1G

    Give me OU and KU instead
     
  11. PSU12

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    going back to the whole purpose of expansion... money....Pitt adds literally nothing. They have no fans. No new TV markets. Nothing recruiting wise the conference doesn't already have. Nothing.
     
  12. VaxRule

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  13. BuckeyeRiot

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    It'll be VT, Urban already extended the olive branch in allowing them to beat OSU.
     
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  14. ohbluefan

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    It's been said on here before but the B1G prints money, their last move was so money driven I doubt they make another money move. The last 2 to join will be to appease other members, Pitt and Virginia to make our east coast section happy.
     
  15. VaxRule

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    We would take Delaware instead of Pitt, but they refused to change their helmets.
     
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  16. HotMic

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    Expansion for the B1G has been, and will continue to be based on two things:

    1. Extending it's footprint into big TV markets

    2. Research dollars
     
  17. IrishLAX2

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    At least they've changed the colors.

    For awhile there they were rocking navy blue helmets with royal blue jerseys.
     
  18. BuckeyeRiot

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    If we're talking TV markets and research then BC would be option 1A.
     
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  19. ohbluefan

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    B1G's footprint and market are limited unless they go after texas
     
  20. HotMic

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    Ive seen their name included a lot too.

    :blech:
     
  21. BuckeyeRiot

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    I'm not sure how their religious overtones would go with the conference though. I feel like that's been an issue for the B1G in the past.
     
  22. OHW

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    No, it wouldn't. People would have to care and people in Boston don't care about BC.
     
  23. IrishLAX2

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    People in NYC don't give a shit about Rutgers.

    Didn't stop the B1G
     
  24. OHW

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    Yeah, but NYC has tons of transplants from B1G schools, which helped create the demand for the BTN. Boston might as well, I don't know, but two of the biggest alumni groups in NYC are Michigan and Penn State.
     
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  26. VaxRule

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    I feel like we're getting really close to a baseball caps on the street reference here.
     
  27. BuckeyeRiot

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    I don't disagree at all. That doesn't men the B1G doesn't want to try and the the network on some cable tier in the 7th largest TV market in the US.
     
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  28. BuckeyeRiot

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    Nice try. I'm not downloading your virus, pal.
     
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  29. OHW

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    That's a good point. What would bother me the most about that is that they wouldn't be adjacent to another B1G state. I like my maps clean and tidy, what can I say?
     
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  31. Old_Gregg

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    In expansion talks it matters mostly to the Big Ten due to the high academic profile of their original members and to some of the original Pac Ten schools(Stanford, Cal, Ucla, USC). The ACC has some very highly rated academic schools but would not make it an issue if say Kentucky wanted to join

    Texas talks like academics are a big deal in conference but that is just their ego. If Texas really cared about their conference's academics then they wouldn't remain in the worst academic league in the power 5. I think they make a big deal out of the SEC academics because the SEC is considered a lower tier academic wise and yet Texas would not be top dog if the made that move. They would play second fiddle to Vandy and would be on an even level with Florida instead of being the clear top academic school in their conference.
     
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  32. kslim

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    People bring up Houston smu and byu all the time. Never gonna happen even though the market is there.
     
  33. OHW

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    I think you underestimate BYU and their Mormon following, plus they actually play good football and basketball. :twocents:
     
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    BYU has always made more sense to me as a PAC12 target than the BIGXII
     
  35. PSU12

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    Alaska and Hawaii are for sure out
     
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  36. OHW

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    The Pac 12 doesn't need to take any risks though. BYU and their religious fuckery add risk.
     
  37. brahmanknight

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    Yeah, but that doesn't work with Cal and Stanford re: religion, does it?
     
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  38. * J Y *

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    Texas would have no problem playing second fiddle academically to great academic schools. Perception is reality and the perception is the deep south is a backwards place with second rate schools. I think its horseshit personally but the perception lies with the academic community (namely professors) and they lump me in that group anyways. Its been said before that it would be harder to recruit top flight professors in the SEC. Who knows if its even true.
     
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  39. rainey

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    This again?
     
  40. BuckeyeRiot

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    :moon:
     
  41. Spontaneous Cumbustion

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    I just want to see UC (Cincinnati) wallow in mid major mediocrity for the rest of time. Fuck that school and all of their idiotic fans
     
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  42. VaxRule

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    goose are you just going to sit there and take that kind of abuse?
     
  43. kslim

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    not at all but dipshits in dallas have vowed not to change their stance on no sunday games. plus thats just ridiculous for wvu
     
  44. PSU12

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    goose
     
  45. Owsley

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    Inviting WVU to join your conference was pretty ridiculous in its own right.
     
  46. Goose

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    Wow :laugh:
     
  47. OHW

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    It's about 500 more miles more for WVU to fly to Provo than Lubbock, or about an hour extra in flight. Is that really a deal breaker? Then when it comes to Sunday games, the Big 12 would have all the power, so tell them to play on Sundays or forfeit.
     
  48. * J Y *

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    Oliver Luck did a masterful job getting that deal done. Whats even more ridiculous is that we didn't hire him as AD after that process.
     
  49. kslim

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    they had no choice the SEC was better for them but for whatever reason that didnt happen. just give us nebraska and mizzou back and end all of this crazy talk
     
  50. Owsley

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    The SEC never even entertained the thought of inviting WVU. They bring absolutely nothing to the table in the greater scheme of things, and y'all gave them a lifeline when they were about to drown. Louisville made so much more sense on every level, and they literally fell into the ACC's lap.