(04-06-2018 11:15 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Alright. We have an old thread buried a few pages deep called "If the SEC did expand again and did so from the ACC who should we take and why?

This thread is about the Big 12. Start another thread if you want to talk about the ACC.

Now if you want to talk about Big 12 schools that you think might prefer the ACC, or that the ACC could benefit from that will be close enough to keep this thread on topic.

But the readers who daily follow this thread don't give a hoot about whether Duke or North Carolina go to the SEC or not.

I get your guiding point, JR, and agree about keeping threads relatively on topic. But dang, I am not a B12 purist when it comes to SEC expansion. I suppose living on the far east side of the conference influences that.
My idea would be one add on the west side, one add on the east side. It keeps the divisional divide, basically impacted by one add each. OK, one realizes the inflexibilities with the GoRs and such.
My choices, out-of-the-box thinking, maybe too out there, are oSu and get this--Wake Forest. Does contiguous market penetration still matter? Maybe staying away from UT and OU perpetual drama would not be all bad; particularly if their hearts and ambitions are elsewhere.

A family member is an oSu Vet grad. I like oSu, visited there. Wake? When time comes, maybe Wake would be the easiest to break-away from the NC-4. Winston-Salem is a wonderful location, not specifically in the academic triangle. Wake has good academics and quality professional schools. Unfortunately, Wake Forest would need to double Grove Stadium, just 31,000 seats, and find fannies to take the seats. A profound change, and a bit risk-taking, could possibly do that. Also, undergraduate enrollment is the smallest in P5. Yet, politically, the ACC may realize they have one too many schools in NC, and Wake would be the easiest to relinqish. Heck, they could be a private school companion for Vandy, whom they have often played. Two private schools in the SEC east? Well, some unbalanced oddity has to happen when expanding. It may work better than expected. UNC, NCSU, and Duke just ain't going to break, and Wake's bond with them is heavily security-oriented. Deal-cutting, external to a GoR, can be attempted somewhere.

So, again, pardon the half and half approach, and the odd picks, but being unorthodox happens....once in awhile. No diversion was intended. What fits is quite subjective and mixture can be an option, perhaps naming other schools.