(01-31-2013 01:19 AM)Wedge Wrote: You people are guessing all wrong.
These are Miko's sources, right?
So, like everyone else on this board who claims to be telling us what they're "hearing" from their "sources", the sources are "obviously" revealing a scenario that would be unbelievably good for Miko's favorite team.
Sources say: Pittsburgh to the SEC.
I don't believe that the ACC will lose any more teams. But if it did...
That one is not out of the realm of what has been discussed in Birmingham. It was deemed that if the SEC had to take U.N.C., Duke, N.C. State, Virginia and Virginia Tech to get into those two states that Pitt would be a sixth that would add enough new markets to actually cover an additional team from N. Carolina and render such a venture a slight profit to the conference.
Now in fairness that would be one heckuva long shot. But the scenario was discussed. I know the SEC want's name brand flagship schools but in my humble opinion we would be better off with N.C. State and Virginia Tech in the long run than we would be having to take U.N.C. and Duke or more to get into those states.
But then I buck the trend by believing that Clemson and F.S.U. should be selected by the SEC as well. In all of the country the two best fits for the SEC are Florida State and Clemson. Then I would like to see the SEC finish it off at 20 with West Virginia and an Oklahoma school.
Let the Big 10 have Duke, Virginia, and U.N.C. along with Georgia Tech. They would be happy. And they would have two slots left with which to invite Notre Dame and a friend of the Irish, and if still rebuffed to go after another New England school and Kansas to get to 20.
It's not going to happen but if it did it would fit better all the way around than what is being discussed for the Big 10 and SEC.
Personally I think the ACC becomes stable and the PAC, SEC and Big 10 eventually go to 16 out of the remaining Big East and Big 12. Kansas and either Iowa State or Connecticut for the Big 10.
West Virginia and either Oklahoma State or one of TCU/Baylor to the SEC and Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Oklahoma to the PAC.