(02-20-2013 11:06 AM)Frog in the Kitchen Sink Wrote: ACC- toughest job right now. Try to close ranks as much as possible, but realize that probably not much one can do about losing teams to the SEC and Big 10. Hope you lonly lose 2-4 teams and come up with a model to stave off the Big 12 feasting on leftovers. I would even consider adding Cincy and UConn now, so that if you lose 2 each to the SEC and Big 10, you may be left with a 12 team league, that while weakened, is still viable and may still be more attractive than the some what far away and division structure challenged Big 12 option.
i understand the "add 2 now to be sure to be at least 12 after the SEC and BIG raids" strategy - but shouldn't you go after west virginia and cincinnati (connecticut has nowhere to go - no rush). that reduces the big 12 to 9, while shoring up acc football and west virginia is the only "gettable" big 12 program because of their eastern geography (but no sure thing, i admit - just the acc's best available strategy).
assuming virginia and unc to BIG, virginia tech and ncsu to SEC, i assume notre dame doesn't stay, acc becomes:
north: bc, syracuse, pitt, cincinnati, louisville, west virginia
south: wake, duke, clemson, georgia tech, fsu, miami
big 12 is reduced to: texas, texas tech, baylor, tcu, oklahoma, oklahoma state, kansas, kansas state, iowa state
then hope the pac-12 comes back after texas, texas tech, oklahoma, and oklahoma state
big 12 is now: tcu, baylor, kansas, kansas state and iowa state
acc survives as a big 4; big 12 is diminished to gang of "6"