(10-15-2015 06:03 PM)He1nousOne Wrote: (10-15-2015 12:47 PM)CardinalJim Wrote: A blog post from over 2 1/2 years ago outlining how ACC schools would line up to jump to The Big Ten based on Research Dollars....
Keep in mind it was written 4 to 5 months after The Big Ten batted its eyes and hiked it's skirt in front of half The ACC and thankfully (Thank you Maryland!) got one financially strapped institution to take the bait.
I can't fault the guy for trying to come up with some creative way for Delaney to get what he wanted two months before the Grant of Rights was signed.
Big Ten fans / bloggers simply do not understand the dynamics of The ACC. Most ACC schools would jump at an SEC invite. None want to be part of The Big Ten. ACC programs had their chance and they chose not to jump.
ACC schools had their chance to join the SEC, in fact UNC's released emails made it very clear that there was some booster support for them to go join the SEC and yet....
It's not just about ACC schools turning down The Big Ten. Trying to say otherwise is simply fictional writing.
Wow...
I doubt any ACC team had an invite in hand from The SEC and didn't take it. FSU, Clemson, Miami, Louisville and GaTech won't be seeing an invite anytime soon or until The SEC does away with this Gentlemen's agreement to not invite programs from states already in The SEC.
That leaves VaTech, UVa, UNC, Duke, Wake, NCState, Pitt and Syracuse.
VaTech: Do you really think the folks in Blacksburg would turn down an SEC invite? VaTech is probably the most SEC culturally of any program The ACC. Just don't see them turning down an SEC invite.
UVa: How's that imminent announcement of that jump to The Big Ten working for ya? They are the program whose move to The Big Ten was going to happen ever Tuesday according to newspaper reports.....
UNC / NCState: Pick one to The SEC, won't be both. From a point of simple influence can't see UNC jumping to The SEC. UNState, on the other hand, another SEC possibility.
Duke / Wake: Both would be the smallest schools in The SEC. Neither is a cultural fit for The SEC.
Pitt and Syracuse: Out of geographical foot print for SEC. If neither of these programs jumped to The Big Ten, no ACC program ever will.
Again to simply say ACC programs had to turn down The SEC because they turned down The Big Ten is over simplifying a more complex issue.
CJ