(01-22-2022 02:19 PM)Gamenole Wrote: Lol true. What has happened to Wake Forest in this scenario, have they dropped to FCS? I can't see them being among the teams who've left for a stronger P5 conference.
Very good question Gamenole (gonna assume as a Miami fan that came from the South Carolina part of your brain and not the Florida State portion
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If/when a good chunk of the ACC is invited to either the B1G or SEC, Wake is sure to be among the left-behinds.
The Deacons certainly could remain in some sort of ACC 3.0, but would that be what those who run the university would want in this new era of Division I athletics?
Might the school administration decide a better option could be (for example) to join the Big East for all sports but football?
Independence might be fairly workable even if it clearly were a step down.
Wake could keep its annual matchup with Duke and play UNC and NC State on a regular basis (gotta think those two would be accommodating to their long-time in-state "rival" if only to lessen any political fallout from breaking up the ACC)
The military academies and like-minded private schools in the AAC (what's left of it anyway) would be solid options as well.
Would that be a better move than remaining in a league with an increasing number of schools with whom Wake has little in common?
More than any other current P5 institution, WF would have to weigh its options were its conference to unravel.
Other than its history in the ACC and remaining in a league with the Heels, the Devils, the Pack (and I guess UVA, too?), from the outside Wake seems a little like a richer, more prestigious and more successful version of Tulsa.
Not sure how well that's gonna work in this new era of revenue sports.