(03-16-2021 09:27 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Round 2 of 1989-1990 was where things got weird, really really weird...


Arkansas to SEC 90% 28 35 SUCCESS
S Carolina to SEC 90% 28 NULL (SEC got their 12th member)
Syracuse to Big 10 15% 41 40 FAIL (by 1!)
Pittsburgh to Big 10 12% 42 43 SUCCESS (by 1!)
S Carolina to ACC 20% 40 34 FAIL

So considering Syracuse and Pittsburgh as Big 10 members was almost an afterthought. I tossed them in there on the off chance the Big 10 was itching to get a CCG going. I gasped when Syracuse very nearly was added, and then collapsed when Pittsburgh actually did succeed. This made me reconsider where to go from here since the BE only has 2 fb schools, 3 for the A-10, while the Metro has 7 (including SC, VT, and Louisville)

WVU (full) to Metro 85% 30 39 SUCCESS
WVU (fb only) to Metro 95% 27 NULL
Rutgers & Temple (full) to Metro 70% 33 34 SUCCESS (by 1!)
Rutgers & Temple (fb only) to Metro 85% 30 NULL
BC & Cuse (fb only) to Metro 75% 32 42 SUCCESS

So the SEC picks up Arkansas as its 12th
Pitt is the surprise 12th Big 10 member
The 7 member Metro adds the 3 A-10 schools as full members and 2 BE schools as fb only.

Missing out on FSU in 1990 would have been bad for the ACC.

If both the SEC and BIG are at 12 members (and raking-in $$$ from a conference championship game), then the ACC would have been pressured to follow more quickly.

USC, VT and Syracuse would be the logical choices to get the ACC to 12 members (with greater football focus). BC, Rutgers and West Virginia would also be seriously considered. USF, Louisville and Cincinnati would be dark horses. Notre Dame would somehow enter the discussion.

When you get yourself to the mid-2000s, make sure that the ACC doesn’t enter consecutive horrible media contracts. In the fantasy world, the media deals and conference commissioners should be equalized.