(05-28-2014 11:53 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(05-28-2014 11:01 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(05-28-2014 07:58 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(05-28-2014 07:24 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(05-28-2014 03:25 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  In the end, Texas will decide what happens with realignment, especially in regards to the Big XII, which seems to be the wildcard conference . No other Big XII school will ever depart unless the Longhorns blow up the conference in the future. OU and the rest will stay if UT stays, and Kansas probably will stay as well, as the B1G won't take Kansas State. I also believe the ACC is much more viable as a conference than other folks tend to believe. They are a network away from being really solid. Great TV markets exist on the Atlantic Coast. The potential is there and the commish seems to have his head in the game. Texas, as usual, will have their way, and the final say in this all... JMHO of course.

A network really wouldn't help the ACC as issues the conference suffers from aren't strictly money related. Chances are, you and a large percentage of the SE would watch an Auburn/SCAR game on ESPN2. But would you tune into a NCST/SYR matchup? Or how about a an ISU/OKST tilt? Every conference has top and bottom teams, but demand in the middle is what really sustains a conference.

Perspective.
If you lived in North Carolina and northward you would be watching NCSU and Syracuse. Auburn may as well be on the moon, and .....well it's lil carolina.
When I watch sports on TV, I will ALWAYS watch a game where an ACC is involved over anything else. The only time that I ever see SEC teams play is when they are playing ACC opponents.

An ACC fan would probably, as you have said, choose the ACC game, just as the Big XII would probably choose a Big XII game. These games directly pertain to, and affect your school's place within the standings each week.

This is the reason that JR wants so desperately wants the SEC to have teams located in North Carolina and Virginia. Access to eyeballs, and subscriptions to the SEC network.
North Carolina is now the 9th most populous state and Virginia is not too far behind.

I believe your only problem is FSU sometimes trying to play the bully to get what they want out of the ACC. The ACC lived without them before, and could again I would imagine. Texas leaving the Big XII would start an exodus...