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RE: What if ACC expansion had gone according to plan?
(05-22-2019 08:38 AM)ken d Wrote:  The premise of the OP was what would have happened if Va Tech hadn't been included in the ACC's 2003 expansion. Would they have been a target for the SEC?

Well, what if it had been the SEC that struck first and took Va Tech off the table, pairing them with Texas A&M? Might the SEC have then gone after NC State as well, to be paired with another B12 school for geographic balance and reach?

Would a wounded ACC have been as attractive to the other Big East schools then?

NC State had the power on paper to change conferences back then, but it's akin to triggering the Infinity Gauntlet or Galactus Ultimate Nullifier - it's one shot and it kills you dead as hell. The UNC BOG would also have retaliated for some time against NC State if NC State left the ACC for the SEC. All of this before you get to the real issue which is that NC State is a styled as a B10, Graduate Research STEM, not a SEC style university. The fanbase is culturally "southern", but the the university is squarely modeled on Purdue.
05-22-2019 04:50 PM
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