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RE: Take UNC and UVA... please!
(04-21-2018 05:58 PM)murrdcu Wrote: (04-20-2018 12:12 PM)JRsec Wrote: (04-20-2018 02:45 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: Gets the SEC into (1) North Carolina and (2) Virginia... eliminates two mouths for the ACC football schools to feed*. Then perhaps the ACC could add (1) WVU, (2) Iowa St, (3) Kansas St, (4) TCU, (5) Texas and (6) Baylor, while the SEC adds (3) OU, (4) OSU, (5) Kansas and (6) Texas Tech. Both conferences at 20. DONE.
* I'd like to send Wake Forest and Duke but this is a theoretical, not a fantasy.
You and I were talking about equitable value the other day. And while there is some jest here, the simple truth is those would be the best schools for the ACC to get rid of but for slightly different reasons.
And what is mentioned below your post doesn't miss the mark by far. If a true trade was to occur that would cement the ACC clearly in the top 3 if not top two conferences then trading Duke and UNC along with Virginia to the SEC who then could add T.C.U. to the West and pick up Kansas, and Oklahoma State would give us a grouping that we would be academically happy about from the ACC, plus Kansas, and would give us the penetration and presence in DFW that we want market wise (OSU/TCU).
The the ACC could do the following:
Add West Virginia and Notre Dame in full.
And add Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas State, and Iowa State.
Add Cincinnati
So now your conference would look like this:
Cincinnati, Iowa State, Louisville, Pittsburgh, West Virginia
Boston College, Syracuse, N.C. State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, Wake Forest
Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech
This does amplify your football value and profile.
Now you likely have division champs that include Louisville/West Virginia, Notre Dame/Virginia Tech, Clemson/F.S.U., Texas/Oklahoma.
With those likely pairings the ACC semis and finals go through the roof in value.
What it does for the SEC is equally good.
Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, T.C.U.
Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Now our set up rebuilds the Tennessee brand for football and the likely winner of that division could well be Tennessee or North Carolina, followed by Alabama/L.S.U., followed by Texas A&M/T.C.U./Oklahoma State, followed by Auburn/Florida/Georgia.
That too tremendously enhances the values of our Semis.
Now that could work well for both conferences and the ACC in particular because now you are rid of the old cadre that has held football back.
Sec at 20? If that’s the case, I could see the SEC pushing for Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina....probably Texas too.
Not exactly. It's what division of the Big 12 would be possible if UNC, UVa, and Duke weren't afraid of losing control of their conference. The solution depicted here is to move those three so that growth can happen in the ACC without rancor.
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