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RE: A bold counter offer: the 2005 ACC-16
(10-08-2018 10:10 PM)BePcr07 Wrote: I’m sure there’s people that hate the idea or reasons why it couldn’t or wouldn’t have happened but I like it.
Atlantic: Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland*, Miami
Coastal: Florida St, Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia
*Maryland was sent to old Big East division since it split from the ACC in our timeline*
Connecticut and Temple as football-only members of the MAC may have happened if they could stay in the Big East for all other sports. If not, I could see them joining CUSA in 2005 and we might’ve had:
West: TCU, SMU, Houston, Tulane, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, Navy*
East: Connecticut, Temple, Cincinnati, Louisville, East Carolina, South Florida, Central Florida, Army*
*Football-only
So basically Louisville and West Virginia would be swapped between the ACC and Big 12, as I thing the Big 12 would bail Louisville and TCU out of C-USA. The American would be known as C-USA with Southern Miss and UAB instead of Tulsa. I think Army would have still checked out (especially with Louisville running roughshod over C-USA), and Navy would have never joined since this wasn’t a BCS AQ conference at the time.
The WAC would have Rice, UTEP, Tulsa, and Louisiana Tech, all currently in C-USA; New Mexico State may still be a full member of the Sun Belt. UTSA probably still would have gone to the WAC, although I’m not sure about Texas State. North Texas probably would still be in the Sun Belt, although a nearly all-Texas WAC might have been too tempting to pass up.
It’s possible the WAC could wind up as a nearly all-Texas conference:
UTEP, UTSA, North Texas, Rice, Texas State, Louisiana Tech, Tulsa, Idaho
At that point you ask Missouri State and Texas-Arlington how serious they are about moving to FBS, and work out a plan to run Idaho off to the Big Sky. The other route of course would be to go after New Mexico State, Louisiana, and/or Arkansas State from the Sun Belt.
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