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Kyle Bailey ‏@TheClubhouseKB
#Hokies AD Jim Weaver says there "may be potential interest" in talking with the #SEC about future membership. Defers comment otherwise.

 

[Whitey23]

Ugh

 

[cuseguy]

Pretty easy to see where this is headed, and it's not good.

 

[orangenauburn]

Kyle Bailey ‏@TheClubhouseKB
#Hokies AD Jim Weaver says there "may be potential interest" in talking with the #SEC about future membership. Defers comment otherwise.

they can have all the interest they want - if the SEC does not reciprocate than that point is moot

 

[Faegan]

Could validate UNC/UVA Big10 rumor

 

[cuseguy]

they can have all the interest they want - if the SEC does not reciprocate than that point is moot

Unfortunately, if all of these conferences go to 16 schools, which seems to be the trend, then there's going to be a slew of openings.

 

[rottweiler44]

One thing is for sure...when the going gets tough, the Hokies get going

 

[Toga]

uh oh

 

[zeekay]

Rumor being floated around is VTech and NCState to SEC. Both are in states that SEC wants to add. Big10 then waits on ND and gets them + UNC at some point down the line.

Big12 can then come in for FSU and Clemson.

 

[qdawgg]

Good lord, make it all stop.

 

[orangenauburn]

One thing is for sure...when the going gets tough, the Hokies get going

they are like the french

 

[NKR1978]

Makes perfect sense because NC State and Va Tech to SEC solve the political concerns of UVA and UNC to the B1G. Once the SEC and B1G go to 16, the Pac will have to act and pick off four Big 12 teams. At that point the ACC and Big 12 leftovers - which include some pretty appealing schools - merge. Then we'll have the four super conferences.

Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech, FSU, Miami, TCU, Baylor, WVU, ISU and two of Kansas/KSU, Texas/Texas Tech and Oklahoma/Ok State. Louisville or UConn gets the last spot.

 

[Toga]

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Makes perfect sense because NC State and Va Tech to SEC solve the political concerns of UVA and UNC to the B1G. Once the SEC and B1G go to 16, the Pac will have to act and pick off four Big 12 teams. At that point the ACC and Big 12 leftovers - which include some pretty appealing schools - merge. Then we'll have the four super conferences.

Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech, FSU, Miami, TCU, Baylor, WVU, ISU and two of Kansas/KSU, Texas/Texas Tech and Oklahoma/Ok State. Louisville or UConn gets the last spot.

 

[Alsacs]

Makes perfect sense because NC State and Va Tech to SEC solve the political concerns of UVA and UNC to the B1G. Once the SEC and B1G go to 16, the Pac will have to act and pick off four Big 12 teams. At that point the ACC and Big 12 leftovers - which include some pretty appealing schools - merge. Then we'll have the four super conferences.

Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech, FSU, Miami, TCU, Baylor, WVU, ISU and two of Kansas/KSU, Texas/Texas Tech and Oklahoma/Ok State. Louisville or UConn gets the last spot.

No need for Louisville or Uconn in that final group its already 16. As Notre Dame would have to join it or be completely frozen out.

 

[zeekay]

Makes perfect sense because NC State and Va Tech to SEC solve the political concerns of UVA and UNC to the B1G. Once the SEC and B1G go to 16, the Pac will have to act and pick off four Big 12 teams. At that point the ACC and Big 12 leftovers - which include some pretty appealing schools - merge. Then we'll have the four super conferences.

Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech, FSU, Miami, TCU, Baylor, WVU, ISU and two of Kansas/KSU, Texas/Texas Tech and Oklahoma/Ok State. Louisville or UConn gets the last spot.

Yep thought is Big10 will be required to collude with SEC on Vtech/UVA, UNC/NCState to avoid government blocks.

Pac 12 said they have no expansion targets that make financial sense. Big XII is stable after Texas and OKstate signed on with the conference. Most likely BigXII raids ACC remnants to get to 16 as well. If that happens the 4 major conferences will be Pac-12, Big XII, BigTen, and SEC.

 

[kyleslamb]

they can have all the interest they want - if the SEC does not reciprocate than that point is moot

All the SEC insiders have been adamant that Virginia Tech is very high on their list... possibly No. 1.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Good lord, make it all stop.

If we can't have a seperate realignment board, maybe we can consolidate all the realignment info into 4 threads:

The "UNC and UVA to the B1G" thread.

The "VaTech and NCState to the SEC" thread.

The "FSU and Clemson to the BigXII" thread.

The "ND does whatever it wants" thread.

That way, when some reporter from the Cedar Rapids Gazette voices his opinion, someone can post it in the appropriate place.

 

[zeekay]

Syracuse and UCONN to the Pac-12! They gonna wrap around the coast and start from the other side.

 

[NKR1978]

Yep thought is Big10 will be required to collude with SEC on Vtech/UVA, UNC/NCState to avoid government blocks.

Pac 12 said they have no expansion targets that make financial sense. Big XII is stable after Texas and OKstate signed on with the conference. Most likely BigXII raids ACC remnants to get to 16 as well. If that happens the 4 major conferences will be Pac-12, Big XII, BigTen, and SEC.

In that case, the Big 12 needs 6 of Syracuse, Pitt, BC, Wake, Duke, FSU, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami. In that situation, only one of Syracuse, BC, Wake and Duke makes it. I would think that our brand and NY access gives us the edge over BC and the two schools in North Carolina that no one cares about in that state.

The Pac has to expand for us to be guaranteed a spot. I can't picture them holding at 12 with the B1G and SEC at 16.

 

[zeekay]

In that case, the Big 12 needs 6 of Syracuse, Pitt, BC, Wake, Duke, FSU, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami. In that situation, only one of Syracuse, BC, Wake and Duke makes it. I would think that our brand and NY access gives us the edge over BC and the two schools in North Carolina that no one cares about in that state.

It might not make financial sense to them to go to 16 though just like the Pac-12. They will take 2 more (FSU and Clemson) and stay at 12. The conferences going to 16 are the ones with their own profitable networks that they push on cable providers - SEC and BigTen. Everyone else wants just 12 for championship game.

 

[Alsacs]

VPI and NC State to the SEC is pretty obvious and UVA and UNC to the B1G will happen soon. Leaving FSU, CU,Wake, Duke, Pitt, SU,BC,Miami, Ga. Tech left as 9 teams in the ACC. Would the Big XII go to just 12 or 16? If it went 16, FSU, CU, Ga. Tech, Miami, Duke, Syracuse or Pitt are the 16 teams IMO. It would require SU be a better option than 2 of Duke, Wake, Pitt, and BC.

 

[rottweiler44]

Makes perfect sense because NC State and Va Tech to SEC solve the political concerns of UVA and UNC to the B1G. Once the SEC and B1G go to 16, the Pac will have to act and pick off four Big 12 teams. At that point the ACC and Big 12 leftovers - which include some pretty appealing schools - merge. Then we'll have the four super conferences.

Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech, FSU, Miami, TCU, Baylor, WVU, ISU and two of Kansas/KSU, Texas/Texas Tech and Oklahoma/Ok State. Louisville or UConn gets the last spot.

Completely Agree - Just went to the spreadsheet on this (how embarrassing) and came up with the exact same results...

 

[cuseguy]

BC has edge on SU because of its TV market and Boston.

Boy, the Big XII, or whatever they'd call it, would be pretty unattractive.

 

[zeekay]

ACC basically got screwed by Texas.

Texas decided not to join the Pac-12 which would have killed the BigXII last year.

There is only room for 4 major conferences in the endgame. So we'll need some chips to fall in ACC's favor now to destabilize BigXII again.

 

[NKR1978]

VPI and NC State to the SEC is pretty obvious and UVA and UNC to the B1G will happen soon. Leaving FSU, CU,Wake, Duke, Pitt, SU,BC,Miami, Ga. Tech left as 9 teams in the ACC. Would the Big XII go to just 12 or 16? If it went 16, FSU, CU, Ga. Tech, Miami, Duke, Syracuse or Pitt are the 16 teams IMO. It would require SU be a better option than 2 of Duke, Wake, Pitt, and BC.

I really do think the Pac will expand with the Oklahoma and Kansas schools because they don't want to deal with Texas. Texas goes east and we end up in a conference spread from Syracuse to Lubbock.