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Message: [QUOTE="ECE '76, post: 4639742, member: 8656"] [B]Life after an ACC raid:[/B] With all this speculation about whether the ACC will be raided, or even gutted, I still think the remnants of the ACC will continue on as the ACC as an all-sports conference. The most likely not to be invited into the Big2 in order: Wake BC SU Louisville Duke Pitt NC State VaTech Next Tier: UVA, GaTech I believe there is a decent chance that as many as 10 ACC schools will remain, although possibly not the precise list above. One question is, would a remnant ACC be better for each ACC school than joining the Franken Big 12? Louisville, for example. Another is, would a remnant ACC be a better fit for some current Big 12 schools? WVU, UCF, Cincinnati for example. One lesson from the old Big East is, having 7 or 8 schools in close geographic proximity is all that is required for an athletic conference. The Big East was never so intense and such a TV spectacle as when there were only 7 to 9 schools (playing both home and away in basketball). Over bloating a conference without any big names in it only dilutes the TV revenue. That is the Big 12 if ACC schools join them. Looking at the earlier post above about the current conferences, a couple schools stick out as poor fits in their conferences: WVU and Temple. The remnant ACC could surely attract them, and UConn (who has no home for their football program). So even if the ACC only had say just 5 surviving members, getting to 7 or 8 is very achievable. I'd expect the ACC would go after UCF and Cincinnati as well. The attraction is the path for getting into the football playoffs, and less travel for their non-football sports compared to the Big 12. Also, I would expect the remnant ACC to merge with the remnant Pac12 for football only. This would be a way to have more of a national draw for TV viewers for football, which both remnant conferences would be looking for. Who knows what ND would do, but it is also possible they would want to continue to be hybrid ACC for their non-football sports, and be willing to continue to play 5 games a year vs the Pac/ACC FB members. Who cares, really. I'm not concerned about them. [/QUOTE]

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