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Message: [QUOTE="pokercuse08, post: 4734638, member: 6535"] Think of this as the B1G adding USC and UCLA. It's impossible for this to be the only domino to fall due to logistics, it's just the first move of a series of moves. Adding Washington State and Oregon State now is a weaker move than waiting and seeing how the board develops. My guess is they'll study SDSU, UNLV, maybe a couple others, and the next addition will be SMU + ???, or maybe SMU + three others. Ideally they should be positioning to pick off the best of the Big 12 in a few years. Part of the reason I think they should add SMU now is that it gives SMU a few years to make itself and thus the ACC more valuable before they are forced to make their next move. If SMU can buy itself a top 25 team or better in that window, which is not impossible in this era, it could help position the ACC as a clear #3 conference. The Big 12's strategy to get enough basketball powers to avoid being able to be left out of the big basketball tournament (if it wanted to have any legitimacy) also applies to having enough football powers. The ACC can put together a mix of both if they can pick 3-4 schools that are *potential* sleeping giants in football and hit on one or two of them. One thing people also need to consider is that there is not going to be any being left out and still fielding a top flight basketball team. If there are two super leagues holding national championships between them, and they're paying players or their NIL deals are way better, the top talent is all going to end up there - both in terms of coaches and players. We're either in or we're out, that applies to both Syracuse and the ACC. There isn't going to be a mid-major football but major basketball soft landing IMO. This is naked capitalism, and it has to be analyzed accordingly (unless/until the bubble eventually pops). The goal for Syracuse is to make it into a top 2 conference OR to be in the third best conference AND have that conference be included in the championship competitions. The goal for the ACC is to be the third best conference AND to be included in championship competitions. [/QUOTE]

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