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[QUOTE="pokercuse08, post: 4743197, member: 6535"]
The reason the Big 12 had "time on its side" was that they'd been working on adding those schools for months. They were proactive.

The ACC is a better conference, and they could have maintained more of their current conference mates coming in as a block. Maybe they would have preferred the Big 12, but I doubt it, and ultimately the reason we don't know is that the ACC was reactive and the Big 12 was proactive.

It's unlikely that FSU/Clemson/UNC change their minds, but this opens the door to a very small (less than 5%) chance. Increasing the revenue enough to close the gap a bit, raiding the Big 12 in ~5 years and having a very favorable national footprint, and better handling the shift to streaming may open the door. But also, the ACC is now better positioned to remain #3 after losing them.

I agree the GOR not ending sooner is a good thing.

I'd be open to it, but I think U of H has a ton of potential and I like being in both Houston and Dallas as a conference. Would also be very open to Houston and TCU both, and planting three ACC flags in Texas.
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