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Message: [QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5368718, member: 1145"] You are making key points of mine: BIG TIME CFB is now principally a Southern thing and a Midwestern thing - the CA thing still matters, just not nearly as much as in 1980 or 2000. And the MT zone is growing a bit in TV audience for CFB. But basically it is about the schools located in and the people watching across the South and the Midwest. And big time leagues require a whole bunch of state flagships and land grants to remain economically viable. Big warning: the last Major conference to have a long time member that was the smallest school in Major conferences was the SWC, with Rice. The SWC is long dead, even in name, and Rice never again can hope to sniff Major status. The ACC has no real chance to survive as Major after 2036 if it does not properly address those issues, making needed changes. [/QUOTE]