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Message: [QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5425569, member: 10528"] The reality is that the ACC is the only conference left that has desirable teams for the SEC or B1G. And I am skeptical that he B1G or SEC want/need Syracuse. Just no real point to it. If Texas, Ohio State, and others start leaving these conferences to do the Notre Dame thing... then maybe the remaining schools could start adding. One question is whether the ACC should be proactive to try to raid the B12 now while it is the arguable #3 and risk forcing teams out... or wait until teams are poached and the ACC drops down to the B12's level or below to #4. I don't know the answer. For example, if the ACC added Houston, Arizona State, Arizona, and West Virginia to get to 22 teams/21 football... that would not really make the ACC any more valuable now, but protect against what happens if the best teams bolt to the SEC/B1G. But what good if it forces the best teams to bolt to the SEC/B1G. But what is the likelihood that they are not leaving anyway. And so on. For a conference that cannot even schedule logically (see recent 18 team schedule), I cannot image them deciding this difficult issue correctly. Frankly, it makes me wonder if Syracuse should not be [B]proactive [/B]in trying to join the B12 for stability purposes. I don't like the idea of Pitt/Louisville/SMU being more desirable for the B12 if the ACC is gutted. Is it worth sticking with BC, Wake Forest, and other other private schools in the ACC while it fizzles away? For example, if Syracuse, Pitt, Boston College, and UConn joined the B12... there would be some pretty interesting divisions for football and basketball, while giving the B12 a NE presence (hello, ESPN!): East: Syracuse, Pitt, BC, UConn, West Virginia TX: Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State. MW: UCF, Kansas, Kansas St, Iowa State, Cincinnati West: Or bring Louisville, SMU, Va Tech, and USF with us: East: Syracuse, Pitt, BC, UConn, WVU, Va Tech Mideast: UCF, USF, Louisville, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State TX: Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State, SMU West: Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State A 4-team playoff to get an actual football playoff spot would be cool. At least we would have a chance when the ACC is done being raided. Meanwhile... a basketball conference with Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Kansas, Houston, and Arizona is not too shabby. And BYU is ready to invest. Is it perfect? No. [/QUOTE]

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