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Message: [QUOTE="ACCBballFan, post: 36947, member: 1278"] [SIZE=3]On the vote tallies above and in the link iinside the link, [URL='http://gridironhistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=353.0'][U][COLOR=#00009c]http://gridironhistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=353.0[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]this site makes some incredible assertions.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]It's hard to believe that Georgia, So Carolina, and Kentucky would break their alliance with Florida to not allow teams from same SEC states any time soon in that purported 11-1 vote for FSU. May happen some day.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Even harder to believe the conspiracy theory that FSU will be grandfathered into the old exit fee rather than the new $20 Million buyout.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]It gets worse thinkiing USF would replace FSU for ACC to retain a 2 Florida teams presence. USF is #181 in US News & World Reports University rankings versus ACC current low being FSU 101 who presumably is then gone and NC State also 101.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Before settling on another conference, the author also conjectured some other poor academics school to ACC, think it was Cincy #143 but could have been Louisville #160, probably not West VA who seems to be ultimately bound for SEC whether before or after Missouri.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Goes on to claim the 4 ultimate B1G adds would be Notre Dame, with no other conference in competition, plus Navy, Ohio U and Iowa State. Though the site questioned Iowa State academics that is the least of their problems. They are the only one of the 4 that is an Assoc of American Univerisities (AAU) member that B1G requires, though I am sure B1G would make an exception for #19 Notre Dame if they got that far with Irish.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Site does not guess who would replace Iowas State in B12 or why not Kansas #101 and AAU to B1G before Iowa State, if KU is not tied to #143 K-State and non AAU therefore not B1G material.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Navy vis a vis AAU might be okay but why non-AAU Ohio U #124 from MAC to B1G who is not going to be competitive anyway before Maimi (OH) #90 or Dayton #101, but div-1AA if it is only for geography in a redundant Ohio St market. None of those other Ohio schools are AAU. Rutgers is #68 and an AAU member in a new NY/NJ market albeiit a hike away. UCONN is #58 but again not AAU. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I would think B1G would go after Pitt or MD or UVA, all AAU schools, from ACC instead, however unlikely that may be after $20 million exit fee.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Until ND decides between B1G and ACC, forget about ACC adding all three of USF, Rutgers and UCONN and forgoing any hope, remote as it may be of ND or PSU.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]If and when FSU or any other ACC schools went to SEC, I could see adding UCONN as a replacement to get back to 14, but not going to ACC 15-16 until all hope of anybody better is gone. Diltuion of football for all 3 and basketball for 2 and academics for 1 just to get to 16 makes no sense, especially when they do not make equally ridiculous fill in the blanks for P12.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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