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Message: [QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 14297, member: 666"] [FONT=Georgia][/FONT][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Not being from the Northeast, I admittedly find the ACC more intriguing because I would find SU football games against the majority of ACC schools more interesting than games against USF, Louisville, and Cincinnati. In fact, prior to coming to SU, the only BE team I paid attention to was Miami.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]As you pointed about about the ACC, absent FSU the only national brand in the ACC is Miami. But, since Miami left to go to the ACC, has the BE had a national brand? To be a national brand, I think people will tune in regardless of whether the team is winning or losing (think Notre Dame and the number of people who revel in watching them lose). As a result, I do not think there are many national brand teams:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]ACC - Miami, FSU[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]BE - ?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Big Ten - Michigan, OSU, Nebraska[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Big 12 - Texas, Oklahoma[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Pac-12 - USC[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]SEC - Alabama, Florida[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Teams like Boise State, TCU, West Virginia, Texas Tech, LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Oregon, etc. can be a flavor of the month when they are undefeated and potentially spoilers for the national title picture, but as soon as they lose a game (or in the case of SEC teams, two games) does anyone care? Think of how quickly Boise State fell off the map last year after the loss to Nevada and how little TCU is talked about this year after the opening loss to Baylor.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]I am also not sure the ACC is "clearly" the weakest AQ conference. When looking at bowl wins, out of conference wins, etc., the Big East does look good, but how many casual or non-BE football fans look at and consider those facts. Without a playoff, strength of a conference is largely about perception and rankings. Since 2005, the ACC has had 25 teams ranked in the Preseason AP Top 25 and 21 in the final AP rankings. The BE on the other hand has 12 teams ranked in the preseason and 13 in the final rankings.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Year Preseason Final[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] ACC BE ACC BE[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2005 5 1 4 2[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2006 4 2 3 3[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2007 2 3 3 2[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2008 3 3 3 2[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2009 4 0 4 3[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2010 5 2 4 1[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]2011 2 1[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Granted this does not take into account where the teams are ranked, but it does show the perception of BE football, especially before the games are played. In the end, neither conference is setting the world on fire.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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