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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4675206, member: 5685"] As to the All Coastal idea, I think there are a few issues: -You pretty much have to go to 9 conference games. FSU and Clemson have been against that in the past. - Adding all 10 makes it very hard to schedule. And you are adding schools that don't really add much value: Arizona, Cal, Oregon State, Washington State. - I doubt you can get just the six worthy schools. Are they able to leave behind the above 4? - Maybe Arizona will be worth it due to BBall, and you keep them away from the B12. But then you have 7. So you will need to take an 8th (Cal?). But again will Oregon and Washington leave behind their in state rivals into the MWC? - If you have 8 then it would be best to go to 24 and a pod system for scheduling. Being at 22 is too hard to schedule. But there aren't 2 worthy Eastern schools. UConn, maybe. Also, I don't think UNC or Duke want them added. Then who? B12 schools might want in but they aren't paying a buyout to get a few million more in the ACC. USF makes sense but I am sure FSU would be very against that. And they don't fit academically. That leaves a Philly school (Temple or Villanova), but that weakens FB especially if you add UConn too. - Eventually the B16 will grab 2-4 of those teams. Then what do you do? You can get by with just 6 of the P12 schools. But if you are down to 4, which also happen to be the lower value teams, you are left with a Western pod that makes no sense. What is the point in having them? Or the 4 will want you to add more schools like San Diego State. Do we really want to go down that road? I think adding P10 schools makes sense short term, but long term it will add a bunch of unwanted headaches. Unless you can agree to merge the conferences only for the life of the GOR. Meaning the P10 schools aren't officially ACC members, and do not have ACC voting rights. So should the B16 take a few schools, the ACC can walk away from what is leftover. Washington, Oregon, Cal, Stanford Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado BC, UConn, SU, Nova Louisville, Pitt, VA Tech, UVA UNC, NC State, Duke, Wake Clemson, GA Tech, FSU, Miami [/QUOTE]

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