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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 864892, member: 636"]
You always ignore your biases when it comes to $$$$ Kings in college athletics.  You know that.

But when all things were equal, VT versus SU, who won out in the end?  Five schools voted to get VT a site visit back in 2003 and you can bet that FSU, Clemson, and GT along with UVa were four of those five.  And UNC and Duke agreed to consider expansion to 12, but wanted to make it clear with that vote that they reserved the right not to vote for expansion later on, which is what happened except for their Miami only proposal.  Go back and research the articles from UNC's Moessner and read some of his anti-northern sentiments and how he didn't see how taking Miami, BC, and SU would make the ACC the conference from Boston to Miami.  Look at the recent e-mails from UNC about Maryland's recent exodus and you can see the sentiment there again amongst UNC's booster base to the administrators with a clear preference for the SEC over the northern BiG - 149 to 1.

Maryland doesn't move to the BiG without Under Armour's blessing and support.  UNC would be in a similar bind but with their major boosters and donors wanting the SEC over the BiG regardless that the president may prefer the BiG's academics, imho.

Cheers,
Neil
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