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[QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 282826, member: 96"]
If you take that article at face value, then that should also say they would not go to the SEC due to the academic differences with the ACC. But we know $$$$ speaks so everyone has their "price". It should also be noted that the FSU President set up some committee last fall to monitor/discuss/etc the expansion landscape. [U]While I personally don't think FSU would go to the B12[/U], it is folly to think they haven't discussed it or had discussions with the B12. It is not just some pipe dream started by WVU fans. They may have flamed it but they are not the genesis of the "talk" nor is it just internet chatter. Maybe FSU is using other conferences to leverage the ACC for more say on who joins the ACC or maybe they have sincere interest in exploring their options due to their belief that ACC football is being water downed. But for whatever reason, they aren't just sitting back and not being engaged at all like some think. I have no doubt the "rumors" of FSU and the B12 (or SEC) emanate from FSU and not WVU or internet message boards. The writer is correct that academics play a huge part in these decisions, but he also seems to minimize the $$$ involved from athletics. If it was only about academics, then Texas wouldn't be in the B12, Vandy wouldn't be in the SEC and the ACC would banish some of their lesser academic institutions (they have a couple).
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